CamperMan Posted September 21, 2008 Share Posted September 21, 2008 Does anyone know whether 'Sports Interactive' have made the game able to run on Ubuntu/Linux? Would be grateful if anyone could shed some light on this..... Jack - 16 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahmufcwafc Posted September 21, 2008 Share Posted September 21, 2008 No they haven't and FM09 won't be on Linux either. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trekman Posted September 21, 2008 Share Posted September 21, 2008 Windows or Mac OS only im afraid. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jehanzeb Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 It does run in Ubuntu Linux .... install it via Wine and it works fine. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Ritchie Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 There are definitely ways to make the FM series work but SI can't offer support to Linux users. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tha Real behanger Posted September 23, 2008 Share Posted September 23, 2008 It does run in Ubuntu Linux .... install it via Wine and it works fine. But is it than possible to install the updates? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike7077 Posted September 23, 2008 Share Posted September 23, 2008 I thought this thread was going to be a request for Football Manager to be released in some obscure African language! I've never heard of Ubuntu. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kees04 Posted September 23, 2008 Share Posted September 23, 2008 Would be great if it could run on Linux properly, but it's such a small market it's not really worth it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JumbledSausage Posted September 23, 2008 Share Posted September 23, 2008 But is it than possible to install the updates? Yes. Installing updates for FM is as easy as it is in Windows. simply download the exe file, right click and select "Run in Wine" and it will install the update the same way as it does in Windows. Would be great if it could run on Linux properly, but it's such a small market it's not really worth it. It does - the only thing that doesn't work properly is facegen, which you can turn off in the Preferences screen, and doesn't really change the gameplay. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
busby Posted September 24, 2008 Share Posted September 24, 2008 I will be doing a wine install guide and post it on the dugout and this forum. I used gentoo though so Ubunta might be different. planning on seeing if I can get it on wine doors for easier of installing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MECAP Posted September 24, 2008 Share Posted September 24, 2008 use VirtualBox Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
x42bn6 Posted September 25, 2008 Share Posted September 25, 2008 use VirtualBox It's not really worth using VirtualBox to run Windows to run Football Manager. Users have said running it on Wine works well enough except the FaceGen (probably because it's DirectX). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanef Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 Isnt fm written in java? Java is made to be portable so they could make fm work on ubuntu without the need for major reprogramming. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herter Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 Highly doubt any serious game developer uses Java C++ is the way to go for games..! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trekman Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 Isnt fm written in java? I don't think so. Its probaby something like C++. Someone from SI could probably tell you better. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KUBI Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 I think Java is only used for the install process, but they did develop it with C++ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wild_oscar Posted October 27, 2008 Share Posted October 27, 2008 Unfortunately, the gaming industry hasn't acknowledged the importance of Linux support YET. There is a petition for Linux support in FM: http://www.petitiononline.com/FMLinux/petition.html I would love to have a serious chat with the people at SI about the possibility to port the game to Linux - what are the financial issues preventing it from happening and how could we figure out a way to make the port a viable achievement. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
