Let's play Final Fantasy VII- with Linux?

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And here's my next question :)

I want to install FF7 on my Linux laptop- I want to change my OS completely and Linux Ubuntu 9.10 is so fucking awesome, so I'm no longer working with Windows!
So, I'm working for 3 months now with Linux Ubuntu and I want to install and run FF7 on it, so I can kick Windows from my laptop :D

And here I come:
How should I install it? I have Wine v1.1.35 installed. And- how can I add Aali's Custom Driver registry-key to the Wine-registry? And does FiceMusic work with it?

Need some tips :D

Thank ya,

- Deniz
 
I don't know if it'll run now that we have aali's driver patch, but FF VII on it's own, doesn't run on WINE
 
Yes, you'll need Aali's driver. But since that works on OpenGL and not DirectX, WINE is only needed for executing the game (WINE doesn't and never will support any DirectX features).

The biggest issue I see is the fmvs playing. It's likely that it wants to use DirectShow to play those. I don't use Aali's driver so I don't know if that's not an issue.
 
Err, I don't think a single thing was correct in that post.

Technically you don't even need my driver to make the game work in WINE, that just makes it easier for you.

WINE supports MANY DirectX features, among them Direct3D and DirectShow.

And that brings us to the last point, my driver completely replaces the movie player with one that only needs DirectSound to work, it never touches DirectShow. (And DirectSound is of course supported by WINE)

Now to answer some of the original questions; WINE has it's own regedit program, functionally equivalent to the windows version, simply run that on the .reg file to import it. FF7Music works fine as long as you enable the WINE-specific plugin in the config.
 
Well, that's awesome, thank ya Ali :D

And I upgraded now to Wine v1.1.36 (compiled from source), let's see :D
 
Err, I don't think a single thing was correct in that post.

Technically you don't even need my driver to make the game work in WINE, that just makes it easier for you.

WINE supports MANY DirectX features, among them Direct3D and DirectShow.

And that brings us to the last point, my driver completely replaces the movie player with one that only needs DirectSound to work, it never touches DirectShow. (And DirectSound is of course supported by WINE)
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Wow, really? This was the reason that I stopped using WINE. When I last touched it everyone said it wasn't going to be able to do anything DX related. I think that was back in version 0.9 or so. That was probably two or three years ago too so it's likely my information is out-of-date and/or based on my poor understanding of computers back in the day.
 
DirectX support is far from perfect, but when it comes to graphics it's usually just a problem of glitching (which you can live with most of the time) and somewhat crappy performance.
And it has probably seen some great improvements over the last few years, especially for the more popular titles.
 
Maybe I'll go back to Linux then and create a more universal version of WallMarket and PrC. :D I need to learn to do GUI in Linux anyway.
 
you can play ff7 in wine w/ no issues...

you will need aali's driver, and ff7 music if you want decent sound... i have been running ff7 for almost a year on kubuntu. you should be sure that first you have the proper video drivers installed and working. from there is just a matter of installing and patching it all up afterwards..
 
With me, version 0.6.10b of the aali's driver works with ubuntu, but not version 0.7 :-(.
 
Maybe I'll go back to Linux then and create a more universal version of WallMarket and PrC. :D I need to learn to do GUI in Linux anyway.
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Qt is good for GUI programing in linux w/ the added bonus of it being cross platform... and GPL.
http://qt.nokia.com

and i would love to be able to use wallmarket i have had no luck w/ it in wine..
 
and i would love to be able to use wallmarket i have had no luck w/ it in wine..
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Because it's dependent on .NET framework which, I'm pretty sure this time, WINE does not support....yet.
 
Okay, gonna' make a video tutorial again- "How To Play Final Fantasy VII on Linux Ubuntu 9.10!" :D

EDIT: Have a problem! Every time I want to run the FF7 Config it displays the following error message:
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Whenever I run it, it says
"Your soundcard is not DirectSound compatible. You need a DirectSound-compatible  soundcard"

I set the sound from hardware to Emulation with winecfg. Where's the problem? I applied already the 1.02 Patch. German version. Tried it with the english one too, but it doesn't matter, it shows the same again!

And I tried to run the ff7.exe- it loads and loads- and the programm closes. What can/should I do? Any information I have to give? I'm using Wine v1.1.36.

- Deniz
 
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be sure that you have installed both directX (9 should be more then fine) and also that you have configured wine's shound to your sound device , i have always used "FULL" for sound emulation. i started to make a set up guide for the kubuntu forum but have removed most of the good stuff (since it needs to be corrected).
 
i would suggest that you go grab a copy of winetricks (google it you will find it fast) and use it to install the following items
        corefonts
   directx9
   ffdshow (use defaults and allow for all programs when asked for video and audio)
   vcrun2008 (need for some mods and tools, not the main game)
   mfc42 (unsure of this as a requirement try with out it first install if needed, please comment)

then check w/ dxdialog to be sure that you have working sound there..

please note: i also needed  certa's  32-bit color patch.(this may be no longer nesessery w/ aali's driver)

hope i have been of some help. if you get stuck just me know where your @ in the process and i will see what i can do to help, after all us penguins need to stick together.
 
and i will see what i can do to help, after all us penguins need to stick together.
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Oh yeah, Linux is freakin' awesome- but there's no really support for all those bigger programs... it still kicks M$-ass... :D...

EDIT: Okay, installed everything you told me- but I get the same error over and over again- and whenever I want to run "wine dxdiag" in the terminal, nothing happens. Really, well almost nothing...
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Only that and nothing else... any other ideas?

EDIT2: Ok, it seems to be an issue with Wine v1.1.35+^^
Any idea's?
 
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