How I got Halo: Combat evolved working on wine 0.9.39

[hikaricore]

This line is not supposed to be taken literally:

sudo wine /path/to/cdrom/Setup.Exe

Also there is no reason to run wine as root with sudo. This is NOT part of the guide.

/path/to/cdrom/ need to actually be the PATH to your cdrom drive.. and then setup.exe

[marq]

my video card would be

nVidia Corporation
NVIDIA Vanta/Vanta LT 16 MB 4x AGP
i have a pci video card i can take from another computer (shhh they wont notice =P)
but i have to give up my sound for it

[GMU_DodgyHodgy]

This line is not supposed to be taken literally:

sudo wine /path/to/cdrom/Setup.Exe

Also there is no reason to run wine as root with sudo. This is NOT part of the guide.

/path/to/cdrom/ need to actually be the PATH to your cdrom drive.. and then setup.exe

Hikarecore - You are right - I actually figured that out last evening on my own. When I installed WINE I accidentally changed the c:\ drive reference in the winecfg to a root location. When I took a closer look at the error messages I was getting in the terminal window - I tried to install as root and it worked - then I realized my problem. I deleted the .wine folder and reinstalled wine. then it worked. I actually was able to install Halo.exe and run the updates.

However, when I click on the icon nothing happens. I will review the directions again and retrace my steps.

Overall - progress made and I learned something new. Not too bad!

[ketzerei]

I would like to know how well WOW and Neverwinter Nights runs on wine for you.

[ketzerei]

YES! It works. It freezes my comp in 1024X768, it has no sound, only works in safe mode, and doesnt always render. BUT IT WORKS! )

Here's some screens.

[lordhebe]

Are you using an ATI card by any chance? It seems that ATi cards have problems like that running Halo, bt we can't be sure.

[beeldings]

I followed your guide and was able to install Halo with Wine 0.9.39 (for some reason the installer would hang at "Creating game folders" when I used Wine Wine 0.9.40 or Wine 0.9.41). Anyway, my question is how can I improve in-game performance? I have the virtual desktop set to 1280x1024 and I launch the game with "-vidmode 1280,1024,60", all video settings are maxed out. The game runs horribly, even if I decrease the resolution and with particles disabled and the textures set to low. I don't run any another applications when using Halo, so I'm not quite sure what to make of it. I tried upgrading to Wine 0.9.40 and 0.9.41 but the performance is still sub-par. I checked the system requirements for Halo and my computer definitely exceeds the minimum requirements: AMD Athlon 64 3200+, 2 GB DDR 400 memory, BFG Technologies GeForce 7800GS AGP 8x (with the Nvidia drivers installed via Envy), on Feisty Fawn. I searched for some information on the Wine AppDB and didn't find anything useful. Are there any launch options or registry tweaks that I may have overlooked?

[The Noble]

Ah, sorry for being late guys, I had some things come up. Anyways, I tried using wine .9.41, but it seems to freeze my entire system for some reason (aka powerbutton to reset). I'm redownloading .9.39 and I'll see if that makes a difference.

EDIT: Well, it looks like I am going to have to wait for my halo fix. .9.39 does not kill my system, but I have the black menu problem still. I guess I am going to have to wait for my halo fix in linux.

Lordhebe, if you get the time, would you mind trying .9.41 to see if there is a regression? It may be good to alert the wine devs to any problems now rather than later.

[beeldings]

I was finally able to get Halo to install with Wine 0.9.41. There was a problem with Wine 0.9.41 and the Halo installer that prevented the installer from copying a file, "msxmlenu.msi", to the Halo folder on the Wine virtual drive. So, by copying msxmlenu.msi from the Redist directory on the Halo CD to the Halo folder on drive_c, the installer was then able to proceed without further complications.

edit:
Ok, I just played through most of the first level, and everything appears to work properly in Wine 0.9.41. The flashlight was functioning and there was no noticeable mouse lag. I ran the game at 800x600, I am going to up the resolution to see if I experience any performance degradation similar to when I ran Halo with Wine 0.9.39.

update:
I managed to bump the resolution up to 1280x1024. Halo appears to run pretty smooth.

[Dark Aspect]

my video card would be

nVidia Corporation
NVIDIA Vanta/Vanta LT 16 MB 4x AGP
i have a pci video card i can take from another computer (shhh they wont notice =P)
but i have to give up my sound for it

Your Problem is You don't meant the Minimum system requirements

Anyway I got Halo to play finally here's a pic



Game runs great on my Geforce 6800 GS video card,I am using Wine 0.9.41.Full screen has a few problems on my computer but I can fix this by zooming in with CTRL +.