Games on Wine

**layers** · January 3rd, 2012

I am trying to run Age of Empires II on wine 1.3.28 (apparently it does work properlyhttp://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=application&iId=99 ), but when I try to run it from terminal
i get only this, with no other terminal output.Screenshot at 2012-01-03 00:15:28.png

Code:

ibo@ibo-vaio:~$ ~/.wine/drive_c/Program\ Files/Age\ of\ Empires\ II\ Gold\ Expansion/age2_x1.exe
ibo@ibo-vaio:~$

If I try to run it from nautilus, it loads up, and when I'm about to actually start the game, it crashes with Screenshot at 2012-01-03 00:17:39.png Can someone help me fix this?

or how can I upgrade my Wine to 1.3.35, without braking Office 2007 which runs perfectly now?

**Elfy** · January 3rd, 2012

Thread moved to Wine.

**Toz** · January 3rd, 2012

Try using PlayOnLinux (http://www.playonlinux.com). AOEII is supported (http://www.playonlinux.com/repository/?cat=1).

It would be best to install the latest version of POL - see the "Ubuntu" section at: http://www.playonlinux.com/en/download.html for instructions on how to install.

POL will create a separate set of prefixes and won't interfere with your existing install of Office. POL will also manage different versions of wine.

**layers** · January 3rd, 2012

Originally Posted by Toz

Try using PlayOnLinux (http://www.playonlinux.com). AOEII is supported (http://www.playonlinux.com/repository/?cat=1).

It would be best to install the latest version of POL - see the "Ubuntu" section at: http://www.playonlinux.com/en/download.html for instructions on how to install.

POL will create a separate set of prefixes and won't interfere with your existing install of Office. POL will also manage different versions of wine.

yeah... the thing is, I only have a copy of the AOE2 folder from Program Files over from the other my old Windows computer - so no disk with an installation executable. On previous Ubuntu systems, I just ran the empires2.exe to play the game, when I had Wine only. Would that be possible with POL? Don't I actually need the disk with POL?

**dioxholster** · January 5th, 2012

I would like to know how POL works with games as well.

**Toz** · January 5th, 2012

Originally Posted by layers

yeah... the thing is, I only have a copy of the AOE2 folder from Program Files over from the other my old Windows computer - so no disk with an installation executable. On previous Ubuntu systems, I just ran the empires2.exe to play the game, when I had Wine only. Would that be possible with POL? Don't I actually need the disk with POL?

POL will require the installation disks. In fact, any wine install would, unless you can somehow recreate the necessary environment for a copy to work (directx, windows dlls, etc). I don't know enough about AOE to comment on how its installed and what components it requires.

**Toz** · January 5th, 2012

Originally Posted by dioxholster

I would like to know how POL works with games as well.

Not sure what exactly you're asking about. Have a look at www.playonlinux.com for information about the product.

**layers** · January 7th, 2012

i got hold of an iso of the game.
there - my exact clicks: install,apply,forward, wtf

i need the game first, then the expansion

**Toz** · January 7th, 2012

There seems to be a bug in the installation script for that file. Looks like the prefix isn't being created properly. Might be worth posting on the PlayOnLinux Forums or creating a bug report.

As a workaround, manually create the prefix before running the startup script. From a terminal window, execute the following command:

Code:

WINEPREFIX=~/.PlayOnLinux/wineprefix/AgeOfEmpire2 winecfg

...and when the wine configuration dialog box opens up, just close it and then start the POL installation script.

Note: I don't have this game so am unable to continue further with the script. Hopefully it will install.