wine users - Oct 2008 - Thanks!

after all my efforts and no ones help... well, ok just one maybe; i have decided
that getting my game of Oblivion Elder Scrolls on here through wine is not
achievable by someone as dim witted as myself, as i really have no clue about
all these archive things, terminal commands GL shaders or anything else...
it just seems that no matter what i do, it just doesn't want to work, either
i have the wrong wine (which i have tried to change, but again, i cant seem to
be able to do that either) it seems to me that no one linux is the same as
another, and im not just talking about the variants here either, i mean, one
ubuntu 8.04 is not the same as the next 8.04, which seems bizzare to me, which
is why probably i cant get my game to work.
and i thought the people in here were cool and helpful, and all i have seen is
emptiness, is that because people dont want to bother helping the less
knowledgeable or perhaps they dont know them selves or is it simply that no one
can be bothered lately?
i have unstalled wine but it is still there, i have tried all sorts of help/tips
and still no go... the best i had it was when game was running but the character
screen was black, but since then from trying different things, its gone to shit
again

--- On Wed, 10/29/08, moggy812 <wineforum-user at winehq.org> wrote:
> .  and i thought the people in here were cool and helpful, and
> all i have seen is emptiness, is that because people dont
> want to bother helping the less knowledgeable or perhaps
> they dont know them selves or is it simply that no one can
> be bothered lately?
You are really being unpleasant here, moggy.  Unlike you, I have found people
here to be very helpful.  If you supply real information, like log files or
output, people will help.  If you just say "The screen goes black",
you are not really providing any information, and the only person who might be
able to help is someone who had exactly the same problem with the same obscure
gaming application you are trying to run.

Colin.

>after all my efforts and no ones help... well, ok just one maybe; i have
decided that getting my game of Oblivion Elder Scrolls on here through wine is
not achievable by someone as dim witted as myself, as i really have no clue
about all these archive things, terminal commands GL shaders or anything else...
>it just seems that no matter what i do, it just doesn't want to work,
either i have the wrong wine (which i have tried to change, but again, i cant
seem to be able to do that either) it seems to me that no one linux is the same
as another, and im not just talking about the variants here either, i mean, one
ubuntu 8.04 is not the same as the next 8.04, which seems bizzare to me, which
is why probably i cant get my game to work.
>and i thought the people in here were cool and helpful, and all i have seen
is emptiness, is that because people dont want to bother helping the less
knowledgeable or perhaps they dont know them selves or is it simply that no one
can be bothered lately?
>i have unstalled wine but it is still there, i have tried all sorts of
help/tips and still no go... the best i had it was when game was running but the
character screen was black, but since then from trying different things, its
gone to shit again
I think instructions can be found: 
http://appdb.winehq.org/appview.php?iAppId=3150
You need to follow them exactly, so the directions say. The application is
considered "gold," easy to install, and works fairly well.
But here's the catch. It is more important that the person who helps you
knows the game itself, than that knows wine generally. I am not a gamer myself.
There is no guarantee that you would find Oblivion enthusiasts on this list, and
that's what you need. Plus, obviously, a lot of hand-holding, since your
problems seem overwhelming.
Good luck.

i am sorry for my posting here, i am as you can imagine rather frustrated at not
being able to do something that should be simple, my wine is 1.1.7, which i have
now found could be the cause of my sounds not being up to scratch, as for
putting in the actual errors or causes, i really dont have a clue where to look
for them...
however, i would gladly take some pointers in down grading my wine back to
say... 1.0.1.
again, im sorry for any offence i have caused here, i know you people try to
help where you can.
you have my thanks, and my promise of keeping civil.
yours ever so frustrated Mogg.