PLEASE....
use
the install image that you can download here
and follow the instructions.
Everything below this line is
not necessary, unless you really,
really, really.... want to manual build
something yourself.
and break it, maybe. or whatever else can go
wrong. (will go wrong)
It is possible to run RB3d on linux by using
Wine , just
like other windows games/apps.
It was tested beginning on openSuSE 10 and now, 10
years later, on v15. Comparable other linuxes
(Fedora, Ubuntu etc ) work too.
Wine, is short for
Wine
Is
Not an
Emulator. It
is linux software, with two "faces". One side
facing linux, to e.g. draw a picture or show a
form or a menu, the other face is facing the
windows application you are running that is
requesting to draw these pictures, forms and
menus.
Any error or bug in the windows application does
not go away. It will still be there.
Wine is not perfect. Quite a few apps do not work,
some might never work.
For RB3d, it does work.
However: if you do not like to tinker with Linux,
you can get software that manages the wine /
windows setup for you by a graphic environment:
Crossover from CXoffice is one of them I can
recommend, use it myself. Saves time :-)
PLayonLinux etc.. all are working and making
things easier...
Cxoffice also support World of Warcraft and most
Half Life 2 games (Counter Strike, Counter
Strike:Source ) website:
Crossover
(costs money, 40-60 USD)
Free stuff to configure wine on most linuxes :
playonlinux. search your distro's package tool.
(USB)
joystick:
does work properly. even your old MS sidewinder 2
will work .... ;)
Programming your joystick. like windows,
there is no out of the box functionality, you
depend on vendor support. there is none afaik for
linux, so here is 2 alternatives I know to work:
- qjoypad, a linux app. search your distro.
For more capabilities ( free format key sequences
under a stick button, etc)
- Authotkey, a windows app. However, you need to
program it.
for your convenience, here is a pre-cooked setup
that works fairly well:
rb3dplusv2.exe but
you can't change the key assignment...
-- info on key assignment for rb3dplusv2.exe :
POV:: as you would expect.
joy2::
; "L" key or Map key. ( but is also panning
button...)
joy3::
; "B" key. : cannot be reassigned, always drops a
bomb.... do not change it.....
joy4::
; "E" key or "F" key: ok, only internal
joy5:: ; Shift key,
changes some buttons function. (butt: 2, 4
joy6::
; F5/ F1 toggle : 1x only
joy7::
; F8 enemy external view, your external view :ok,
internal only
joy8::
; Selects enemy that you can then trace with "D"
key : ok , swaps intern/extern
Joy9::
; "N" key : ok, int & ext
joy10::
; "T" + "F8" key, who shot you last : ok, int
& ext
if you want to modify the script to suit your
needs, it is here:
RB3d-AutoHotkey.ahk
IF
you want to
do that, you must also download and install
AutoHotkey itself from
here
or you wont see any change.
Directdraw
- RB3d single play works without a glitch (except
for the glitches it has by itself )
- RB3d MMP ditto
works fine, highest FPS, although not as nice as
3dfx Glide emulation.
As in win2000, do NOT use the F5 key as the first
function key, because it will crash you to the
desktop.
(Wine *is* compatible, sometimes.... ;-) )
Hit F4 first, after that there is no problem using
F5. (this is old info. hope you are not using
windows 2000 still..... )
Glide Emulation
Old windows 95
with old hardware : ZeckenZack's Glide
wrapper. Download on Zeckenzack's
Glide
page,
otherwise it is here: (vers 0.84c)
For anything starting from Windows 7, use nGlide
AMD, nVidia, intel HD graphics, all have
good results with nGlide
get
it here
- RB3d SP works fine. good fps.
Installing
wine
/ setting up RB3d
What do you need:
- you need
- a reasonable PC ( think 2 Ghz or faster )
- "midrange" graphics card with 3d hardware
acceleration support. ( think 50 - 100 USD )
- RB3d memory: same as windows (you are in fact
running a windows program, remember ? )
- recent linux distribution ( SuSe, RedHat, etc)
note: Linux's emulated openGL (mesaGL c.s.) is
unusable. (nobody uses it, anyway)
What do you need to do ?
- install recent linux distribution, (opensuse
Leap, fedora, Ubuntu, etc. install the kernel
sources too (needed for graphics card
installation), choose the KDE desktop, also
install the multimedia and wine windows
run-environment. If asked, also choose 32 bit
compatability if you are installing 64 bit linux.
(these are usually installed by default.)
- this doc assumes you are using KDE desktop on
SuSe linux. As long as you stay with KDE
differences will be minor. My graphics card
is a Nvidia, AMD radeon, all work well.
- SuSe / ubuntu automatically sees your
windows drives at installation time and assigns
them a folder (e.g. /windows/C for your C:\ drive
)
, to enable you to read + write (NTFS / FAT32 )
your dos/windows files.
- If your distro did not already do that (OpenSUSE
does it automagically as soon as you setup your
automatic updates and included the ATI or Nvidia
repository ) download your graphics card
drivers for linux from the vendor ( SuSe 11 can
directly download from AMD or NVIDIA: setup your
software repositories ).
- before trying RB, check that your sound works (
you should hear the clicks when using RB menu's.)
and check that your joystick works. ( click
on start, personal settings, peripheric, joystick:
)
when moving the stick, the numbers should start
changing.
-
XP only:
(and Vista, but I never tried and do not intend
to....)
XP and Vista (newly installed) use NTFS by
default. Linux can read and write on NTFS.
Browse to the sierra folder and drag it to for
example your home folder. The browser will ask you
if you want to copy/move the folder and all it's
files. Tell it to copy your Sierra folder.
Now you can write your RB files (save your config
settings, for example.....), and you cannot damage
your windows install.
- open a console window from the taskbar and type
"winecfg" + enter to configure wine. you will get
after a few seconds a windows like this:
- you can set all kinds of stuff, go for the
basics initially. Windows version Win95, win98 en
win2000, XP worked for me equally well. Did not
try the other ones, since they are too old.
- Click on the "Drives" tab and use the
"automatic" detect, it works fairly well, these
days.
For the do-it-yourself-type-of-customer:
Basically, you need to tell where your RB3d
windows files are and what drive letter you want
to assign. which letter is totally irrelevant.
- CD/DVD usage: the 6 clicks on the kreuz for
playing without CD work as you might expect; if
you want to use the RB3d disc, assign the
CDROM/DVD a drive letter (whichever) as well.
- Sound setting in wine: defaults to alsa /
somethimes combined with pulse. Have not heard of
sound problems with linux for years now..
Any ac97 based card, soundblaster and other
popular cards will work. ( and so does my exotic
turtle beach vortex II, which does not work at
all in XP )
That's it.
- Open Konqueror, browse to the folder containing
baronMMP.exe or baron.exe
- right click, and pick "Open with wine"
- click and play.
the installer creates desktop and menu links
for you ( KDE, Gnome ) for you.
