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zbraniecki
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Hi all

We've started digging possibility to launch Witcher on Linux (hate switching to XP just to play the game).

At this point the game developers didn't help, but I hope that once we debug it into chunks that we can question RED against, they will :)

So, we have an entry on Wine AppDB: http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=9593&iTestingId=16927 (vote!)

and we have a bug in their bugzilla: http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10264

If you have any knowledge in the area, or any suggestions, please, put it there.

The installation works, it hangs at the end, but the game is installed by the time (from what I know).
The next stage is launching the game, which fails all along. Polish game users tried to install some additional libraries but without a success. Anyone has his feedback on this?
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Yes it would be really great :)
Maybe there's some little chance for native client :-\
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no chance at all.

anyway. the update is that there is a guy working on the patch for TAGES (tages is a copyprotection system that currently makes the game not run) in bug http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10264

We track the game here: http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=9593 . If you want to promote the importance of the game, vote for it :)
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Someone made a trick and run Witcher on Linux!

it required no-cd patch and some libs (read the bug comments), but it seems to be doable :)

http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=9593
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i got it working too
running Debian Sid 64bit + WINE 0.9.50

but the characters are just ragdolls in their default position :( :) like this

anyone, any idea?
The Witcher: Enhanced Edition FAQ! ( patch 1.5 and TAGES removal info )The Witcher on Linux: info, vids[img]http://tinyurl.com/5mvvn6[/i
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no one else tried this?
The Witcher: Enhanced Edition FAQ! ( patch 1.5 and TAGES removal info )The Witcher on Linux: info, vids[img]http://tinyurl.com/5mvvn6[/i
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looks like there is a problem with nVidia 7xxx cards under WINE in Linux, since the characters are not animated and only their mouth/eyes/swords are

i just upgraded to a nVidia 8600gt and everything works ok
the performance is lower, the top goes like this: Windows XP/2003 > Windows Vista/2008 => Linux :) ( yes, looks like Vista/2008 performance is only slightly better than Linux, on the same setup)

Debian Sid 64bit
Kernel 2.6.23.14
KDE 3.5.8
nVidia Linux driver 169.09 64bit + OpenGL 32bit compat libs
WINE 0.9.54 64bit

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the drawbacks:
-no Antialias selectable in game - this isn't a problem since it can barely play without AA in Windows too, did not try to force AA via the nVidia Linux control panel
-no EAX - can't really say if i'll miss it or not
-Shadows High removes the shadows but Shadows Medium works ok
-the health/toxicity bars seem to be missing, but moving the mouse over them works ok
-the control keys in the Control menu are not shown, but you can change them ok, you'll get notified if there are any conflicts as usual
-setting Gamma in-game menu does not do anything, setting it from the nVidia control panel works ok
The Witcher: Enhanced Edition FAQ! ( patch 1.5 and TAGES removal info )The Witcher on Linux: info, vids[img]http://tinyurl.com/5mvvn6[/i
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game installed on a NTFS partition ( accessed using the http://ntfs-3g.org driver )
running the witcher:
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yukon wine witcher.exe > /dev/null 2>&1
video capture: 1024x768@15fps ~3.3Gb with Yukon (rewrite branch)
extract&encode audio:
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yukon-filter --audio witcher1.seom | lame -h witcher1.mp3
extract&encode video + audio:
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yukon-filter --video witcher1.seom | mencoder -ovc xvid -xvidencopts bitrate=4096 -oac copy -audiofile witcher1.mp3 -o witcher1.avi -
encoded video: ~168Mb The Witcher - Monastery Vizima - Linux in WINE

/edit:
*updated Yukon link
*movie gone MIA, i'll try to upload it again ASAP
« Last Edit: Jul 30, 2009, 10:19:56 by Licaon_Kter »
The Witcher: Enhanced Edition FAQ! ( patch 1.5 and TAGES removal info )The Witcher on Linux: info, vids[img]http://tinyurl.com/5mvvn6[/i
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The Witcher: Enhanced Edition FAQ! ( patch 1.5 and TAGES removal info )The Witcher on Linux: info, vids[img]http://tinyurl.com/5mvvn6[/i
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Is the game crashing as on Windows, or more (less) stable?
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for me the game runs fine, without crashes in Windows XP/2008 and Linux, so i can't really judge anything
The Witcher: Enhanced Edition FAQ! ( patch 1.5 and TAGES removal info )The Witcher on Linux: info, vids[img]http://tinyurl.com/5mvvn6[/i
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Well, you made me envious, because for me the game crashes often. 
Maybe I will start looking for that WindowsXP/2008.  I admit I have not heard about this version before.
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Actually Licaon this is impressive stuff.  I'm quite glad to see it running at all on another platform, thank you for those links, I wish I knew more so I could help as that working flawlessly on Linux would be a nice option.

Nice, never mind got the mirror to go at average 450KB a sec. good stuff.

Wow, that looks like some low frame rates, it works though, and decently.  My only confusion is how in the world did you not die with no health?  ]:->
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Quote from: nowakus on February 07, 2008
Well, you made me envious, because for me the game crashes often. 
Maybe I will start looking for that WindowsXP/2008.  I admit I have not heard about this version before.
i said Windows XP and Windows Server 2008
i have the Windows 2008 SP1 RC1 Evaluation version ( Windows Server 2008 is the Server counterpart of Vista at.>95% compatiblity)

Quote from: tracido on February 07, 2008
Actually Licaon this is impressive stuff.  I'm quite glad to see it running at all on another platform, thank you for those links, I wish I knew more so I could help as that working flawlessly on Linux would be a nice option.

Wow, that looks like some low frame rates, it works though, and decently.  My only confusion is how in the world did you not die with no health?  ]:->
you did no read my previous post: "-the health/toxicity bars seem to be missing, but moving the mouse over them works ok"
low frame rates yes, i was playing at 1024x768 from a non Linux native partition ( NTFS ) and recording fullscreen video&audio, on a single core CPU, running the game through the WINE layer... that's wicked at least :)
The Witcher: Enhanced Edition FAQ! ( patch 1.5 and TAGES removal info )The Witcher on Linux: info, vids[img]http://tinyurl.com/5mvvn6[/i
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Oh, I see what you meant with the XP/2008 notation.  Funny enough, there seems to exist XP-2008 "version", which looks to be an unofficial repackaging of WinXP.  I was wonding if that is what you were using.
But in this case I just join the big crowd of people wondering what makes the game crash for them.  Server 2008 is probably out of my reach.
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