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#1: Linux and CC help needed Author: offog,

Posted: Tue Feb 10, 2009 4:58 pm
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I have installed Linux Ubuntu onto my PC but CC will not load. Can any one give direction.

#2: Author: Polemarchos, Location: Polemarchopolis

Posted: Tue Feb 10, 2009 6:21 pm
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either you try with wine emulator to run windows
http://www.winehq.org/

or you create a partition for Win XP/vista

#3: Re: Linux and CC help needed Author: CSO_Talorgan,

Posted: Tue Feb 10, 2009 11:36 pm
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offog wrote:

I have installed Linux Ubuntu onto my PC but CC will not load. Can any one give direction.

There are two answers to your question:

VMWare

http://www.closecombatseries.net/CCS/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=3400&highlight=linux (scroll down)

... and WINE

http://www.closecombatonline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=14625

VMWare has the advantage of being straightforward (if convoluted); runs all versions of Close Combat (I think); and in my experience, allows you to run the game on elderly, clapped out machines. However, you have to install Windows on the virtual machine before loading Close Combat.

I have not yet managed to free up a high-powered machine to complete the WINE experiment, despite the promise of the results on one of intermediate power. There is also a question mark over whether it would work for a CD-based game if you don't have a degree in computer astrophysics! If successful though WINE would free you from Micro$oft.

#4: Author: offog,

Posted: Wed Feb 11, 2009 7:16 pm
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thanks for your help so far.

I have installed WINE on my PC but this does not seem to be the problem. The autorun will not run, this I believe is because the EXE. is a MS command. it would be nice to get it to run as i am on a duel core with a good Nvidia card and 4G of ram. I can access the files on the disk.

#5: Author: CSO_Talorgan,

Posted: Sun Feb 15, 2009 9:52 pm
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offog wrote:

The autorun will not run

"autorun"

Does that mean you are trying to play from a CD?

#6: Author: offog,

Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2009 8:17 pm
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It recognises the CD but will not load.

#7: Re: Linux and CC help needed Author: sample,

Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2009 9:03 am
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offog wrote:

I have installed Linux Ubuntu onto my PC but CC will not load. Can any one give direction.

which CC version did you tried to play ?

regards

#8: Author: CSO_Talorgan,

Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2009 8:17 pm
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offog wrote:

It recognises the CD but will not load.

I have had no success with CDs.

#9: Author: Nugrud,

Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2009 4:22 pm
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Hi,

I was trying to run Close Combat IV: The Battle of the Bulge using wine and I discribed my results in appdb.winehq.org site:

Quote:

What works
- Installation of the version 4.0 (10/22/1999) from CD.
- Installation of patch 2 (CloseCombatIV_patch2.exe) updating game to 4.02 (2000.2.10.1), though it gave some error logs in wine.

What does not
Running the game. Unpatched game crashes wine at very beginning. Patched games shows a message box:
"Close Combat encountered an internal error at address 0x473FA9 and will now exit.
Game version: 2000.2.10.1"

What was not tested
Playing the game.

Additional Comments
I also wanted to try nocd patch, if it helps. I found CloseCombat4BattleOfTheBulgev4.02NoCDUShave but wine can't fire nc-cc402.com from it, claims that vm86 mode is not supported on my platform.

http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=3084

Has anybody gone further than me? Does a nocd patch really helps to run it in wine?

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