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GameTreeLinux, aka Cedega, packages available: untested

je_saist

By je_saist,
Posted on: 2011-05-06 12:09 in ALL ACCESS Gameplay Technical Issues Bugs

 

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Packages for Transgaming's GameTreeLinux are now available through the Gametreelinux Developer site: https://gametreedeveloper.com/linux

Binary Packages are available for:

  • 64bit Debian
  • 32bit Debian
  • 32bit RedHat / Fedora
  • 32bit Gentoo / Slackware
As of right now I have not tested the new downloads against CoH. I'm pretty sure GTL will not work with the crapware that is the NCSoft launcher.

Assuming the old CoHupdater.exe launcher still works, CoH may still be playable.

As a note: you will need to have a GameTree Account to download the Cedega packages. An account is free of charge, and there is no financial cost associated with downloading the GTL packages.

 

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well, some good and bad news.

Against the old 7.3.3 engine, which should be downloaded by default by any and all GTL accounts, CoH is perfectly playable on AMD cards:



Ultra Mode is also working on AMD cards under 32bit and 64bit installs with Maudite 14, which should be available in the previous engines section of the UI:



However, installing wasn't exactly a smooth process.

  • You'll need a pre-existing installation of the game that's already updated, otherwise the patcher will hang on itself and loop indefinantly.
  • You'll also need the old cohupdater.exe executable. The crapware NCSoft launcher will not work.
  • You will likely also need an AMD graphics card. I only have one Nvidia chip on hand now, a 6800 Mobile, so I wasn't able to test a wide range of cards. As of right now, GTL is a no-go at least with recent Nvidia drivers.

The process to install is also kind of haphazard. The "most" successful way to replicate installation is as follows:
  • 1: Load GameTreeLinux
  • 2: Start the installation using cohupdater.exe in a WINDOWED mode
  • 3: You will need to go into the advanced section of the installer options for GTL
  • 4: After the patcher has started downloading, exit the patcher.
  • 5: Open up your install point, which is most likely /home/(username)/.cedega
  • 6: Copy and over write the pre-existing City of Heroes installation into the newly formed City of Heroes installation: should be something like /home/(username)/.cedega/(CoH)/c_drive/Program Files/City of Heroes
  • 7: now DELETE the Wineserver: should be something like /home/(username)/.cedega/(CoH)/winserver-(computer-name)
  • 8: Start the installation again using the cohupdater.exe file
  • 9: The installer should skip on through and set up the correct short-cuts now.

Yes, I'm aware that is a large number of hoops to jump through.

Also, in related but unrelated news, Attachmate laid off all the developers working on Mono... so if anybody was hoping on a Mono-compatibility layer for the Crapware NCSoft launcher, that ain't happening: http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner...ono-emplo.html

 

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Seems that updates to both the game and/or the AMD driver solved some of the loading problems. As of right now CoH is loading with the last public Cedega Beta engine and Catalyst 11.4: