Howto: Get Continuum (a.k.a. Subspace) to work with Ubuntu.

Gen2ly · 04:08 AM

Howto Install Continuum

IMHO Subspace, a.k.a Continuum, is one of the best MMOPG's in... well, ever. Yes, I'm biased, but this isn't a wiki

. Continuum/Subspace is a Windows game, so you will need Wine installed to play it. For anyone who hasn't played Continuum, it is a online ship battle (hundreds of ships are possible) with a number of different game types.

Warning: Because Subspace is a highly mod-able game be sure you trust the administrators on the server. Admins have been known to change settings on a ship by ship basis, on the fly.

Notes:

There are two ways to do this: Either download a patched wine kernel and place it by hand (the easy way), or patching the wine source and compiling yourself (the other way ).
If you perused my previous HowTo on this before, you may want to do this again. It eventually ended up breaking my wine installation.

Download Patched Wine

1) Install Wine as normal.
2) Rename the wine kernel:

Code:

sudo mv /usr/lib/wine/kernel32.dll.so{,.bak}

3) Get the patched wine kernel:

Code:

sudo wget http://subspace2.net/kernel32.dll.so -O /usr/lib/wine/kernel32.dll.so

4) Install Continuum (see step 15 in the next section).
5) Play... Woohooo!

Compiling Wine

If you have wine already installed, make sure you remove it! Synaptic Package Manager is probably the best way to do this. I marked Wine for Complete Removal.

Installation is pretty simple. We'll need patch Wine for Continuum to work and then compile it. If you haven't tried compiling anything before this, don't worry, its not that big a deal.

Ok, lets do it.

1) This will need to be done as root.

Code:

sudo bash

2) These are the tools we'll needed compile Wine.

Code:

apt-get install build-essential flex bison xlibs-dev x11proto-gl-dev libgl1-mesa-dev fontconfig libfreetype6-dev fontforge checkinstall

3) I like to compile in the source directory. So much cleaner.

Code:

cd /usr/src

4) Download wine source ( this command will get the source and uncompress it. )

Code:

apt-get source wine

5) Change to the uncompressed Wine directory

Code:

cd wine*

6) Open the text editor with new filename cont.diff so that we can create the patch.

Code:

sudo gedit cont.diff

7) The text below is the patch. Choose the right version for the build of Wine you are using.

With versions Wine-0.9.3.38 and above. Copy the text below and paste it in the new text file.

Code:

diff --git a/dlls/kernel32/process.c b/dlls/kernel32/process.c
index 33f9ee1..d50cb7d 100644
--- a/dlls/kernel32/process.c
+++ b/dlls/kernel32/process.c
@@ -2460,6 +2464,7 @@ HANDLE WINAPI OpenProcess( DWORD access,
     OBJECT_ATTRIBUTES   attr;
     CLIENT_ID           cid;
 
+if (access & PROCESS_VM_WRITE) return NULL;
     cid.UniqueProcess = ULongToHandle(id);
     cid.UniqueThread = 0; /* FIXME ? */

With versions prior to Wine-0.9.3.38. Copy the text below and paste it in the new text file.

Code:

diff --git a/dlls/kernel32/process.c b/dlls/kernel32/process.c
index 33f9ee1..d50cb7d 100644
--- a/dlls/kernel32/process.c
+++ b/dlls/kernel32/process.c
@@ -2460,6 +2464,7 @@ HANDLE WINAPI OpenProcess( DWORD access,
     OBJECT_ATTRIBUTES   attr;
     CLIENT_ID           cid;
 
+if (access & PROCESS_VM_WRITE) return NULL;
     cid.UniqueProcess = (HANDLE)id;
     cid.UniqueThread = 0; /* FIXME ? */

8 ) Save the text file. And apply the patch.

Code:

cat cont.diff | patch -p1

9) Configure so that your computer is ready to build wine - the CFLAGS varible is needed due to an Ubuntu Bug.

Code:

./configure CFLAGS=-fno-stack-protector

10) Build wine

Code:

make depend && make

This will take awhile depending on the computer, anywhere from 15 minutes to an hour.

11) Now the source code has been made into binaries and all the binary support files. Make it a Debian Package if you wish so it's all nice and easy to install / uninstall. Note, this also installs it.

Code:

checkinstall

12) Ok, done with the root stuff.

Code:

exit

14) Now we need to configure wine.

Code:

winecfg

It is important to run winecfg, select the Drives tab, click C:, Show Advanced, and set the Serial: value to a random number higher than 2000. If you do not, you cannot connect to catid billers, i.e the name you like may not be registered, or may cause other issues on the SSC biller.

15) Download Continuum

You can get Continuum here.

Now install it like any other program, click installer icon after you uncompress it.

Tip: Wine uses drive Z: for often than not for your root-partition. Navigate from there to where you want to Install Continuum.

16) Start Continuum

Change into the directory the Continuum is installed with the command-line.

Code:

cd ~/Games/Continuum

And start it:

Code:

wine Continuum.exe

That's it!

Troubleshooting

Graphics

Continuum's graphic setting are best if they match your current desktop settings. i.e. 16 bit color, etc. But many find this isn't necessary.

Sound

If you experience snapping or crackly sound, or not sound at all!, try setting audio to emulation in the drop-down menu using winecfg. If this doesn't work, try using OSS instead of Alsa.

Add Continuum to the Gnome-menu

To add Continuum to the Gnome-menu you can use a similar entry as the one below, substituting the location where you have Continuum installed.

Code:

[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=Continuum
Type=Application
Comment=A Top Down Shooter Online
Exec=wine /home/USER/Applications/Continuum/Continuum.exe
Icon=continuum.png
Categories=Application;Game;ActionGame;

I nice icon can be found here. Place it in "/usr/share/pixmaps/continuum.png" to easily find it.

Resources:

Linux / Continuum specific details here
Learned what I needed to compile Wine for Ubuntu here.

Gen2ly · 04:06 PM

Oh, Powerball Rulez

Geekboy

Thanks, can't wait to get into this. This game rocked back in the day!!

Geekboy

Quote:

6) copy the text below and paste it in the new text file.

Quote:
diff --git a/dlls/kernel32/process.c b/dlls/kernel32/process.c
index 33f9ee1..d50cb7d 100644
--- a/dlls/kernel32/process.c
+++ b/dlls/kernel32/process.c
@@ -2460,6 +2464,7 @@ HANDLE WINAPI OpenProcess( DWORD access,
OBJECT_ATTRIBUTES attr;
CLIENT_ID cid;

+if (access & PROCESS_VM_WRITE) return NULL;
cid.UniqueProcess = (HANDLE)id;
cid.UniqueThread = 0; /* FIXME ? */
7) save the text file.

8- apply the patch

Quote:
cat cont.diff | patch -p1

I get an error message applying the patch.

Quote:

root@ubuntupc:~/wine-0.9.29# cat cont.diff | patch -p1
patching file dlls/kernel32/process.c
patch: **** malformed patch at line 6: OBJECT_ATTRIBUTES attr;

Any ideas?

Gen2ly

Try doing it again, Geekboy. I typed it in incorrectly.

Geekboy

Thanks. That fixed it. It's great to be able to play this game again.

Jasper84

EASIER WAY
Note that the website of continuum http://subspace.net itself has a special wine-with-continuum download now. For me, it worked in windowed mode. But black screen in full-screen mode, but its good enough for me.

Gen2ly

Full screen, no disctractions.

Also, this isn't very difficult. Took me about 15 to 20 minutes.

Gen2ly · 04:07 PM

Just added patch to wine 0.9.32 and it still works.

Endium · 03:21 AM

wow thanks for this. Im new to ubuntu and this was the only thing that I needed Windows for.

i can't seem to get it to go fullscreen though. The menubars cut the top and bottom off.

January 15th, 2007	#1
Gen2ly Dark Roasted Ubuntu Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: There and back again Beans: 1,061	Howto: Install Continuum (a.k.a. Subspace, an online MMOPG) on Ubuntu. Howto Install Continuum IMHO Subspace, a.k.a Continuum, is one of the best MMOPG's in... well, ever. Yes, I'm biased, but this isn't a wiki . Continuum/Subspace is a Windows game, so you will need Wine installed to play it. For anyone who hasn't played Continuum, it is a online ship battle (hundreds of ships are possible) with a number of different game types. Warning: Because Subspace is a highly mod-able game be sure you trust the administrators on the server. Admins have been known to change settings on a ship by ship basis, on the fly. Notes: There are two ways to do this: Either download a patched wine kernel and place it by hand (the easy way), or patching the wine source and compiling yourself (the other way ). If you perused my previous HowTo on this before, you may want to do this again. It eventually ended up breaking my wine installation. Download Patched Wine 1) Install Wine as normal. 2) Rename the wine kernel: Code: sudo mv /usr/lib/wine/kernel32.dll.so{,.bak} 3) Get the patched wine kernel: Code: sudo wget http://subspace2.net/kernel32.dll.so -O /usr/lib/wine/kernel32.dll.so 4) Install Continuum (see step 15 in the next section). 5) Play... Woohooo! Compiling Wine If you have wine already installed, make sure you remove it! Synaptic Package Manager is probably the best way to do this. I marked Wine for Complete Removal. Installation is pretty simple. We'll need patch Wine for Continuum to work and then compile it. If you haven't tried compiling anything before this, don't worry, its not that big a deal. Ok, lets do it. 1) This will need to be done as root. Code: sudo bash 2) These are the tools we'll needed compile Wine. Code: apt-get install build-essential flex bison xlibs-dev x11proto-gl-dev libgl1-mesa-dev fontconfig libfreetype6-dev fontforge checkinstall 3) I like to compile in the source directory. So much cleaner. Code: cd /usr/src 4) Download wine source ( this command will get the source and uncompress it. ) Code: apt-get source wine 5) Change to the uncompressed Wine directory Code: cd wine* 6) Open the text editor with new filename cont.diff so that we can create the patch. Code: sudo gedit cont.diff 7) The text below is the patch. Choose the right version for the build of Wine you are using. With versions Wine-0.9.3.38 and above. Copy the text below and paste it in the new text file. Code: diff --git a/dlls/kernel32/process.c b/dlls/kernel32/process.c index 33f9ee1..d50cb7d 100644 --- a/dlls/kernel32/process.c +++ b/dlls/kernel32/process.c @@ -2460,6 +2464,7 @@ HANDLE WINAPI OpenProcess( DWORD access, OBJECT_ATTRIBUTES attr; CLIENT_ID cid; +if (access & PROCESS_VM_WRITE) return NULL; cid.UniqueProcess = ULongToHandle(id); cid.UniqueThread = 0; /* FIXME ? / With versions prior to Wine-0.9.3.38. Copy the text below and paste it in the new text file. Code: diff --git a/dlls/kernel32/process.c b/dlls/kernel32/process.c index 33f9ee1..d50cb7d 100644 --- a/dlls/kernel32/process.c +++ b/dlls/kernel32/process.c @@ -2460,6 +2464,7 @@ HANDLE WINAPI OpenProcess( DWORD access, OBJECT_ATTRIBUTES attr; CLIENT_ID cid; +if (access & PROCESS_VM_WRITE) return NULL; cid.UniqueProcess = (HANDLE)id; cid.UniqueThread = 0; / FIXME ? / 8 )* Save the text file. And apply the patch. Code: cat cont.diff \| patch -p1 9) Configure so that your computer is ready to build wine - the CFLAGS varible is needed due to an Ubuntu Bug. Code: ./configure CFLAGS=-fno-stack-protector 10) Build wine Code: make depend && make This will take awhile depending on the computer, anywhere from 15 minutes to an hour. 11) Now the source code has been made into binaries and all the binary support files. Make it a Debian Package if you wish so it's all nice and easy to install / uninstall. Note, this also installs it. Code: checkinstall 12) Ok, done with the root stuff. Code: exit 14) Now we need to configure wine. Code: winecfg It is important to run winecfg, select the Drives tab, click C:, Show Advanced, and set the Serial: value to a random number higher than 2000. If you do not, you cannot connect to catid billers, i.e the name you like may not be registered, or may cause other issues on the SSC biller. 15) Download Continuum You can get Continuum here. Now install it like any other program, click installer icon after you uncompress it. Tip: Wine uses drive Z: for often than not for your root-partition. Navigate from there to where you want to Install Continuum. 16) Start Continuum Change into the directory the Continuum is installed with the command-line. Code: cd ~/Games/Continuum And start it: Code: wine Continuum.exe That's it! Troubleshooting Graphics Continuum's graphic setting are best if they match your current desktop settings. i.e. 16 bit color, etc. But many find this isn't necessary. Sound If you experience snapping or crackly sound, or not sound at all!, try setting audio to emulation in the drop-down menu using winecfg. If this doesn't work, try using OSS instead of Alsa. Add Continuum to the Gnome-menu To add Continuum to the Gnome-menu you can use a similar entry as the one below, substituting the location where you have Continuum installed. Code: [Desktop Entry] Encoding=UTF-8 Name=Continuum Type=Application Comment=A Top Down Shooter Online Exec=wine /home/USER/Applications/Continuum/Continuum.exe Icon=continuum.png Categories=Application;Game;ActionGame; I nice icon can be found here. Place it in "/usr/share/pixmaps/continuum.png" to easily find it. Resources: Linux / Continuum specific details here Learned what I needed to compile Wine for Ubuntu here. Last edited by Gen2ly; November 4th, 2009 at 04:08 AM.. Reason: Update to newer, quicker method of getting to patched wine