grimness Posted November 1, 2008 Share Posted November 1, 2008 I've totally switched to Ubuntu and wouldn't like to install Windows if it's not needed. If 09 works normally with wine without facegen it's fine with me Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joor Posted November 1, 2008 Share Posted November 1, 2008 You can always run virtualbox from Ubuntu and install windows to play fm09 or something ..its very easy to setup Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JGM Posted November 1, 2008 Share Posted November 1, 2008 The only reason I ever use windows now is for FM, otherwise use Ubuntu on my laptop and OpenSuse on my desktop. Will def give it a go in Wine, cant stand windows and hate having to reboot everytime I want to play. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Bodde Posted November 1, 2008 Share Posted November 1, 2008 It runs reasonable for me in VMWare on linux, although 3D probably would be very slow. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwerty2k Posted November 1, 2008 Share Posted November 1, 2008 Wine > Vmware (in terms of performance), so best to run it through wine imo. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dassyboy Posted November 1, 2008 Share Posted November 1, 2008 I'm surprised the people at Sports Interactive haven't replied on here... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamselv Posted November 1, 2008 Share Posted November 1, 2008 I've never played around too much with Wine, so my knowledge about it is rather limited. I do see a few potential problems with running FM09 in Wine though that hopefully someone who spends more time on Linux than me can comment on. 3D matches - If even the facegen doesn't work in Wine, then I would imagine that the 3D matches might be a problem too. If FM09 doesn't use OpenGL then would something like WineX be required? DRM - Does anyone know if the various DRM systems cause trouble when being used in Wine? I would imagine that a game running through Wine might be seen by DRM systems as an attempt of using an illegal copy of the game – or something like that. Highly doubt any serious game developer uses Java I take offense There are few things I can't do in Java Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason_A Posted November 1, 2008 Share Posted November 1, 2008 Wine is very buggy. Someone once said: "If wine went 100% stable then there wouldn't be a need for Windows" -- I could help but laugh LOL. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dimony Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 Wine isn't buggy, it's incomplete. They are building the whole Windows system files up from scratch. It seems as though the DRM is running with compatibility for .net 3.* and Wine only supports 1.1 and 2.0. I would appreciate if SI would help us with a workaround, Linux must be as much of a market as Mac. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GavinZac Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 Wine isn't buggy, it's incomplete.They are building the whole Windows system files up from scratch. It seems as though the DRM is running with compatibility for .net 3.* and Wine only supports 1.1 and 2.0. I would appreciate if SI would help us with a workaround, Linux must be as much of a market as Mac. Try installing Mono 2? It's the open source replacement for .NET. You can install it in Linux, or install the Windows version within Wine. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dimony Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 Did that work for you, or is it speculation? