Silkroad online?

[OCPJaguar]

Anyone here played silkroad online with ubuntu/Kubuntu if you have can you please tell me how it runs eg. any extra lag, missing textures or if it runs perfectly.

Im guessing you would need cedega

cheers and thnx in advance

[akurashy]

well i wish i could get it but i can't get into the site. also it seems that it runs under cedega so you should check it out

[OCPJaguar]

Yeah it seems it does work fine
Ill give it a go when the SRO servers come back online

Cheers
Jag

[akurashy]

Yeah it seems it does work fine
Ill give it a go when the SRO servers come back online

Cheers
Jag

where did you get it? =/ i coulnd't enter the site

[OCPJaguar]

You need a account with them to download it http://www.silkroadonline.net/member/member_join.asp
You cant play it till they start the 3rd beta
info (http://www.silkroadonline.net/sro_board/fmboard/fm_content.asp?bID=SB_Inform&sID=2&Page=1&Num=69&List_Ref=30)

Its a pretty cool game 100% free :P
PS this is the International Version, there is chinese, japanese and korean only versions aswell with there own set of servers

[akurashy]

Web page of Silkroad Online is optimized under below condition.
Windows Operation Systems ( Microsoft Windows 9X/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003 )
Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 and above.

:(

[OCPJaguar]

what browser are you using im using firefox i am in windows at the moment but that shouldnt matter

[akurashy]

im using firefox

[OCPJaguar]

hmm i dont know
maybe u have to be in windows to sign up and download it
It does look like it works under linux once you do get a account and the client downloaded linux and silkroad (http://www.silkroadtavern.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=5337)

[vecinu]

Maybe my post comes one year late, but if u use Konqueror and u go into configure Konqueror menu under Settings, u scroll untill u find browser identification and u add for www.silkroadonline.net that u use internet explorer 6 under winXP. So its a really nice feature that tricks the site so u can acces it under linux.
PS:i'll try to install the game using wine i wonder if it works

[hikaricore]

http://appdb.winehq.org points to a no on the if it runs debate, but it's worth trying anyway, beautiful graphics in it :)

[RomeReactor]

@akurashy: just like vecinu's post, mine comes a year late; i hope that by now you already solved your Firefox issue with the Silkroad site. If not, here's how: go to this (https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/59/) page, install the add-on, close firefox and re-open it, go to "Tools-->User Agent Switcher", switch it to identify itself as internet explorer, then go to the silkroad page (http://www.silkroadonline.net/). If you're using Opera, go to "Tools-->Quick preferences-->Edit site preferences-->Network" and change your "Browser Identification" to "Mask as Internet Explorer". By the way, has anyone gotten Kal Online (http://www.kalonline.com/) to run on wine or cedega?

[Aisyk]

hi i see one HOWTO, but for me Silkroad doesn't launch :


fixme:system:SystemParametersInfoW Unimplemented action: 59 (SPI _SETSTICKYKEYS)
fixme:d3d:IWineD3DImpl_CheckDeviceMultiSampleType Quality levels unsupported at present
fixme:d3d:IWineD3DDeviceImpl_GetAvailableTextureMe m (0x1c7050) : stub, simulating 64MB for now, returning 64MB left
fixme:keyboard:RegisterHotKey (0x20024,0,0x00000001,13): stub
fixme:keyboard:RegisterHotKey (0x20024,2,0x00000001,115): stub
fixme:winsock:WSAIoctl unsupported WS_IOCTL cmd (c8000006)
fixme:winsock:WSAIoctl unsupported WS_IOCTL cmd (c8000006)
fixme:winsock:WSAIoctl unsupported WS_IOCTL cmd (c8000006)
fixme:d3d:IWineD3DDeviceImpl_ResourceReleased Vertex buffer released while bound to a s tate block, stream 0
fixme:imm:ImmReleaseContext (0x30026, 0x164ae8): stub
fixme:imm:ImmReleaseContext (0x20028, 0x164ae8): stub
fixme:imm:ImmReleaseContext (0x20034, 0x164ae8): stub
fixme:system:SystemParametersInfoW Unimplemented action: 59 (SPI_SETSTICKYKEYS)
fixme:dbghelp:MiniDumpWriteDump NIY MiniDumpScanMemory
err:seh:raise_exception Unhandled exception code e06d7363 flags 1 addr 0x7b842580


Did you have any solution ?
Kubuntu Feisty Fawn
Wine 0.9.31

[powersnork]

@akurashy: just like vecinu's post, mine comes a year late; i hope that by now you already solved your Firefox issue with the Silkroad site. If not, here's how: go to this (https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/59/) page, install the add-on, close firefox and re-open it, go to "Tools-->User Agent Switcher", switch it to identify itself as internet explorer, then go to the silkroad page (http://www.silkroadonline.net/). If you're using Opera, go to "Tools-->Quick preferences-->Edit site preferences-->Network" and change your "Browser Identification" to "Mask as Internet Explorer". By the way, has anyone gotten Kal Online (http://www.kalonline.com/) to run on wine or cedega?
Hey!
What is Kal Online? It's a free game?
It's like Silkroad Online? It's a big map?

Thx :)

[pingpongboss]

hi i see one HOWTO, but for me Silkroad doesn't launch :



Did you have any solution ?
Kubuntu Feisty Fawn
Wine 0.9.31

same problem here

[ddcc]

BTW In the future, see http://www.silkroadforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=36267&sid=4b70a902c0d657e1e9ab0b753dfbb5f3. 7 page thread on how to get it to work in Ubuntu.

[orgyn]

silkroad runs fine here, on ubuntu 7.04, nvidia 6600 go 128 mb, using nvidia drivers.
Works almost as good as in windows. few graphic glitches (like no level up animation), but is 100% playable.

[pingpongboss]

I got sro to run after uninstalling the msttcorefonts package.

[JohnGalt]

Thanks. I'll have to talk to you later when I get a machine up with ubuntu. This is one of the main games I like to play but haven't had highspeed connection to play. I'm waiting for the Europe addition to be released and start with a new euro character. Are the servers still notoriously laggy and overpopulated? I tried signing on for two days and kept getting the infamous Disconnected from server window.

[kazuya]

Great tip on the uninstalling of mstcorefonts.
How did you install silk road to begin with and is this same guide possible with Hero Online? A million thanks in advance..

[ddcc]

Laggy + Overpopulated? Yep, especially with summer, europe, and botters.

Install silkroad should simply be "wine installername.exe" I've got no clue whether it would work with hero online, but you might want to check out the wine appdb entry on hero online.

[JohnGalt]

Sigh, I want to play europe so bad but all I've heard is complaints of full servers and botters. I really wish they'd limit the afk stalls. The towns get so crowded and boggy that I can hardly run to get out of there. At least back when I used to play. I've waited for what, 2 years for europe.

[ddcc]

All you have to do is to wait for Europe to come out, then the stall network feature comes out too. That'll reduce afk stalls, but not botters.

[wingnux]

I can't play it, whenever I run the launcher I get the "The server is going under maintenance/upgrade" error =/

And no, the servers are not offline or under maintenance...

[ddcc]

I can't play it, whenever I run the launcher I get the "The server is going under maintenance/upgrade" error =/

And no, the servers are not offline or under maintenance...

If you look in the appdb instructions *dammit still offline* you need to set compatibility in winecfg to windows 98.

[SAM_theman]

So see all of you are trying to play Silkroad on linux.
I will help you to do that Because I have it running no lie. I will post screen shots later.
Here what you'll need a good computer, 1GB ram at least and good graphics card. This will help you play Silkroad and at least a hell of a processor.:KS:popcorn:

[ddcc]

See, most of us already have it working. And you can already find screenshots at appdb.winehq.com. And no, you don't need 1GB of RAM. It works really well for me with only 512 MB but a large paging partition.

[pingpongboss]

See, most of us already have it working. And you can already find screenshots at appdb.winehq.com. And no, you don't need 1GB of RAM. It works really well for me with only 512 MB but a large paging partition.

geez, he's just trying to help.

