To obtain WineX, you can find on the website of Transgaming or Download it here. To install WineX on Linux Mandrake, just double-click on the file named "winex3-3.3-1.i386.rpm" and click "install" (You need root password).
WineX is now accessible by the command "winex3". To open a
MS-Windows programm jeust type "winex3 ./myprogramm.exe".
You need to configure WineX. You need to edit the
~/.transgaming/config. Make shure you have all the drives you need.
Here is my configureation file:
WINE REGISTRY Version 2
;; All keys relative to \\Machine\\Software\\Wine\\Wine\\Config
;;
;; MS-DOS drives configuration
;;
;; Each section has the following format:
;; [Drive X]
;; "Path"="xxx" (Unix path for drive root)
;; "Type"="xxx" (supported types are 'floppy', 'hd', 'cdrom' and 'network')
;; "Label"="xxx" (drive label, at most 11 characters)
;; "Serial"="xxx" (serial number, 8 characters hexadecimal number)
;; "Filesystem"="xxx" (supported types are 'msdos'/'dos'/'fat', 'win95'/'vfat', 'unix')
;; This is the FS Wine is supposed to emulate on a certain
;; directory structure.
;; Recommended:
;; - "win95" for ext2fs, VFAT and FAT32
;; - "msdos" for FAT16 (ugly, upgrading to VFAT driver strongly recommended)
;; DON'T use "unix" unless you intend to port programs using Winelib !
;; "Device"="/dev/xx" (only if you want to allow raw device access)
;;
[Drive A]
"Path" = "/mnt/floppy"
"Type" = "floppy"
"Label" = "Floppy"
"Filesystem" = "win95"
"Device" = "/dev/fd0"
[Drive C]
"Path" = "/home/mildred/.transgaming/c_drive"
"Type" = "hd"
"Label" = "Dos Drive"
"Filesystem" = "win95"
[Drive D]
"Path" = "/mnt/cdrom"
"Type" = "cdrom"
"Label" = "CD-Rom"
"Filesystem" = "win95"
; make sure that device is correct and has proper permissions !
"Device" = "/dev/hdc"
[Drive E]
"Path" = "/mnt/cdrom2"
"Type" = "cdrom"
"Label" = "CD-Rom"
"Filesystem" = "win95"
; make sure that device is correct and has proper permissions !
"Device" = "/dev/hdd"
[Drive F]
"Path" = "${HOME}"
"Label" = "Home"
"Type" = "network"
"Filesystem" = "win95"
"Serial" = ""
[Drive G]
"Path" = "/tmp"
"Type" = "hd"
"Label" = "Tmp Drive"
"Filesystem" = "win95"
[Drive Z]
"Path" = "/"
"Type" = "hd"
"Label" = "Root"
"Filesystem" = "win95"
[Drive P]
"Path" = "${HOME}"
"Label" = "Home"
"Type" = "network"
"Filesystem" = "win95"
"Serial" = ""
[wine]
"Windows" = "c:\\windows"
"System" = "c:\\windows\\system32\\"
"Temp" = "g:\\"
"Path" = "c:\\windows\\;c:\\windows\\system32\\"
"GraphicsDriver" = "x11drv"
; Wine doesn't pass directory symlinks to Windows programs by default.
; Enabling this may crash some programs that do recursive lookups of a whole
; subdir tree in case of a symlink pointing back to itself.
;
; Note: The WINESHELLLINK Environment variable will override this setting.
; (which is set in the winex startup script)
"ShowDirSymlinks" = "1"
"ShellLinker" = "/usr/lib/transgaming_winex3/winex/bin/wineshelllink"
;
; Browser to be used by winebrowserlink.
; Note: The WINEBROWSER Environment variable will override this setting.
