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How can I fix missing (black) textures in Descent 3 with Wine?

I've installed Descent 3 on my system with Wine, but it shows missing (black) textures when I try to play any missions. I get an error like the following: fixme:d3d_surface:surface_convert_format ...
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Autorun .EXE files with WINE

I am using WINE to run several Windows-only games that I play. Currently, in order to play the game, I must locate the file in Nautilus, right click, and Open with > WINE. If I lock the .EXE file to ...
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Setting up a gaming ubuntu 12.04 box [closed]

I have messed with ubuntu off and on for a few years periodically. I think I am about ready to try and make it my main OS and dump M$. That being said I'm looking for help and opinions on exactly ...
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Fatal error for Football Manager 2013

I want to know how to change the SetNamedPipeHandleState function to true for Football Manager 2013.
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Program Compatibility

I just installed Fifa manager 13 on ubuntu 13.04, but it doesn't work because I need to change the program compatibility before it runs. How do I do that in ubuntu??
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Guild Wars 2 installation freezing screen [closed]

I have quite a problem. When I try to install Guild Wars 2 on my Ubuntu 12.10 screen just freeze. I can move cursor, but nothing more. It doesn't matter if I use just Wine or PlayOnLinux. Effect is ...
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Why do games lag in wine for me but everyone else seems to not experience this?

Everyone else in the world seems to be able to play steam games in wine just fine, except for me. I am running a brand new Nvidia GeForce 670, I have a quad core i7 920 2.67GHz, and 11GB DDR3 RAM. ...
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problem downloading origin EA please help

OK I'm really getting angry! I wanna play a computer game (Sims 3) but I have to download origin first so I could play but it says this. ----- Archive: /home/*****/Downloads/OriginThinSetup (1).exe ...
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graphic problems with chicken invaders and epsxe

My windows vista keeps rebooting on the green bar load screen so i got Ubuntu 12.04 and installed it but i had trouble running my games and apps from vista until some guy on line told me to get wine ...
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how to play games using bumblebee + wine 1.5

I recently moved to ubuntu after seeing "it supports windows games". Since i have a dual graphics card: Intel 4000 and nvidia 630m, i installed bumblebee to make use of the graphics cards ...
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how to install world of warcraft [duplicate]

ive been looking all over for how to install this game i have wine and i playonlinux if i search wow or world of warcraft in playonlinux its not there ive tried downloading the windows client from ...
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Wine 1.4 - Audio/Game Running Too Fast

The game in question is Osu!, which at one point I had working somewhat acceptably, but as of now I cannot get it to function because the game is running exceedingly fast (not depending on framerate). ...
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Will “World Of Tanks” run on Ubuntu? [closed]

I play world of tanks (a Game) in windows. Will it work on ubuntu? Better, worse, same? I would like to try Ubuntu but not if w.o.t won't work.
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Diablo 3 under Wine is safe? [closed]

I heard a lot about Blizzard banning a lot people who used Wine to run Diablo 3 on Linux. After that I also heard that they actually were cheaters - and that's the only reason of ban. Can someone ...
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Age of Empires 2 HD not working good

i have Ubuntu 13.04, i have just installed Age of empires 2 HD on wine 1.5.29, i can start the game and open the campaigns but it displays a black screen after then: is the problem from wine, or ...
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How to start a PlayOnLinux game windowed

I am using PlayOnLinux 4.1.1 under Ubuntu 13.04 The game I am trying to run is Heroes of Might and Magic III Complete. It runs perfectly well in fullscreen mode, but I want to run it in windowed ...
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Which's better for WINE?

I have a little question: Which version of Ubuntu works better with WINE? The actual version (13.04) or LTS? (12.04) Because I'd like to play MTA San Andreas in Linux and the most of people says I ...
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What kind of harware configuration choose for a game-oriented Ubuntu PC? [closed]

I am considering buying newer hardware for my Ubuntu-only Box. The main purpose of the PC is gaming, mainly Humble Bundle games, some old Windows games with wine and web-based games (the facebook ...
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New to Ubuntu, trying to install and run WoW MOP & LoL

I am new to Ubuntu Linux, just came from windows 7 after a recommendation from one of my guild mates on GW2. Sadly I should have grilled him more on how to install all of the games and run them. I ...
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Getting Star Wars - Rogue Squadron working on linux

I've tried using mupen64plus and project64 2.0 under wine, but both have failed to run correctly. The video is completely blank, although the audio seems to run fine. Even when I fullscreen the ...
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How to add a no-CD crack to Age of Empires 2 in wine?

I have recently been trying to get Age of Empires 2: The conquerors running on my computer. I managed to get it installed, however, when I try to play it the loading screens comes up and then wine ...
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None of my games are working in wine 1.5

I have been trying to download and play World of Warcraft, and play Stronghold (disk game) but neither are working. My wine is version 1.5.28. I have seen on WineHQ's AppDB that both work for others, ...
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Running Age of Empires 2 in Linux

I've been recently trying to play Age of Empires 2 on my Linux Ubuntu 12.04 LTS computer. However, I can't seem to get it to work with any method i found on the computer. I've tried Playonlinux, ...
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How to properly install PlayOnLinux, all the drivers, etc?

I am (re)installing Ubuntu 12.04 now, and I'd like to ask what things I have to install to properly run games with PlayOnLinux? I mean do I need to install some kind of graphics driver, or DirectX, ...
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When i run nfs most wanted game using wine the game is slow and has lag.Any fix for this.? [closed]

System config: 2GB ram 80GB HDD Dual boot (ubuntu+windows XP SP2) Wine version: 1.4 Processor : Intel Dual Core 2.8 GHz
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Is there a virtual machine with direct access to CPU and GPU for gaming?