[SAM_theman]

True, he's right. I thought you were not able to play. All you need is wine and config it Win98 and enjoy.....

[ddcc]

geez, he's just trying to help.

Sorry if I perceived it differently, I wasn't exactly in the best mood at that time anyway. It seemed to me that he was sort of being arrogant, as there is not much point in telling us that he has screenshots unless it implies that we can't get it working and he's the only one that can. And the other statement about system requirements just bugs me because when I have it working well with the hardware that I can get, when someone comes along and tells me that I definitely can't get it to work and you need to buy something better, it just strikes me as ignorant.

SAM: Looks like you posted just a couple of seconds before me. :)

[kazuya]

Alot of folks are like me. That is No clue on how to go about installing silk road or any other game of the sorts using wine.

I have installed wine from repository. How do I install silk road online? How do I configure wine. Please show screenshot howto guide. I find this easier than just texts..

I would not discourage. I would like to get Conquer online, silk road,fylff, and others working in wine. I have heard from somewhere that you need some window things installed first like IE or windows media player... Is this true?

[ddcc]

Finding out how to get most apps to work with wine is pretty simple, you go to appdb.winehq.org, then search for the name of the app and look at the comments and instructions. The link to Silkroad Online's "profile" is http://appdb.winehq.org/appview.php?iVersionId=5391 . I've also reproduced the instructions below. I'd attach screenshots, but I'm not at my computer, I'm using a shared computer elsewhere.

1)Make sure that your computer meets the recommended requirements for Silkroad (Pentium 4 or higher, 512MB RAM, 3D and DirectX 9.0b compatible video card, and 3GB of free HDD space) and that you have the necessary drivers for your graphics card.
2)Follow the instructions at http://www.winehq.org/site/download-deb to add the wine repository, then follow the directions to use Synaptic or Terminal to download and install the package.
3)Download the Silkroad client and unzip it if you need to. Then run "wine executable.exe" (without quotes and replace executable.exe with the silkroad installer exe)
4)Run "winecfg" in terminal (without the quotes) and set compatibility for sro_client.exe and silkroad.exe (in folder ~/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/Silkroad) to Windows 98.
5)Run the client either from Applications>Wine>Programs>Joymax>Silkroad or from your Desktop.
6)Wait for patching to complete.
7)Hit play.
Depending on your distro and other variables, you may need to build wine from source in order to get Silkroad to work at a usable speed.

[kazuya]

Thanks a bundle. I shall give this a try today.

EDIT: The Guide was near flawless for me. It worked. Some changes have occurred, but it pointed me in the right path. I've got Silk road going now. I shall test out Hero Online{likely to not work} and Conquer Online.

[DARKGuy]

It works for me. Playable and all... but the characters don't move, they all stay like...


o
-|-
/ \

[ddcc]

Odd. That's never happened to me. Have you read the HOWTO, Notes, and Warning?

[Feba]

It worked perfectly for me, thanks! I still have a problem, in that it's in a psuedo fullscreen mode. I can see and move things on my desktop, but it's anchored to the upperleft corner, and hides any other windows that might be behind it, even when it shouldn't be on top.

I haven't read through anything to try to fix it yet though, I'm happy it works.

[ddcc]

Ah, yes I probably need to add a note about that. You have to options to fix it. Silkroad is running in 1024*768 I think, but your desktop is 1280*1024. Either increase the Silkroad resolution in game to match your X server, or go into winecfg and have it emulate a windowed desktop.

[Feba]

I tried to have it emulate a desktop, but it didn't do anything. I can turn SRO into a Window by pressing WIN+ALT+RETURN at the game, but it's incredibly laggy, and still has the same problems as the anchored version.

I'll probably play around with the resolution once the servers have enough room for me to play again.

[happyxix]

Mine seem to get stuck at the gameguard part. Any solutions to that?

[ddcc]

Feba: It should work. Just make sure you put in window sizes and tick the box.

happy: Odd. Does the terminal window show any debugging output?