;"Browser" = "/usr/bin/konqueror"
# <wineconf>
[DllDefaults]
"DefaultLoadOrder" = "native, builtin, so"
[DllOverrides]
"commdlg" = "builtin, native"
"comdlg32" = "builtin, native"
"oleaut32" = "builtin, native"
"ver" = "builtin, native"
"version" = "builtin, native"
"shell" = "builtin, native"
"shell32" = "builtin, native"
"shfolder" = "builtin, native"
"shlwapi" = "builtin, native"
"lzexpand" = "builtin, native"
"lz32" = "builtin, native"
"comctl32" = "builtin, native"
"commctrl" = "builtin, native"
"advapi32" = "builtin, native"
"crtdll" = "builtin, native"
"mpr" = "builtin, native"
"winspool.drv" = "builtin, native"
"d3d8" = "builtin, native"
"d3drm" = "builtin, native"
"ddraw" = "builtin, native"
"dinput" = "builtin, native"
"dinput8" = "builtin, native"
"dmusic" = "builtin, native"
"dsound" = "builtin, native"
"opengl32" = "builtin, native"
"msvcrt" = "native, builtin"
"rpcrt4" = "native, builtin"
"msvideo" = "builtin, native"
"msvfw32" = "builtin, native"
"mcicda.drv" = "builtin, native"
"mciseq.drv" = "builtin, native"
"mciwave.drv" = "builtin, native"
"mciavi.drv" = "native, builtin"
"mcianim.drv" = "native, builtin"
"msacm.drv" = "builtin, native"
"msacm" = "builtin, native"
"msacm32" = "builtin, native"
"midimap.drv" = "builtin, native"
"wininet" = "builtin, native"
[Version]
; Windows version to imitate. Valid versions are: 'win20', 'win30', 'win31', 'win95', 'win98', 'winme', 'nt351', 'nt40', 'win2000', 'winxp'
"Windows" = "win98"
; DOS version to imitate
;"DOS" = "6.22"
[x11drv]
; Number of colors to allocate from the system palette
"AllocSystemColors" = "100"
; Number of colors to copy from the default palette
"CopyDefaultColors" = "0"
; Use a private color map
"PrivateColorMap" = "N"
; Favor correctness over speed in some graphics operations
"PerfectGraphics" = "N"
; Color depth to use on multi-depth screens
;;"ScreenDepth" = "16"
; Name of X11 display to use
;;"Display" = ":0.0"
; Allow the window manager to manage created windows
"Managed" = "Y"
; Use a desktop window of 640x480 for Wine
;"Desktop" = "800x600"
; Use XFree86 DGA extension if present
; (make sure /dev/mem is accessible by you !)
"UseDGA" = "N"
; Use XShm extension if present
"UseXShm" = "Y"
; Enable DirectX mouse grab
"DXGrab" = "Y"
; Use XVidMode extension if present
"UseXVidMode" = "Y"
; Use XRandR extension if present
"UseXRandR" = "N"
; Create the desktop window with a double-buffered visual
; (useful to play OpenGL games)
"DesktopDoubleBuffered" = "Y"
; Code page used for captions in managed mode
; 0 means default ANSI code page (CP_ACP == 0)
"TextCP" = "0"
; Use this if you have more than one port for video on your setup
; (Wine uses for now the first 'input image' it finds).
;; "XVideoPort" = "43"
; Use this to make your X server execute all commands
; sequentially rather than buffering commands. Will make
; everything really SLOW but can be nice for debugging.
;; "Synchronous" = "Y"
; Enable the FPS count on the TransGaming HUD (also activates the HUD)
;; "ShowFPS" = "Y"
; Enable memory statistics on the TransGaming HUD (must have ShowFPS activated)
;; "ShowMem" = "Y"
; How much Video RAM does your card have?
"VideoRam" = "32"
; How much should WineX attempt to store into faster AGP memory
"AGPVertexRam" = "16"
[d3dgl]
"AnisotropicTextureFiltering" = "N"
"VertexShaders" = "Y"
"ClipSpaceFix" = "Y"
; (dev-only) Maximum number of texture stages that WineX should attempt to use (1-8)
;; "MaxTextureStages" = "8"
; (dev-only) Identify polygons under the mouse cursor
;; "InterceptMode" = "N"
[joystick]
;; Configuration of the function of joystick axes
;; The joystick name and axis functions can be determined with jstest.
;; The available axis types are:
;; "none", "X", "Y", "Z", "RX", "RY", "RZ",
;; "slider", "hat", "POV", and "ball"
;; "hat" and "POV" are synonymous. Hats use two axes.
"Logitech Inc. WingMan RumblePad" = "X,Y,slider,Z,RZ,hat,none"
[fonts]
;Read documentation/fonts before adding aliases
"Resolution" = "96"
"Default" = "-adobe-times-"
; Use new improved fonts (uses FreeType and XRender libraries) at user request.
; Defaults to "Y".
;"FreeType" = "N"
[FontPatterns]
"Pattern0" = "-adobe-times*"
"Pattern1" = "-adobe-helvetica*"
"Pattern2" = "-adobe-courier*"
"Pattern3" = "-misc-fixed*"
[FontDirs]
;"0"="/path/to/extra/fonts"
[FontAlias]
;; Add font aliases here. On the left put the name of the windows font family
;; that you want to fake, on the right put the a similar font family that you
;; have installed. These will override the fontconfig and the WineX builtin fallbacks,
;; but may look better (if you choose them correctly).
;; Alias' may refer to other alias' that have been defined above them.
;; These alias' are the first that WineX loads.
;;
;; Serif Fonts
;"Times New Roman"="Times"
"MS Serif"="Times New Roman"
;;
;; Sans Serif Fonts
;"Arial"="Helvetica"
"Helv"="Arial"
"MS Sans Serif"="Arial"
"System"="Arial"
"Tahoma"="Arial"
;;
;; Mono Space Fonts
;"Courier New"="Courier"
;"FixedSys"="Courier"
[memory]
;; Attempt to make memory allocation more windows like.
;; Not for use with all applications. Best used in app default section.
