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.
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.
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:
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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.
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