Sorry for the long question. With the coming of Steam for Linux I may have been over optimistic and got rid of windows installation. The problem is that I have about 100 Steam games that are not (and ...
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SWTOR playonlinux waning slow RemoteRender problem

I'm using Ubuntu 12.10 and I want to play SWTOR by POL. I'm using nVidia gt550m 2GB, got bumblebee so im starting POL by terminal: $ optirun playonlinux > start the game. Game is loading but it ...
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How do I change screen resolution in Dosbox through Wine?

My old DOS game (Tomb Raider I) installs and then runs fine with Wine by making use of Dosbox. Everything works (keys, audio, full screen) but I am unable to adjust the resulting screen resolution. ...
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Bad performance in Dota2, AMD drivers fault or Wine fault?

Tried to play Dota 2 through Wine and got terrible performance, is it AMD drivers fault or generally Wine fault? If it's AMD drives fault, does NVIDIA have better drivers for linux based systems? My ...
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How to remove performance lags while playing Ragnarok on Wine?

I have just installed Wine and PlayOnLinux. Its performance is very lagging when I run the game (Ragnarok) and type my username and password. How can I improve the performance and remove any ...
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Latency when gaming through WINE

I managed to set up WINE in my system and I tried playing my favourite game at this moment (League of Legends). Everything runs smoothly even on high resolution and setting but the ping spikes from ...
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Need help Installing Civ. 5 in Wine

I am running 12.04 34 bit. I have the most up to date Wine and I have tried installing Civ. 5. DirectX 9 installed correctly and also updated Steam correctly. I have the Steam beta for linux instead ...
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Is there a problem if I install Steam for Linux AND Steam via PlayOnLinux?

I've been enjoying playing in Ubuntu 12.10 using Steam for Linux. The thing is some games (like Borderlands2) can't be installed there because you can only install games for Linux. Previously I used ...
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How to add Starcraft 2 to Wine

I have PlayOnLinux installed. There's a "Run" button in the window that does nothing when I click it. There's also an "Install" button that'll ask me to install the game. But the run button does ...
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How to hide top menubar bar. Needed for the wine

Ubuntu unity use top bar like MAC. Nice. But, how to get the top bar hide? Im using Wine or Playonlinux program. And im using virtual desktop in my screen. Big problem is a virtual desktop not fit ...
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How to configure Wine for Half-Life? [duplicate]

Hi, I've been trying to run Half-Life 1 on Ubuntu 12.10 with Wine. The game starts to the menu OK, but when the actual game starts nothing happens. I can't move, only my mouse works, and the game is ...
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How to get crysis 2 running

I am runnung ubuntu 12.04 64bit with nvidea gtx660 the with proprietary driver version 310 installed via additional drivers I have tried a variety of things having no succsess I have got past the ...
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I have downloaded wine tricks and downloaded WoW through that but it refuses to update

I have had this problem for months now and tried every trick i've read on other peoples forums but it didn't work for me. I click the launcher button and it will start loading and the bar will finish ...
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Problem running Lucius using Wine

My problem is I can not run Lucious properly on my computer, I have installed the latest drivers for my graphics card (GeForce GT430 2GB) and in the game called Lucius, in WINE, I get this error: ...
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Measure FPS of the game

I'd like to find analogue of Fraps or any other fps counter on Ubuntu 12.10. After some googling I found 2 solutions: 1) To use Mumble (I found it from this discussion). This solution didn't work ...
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Why screen resolution remains 640x480 when I close a game?

I played Lugaru, the game went in Full screen mode, but when I closed the game, the screen resolution was still 640x480. It happened with Neighbours From Hell also, using Wine, and well... Almost ...
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How can I export a previous installation under Wine to the PlayOnLinux folder?

I have some programs and games installed with Wine and I wonder if it's possible manage this applications with PlayOnLinux. There was a plugin called "Wine Import" to do this, but seems to be ...
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Error during initialization - Don*t Starve - Wine

I have the following problem: I am quite new to Ubuntu and just discovered Wine. So i tried it by installing Don*t starve on the OS with the program wine... it installed properly but starting the ...
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TV doesn't support resolution for video game

I downloaded a game from Steam (run via q4wine) and installed it. When I launch it, the screen turns black and my Samsung LED television says, it doesn't support resolution and I only can exit by ...
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Starcraft 1 battlenet not working

So I downloaded starcraft 1 from blizzard.com, because that's where I bought it, but when I go to play on battle.net, it tells me that battle.net was unable to identify my application version and that ...
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How to add server to the list in Starcraft brood war (Ubuntu, Wine)

I'm running Starcraft via Wine. It runs perfectly, but I don't know how to add an entry to the list of servers. In Windows it's added via reg file.
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Installing FIFA 13

Is it possible to install FIFA 13 and Origin using Wine. My graphics card is ATI and its driver is installed in Ubuntu. I wanted to install FIFA 13 using wine. When I tried FIFA 12, it was installed ...
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Trying to install GTA IV on Ubuntu 12.10 gives error 0x80040708

I'm trying to install GTA IV on Wine version 1.5.15. But it gives me following error: Error Number: 0x80040708 Description: Unable to create required engine components, check whether you have ...
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FIle Location ( No such Directory or FIle ) [closed]

Hello I am new to Ubuntu and I am using the newest build of Kiwi Ubuntu and I was trying to install a Windows game using Wine and Winetricks . All went fine until i hit a really weird and lame problem ...
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Metal Gear Solid 2

I have the following error when trying to boot Metal Gear Solid 2, through Wine. On google I have searched for some fixes. One of them was the "nVidia" patch, obviously it did not work. I have saved ...

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