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GavinZac Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 Did that work for you, or is it speculation? Speculation at the moment as I'm still downloading it If you're using Ubuntu, you'll have to add the 2.0 repositories from here: http://eric.extremeboredom.net/2008/10/15/296 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dimony Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 I'm using Linux Mint, it's based on Intrepid. You have MSN or AIM? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GavinZac Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 I've sent you a Pm with those, details. When i try to run FM through Wine 1.18 I'm getting MSHTML errors from the activation prompt. I'm going to try replacing mshtml.dll with an original windows mshtml.dll edit: Wait, no, that won't work, obviously. The original MSHTML use IExplorer.exe Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wild_oscar Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 Take a look here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=967618 Unfortunately, while SI doesn't take Linux users seriously, we'll be forced to use cracks and other unacceptable solutions to run the game of our choice on Linux. Oh, and by the way: for those who have Vista, they'd be way better served with a Linux distro (such as Ubuntu), which consumes way less resources than Vista! We'd be playing FM FASTER than on Windows. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dimony Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 Update - Mono 2.0 install in Linux changed nothing. Mono 2.0 install in wine crashed. The worst bit is, someone at SI could tell us how to get past this in seconds. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GavinZac Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 Update - Mono 2.0 install in Linux changed nothing.Mono 2.0 install in wine crashed. The worst bit is, someone at SI could tell us how to get past this in seconds. Well, to be fair the activation program is from UniLoc, or at least I think it is. It looks like whoever developed it got lazy and threw together a little app in Visual Studio that worked for them and didn't do a whole lot of compatibility checking. To the point where they didn't even bother making an activator for Mac! There's no way a little HTML/Http app should need to depend on .NET 3.0 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dimony Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 I'm also running 1.1.8, Linux Mint 5.1. I can't see why this is incapable of loading, and I presume it is a Uniloc issue. The process however must be calling a variable somewhere to detect if the program is activated or not. SI should be able to tell us where this variable is located, presumably it's a CD key somewhere, or to offer us another way of getting around this applet which appears to be the only thing standing between us and FM09. I might try to reverse engineer the Activator.exe later and see if I can simulate a positive response to the activation. First I'm going to try installing ie6 and running native microsoft dll's. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dimony Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 Installing IE6 causes the screen to display correctly, however now I get the message 'Unlock key is already active. To purchase a new one please contact SI Games.' I think I may have left FM on at home, so I will retry this tonight. If anyone wants to try it in the meantime, to install ie6 open a console and run all the stuff in Italics in console. NOTE: IE6 IS NOT STABLE. DO NOT DO THIS WITHOUT AN ADEQUATE BACKUP. Firstly, move the files which can cause issues during installation: /bin/mv $HOME/.wine/drive_c/Program\ Files/Internet\ Explorer/iexplore.exe $HOME/.wine/drive_c/Program\ Files/Internet\ Explorer/iexplore.exe.back /bin/mv $HOME/.wine/drive_c/windows/system32/mshtml.dll $HOME/.wine/drive_c/windows/system32/mshtml.dll.back /bin/mv $HOME/.wine/drive_c/windows/system32/shdoclc.dll $HOME/.wine/drive_c/windows/system32/shdoclc.dll.back /bin/mv $HOME/.wine/drive_c/windows/system32/shdocvw.dll $HOME/.wine/drive_c/windows/system32/shdocvw.back /bin/mv $HOME/.wine/drive_c/windows/system32/shlwapi.dll $HOME/.wine/drive_c/windows/system32/shlwapi.dll.back /bin/mv $HOME/.wine/drive_c/windows/system32/urlmon.dll $HOME/.wine/drive_c/windows/system32/urlmon.dll.back /bin/mv $HOME/.wine/drive_c/windows/system32/wininet.dll $HOME/.wine/drive_c/windows/system32/wininet.dll.back Next, setup the registry keys for IE6: /usr/bin/wget http://howto.landure.fr/gnu-linux/installer-directx-9-0c-avec-wine/ie6.reg \ --output-document=/tmp/ie6.reg /usr/bin/regedit /tmp/ie6.reg After this, download and run the IE6 installer: /usr/bin/wget http://download.microsoft.com/download/ie6sp1/finrel/6_sp1/W98NT42KMeXP/EN-US/ie6setup.exe \ --output-document=$HOME/.wine/drive_c/ie6setup.exe /usr/bin/wine "C:\ie6setup.exe" Next, register DLLs, this will bring up lots of errors, just ignore them (yes, this is the same command twice): for i in $HOME/.wine/drive_c/windows/system32/*.dll $HOME/.wine/drive_c/windows/system32/*.ocx; do /usr/bin/regsvr32 /i $i; done for i in $HOME/.wine/drive_c/windows/system32/*.dll $HOME/.wine/drive_c/windows/system32/*.ocx; do /usr/bin/regsvr32 /i $i; done Finally, you need to install a dll from directx archive: /usr/bin/wget http://howto.landure.fr/gnu-linux/installer-directx-9-0c-avec-wine/msls31.dll \ --output-document=$HOME/.wine/drive_c/windows/system32/msls31.dll Try running FM from Steam now and it should bring up a properly formatted page where you can click Next. Hopefully this is the next part of the puzzle? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GavinZac Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 Hopefully it is! That's an error message that other, non-linux people have been receiving. Hurray for equality, I guess? Will try out installing IE6 now, although it was disasterous the last time I tried. Honestly, how could anyone code a program that depends on Internet Explorer. Ugh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dimony Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 Well, I used telephone authorization. It came up 'Now authorized' but the game doesn't seem to have loaded after 3 minutes. Looks like there's more to be looked at. Also I added you on MSN but you don't appear online, please add vesuro at vesuro dot com. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dimony Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 This is my error output to console: ******INSIGHT SERVER REQUEST********* https://FM2009.sa01.softanchorinsight.com s=48EA54EF-5E9A-5C67-2EA2FB&f=B1BDBEBCB4B6BFBEB1B6B5B7B5B7B6B4AC799007AD4F1D0D6BB15A97F5BE42C6294A3BEB4A4D57BA78C701987AB9D6782376BC7F7F8B38BE8728CD2BD49A15714717314E8CC1106459A9677D29EE4B06913FEBEA5D60D71782A91F3021BB32B07A6D7558AC7E8066F1F904B0F572389684256C94B4B9FD4D4272A56C87CBA23155D20C99C1A62CA8BD7AD774B24D1893C69375C1450EA532B26F7462DD17B214749FD6C7B95870862D4CE5BB0D9188D8E872B9BF4191E47DAD23966D6E07A7232D167F8B1561BAB09A52D6B073ACE3F70BFFDB233A150E3F4B718861ECA2C79814DEB2091C81640F94109F7C054771D0F1620C8&pid=48EA54EF-5E9A-5C67-4BF7-BE73072EA2FB&st=SA_CA ************************************** ************************************** fixme:toolhelp:CreateToolhelp32Snapshot Unimplemented: heap list snapshot err:ole:CoInitializeEx Attempt to change threading model of this apartment from apartment threaded to multi-threaded fixme:ole:CoInitializeSecurity ((nil),-1,(nil),(nil),0,3,(nil),0,(nil)) - stub! err:ole:CoGetClassObject class {4590f811-1d3a-11d0-891f-00aa004b2e24} not registered err:ole:CoGetClassObject no class object {4590f811-1d3a-11d0-891f-00aa004b2e24} could be created for context 0x1 fixme:ole:CoInitializeSecurity ((nil),-1,(nil),(nil),0,3,(nil),0,(nil)) - stub! err:ole:CoGetClassObject class {4590f811-1d3a-11d0-891f-00aa004b2e24} not registered err:ole:CoGetClassObject no class object {4590f811-1d3a-11d0-891f-00aa004b2e24} could be created for context 0x1 fixme:ole:CoInitializeSecurity ((nil),-1,(nil),(nil),0,3,(nil),0,(nil)) - stub! err:ole:CoGetClassObject