[Cuogar]

I am having some major lag issues with SRO, I think this is because I am running at the default graphics card MG count of 64 megs when I have radeon express 200m but I can't find the direct3d registry key to change this. anybody have any ideas?

[ddcc]

Are you running with the accelerated 3d video drivers? You can change the amount of RAM your video card gets by going into the BIOS and finding the settings labeled "AGP Aperture Size" or something similar. The exact amount you should set it to depends on how much system RAM you have, you can google for the details.

[Cuogar]

My bios is set to the highest setting of 128 megabytes, though my question pertains to a registry key that is titled direct3d that I can change to match what my graphics card is actually at and not the standered 64 megs that it has out of the box. my problem comes with the fact that I don't have a direct3d registry key. but thank you for that bit about the bios, I need to see if I can change that on my parents pc now.

[ddcc]

Also, I'm not sure what video driver you're using in Linux, but if you're using an nvidia card "nvidia-settings" should launch the nvidia settings applet and allow you to change the quality/performance settings. Also make sure you're not running wine with two audio drivers, and you can also change the Silkroad in-game graphic quality settings.

[Vamp381]

Hey is there way to enter Silkroad now,,,when i try i get in system monitor Silkorad:zombie status.,,,

[ddcc]

If it's a zombie, you should be able to kill it.

[Vamp381]

When I kill process its exit launcher <-;

[arang]

the same happen to me , i start the game goes thru gameguard and then i get a ??????? error screen and a zombie client in the system monitor so, anyone knows what to do to fix this problem? i already reported this at appDB maybe some genius here knows what to fix to make it work again

[TRDownShift]

Hi,

i've also ben trying to install silkroad and i've got it installed but wen i try to start it just befor it go's to update i get an error that says "you have to install the full version" can any one help? it also offers to link me to a download of the full version but wen i click "yes" it trys to load IE and though wine has IE, for some reason it doesn't load for me lol


im kinda out of ideas here and i've got a friend bugging me who wants me to play SRO so any help would be great. thanks ^^

[ddcc]

You can't use the old Chinese silkroad installer. You have to download the new installer from Joymax (not the patch), either from the torrent or from fileplanet. Silkroad also requires you to logon to their website before it'll give you the download link.

[TRDownShift]

yeah, thanks, i found that out just this morning. my computer can't run silkroad anymore though as my radeon 9250 doesn't work on linux, though i did get silkroad to load, just at 1FPS with TONS of glitches lol

thanks anyway :)

[ddcc]

It doesn't work with any of the drivers?

[TRDownShift]

ah, i haven't tryed all but im just so sick of reinstalling ubuntu every it they don't work.... -.- and one guy on here even told me the 9250 PCI model just won't work in linux becus it's to old. it sucks but thats how it is, and i don't want to keep resetting everything every time one doesn't work and it F's over my X-server on the 0.01% chance that one out of the ton of drivers they have will work T.T

i've already reinstalled ubuntu about 6 times due to radeon drivers that people said would work not working lol i even tryed this work around some guy told me about, and it did work but as soon as i logged into ubuntu i got a flat white screen, and anyway i was told with the work around it only works on whatever the defalt res is, witch for me is 1024 and im not going to run everything on 1024 -.-

[ddcc]

I'm not familiar with ATI drivers, but I think it should work. You could google the card and see what drivers work and what guides people have.

[skeith27]

OK, I've been following all your advice to install SRO, but I keep hitting the same problem. At the client screen, where it does the update, the start button doesn't appear. It's already done the update and everything.

Most frustrating to come this close and not be able to play. I'm pretty sure my computer meets the requirements because I got it to play on Vista (I'm using a dual boot laptop).

Anyway, I hope you guys still are around. I know this thread is pretty old now.

[Zelphien]

i works fine for me, just dont play because they dont have many servers and they have too many ppl lol, cant get into a server because they are always full

[ddcc]

The issue with the start button never appearing happened to me too, but after doing everything on the Instructions and reading the Warning + Notes, it worked for me.

