Hi, I just downloaded Wine to try it out, and despite being a tinkerer with half a brain i cant figure out how to install windows games using it. I have looked online to no avail, the stuff i have read has not helped mostly because im trying to install a game from its DVD and Wine wont do it unless the EXE is given permission to install as a program and you cant edit files on the DVD as they are permanent. Also I don't really understand some of what im reading despite being intelligent so can someone tell me how to install Windows games from disks or give me a link where they will actually tell you and not waffle on about everything but installing.. If it helps im trying to install Fallout 2 from the Fallout Collection disk which includes 1,2 and Fallout Tactics. i followed procedure right clicking on the exe and selecting Wine but its locked unless i can edit permissions which obviously I cant on a disk. I am fairly new to Linux and am using Ubuntu 'Natty' and am comfortable with it but am a complete newb when it comes to things like Wine. Thanks for the help.
Hello, just set up a wineprefix for the game e.g. export WINEPREFIX=$HOME/fallout_2 winecfg You can then insert the directory of the DVD as a drive in the drives tab and install it with wine "d:\setup.exe" (assuming D is the drive letter the DVD is mapped to and setup.exe is the installation executable). Am 16.10.2011 17:40, schrieb wolf16:> Hi, > > I just downloaded Wine to try it out, and despite being a tinkerer with half a brain i cant figure out how to install windows games using it. > > I have looked online to no avail, the stuff i have read has not helped mostly because im trying to install a game from its DVD and Wine wont do it unless the EXE is given permission to install as a program and you cant edit files on the DVD as they are permanent. > > Also I don't really understand some of what im reading despite being intelligent so can someone tell me how to install Windows games from disks or give me a link where they will actually tell you and not waffle on about everything but installing.. > > If it helps im trying to install Fallout 2 from the Fallout Collection disk which includes 1,2 and Fallout Tactics. i followed procedure right clicking on the exe and selecting Wine but its locked unless i can edit permissions which obviously I cant on a disk. > > I am fairly new to Linux and am using Ubuntu 'Natty' and am comfortable with it but am a complete newb when it comes to things like Wine. > > Thanks for the help. > > > > > >
On Sun, Oct 16, 2011 at 17:40, wolf16 <wineforum-user at winehq.org> wrote:> Hi, > > I just downloaded Wine to try it out, and despite being a tinkerer with half a brain i cant figure out how to install windows games using it. > > I have looked online to no avail, the stuff i have read has not helped mostly because im trying to install a game from its DVD and Wine wont do it unless the EXE is given permission to install as a program and you cant edit files on the DVD as they are permanent. > > Also I don't really understand some of what im reading despite being intelligent so can someone tell me how to install Windows games from disks or give me a link where they will actually tell you and not waffle on about everything but installing.. > > If it helps im trying to install Fallout 2 from the Fallout Collection disk which includes 1,2 and Fallout Tactics. i followed procedure right clicking on the exe and selecting Wine but its locked unless i can edit permissions which obviously I cant on a disk. > > I am fairly new to Linux and am using Ubuntu 'Natty' and am comfortable with it but am a complete newb when it comes to things like Wine. > > Thanks for the help.The Wine FAQ can be helpful: http://wiki.winehq.org/FAQ
fallout 2 appdb page http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=319&iTestingId=3348
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Ashenhurst wrote:> > blaiseg07 wrote: > > fallout 2 appdb page > > http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=319&iTestingId=3348 > > > Thanks for being share this link because i found it is very helpful for me.i hope you will keep share in future.