WINE and Twisted Insurrection

zany_reaper · Civilian **Joined**: 27 Aug 2021

Hi All,

Given that TI 0.9 has been released (hurrah!), perhaps my WINE info here will be of use regarding the new version. Of note, I am aware that 0.8 has issues with WINE, whereas 0.7 does not. I'm using Kubuntu 20.04 as my OS with WINE 5, though to my knowledge this should be reproducible on other Ubuntu systems.

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In short, I followed this guide - https://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=37997
Though, additional info was useful here (Tiberian Sun section) - https://www.reddit.com/r/linux_gaming/comments/mtixee/a_linux_users_guide_to_command_conquer/

Once all was done, I was able to execute the game in my TI directory with the command:
env WINEARCH=win32 WINEPREFIX=~/.wine32 wine TwistedInsurrection.exe

on my system, .wine32 is the directory in my Ubuntu home folder which this 32 bit prefix is pointed to.

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Of note, I had to install the .NET framework 2.0. Thus, after installing winetricks on my 32 bit wine prefix, I used

winetricks dotnet20 dotnet40 dotnet45 dotnet xna40

For me xna40 didn't install directly, so I had to run the msi using msiexec instead - https://askubuntu.com/questions/671277/is-it-possible-to-run-a-windows-msi-installer

The reddit guide above informed me that I needed to run in Windows XP compatibility mode, as well as making ddraw.dll native (see screenshots). Then I could use the TS-DDRAW renderer in windowed mode. These were key, otherwise both the client wouldn't display any graphics, and the ingame speed and graphics were slow and choppy.

DLL to native - https://askubuntu.com/questions/431790/how-to-set-dll-to-native-wine

Of note, on older computers OpenGL might not run correctly with WINE. I used the command export MESA_GL_VERSION_OVERRIDE=4.5

which i acquired here - https://forum.winehq.org/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=34889

I started from installing version 0.7 and then upgrading to 0.8.9 (and then to 0.9). However I got this working starting from 0.8 and 0.9 directly as well.

Hope this helps!
Z

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Crimsonum · Seth **Joined**: 14 Jul 2005 **Location**: Fineland

Hi, thanks for the tutorial. I have stickied it.

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zany_reaper · Civilian **Joined**: 27 Aug 2021

Crimsonum wrote:

Hi, thanks for the tutorial. I have stickied it.

No problem, hope it's of use!

Of note I'd like to think that this will extend to helping out with other C&C mods and games, though I have not tested anything yet. Tiberian Sun of course is well known to work on WINE now.

Z

timmehg86 · Civilian **Joined**: 10 Aug 2020

Is it possible for someone to put together a complete noobs guide for getting this going from scratch, im talking from installing WINE and everything else you need from scratch. Im very new to Linux/Raspberry Pi and spend half my time stumbling through things trying to work out what i've done wrong and im sure im not the only one in this boat. I dont want to have to go back to a winblows machine just to be able to play amazing games like this and a number of the standalone mods for RA2 etc. The above mentioned guides, at least to me half of it doesnt make sense, as like i said above, i have minimal clue what im doing haha. The WINE HQ one doesnt even seem like it is complete anymore? On behalf of myself and im sure many other Rpi users we thank you in advance.

radar92 · Rocket Cyborg **Joined**: 14 Nov 2004

timmehg8686 wrote:

Is it possible for someone to put together a complete noobs guide for getting this going from scratch, im talking from installing WINE and everything else you need from scratch. Im very new to Linux/Raspberry Pi

If you doing it on Pi you'll have to over come the different CPU architecture too if thats what you're getting at. I googled quick and it didn't look promising.

Myself I use Windows VMs to run the different games. XP works well for this. I just isolate them from the internet. Each VM for a different game so I can only bork one at a time. I also use Win 10 and it has worked well.

I run almost all Linux in my lab so I get the goal. My lab is built off micro PCs and I ended up with the licenses anyway.

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undergoesreprieve · Vehicle Driver **Joined**: 18 Nov 2022

Thank you so much for this thread, I was banging my head against the wall trying to get TI to work.

I had done everything noted (except for one thing!) but when starting a skirmish it would hang on "Deploying forces to combat zone..."

The solution was the ddraw override. It works perfectly now! And for that matter, I was having the exact same issue with TS6, which I solved in the same way.

Thanks again!