[SOLVED] Fallout Collection not working in WIne

[Wylkar]

I recently purchased the Fallout Collection DVD-ROM and both fallout 1 and fallout tactics work but when I try to run fallout 2 I get the error message 'could not find/load text fonts' does this mean I should do a medium install instead of my current small install?
thanks

[dudeofthedead]

Does it say which fonts are missing? Please write the full output if you have it.

[Wylkar]

I go to applications>wine>programs>black isle>fallout 2>fallout 2 and when I do this my wine desktop comes up with a dialogue box marked error "couldn't find/load text fonts" this is the entire error message, and when I close the error box wine closes

[dudeofthedead]

Maybe Wine will tell you more about the problem if you run the game through a terminal, like this:


wine /path/to/the/.exe

If that doesn't give you more information, try and add some of the most common fonts (ttf files) used in Windows to your ~/.wine/drive_c/windows/fonts directory. e.g.: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, Courier... and report back.

[Wylkar]

I still get the same error message (I can post the Terminal output if you want). where would I find the fonts?

[dudeofthedead]

There's a reason behind my asking for the output, for it's probably the most efficient way to start looking for a fix - sometimes it's just begging to be solved, see it as an error log that tells you where what went wrong. But anyway, I think you already know that.

If you have a Windows partition, I'd suggest you go to c:/windows/fonts and copy all the .ttf files over to ~/.wine/drive_c/windows/fonts/. Speaking of the latter, is this folder of yours empty or does it contain some files?

This, or I could try uploading the fonts.

[Wylkar]

I didnt see any error message in the terminal output, and the fonts folder is empty. Also I dont have a windows partition so if you could try and upload the fonts that would be helpful.

[Yeeha]

Well maybe installing msttcorefonts package helps? its suggested package when you install wine so i guess wine should start using those without any configuration needed.

[Wylkar]

I have msttcorefonts installed

[dudeofthedead]

I have found this FAQ (http://www.nma-fallout.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5061), which hopefully will help you get through with this.

[dudeofthedead]

No news good news?

[Wylkar]

Thanks, it looks like this will work

[Wylkar]

I am having trouble finding one of the files mentioned (fallout2.cfg), I will also ask about this on the site you linked to to see if anyone else has had similar problems

[dudeofthedead]

Maybe it doesn't bear that name, and there may be other .cfg files as well, try this for a quick overview:


locate ~/.wine/*.cfg

[Wylkar]

I only get two results and those are /home/myusr/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/GSP/Fallout/fallout.cfg
/home/myusr/.wine/drive_c/windows/temp/I1200452747/Windows/resource/jre/lib/jvm.cfg
it looks like I only have the .cfg file for fallout 1

[dudeofthedead]

Then it appears your installation is not complete, and you may be required to do a fresh install of it.

Nonetheless, have you taken a peek inside this so-called fallout.cfg?

[Wylkar]

It's inside the fallout 1 folder I will try copying it into the fallout 2 folder and modifying it to work. I have also installed fallout 2 several times I have been unable to uninstall it because the uninstaller comes up with the message: Uninstaller could not open or cannot use the file 'C:ProgramFilesBlackIsleFallout2uninst.log' I have manually deleted the files and reinstalled fallout 2 and it made no difference

[Wylkar]

I got it working I had to copy the files MASTER.DAT and CRITTER.DAT from the CD to my fallout 2 directory. Thanks for all the help.