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If under a geames system requirements it lists that you must have xp or windows, does that mean that it is not able to be ran on Linux? or is there a package that i can get to take care of that.
Im afraid i dont understand how to use wine at all. Im trying to download and Play Warhammer Online. Any advice? i downloaded wine already but as I said, cannot figure out how to get it to "work".
I have searched the site and dont know where to look to see if it supports it or not so i just went ahead and downloaded it. I am trying to figure out how to use it but i am at a loss and the tutorials dont seem to help at all. Any advice on Wine operation and if i can use wine to play Warhammer Online?
Then you will see that the ratings are not too good, varying from bronze to garbage (which means that it might run with lots of problems if at all).
On other order of things: to install wine use the package manager of your distribution. That's how you usually install things on linux. You shouldn't need to download the programs from their home page unless it's a rare case. Wine is very well known and it's available on virtually every distro under the sun.
What have you tried so far? Any error messages? Which Linux distro are you using?
I'm afraid "it doesn't work" is rarely enough information for us to give any useful help.
This thread is almost a duplicate of your previous one. Please don't start new threads when you are already getting answers in another. I'll ask that these be merged.
Another hint: Sometimes it it easier to get things running using Crossover (the commercial(paid) version of WINE).
Wine has its limitations as a cross-platform event and trying to use it as an online assistant then it may cause extra difficulties. As I understand it wine opperates on packages you have already downloaded to your home directory. Winecfg is a good way to see if your attempt to see if wine has succeessfuly been installed, not to mention it is a window for modification.
As I understand it wine opperates on packages you have already downloaded to your home directory. Fred
Wine runs Windows apps (.exe files) regardless of where they are located. (As long as they are in $PATH, or the full path is given.) I'm not sure what you mean by "operates on packages".
when i try to run it through wine it stalls and quits running when i hit the install button. There are no error messages and it tells me i need direct X.....
However you might have some success if you manage to install directx9 using winetricks or something like that. It's not going to be a trivial walk in any case, and the game will run with problems. Please, read the info in that link. Opening a new thread will not make your problem go away.
when i try to run it through wine it stalls and quits running when i hit the install button. There are no error messages and it tells me i need direct X.....
Have you looked at the compatibility databases (for WINE at their website---or for CrossOver (at codeweavers,com))? The question is whether we can expect Warhammer to run on WINE or Crossover.
Regardless of which app you want to run, I suggest trying Crossover. they have a free trial period and they have a very friendly interface.
What you all are telling me though, is even if i spend the time to get Warhammer online to work on linux, it will never run perfectly like it does on windows?
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