Weird Worlds Linux please

[HMX]

I don't know if anybody is still reading this, but I can successfully run and play Weird Worlds (all versions) on Ubuntu 6.06 linux by using wine (0.9.25 and 0.9.26) and running it as:

WINEDLLOVERRIDES="msvcrt,dinput=n" wine weird.exe

(you need to copy the msvcrt.dll from your windows installation to the WW directory)

I've also seen some reports that people were able to get it running with earlier versions of wine on fedora core 4:

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5589

Cheers and happy playing,
HMX

[HMX]

Actually, with just a little bit of work an unofficial linux instalation can be made by bundling wine with the game installation like Google does for example in Picasa for linux.

In this way the majority of distributions/versions/flavors of linux would be supported!

If there is enough interest for such an "unofficial version", I could make the installer.

Cheers,
HMX

[BluSteel]

HMX said:
I don't know if anybody is still reading this, but I can successfully run and play Weird Worlds (all versions) on Ubuntu 6.06 linux by using wine (0.9.25 and 0.9.26) and running it as:

WINEDLLOVERRIDES="msvcrt,dinput=n" wine weird.exe
HMX

I gave this a shot. It worked on Wine 9.31, but the mouse cursor is invisible throughout most of the game. This makes it basically unplayable.

I will still root for a native port.

[HMX]

Hi BluSteel,

did you copy the msvcrt.dll from your Windows installation?
I never had any cursor problems :/
I will try tonight with wine 0.9.32 to see if it still works (it's been a while since I last played it).

Edit: I've tried today and I have the same cursor problem. Seems to be a regression in Wine...

Cheers,
HMX

[HMX]

I took the liberty to produce a proof-of-concept installation
script for the Weird Worlds demo.

The script will download the demo setup executable, a
compatible binary version of wine (0.9.25), and msvcrt.dll.
The script will then proceed to install and configure
everything. The installation is completely local. Just
remove the directory, and it's gone, no system-wide changes
are made.

I should warn you, the script is not very robust, but it
worked flawlessly on several different machines I've tested
it.

-----------------------------------------------------------

INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS:

1.) make an empty directory for the game, for example:
> mkdir ww ; cd ww

2.) get the installation script:
> wget http://www-f9.ijs.si/~matej/ww/weirdworlds_install.sh
> chmod a+x weirdworlds_install.sh

3.) run the installation script:
> ./weirdworlds_install.sh
Note: when the windows installer starts, install the game in
the default location. Do not run the game or view the Readme
at end of installation (uncheck the boxes).

4.) run the game
> ./weirdworlds_run.sh

-----------------------------------------------------------

DISCLAIMER:
I hope Shrapnel Games won't mind, since the demo will be
downloaded directly from their site. I also don't know
what is the legal status of the msvcrt.dll, but nowadays
these files are floating around everywhere... Wine should
be ok.

Cheers,
HMX

[HMX]

Since I like this game so much and really think there is a
sizable linux market for this kind of games, I took the
liberty and made a stand-alone installer for the demo:

weirdworldsdemo-1.0-linux-installer.bin (RapidShare)

The graphical installer is really simple and self-explanatory
(thanks to the fabulous BitRock Install Builder).

The package comes with wine bundled, and even includes an
uninstaller program. Everything gets installed in a single
user-selected directory. Neat & clean.

This package should work on most modern linux distros.
(I've only tried ubuntu 8.04)

Cheers,
HMX

[HMX]

... oh, and if Shrapnel Games wishes I would gladly provide
the whole BitRock Install Builder project tree used for building the above package for free!