Posted May 19, 2012
Hi, I don't know whether this is the right place for it, but I would like to share my experience with running ArmA: Cold War Assault in Wine.
Here are my specs:
Lenovo Thinkpad T61: Core 2 Duo CPU, Integrated GPU NVIDIA NVS 140M, 2 GB RAM
OS: Kubuntu 11.10, Kernel: 3.0.0-19-generic, 64-bit version (amd64), I'm using the non-free driver from NVIDIA to run my graphic card
Wine: version 1.4, installed by adding Wine repository and then installing the .deb package from the WineHQ website
Running the game:
After downloading the game from gog.com, I clicked the installer, everything went smoothly. After installing, I ran the game. The game ran well, but there was a problem with sound, there wasn't any. No music either. This is how I solved it:
I ran the Wine configuration utility found in the menus (or you can run the program from the terminal by typing "winecfg"). Under the Audio options, I clicked on the first menu, in my case the "Input Device" and chose the option "HDA Intel - AD198x Analog", then clicked to save the changes. After that the sound and music works almost perfectly, sometimes the sound in the game, especially speech from other soldiers stutters a little bit, but I remember having these issues 10 years ago when the game just got out as well. I know your hardware will probably be different, but for the sound issue I would try setting the option to some analog option under the input device menu. Well, that's all, now it's time to enjoy this timeless classic again!
Here are my specs:
Lenovo Thinkpad T61: Core 2 Duo CPU, Integrated GPU NVIDIA NVS 140M, 2 GB RAM
OS: Kubuntu 11.10, Kernel: 3.0.0-19-generic, 64-bit version (amd64), I'm using the non-free driver from NVIDIA to run my graphic card
Wine: version 1.4, installed by adding Wine repository and then installing the .deb package from the WineHQ website
Running the game:
After downloading the game from gog.com, I clicked the installer, everything went smoothly. After installing, I ran the game. The game ran well, but there was a problem with sound, there wasn't any. No music either. This is how I solved it:
I ran the Wine configuration utility found in the menus (or you can run the program from the terminal by typing "winecfg"). Under the Audio options, I clicked on the first menu, in my case the "Input Device" and chose the option "HDA Intel - AD198x Analog", then clicked to save the changes. After that the sound and music works almost perfectly, sometimes the sound in the game, especially speech from other soldiers stutters a little bit, but I remember having these issues 10 years ago when the game just got out as well. I know your hardware will probably be different, but for the sound issue I would try setting the option to some analog option under the input device menu. Well, that's all, now it's time to enjoy this timeless classic again!