; "MemoryLayoutOverride" = "0x10000000"
[serialports]
"Com1" = "/dev/ttyS0"
"Com2" = "/dev/ttyS1"
"Com3" = "/dev/ttyS2"
"Com4" = "/dev/modem"
[parallelports]
"Lpt1" = "/dev/lp0"
[spooler]
"LPT1:" = "|lpr"
"LPT2:" = "|gs -sDEVICE=bj200 -sOutputFile=/tmp/fred -q -"
"LPT3:" = "/dev/lp3"
[ports]
;"read" = "0x779,0x379,0x280-0x2a0"
; "write" = "0x779,0x379,0x280-0x2a0"
[spy]
"Exclude" = "WM_SIZE;WM_TIMER;"
[registry]
;These are all booleans. Y/y/T/t/1 are true, N/n/F/f/0 are false.
;Defaults are read all, write to Home
; Global registries (stored in /etc)
"LoadGlobalRegistryFiles" = "n"
; Home registries (stored in ~user/.wine/)
"LoadHomeRegistryFiles" = "Y"
; Load Windows registries from the Windows directory
"LoadWindowsRegistryFiles" = "n"
; TRY to write all changes to home registries
"WritetoHomeRegistryFiles" = "Y"
; Registry periodic save timeout in seconds
; "PeriodicSave" = "600"
; Save only modified keys
"SaveOnlyUpdatedKeys" = "Y"
[Tweak.Layout]
;; supported styles are 'Win31'(default), 'Win95', 'Win98'
"WineLook" = "Win98"
[Console]
"Drivers" = "xterm"
;"Drivers" = "tty"
"XtermProg" = "konsole"
;"InitialRows" = "25"
;"InitialColumns" = "80"
;"TerminalType" = "nxterm"
[Clipboard]
"ClearAllSelections" = "0"
"PersistentSelection" = "1"
; List of all directories directly contain .AFM files
[afmdirs]
;"1" = "/usr/share/ghostscript/fonts"
;"2" = "/usr/share/a2ps/afm"
;"3" = "/usr/share/enscript"
;"4" = "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1"
[WinMM]
"Drivers" = "wineoss.drv"
"WaveMapper" = "msacm.drv"
"MidiMapper" = "midimap.drv"
[wineoss]
"UseMMap" = "N"
"FullDuplex" = "N"
;; Specify a mapping for what digital audio devices to use
;"dsp0" = "/dev/dsp0"
;"mixer0" = "/dev/mixer0"
;; App default settings
;; Battle Field 1942 settings
[AppDefaults\\bf1942.exe\\d3dgl]
"ClipSpaceFix" = "N"
;; Medal Of Honor settings
[AppDefaults\\mohaa.exe\\memory]
"MemoryLayoutOverride" = "0x10000000"
[AppDefaults\\mohaademo.exe\\memory]
"MemoryLayoutOverride" = "0x10000000"
[AppDefaults\\moh_spearhead.exe\\memory]
"MemoryLayoutOverride" = "0x10000000"
[AppDefaults\\moh_spearhead.exe\\Version]
"Windows" = "win2k"
[AppDefaults\\moh_spearhead_demo.exe\\memory]
"MemoryLayoutOverride" = "0x10000000"
;; SimCity 4 settings
[AppDefaults\\SimCity 4.exe\\Version]
"Windows" = "win2k"
[AppDefaults\\SimCity 4.exe\\transgaming]
"cmdlineadd" = "-d:software"
;; Civ 3
[AppDefaults\\Civilization3.exe\\Version]
"Windows" = "win2k"
;; Call of Duty
[AppDefaults\\CoDSP.exe\\Version]
"Windows" = "win2k"
[AppDefaults\\CoDMP.exe\\Version]
"Windows" = "win2k"
# </wineconf>
Under KDE, you have to configure Konqueror. Open a Konqueror window.
The nclich on menu "Configuration" and choose "Configure Konqueror".
You have to select "File Association". Find the filetype
application/x-msdos-program. You have to add the extension "*.exe" and
the programm winex3:
You need to install the game. To do that, open the CD-Rom folder
(you have to insert the first CD-Rom) and open "setup.exe" with WineX:
At the end of installation, close the Installer.
You need to install the patch. If you don't the game doesn't work on
the Internet. You can download it here
or here
(Thanks to Lews).
Oen it with WineX:
Chick "Setup":
When the patch is installed, close the installer.
To make Wheel of Time work on Linux, you need to disable the
orotection. You may be need the file dplayerx.dll (Put it in
"~/TransGaming_Drive/WheelOftime/System") and Unsafedisc programm. Uncompress
unsafedisc and run it with WineX:
, put the file dplayerx.dll into
your System folder and retry. You must have the window:
The Wheel of Time may work. To run the game execute "winex3
~/TransGaming_Drive/WheelOfTime/System/wot.exe". If you want an icon,
you can use this one:
If the Wheel of Time doesn't work, you can contact me in my E-mail
(mildred593 AT online DOT fr).