[Rinzwind]

I am currently using VirtualBox (1Gb Ram, 20Gb partition) with a WindowsXP inside and Silkroad inside that. Seems to install perfectly on an ATI X300.

Updating should be done soon. I'll edit to say if it's working and how :)
edit: nope. Driver is shown as non-dx9.

[ddcc]

You can't play DirectX games in Virtual Machines as of yet.

[trash]

wow, so far getting this game going has been a nightmare... took 1 1/2 hrs to finally bypass their stupid 'this page is optimized for windows....' page and get registered. Downloaded the torrent which will only works with utorrent which fails to install in wine, but also utorrent is a client that most isp's block anyway... and sure enough at 60% my ISP blocked me for 5 hours!
finally got it all downloaded(913mb) and the .exe produces some error message about bad .exe format... downloading again now at limited speeds.

Anybody have it running on an Acre, stats in sig.... i'm sure it will suck because of the intel graphics card/driver

[ddcc]

IE Only -> Switchproxy to IE 7.
uTorrent -> For some odd reason, Azureus won't load it if you double click, but if you manually add the torrent file it works fine.
File error -> Redownload...or use the fileplanet/etc links.

However, I hope that you're aware, just like most Korean mmos', Silkroad has a LOT of nothing but grinding (i.e. hunt 200x, get 200y, etc)

[trash]

Thanks, I actually booted into vista and got registered.. using Opera!
Redownloading now with Deluge.

I get bored of games anyway, just a few buddies want to form a party for kicks... and hey it's free:)

[trash]

Anybody know why when i run the .exe i get a message saying 'this is a client file that can be used after the legend2 update... and i just read ' Accordingly, you'll need to download first the full client of Legend 2 - Fortress Wars if you want to enjoy the update.'

EDIT: running it in a teminal works fine:)

[Obsidian McNite]

hey
im not sure what the forums have been saying as i didnt want to read all 7 pages
so ill just ask...
can i easily run SRO on my ubuntu comp?
or will i hav to go to my dual booted windows to do that?
anything will help. THANKS

[ddcc]

http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=5391

[trash]

On top of all the tweaks I also have to change the settings in Appearances to normal otherwisw i crash after 15-20 minutes.

Also for some reason in vista even runnint the program as win98 compatible it crashes before i can login.

[trash]

anyway to fix this?


fixme:d3d:state_fog Implement table fog for foggy vertex shader
fixme:d3d:state_fog Implement table fog for foggy vertex shader
fixme:d3d_surface:surface_allocate_surface >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> GL_OUT_OF_MEMORY (0x505) from glTexImage2D @ surface.c / 305
err:xrandr:X11DRV_XRandR_SetCurrentMode Resolution change not successful -- perhaps display has changed?
fixme:system:SystemParametersInfoW Unimplemented action: 59 (SPI_SETSTICKYKEYS)
fixme:dbghelp:MiniDumpWriteDump NIY MiniDumpScanMemory


EDIT: after regediting my video memory to 256 and adding 'pixelshademode -> enable' I now only get this error after 1/2hour of play...
fixme:dbghelp:MiniDumpWriteDump NIY MiniDumpScanMemory

[huckaflea]

Silk Road Online Cheats Silk Road Online Guides and Silk Road Online bots (http://www.exploitsrus.com/sro.html)

[buntunub]

Firstly, thanks to all who have been posting helpful responses to queries. WineHQ and those AppDB pages are, I think for many, total rubbish when it comes to getting things working. Most of the time, they are a complete waste of time and effort scanning through posts of issues and replies of suggestions which usually do not work. I am NOT saying that its not a noble effort, because it most certainly IS. What im saying is that it is only as good as a forum can ever be, including the Ubuntu Forums, and a better workaround is needed when it comes to getting Windows (DirectX) games working on Linux. For me, that workaround has been using the PlayOnLinux and WorkOnLinux app, which has been a godsend, because it completely automates the process of installing Windows apps, and configuring wine via scripts. Using that app, I got Silkroad running with litterally no effort on my part. It was exactly as if I were in a Windows environment installing the program, and when the script finished, voila! It all "just worked". Same with Microsoft Office 2003, World of Warcraft, War3, EQ2, so on and so forth. Not advocating one way of doing this over another, but this type of project is EXACTLY what is needed to really make the Wine project anything more than just a nuisance to work with.

