Heroes iii on linux
 

I wanted to play my favorite old Windows game on Linux, so I downloaded two versions: the Windows versions and the Linux version. When i try to run the setup.sh file on the Linux version i get the following:

I assume this has something to do with the fact that I'm trying to run 32-bit software on a 64-bit platform.

Anyway, I used Wine to try and run the Windows version. I've never used Wine before, but my understanding is that I should be able to click on a .exe and watch it fly. This works for certain smaller functions such as the map generator, but when I go for the main event (Heroes3.exe) Wine tries for a few seconds and then quietly dies.

Can anybody tell me what I'm doing wrong?

Try:
linux32 ./setup.sh

Have you installed multilib packages from AlienBOB?

I did this and here's the output:

So how do I launch the game?

This particular instance is going on a Chakra installation, but yes I have the lib32 stuff. Wine simply is not launching the game, and i have no idea why.

/usr/local/games/Heroes3/heroes3 should do it (from terminal command line)

The README file /usr/local/games/Heroes3/README should tell you all you need to know -- maybe.

Kick-ass! That got it going. but there's no sound:


Any thoughts on that? The chakra system it's on was switched over to pulseaudio for sound in the latest round of upgrades; could that be the issue?

Hmmm... sound issues aside, the Linux version is lacking a LOT of features compared to the Windows version. Can anyone help me troubleshoot the Wine issue?

I suspect you need 32-bit emulation packages for the sound, but I have no experience in that area. Nor can I help with WINE.

Anyone else?

For the sound problem: it is link with ALSA and OSS.
Heroes3 uses OSS for the sound but OSS is a old sound device and is depreciate now (ALSA remplaced it). I need to install the "alsa-oss" package (I am under Archlinux, I don't know the name for other distrib'). Then you need to start 2 deamons :
- snd-pcm-oss
- snd-seq-oss
I do it with "sudo modprobe <deamon>". I don't know how to do with other distrib'.

Hope it could help anyone, I looked for this answer for a long time...

Ps : I know it's a old topic, but the problem/answer still works.

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