January 17th, 2007	#2
Gen2ly Dark Roasted Ubuntu Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: There and back again Beans: 1,061	Re: Howto: Get Continuum (a.k.a. Subspace) to work with Ubuntu. Oh, Powerball Rulez Last edited by Gen2ly; March 23rd, 2007 at 04:06 PM..

January 24th, 2007	#3
Geekboy A Carafe of Ubuntu Join Date: Oct 2004 Beans: 84	Re: Howto: Get Continuum (a.k.a. Subspace) to work with Ubuntu. Thanks, can't wait to get into this. This game rocked back in the day!! __________________ Techiegeeks.com

January 25th, 2007	#5
Gen2ly Dark Roasted Ubuntu Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: There and back again Beans: 1,061	Re: Howto: Get Continuum (a.k.a. Subspace) to work with Ubuntu. Try doing it again, Geekboy. I typed it in incorrectly.

January 25th, 2007	#6
Geekboy A Carafe of Ubuntu Join Date: Oct 2004 Beans: 84	Re: Howto: Get Continuum (a.k.a. Subspace) to work with Ubuntu. Thanks. That fixed it. It's great to be able to play this game again. __________________ Techiegeeks.com

January 28th, 2007	#7
Jasper84 5 Cups of Ubuntu Join Date: Oct 2006 Beans: 44	Re: Howto: Get Continuum (a.k.a. Subspace) to work with Ubuntu. EASIER WAY Note that the website of continuum http://subspace.net itself has a special wine-with-continuum download now. For me, it worked in windowed mode. But black screen in full-screen mode, but its good enough for me.

January 29th, 2007	#8
Gen2ly Dark Roasted Ubuntu Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: There and back again Beans: 1,061	Re: Howto: Get Continuum (a.k.a. Subspace) to work with Ubuntu. Full screen, no disctractions. Also, this isn't very difficult. Took me about 15 to 20 minutes.

March 23rd, 2007	#9
Gen2ly Dark Roasted Ubuntu Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: There and back again Beans: 1,061	Re: Howto: Get Continuum (a.k.a. Subspace) to work with Ubuntu. Just added patch to wine 0.9.32 and it still works. Last edited by Gen2ly; March 23rd, 2007 at 04:07 PM..

April 22nd, 2007	#10
Endium First Cup of Ubuntu Join Date: Apr 2007 Beans: 5 Ubuntu 7.04 Feisty Fawn	Re: Howto: Get Continuum (a.k.a. Subspace) to work with Ubuntu. wow thanks for this. Im new to ubuntu and this was the only thing that I needed Windows for. i can't seem to get it to go fullscreen though. The menubars cut the top and bottom off. __________________ http://nathan.seedoftruth.net Last edited by Endium; April 22nd, 2007 at 03:21 AM..

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