Some tips have been adapted from:
http://appdb.winehq.org/appview.php?iVersionId=928
This guide assumes that you have the RO client and an installation of a fairly recent WINE
Step 1: Open a terminal (alt+f2 and type gnome-terminal if in gnome, start->run->konsole if in KDE)
Step 2: run winecfg
Step 3: Select the graphics tab, and enable "Emulate a virtual desktop", and set it to a resulution that is supported by the RO client (see the next step)
Step 4: Locate the RO folder, and launch Setup.exe in wine. Set it to run in fullscreen, and choose a resolution. Make sure the lightmap box is unticked as this can cause problems
Step 5: open another terminal, or reuse the one you used for step 3 to navigate to the folder you installed RO in
Step 6: Determine which server you use; sakray would be Sakexe.exe, the main servers would be Ragexe.exe. Private servers are tricky as they tend to use data folders, which for some reason cause problems.
Step 7: type wine, a space, the name of the executable, another space, and 1rag1 (those are ones, not Ls)
The client should load properly
2010: Wow, this game is still around. Well it doesn't look like the client is much different, and WINE has come a long way. You probably won't have problems running it.
I guess you can still post in this thread if you have problems, and if someone who plays the game in Ubuntu is around, they'll help out.
2011 edit: No need to apologize for necroing. If RO can live for ten plus years, then this thread can keep popping up.
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