Comments on: Play Guild Wars on Ubuntu 9.04

By: abhishek

abhishek — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 15:26:26 +0000

hi
i heard that u guys have a method to play guildwar…
i am a player of evony but nt able to make it to login page after i switched to linux 9.04
can any1 help me???
i have approached u guys with lot of trust i tried almost evrything but failed

By: Rob Ross

Rob Ross — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 00:22:50 +0000

doesn't work for me

By: Voku

Voku — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 16:15:32 +0000

DirectX installation

download DirectX:

/usr/bin/wget http://howto.landure.fr/gnu-linux/installer-direc…
–output-document=$HOME/.wine/drive_c/windows/system32/mscoree.dll
/usr/bin/wget http://howto.landure.fr/gnu-linux/installer-direc…
–output-document=$HOME/.wine/drive_c/windows/system32/streamci.dll
/usr/bin/wget http://howto.landure.fr/gnu-linux/installer-direc…
–output-document=$HOME/.wine/drive_c/windows/system32/drivers/gm.dls

/usr/bin/wget http://howto.landure.fr/gnu-linux/installer-direc…
–output-document /tmp/directx.reg
/usr/bin/regedit /tmp/directx.reg

download DirectX 9.0c installer:

/usr/bin/wget http://howto.landure.fr/gnu-linux/installer-direc…
–output-document=/tmp/directx_redist.exe

extract:

/bin/mkdir $HOME/.wine/drive_c/DIRECTX
/usr/bin/cabextract -d $HOME/.wine/drive_c/DIRECTX /tmp/directx_redist.exe

install:

/usr/bin/wine "C:DIRECTXDXSETUP.exe"

start dxdiag:

/usr/bin/wine "C:windowssystem32dxdiag.exe"

By: Voku

Voku — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 16:09:02 +0000

Download:

/usr/bin/wget http://www.guildwars.com/downloads/gwsetup.zip
–output-document=$HOME/.wine/drive_c/gwsetup.zip

Uncompress:

/usr/bin/unzip -d $HOME/.wine/drive_c/ $HOME/.wine/drive_c/gwsetup.zip

optimized settings for Guild Wars:

/usr/bin/wget http://howto.landure.fr/gnu-linux/installer-direc…
–output-document /tmp/guild_wars.reg
/usr/bin/regedit /tmp/guild_wars.reg

Now, install Guild Wars:

/usr/bin/wine "C:GwSetup.exe"

By: Voku

Voku — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 16:09:02 +0000

Download:

/usr/bin/wget http://www.guildwars.com/downloads/gwsetup.zip
–output-document=$HOME/.wine/drive_c/gwsetup.zip

Uncompress:

/usr/bin/unzip -d $HOME/.wine/drive_c/ $HOME/.wine/drive_c/gwsetup.zip

optimized settings for Guild Wars:

/usr/bin/wget http://howto.landure.fr/gnu-linux/installer-direc…
–output-document /tmp/guild_wars.reg
/usr/bin/regedit /tmp/guild_wars.reg

Now, install Guild Wars:

/usr/bin/wine "C:GwSetup.exe"

By: Voku

Voku — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 16:09:02 +0000

Download:

/usr/bin/wget http://www.guildwars.com/downloads/gwsetup.zip
–output-document=$HOME/.wine/drive_c/gwsetup.zip

Uncompress:

/usr/bin/unzip -d $HOME/.wine/drive_c/ $HOME/.wine/drive_c/gwsetup.zip

optimized settings for Guild Wars:

/usr/bin/wget http://howto.landure.fr/gnu-linux/installer-direc…
–output-document /tmp/guild_wars.reg
/usr/bin/regedit /tmp/guild_wars.reg

Now, install Guild Wars:

/usr/bin/wine "C:GwSetup.exe"

By: traskbt

traskbt — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 03:06:51 +0000

I used to play Guild Wars (in Ubuntu), as well, and would take it up again if Lord of the Rings Online wasn't so much fun. Though I can't seem to get LotRO to work in Ubuntu, so I'm stuck with my WinXP partition.

By: Fremir

Fremir — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 19:35:07 +0000

hi… i install the game!!! but after the download finnish always my lapto re star the system!!! i don't know why can u help me?????? thz!!!