[rover]

I have dl'd the installer file ( SilkroadOnline_GlobalOfficial_v1_138.exe)

When I open it it gives me a screen to install it to c:\Program Files\Silkroad, when I click 'Yes'. Nothing happens, and the installer screen shuts down.

[Talkless]

When I open it it gives me a screen to install it to c:\Program Files\Silkroad, when I click 'Yes'. Nothing happens, and the installer screen shuts down.

The same for me, Ubuntu 8.04 x86, Silkroad 1.150, Wine 1.1.1

[wepalm]

The same for me, Ubuntu 8.04 x86, Silkroad 1.150, Wine 1.1.1

I would suggest trying to install it usin Cedega. IMO Cedega is for gaming while Wine is for stuff like Adobe Photoshop or other non-windows games.

[Talkless]

Good suggestion, but it's just sad that it has worked some time ago ( with Wine ~0.9.x version ).

[ZarathustraDK]

Silkroad works with Wine 1.1.1 on my end.

Strange though, characters are not animated, they just hover around in dummy-pose :-/

[Prefix100]

Yeah I had the same problem so reverted to wine 1.0

This game really needs a easy to get onto private server...

[Vicfred]

Last time I saw sro runs pretty fine on wine, you can access the site by two ways:

1.- Blocking javascript with a firefox extension.

2.- Changing your user agent with a firefox extension.

Conclusion:

Firefox > Opera (=P).

[pfunkman]

Last time I saw sro runs pretty fine on wine, you can access the site by two ways:

1.- Blocking javascript with a firefox extension.

2.- Changing your user agent with a firefox extension.

Conclusion:

Firefox > Opera (=P).

Yeah because opera can do the same without addons so that makes firefox somehow superior...

Right click page > Edit site preferences > network > Browser identification > Mask as internet explorer.

Sounds about twice as long as it really takes but it accomplishes the same without addons.

[Vicfred]

I seriously doubt 99% of the people who uses opera need built in user agent manager.

[Guahos]

http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=5391

[alvinucsk]

dude im running it, ill give u my screenshots

http://photos.friendster.com/photos/08/50/15990580/1_425880380l.jpg
http://photos.friendster.com/photos/08/50/15990580/1_586316410l.jpg
http://photos.friendster.com/photos/08/50/15990580/1_715615480l.jpg
http://photos.friendster.com/photos/08/50/15990580/1_916856818l.jpg
http://photos.friendster.com/photos/08/50/15990580/1_792988510l.jpg
:http://photos.friendster.com/photos/08/50/15990580/1_637351391l.jpg

:)

[DARKGuy]

Nice botting there dude :P

[Bwathke]

Web page of Silkroad Online is optimized under below condition.
Windows Operation Systems ( Microsoft Windows 9X/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003 )
Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 and above.


You need to install the windows version of Firefox or IE (I recommend Firefox Windows version) I have done this trying to get shockwave working but no luck but I can also go into Silkroads web site!

[BuggyDE]

An old post i know, but it come top of google search for silkroad online.

I have silkroad running under wine on Ubuntu 9.10 64bit with only minor issues.

PC Spec:
Asus F3sv
Nvidia 8600m GS (256MB)
4GB memory
Ubuntu 9.10 64Bit

Software:
SilkroadOnline_GlobalOfficial_v1_240
Wine --version - 1.0.1

So far everything has been working well except some minor sound issues, which are sorted out if i load SR before I load any other programs.

Silkroad has changed from gameguard to HackShield from what i can see, gameguard does not work right on linux, but hackshield seems to be more linux "friendly" than gameguard.

Since I quit playing this game when I moved full time to Ubuntu and did not want a dual boot setup, i thought i would give it another go today and have been surprised at how well it is working now.

Good luck