[SOLVED] Wine Colour Depth

[stooshbunutu]

Hi Guys,

I'm new to the forum so I am just wondering if anyone can help me.

I installed wine and wine-dev and it is working well but some older games tell me they need to run on a 256-bit colour resolution and so don't work properly if at all. Is there any way I can change the wine settings so that it will run things in this colour resolution.

I will welcome any help people can offer, Thanks

:)

[Ferrat]

AFAIK wine runs on the same depth as linux does, ergo change linux depth should make it work in wine, not sure if this applies to 256 color but seen a few fixes that way with 16bit instead of 24/32bit

[lha]

change linux depth should make it work in wine, not sure if this applies to 256 color but seen a few fixes that way with 16bit instead of 24/32bit

An alternative option is described in
http://wiki.winehq.org/256ColorsWorkarounds.

[stooshbunutu]

AFAIK wine runs on the same depth as linux does, ergo change linux depth should make it work in wine, not sure if this applies to 256 color but seen a few fixes that way with 16bit instead of 24/32bit
ok thanks so how do I change the depth in ubuntu, I can only find how to change the screen resolution and refresh-rate. Soz to sound a bit noobie, but im just stuck:confused:

[lha]

ok thanks so how do I change the depth in ubuntu, I can only find how to change the screen resolution and refresh-rate. Soz to sound a bit noobie, but im just stuck

Change "DefaultDepth 24" to "DefaultDepth 16" in /etc/X11/xorg.conf. In terminal, type
sudo nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf to open the file for editing.

[stooshbunutu]

Ok so I spent the best part part of an evening trying out the work around on the wine website and noe of it worked. Quite annoyed me, does anyone now how I can tell them it didn't work?

I will try the other solution posted shortly

Cheerz again

[stooshbunutu]

Here is the message I get when trying to run the game in WINE

[lha]

Here is the message I get when trying to run the game in WINE

Are you trying to install DirectX? Maybe you should check what WIneHQ FAQ (http://wiki.winehq.org/FAQ) says about DirectX. (In short, don't try to install Microsoft's DirectX.)

[stooshbunutu]

Yeah it was a direct x problem.

I didn't quite understand the stuff on the wine website, does it mean that direct x is already incorporated, 'cause if so then it is saying tere is a missing component and tis means i wont b able to play the game unless there is going to be some kind of development with direct x 10

Thanks for the ongoing support

[lha]

Yeah it was a direct x problem.

I didn't quite understand the stuff on the wine website, does it mean that direct x is already incorporated, 'cause if so then it is saying tere is a missing component and tis means i wont b able to play the game unless there is going to be some kind of development with direct x 10

Wine does not provide DirectX10, so if your game requires the newest DirectX, you're out of luck. There are plans for implementing DX10, though. (At the moment, Wine provides DirectX9.)

[stooshbunutu]

this games is really quite old, it only requires directx6, could it be a backwards compatability problem?

[lha]

this games is really quite old, it only requires directx6, could it be a backwards compatability problem?

Take a look at http://appdb.winehq.org/ to find out if someone else has succesfully played it under Wine. Remember that you should not install Microsoft's DirectX; it wont work. Did you install DX6, for example, while installing your game?

[stooshbunutu]

thanks again will try it out ang get back

[stooshbunutu]

well on the site it only has worked with alot of workaround in feisty but then without propper controls. There was a bug listed with the same properties as mine. :(

[stooshbunutu]

I guess i will give up for now and try again on a newer version of wine:(