class {4590f811-1d3a-11d0-891f-00aa004b2e24} not registered err:ole:CoGetClassObject no class object {4590f811-1d3a-11d0-891f-00aa004b2e24} could be created for context 0x1 fixme:win:EnumDisplayDevicesW ((null),0,0x7daad15c,0x00000000), stub! fixme:ole:CoInitializeSecurity ((nil),-1,(nil),(nil),0,3,(nil),0,(nil)) - stub! err:ole:CoGetClassObject class {4590f811-1d3a-11d0-891f-00aa004b2e24} not registered err:ole:CoGetClassObject no class object {4590f811-1d3a-11d0-891f-00aa004b2e24} could be created for context 0x1 fixme:win:EnumDisplayDevicesW ((null),0,0x7daad358,0x00000000), stub! fixme:ole:CoInitializeSecurity ((nil),-1,(nil),(nil),0,3,(nil),0,(nil)) - stub! err:ole:CoGetClassObject class {4590f811-1d3a-11d0-891f-00aa004b2e24} not registered err:ole:CoGetClassObject no class object {4590f811-1d3a-11d0-891f-00aa004b2e24} could be created for context 0x1 fixme:ole:CoInitializeSecurity ((nil),-1,(nil),(nil),0,3,(nil),0,(nil)) - stub! err:ole:CoGetClassObject class {4590f811-1d3a-11d0-891f-00aa004b2e24} not registered err:ole:CoGetClassObject no class object {4590f811-1d3a-11d0-891f-00aa004b2e24} could be created for context 0x1 fixme:ole:CoInitializeSecurity ((nil),-1,(nil),(nil),0,3,(nil),0,(nil)) - stub! err:ole:CoGetClassObject class {4590f811-1d3a-11d0-891f-00aa004b2e24} not registered err:ole:CoGetClassObject no class object {4590f811-1d3a-11d0-891f-00aa004b2e24} could be created for context 0x1 fixme:win:EnumDisplayDevicesW ((null),0,0x7daad358,0x00000000), stub! fixme:ole:CoInitializeSecurity ((nil),-1,(nil),(nil),0,3,(nil),0,(nil)) - stub! err:ole:CoGetClassObject class {4590f811-1d3a-11d0-891f-00aa004b2e24} not registered err:ole:CoGetClassObject no class object {4590f811-1d3a-11d0-891f-00aa004b2e24} could be created for context 0x1 fixme:ole:CoInitializeSecurity ((nil),-1,(nil),(nil),0,3,(nil),0,(nil)) - stub! err:ole:CoGetClassObject class {4590f811-1d3a-11d0-891f-00aa004b2e24} not registered err:ole:CoGetClassObject no class object {4590f811-1d3a-11d0-891f-00aa004b2e24} could be created for context 0x1 fixme:ole:CoInitializeSecurity ((nil),-1,(nil),(nil),0,3,(nil),0,(nil)) - stub! err:ole:CoGetClassObject class {4590f811-1d3a-11d0-891f-00aa004b2e24} not registered err:ole:CoGetClassObject no class object {4590f811-1d3a-11d0-891f-00aa004b2e24} could be created for context 0x1 fixme:ole:CoInitializeSecurity ((nil),-1,(nil),(nil),0,3,(nil),0,(nil)) - stub! err:ole:CoGetClassObject class {4590f811-1d3a-11d0-891f-00aa004b2e24} not registered err:ole:CoGetClassObject no class object {4590f811-1d3a-11d0-891f-00aa004b2e24} could be created for context 0x1 fixme:ole:CoInitializeSecurity ((nil),-1,(nil),(nil),0,3,(nil),0,(nil)) - stub! err:ole:CoGetClassObject class {4590f811-1d3a-11d0-891f-00aa004b2e24} not registered err:ole:CoGetClassObject no class object {4590f811-1d3a-11d0-891f-00aa004b2e24} could be created for context 0x1 fixme:ole:CoInitializeSecurity ((nil),-1,(nil),(nil),0,3,(nil),0,(nil)) - stub! err:ole:CoGetClassObject class {4590f811-1d3a-11d0-891f-00aa004b2e24} not registered err:ole:CoGetClassObject no class object {4590f811-1d3a-11d0-891f-00aa004b2e24} could be created for context 0x1 fixme:ole:CoInitializeSecurity ((nil),-1,(nil),(nil),0,3,(nil),0,(nil)) - stub! err:ole:CoGetClassObject class {4590f811-1d3a-11d0-891f-00aa004b2e24} not registered err:ole:CoGetClassObject no class object {4590f811-1d3a-11d0-891f-00aa004b2e24} could be created for context 0x1 fixme:ole:CoInitializeSecurity ((nil),-1,(nil),(nil),0,3,(nil),0,(nil)) - stub! err:ole:CoGetClassObject class {4590f811-1d3a-11d0-891f-00aa004b2e24} not registered err:ole:CoGetClassObject no class object {4590f811-1d3a-11d0-891f-00aa004b2e24} could be created for context 0x1 fixme:ole:CoInitializeSecurity ((nil),-1,(nil),(nil),0,3,(nil),0,(nil)) - stub! err:ole:CoGetClassObject class {4590f811-1d3a-11d0-891f-00aa004b2e24} not registered err:ole:CoGetClassObject no class object {4590f811-1d3a-11d0-891f-00aa004b2e24} could be created for context 0x1 fixme:advapi:CheckTokenMembership ((nil) 0x144870 0x32fa4c) stub! fixme:advapi:CheckTokenMembership ((nil) 0x144870 0x32fa8c) stub! fixme:advapi:CheckTokenMembership ((nil) 0x144870 0x32fa90) stub! fixme:toolhelp:CreateToolhelp32Snapshot Unimplemented: heap list snapshot fixme:toolhelp:CreateToolhelp32Snapshot Unimplemented: heap list snapshot fixme:toolhelp:CreateToolhelp32Snapshot Unimplemented: heap list snapshot fixme:toolhelp:CreateToolhelp32Snapshot Unimplemented: heap list snapshot fixme:toolhelp:CreateToolhelp32Snapshot Unimplemented: heap list snapshot I edited the URL in case it's a hash of my key If any better programmer than I fancies a look... I have also updated WineHQ with this information: http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=14555 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GavinZac Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 try running: wine ~/.wine/drive_c/Program\ Files/Steam/steamapps/common/football\ manager\ 2009/activator.exe -activate <your key here> Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dimony Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 Come on SI, toss us a bone here. What's the correct parameter to put through activator.exe? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GavinZac Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 Just to clarify, these are the commands I ran earlier, had to slightly edit some of them and the forum formatting didn't play nicely with URLs mv ~/.wine/drive_c/Program\ Files/Internet\ Explorer/iexplore.exe ~/.wine/drive_c/Program\ Files/Internet\ Explorer/iexplore.exe.back mv ~/.wine/drive_c/windows/system32/mshtml.dll ~/.wine/drive_c/windows/system32/mshtml.dll.back mv ~/.wine/drive_c/windows/system32/shdoclc.dll ~/.wine/drive_c/windows/system32/shdoclc.dll.back mv ~/.wine/drive_c/windows/system32/shdocvw.dll ~/.wine/drive_c/windows/system32/shdocvw.back mv ~/.wine/drive_c/windows/system32/shlwapi.dll ~/.wine/drive_c/windows/system32/shlwapi.dll.back mv ~/.wine/drive_c/windows/system32/urlmon.dll ~/.wine/drive_c/windows/system32/urlmon.dll.back mv ~/.wine/drive_c/windows/system32/wininet.dll ~/.wine/drive_c/windows/system32/wininet.dll.back wget http://howto.landure.fr/gnu-linux/installer-directx-9-0c-avec-wine/ie6.reg \ --output-document=/tmp/ie6.reg regedit /tmp/ie6.reg wget http://download.microsoft.com/download/ie6sp1/finrel/6_sp1/W98NT42KMeXP/EN-US/ie6setup.exe \ --output-document=~/.wine/drive_c/ie6setup.exe wine "C:\ie6setup.exe" for i in ~/.wine/drive_c/windows/system32/*.dll ~/.wine/drive_c/windows/system32/*.ocx; do regsvr32 /i $i; done for i in ~/.wine/drive_c/windows/system32/*.dll ~/.wine/drive_c/windows/system32/*.ocx; do regsvr32 /i $i; done wget http://howto.landure.fr/gnu-linux/installer-directx-9-0c-avec-wine/msls31.dll \ --output-document=~/.wine/drive_c/windows/system32/msls31.dll Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dimony Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 IE6 dll's screwed up my Steam loading after a wineboot. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcb23 Posted November 19, 2008 Share Posted November 19, 2008 I have WWSM09 working on Intrepid. WINE install has IE for IES4Linux, Winetricks for directx9 vcrun2005 and vcrun2005sp1, Steam (obviously) and Firefox Ordered through Steam. Used the activation fix utility from this thread to enter the license code that Steam presents you, having got the "trial expired" dialog. After that succeeded the 9.01 patch downloaded. Couldn't get it to run initially, then I set WINE to XP emulation and off I went. I don't use facegen or sounds, so I have no idea if they work, but I have flawless 3D (NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900, latest restricted driver) in windowed mode. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColinZeal Posted November 19, 2008 Share Posted November 19, 2008 jcb23: That sounds awesome. I will do the jump to Ubuntu in a couple of months and your confirmation FM09 under Wine makes me all bubbly with excitment. Thanks! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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