Posted November 27, 2017
This game needs a little work to run almost perfectly on Linux.
First at all, activate the Wine virtual desktop mode and set it at your Desktop native resolution.
Then install the game.
Bugs and workarounds:
1°) the Syberia setup program never finished installation
Use the task manager to close properly the setup program, launch:
wine taskmgr
and choose the setup program in the task manager list to recover focus on the window child
2°) When you launch the game you have only a black screen, you can hear game sounds
I have not yet found a tips to avoid the black screen to appear. All you can do is give focus to the correct game screen located behind the black screen.
--> solution a: Wine virtual desktop option is on, open a terminal, go to the main Syberia folder, execute Sberia with this command line:
wine Syberia.exe & sleep 15; wine taskmgr
when the task manager appear, choose Syberia in the list or in the Wine task bar to give focus to the correct game screen
--> solution b: WIne virtual desktop option is on, download the utility nircmd.exe, copy it in the Syberia installation folder
and launch Syberia like this:
wine Syberia.exe & sleep 15;wine nircmd.exe win hide title Syberia; sleep 0.1; wine nircmd.exe win hideshow title Syberia
3°) the game crash after the cinematics, before the main menu appear
It is a bug that affect Nvidia users.
in a terminal execute this command:
wine reg.exe ADD "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Wine\X11 Driver" "/v" "UseXVidMode" "/t" "REG_SZ" "/d" "N"
No more crash for Nvidia users ( Thanks to "Bob Wya" from the WineHQ forum)
4°) in virtual desktop mode, the game size is 800x600
Download an use DxWnd to launch the game in fullscreen at your desktop resolution. Use "respect ratio" option to keep a 4/3 ratio.
First at all, activate the Wine virtual desktop mode and set it at your Desktop native resolution.
Then install the game.
Bugs and workarounds:
1°) the Syberia setup program never finished installation
Use the task manager to close properly the setup program, launch:
wine taskmgr
and choose the setup program in the task manager list to recover focus on the window child
2°) When you launch the game you have only a black screen, you can hear game sounds
I have not yet found a tips to avoid the black screen to appear. All you can do is give focus to the correct game screen located behind the black screen.
--> solution a: Wine virtual desktop option is on, open a terminal, go to the main Syberia folder, execute Sberia with this command line:
wine Syberia.exe & sleep 15; wine taskmgr
when the task manager appear, choose Syberia in the list or in the Wine task bar to give focus to the correct game screen
--> solution b: WIne virtual desktop option is on, download the utility nircmd.exe, copy it in the Syberia installation folder
and launch Syberia like this:
wine Syberia.exe & sleep 15;wine nircmd.exe win hide title Syberia; sleep 0.1; wine nircmd.exe win hideshow title Syberia
3°) the game crash after the cinematics, before the main menu appear
It is a bug that affect Nvidia users.
in a terminal execute this command:
wine reg.exe ADD "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Wine\X11 Driver" "/v" "UseXVidMode" "/t" "REG_SZ" "/d" "N"
No more crash for Nvidia users ( Thanks to "Bob Wya" from the WineHQ forum)
4°) in virtual desktop mode, the game size is 800x600
Download an use DxWnd to launch the game in fullscreen at your desktop resolution. Use "respect ratio" option to keep a 4/3 ratio.
Post edited November 27, 2017 by legluondunet