So how would I make CoH playable on ubuntu 10.10?
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AddamsFamily,
Posted on: 2011-04-24 03:46 in Player Questions
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Isn't cedega moving to a free model now? Yeah, here is the link. Just read about it this week. I haven't tried COH on it, but with this change I may give it a go this week and see how it runs.
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Originally Posted by PiIsYourFfriend
I know most will say cedega, but another monthly charge isn't the fix I had in mind. Is there anyone who can tell me what I need to get wine running the game?
The launcher is fine other than the white background, and I get to the loading bar before the login screen, but then the process goes to sleep permanently. What ancient ritual do I need to perform to awaken the sleeping CityOfHeroes.ex. Also, it isn't very encouraging to find it's been months since anyone has said much about linux and CoH. |
I * believe* ubuntu has a software installer. Use it to run WINE. Works fine on Mint (which is just Ubuntu with a few different packages, IIRC.)
What specifically I did... couldn't say. I'm not actually in there *much,* but when I am, COH updates and runs without a hitch. Seem to recall it being a lot easier this time around. I believe je_saist is the usual "ask me about Linux" guy.
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If you don't want Cedega, WINE works just fine. You need to run CoH from the command line as "wine cityofheroes.exe -project coh -renderthread 0" because multithreaded rendering doesn't currently work under Linux.|
Originally Posted by PiIsYourFfriend
I know most will say cedega, but another monthly charge isn't the fix I had in mind. Is there anyone who can tell me what I need to get wine running the game?
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That said, the quality of performance you get depends on your video card. If you've got an ATI card, just about everything will work fine (if a bit slow). If you've got an Nvidia card, you probably won't be able to use Ultra Mode (this may have changed, though, as I haven't tested in a while). If you've got Intel integrated graphics, good luck -- you'll need it.
If you need more help on this I suggest posting in the Gameplay / Technical Issues & Bug section of the Boards. (Listed under "Development")
Technologically savvy players check that section for those needing help with computer issues, including things like running CoH on Linux.
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I know most will say cedega, but another monthly charge isn't the fix I had in mind. Is there anyone who can tell me what I need to get wine running the game?
The launcher is fine other than the white background, and I get to the loading bar before the login screen, but then the process goes to sleep permanently. What ancient ritual do I need to perform to awaken the sleeping CityOfHeroes.ex. Also, it isn't very encouraging to find it's been months since anyone has said much about linux and CoH.