Kommandant Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 I just got an old computer of mine formated and have Ubuntu instaled on it, the computer have all the basic specs to run SC: TGW, but I have no fuc*ing idea of how to make the game run on it. I know the game don't officially run in linux, but if there is anyone here that use linux, I would love to have some support. Obs: This is the fist time I use linux for real, so go easy on me. Thanks in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlape3 Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 There are windows emulators which will allow you to run SC2 under linux Wine being one of them. While I do have Ubuntu 10.4 64 bit installed on my gaming PC I haven't tried running anything significant under it. In general, the Ubuntu seems more responsive than the Win7 Ultimate 64 bit also running on the same PC but I suspect the emulator will slow things down considerably. Let us know how it works out for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kommandant Posted March 28, 2012 Author Share Posted March 28, 2012 I will take a look in it, if things go well or not, I will let you guys know. Thanks for the help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwolf Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 I ran the original SC in wine with no problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schrullenhaft Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 I don't really have any hints for running SC WW1 under Linux/Wine, but there are some other details to be aware of. I don't know how well the copy-protection system that SC WW1 uses will work in a Wine environment. It may work fine, but I don't really know. Another issue is that you will use up an activation to run under Linux/Wine (even if it is a 'dual-boot' computer running Windows on another partition). I don't know the exact graphics calls that SC WW1 is making. It most likely may utilize some DirectX/DirectDraw for drawing the screen (since it requires the 'dx7vb.dll' file). I'm not sure how good the performance may be under Wine. I suggest trying to get the SC WW1 1.03 demo working first. If that performs in a reasonable manner, then it may be worth attempting to get the full game running (with the possible complications of the copy-protection system). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kommandant Posted March 29, 2012 Author Share Posted March 29, 2012 I don't really have any hints for running SC WW1 under Linux/Wine, but there are some other details to be aware of. I don't know how well the copy-protection system that SC WW1 uses will work in a Wine environment. It may work fine, but I don't really know. Another issue is that you will use up an activation to run under Linux/Wine (even if it is a 'dual-boot' computer running Windows on another partition). I don't know the exact graphics calls that SC WW1 is making. It most likely may utilize some DirectX/DirectDraw for drawing the screen (since it requires the 'dx7vb.dll' file). I'm not sure how good the performance may be under Wine. I suggest trying to get the SC WW1 1.03 demo working first. If that performs in a reasonable manner, then it may be worth attempting to get the full game running (with the possible complications of the copy-protection system). I see your point, I will give it a try with the demo, luckly, I will try this only next week, so nothing has been made yet, I will take you hint, thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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