wine users - Feb 2011 - Valve Steam -- Virtual Desktop Question

Is it possible to run steam like normal, in gnome, and have the games it
launches run in virtual desktop mode? I only particularly want this with Dead
Space 2, as it has problems not running in VD mode.I have tried to set Steam.exe
as non virtual desktop, and deadspace2.exe as virtual desktop, but it just
launches DS2 in the gnome environment.

tl;dr Can I have an app running in Gnome desktop launch a virtual desktop app?

I have wine 1.3.13 on Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid.

willmtemple wrote:
> Is it possible to run steam like normal, in gnome, and have the games it
launches run in virtual desktop mode?
Yes, but it's a bit tricky:
1. Disable virtual desktop for default configuration
2. Start steam normally
3. Open new terminal, navigate to directory your program is in and run it with:

Code:
wine explorer /desktop=game,1024x768 game.exe <steam options>



The trick is in "steam options". You can find them by running the game
from steam then looking at "ps x" output. Here is an example for Team
Fortress 2:


Code:
cd $WINEPREFIX/drive_c/Program\ Files/Steam
wine steam &
cd steamapps/<steam_id>/team\ fortress\ 2
wine explorer /desktop=tf,1024x768 hl2.exe -game tf -steam -novid