Posted December 03, 2014
Guys, this is doable. I better enjoy playing under Linux (which is my main desktop computer).
The trick:
1. Install on a Windows machine, so you would have the files.
2. Copy the files to a Linux machine. Copy all contents under c:\gog (this is from memory, so I might not be accurate here).
3. On your Linux - install dosbox (whichever distro you're using - this is up to you to figure out how to do)
4. Make sure the path to the WC installation files does not include spaces. Change spaces to underscores or something. Works better.
5. (backup before you modify) change the files dosboxWC_single.conf to contain the following contents:
[autoexec]
# Lines in this section will be run at startup.
@ECHO OFF
mount C "../WC"
c:
cls
loadfix -1 wc
exit
### Notice the slash before the word WC instead of a backslash.
6. Do the same to WC2. Replace WC with WC2, of course. Same goes for the file names.
7. Run the following command to start WC:
cd <DIR WHERE YOU PLACED IT>/DROPBOX
dosbox -conf ../WC/dosboxWC.conf -conf ../WC/dosboxWC_single.conf -noconsole -c exit
7.1 - same goes for WC2, except that here you would use WC2 instead.
8. Your resolution might get non-usable, or your dual-head becomes weird - install arandr and save your settings. If you use the 'Save As' to keep a xrandr script which you can later call to restore your resolution to the original, just by running it.
It works, and I would love if GOG add this option to the official release. I don't know who is actually responsible for such modifications in the package, but I would love to see it work.
I hope to bring such wonderful news with WC3 and 4 as well. When I get to them :-)
Ez
P.S - the attached image is me trying to figure out the entrance to the Tiger's Claws on my Linux machine :-)
Ez
The trick:
1. Install on a Windows machine, so you would have the files.
2. Copy the files to a Linux machine. Copy all contents under c:\gog (this is from memory, so I might not be accurate here).
3. On your Linux - install dosbox (whichever distro you're using - this is up to you to figure out how to do)
4. Make sure the path to the WC installation files does not include spaces. Change spaces to underscores or something. Works better.
5. (backup before you modify) change the files dosboxWC_single.conf to contain the following contents:
[autoexec]
# Lines in this section will be run at startup.
@ECHO OFF
mount C "../WC"
c:
cls
loadfix -1 wc
exit
### Notice the slash before the word WC instead of a backslash.
6. Do the same to WC2. Replace WC with WC2, of course. Same goes for the file names.
7. Run the following command to start WC:
cd <DIR WHERE YOU PLACED IT>/DROPBOX
dosbox -conf ../WC/dosboxWC.conf -conf ../WC/dosboxWC_single.conf -noconsole -c exit
7.1 - same goes for WC2, except that here you would use WC2 instead.
8. Your resolution might get non-usable, or your dual-head becomes weird - install arandr and save your settings. If you use the 'Save As' to keep a xrandr script which you can later call to restore your resolution to the original, just by running it.
It works, and I would love if GOG add this option to the official release. I don't know who is actually responsible for such modifications in the package, but I would love to see it work.
I hope to bring such wonderful news with WC3 and 4 as well. When I get to them :-)
Ez
P.S - the attached image is me trying to figure out the entrance to the Tiger's Claws on my Linux machine :-)
Ez