Mageworld and Hyperborea on linux under Wine

[Kilarin]

Previously, I got Dungeonsiege working under wine <link>

But, it was a bit buggy. It's been two years, wine has had a LOT of updates, so I thought I would try again. And it appears that DungeonSiege runs just FINE under wine now, once you get the settings right.

Under wine 1.2.1 I use the following command line to launch Dungeon Siege:

env WINEPREFIX="/home/donald/.wine" wine explorer /desktop=1280x1024 "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Dungeon Siege\DungeonSiege.Exe" width=1024 height=768 bpp=16 nointro=true

if you don't use the wine /desktop option, then the DungeonSiege intro screen runs in low resolution (800x600 I think) and my lcd monitor goes black and says "unsupported resolution"

If I try to run with width=1280 height=1024 bpp=16, Dungeon Siege runs, but without any sound. No idea why.

BUT, anyway, Dungeon Siege is running and looks and sounds quite nice!

So, next task, the real PURPOSE of this whole exercise, I want to run Hyperborea and Mageworld.

But I simply can NOT get them to work. I did the following:

create
/home/donald/.wine/dosdevices/c:/windows/profiles/donald/My Documents/Dungeon Siege/Mageworld

(this is where wine puts the documents and settings folder)

create save folder under that.
copy of dungeonsiege.ini, perfs.gas, and your /keys folder from the to your new "Mageworld" folder if you want to preserve ds keys/settings in mageworld

create folder:
/home/donald/.wine/dosdevices/c:/Program Files/Microsoft Games/Dungeon Siege/Mageworld
extract zip file there (Mageworld.dsmap and Mageworld_3_1.dsres)

And THEN I tried to create the launcher as follows:

env WINEPREFIX="/home/donald/.wine" wine explorer /desktop=1280x1024 "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Dungeon Siege\DungeonSiege.Exe" res_paths=Mageworld map_paths=\!Mageworld user_path="H:/Dungeon Siege/Mageworld" width=1024 height=768 bpp=16

Note: If you don't escape the ! in map paths, you get an error: :bash: !Mageworld: event not found"

Everything looks RIGHT to me about this, except for the map_path. BUT, it doesn't run.

When I run it exactly as above, Dungeon Siege never gets past a black screen with one white dot in the lower left corner.

If I run it without the env WINEPREFIX, then Dungeon Siege starts up with the error:
---
Dungeon Siege Critical Error
Unable to access or create a critical path that is required to operate. This may be caused by incorrect INI file, shortcut, or registry settings. Try reinstalling to resolve this problem.

Internal info:
path var: 'M'
value: "("Mageworld")
error: 'M'(0x00DB0E92)
---
Click past the error and DungeonSiege starts as normal DungeonSiege.

I tried installing Hyperborea following the same process and got exactly the same results.

All of which makes me think the problem is the map_path. Anyone have some wine experience and a clue how to make this work?

thanks!

[Kilarin]

AHA! Success! Of a sort. (don't you know you always find an answer right after you post asking for help?)

BUT, I'm not certain how viable this answer is. What I did was skip the map path entirely.

I moved the Mageworld files into the default folders:
/home/donald/.wine/c/Program Files/Microsoft Games/Dungeon Siege/Maps/Mageworld.dsmap
/home/donald/.wine/c/Program Files/Microsoft Games/Dungeon Siege/Resources/Mageworld_3_1.dsres

And then ran with the following command:
env WINEPREFIX="/home/donald/.wine" wine explorer /desktop=1280x1024 "C:/Program Files/Microsoft Games/Dungeon Siege/DungeonSiege.Exe" width=1024 height=768 bpp=16

And it WORKS!!!!!! I get the Mageworld intro and everything, I have to pick mageworld over Ehb when starting a new game (And I'll have to be careful not to load the wrong save)

SO, that brings me to my new fear. Will having Mageworld in the same folders as the Ehb map and resources cause conflicts/problems?

If so, could I just rename the ehb files so that ONLY Mageworld's files were available?

[Kilarin]

Hello! just wanted to put in an update for anyone trying to run Dungeon Siege and Mageworld or Hyperborea under wine.

Install DS through WINE. During install, when it needs disk 2, it will simply stop updating. The popup asking for disk 2 never shows up (at least it didn't when I did the install back in 2010). You just have to notice that the update bar quit moving and pop in the second CD, then it will continue the install.

I patched up to version 1.11, and the patch worked fine.

at this point you can run EHB using the command line:

env WINEPREFIX="/home/(youruserid)/.wine" wine explorer /desktop=1280x1024 "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Dungeon Siege\DungeonSiege.Exe" width=1024 height=768 bpp=16 nointro=true

if you want to run Hyperborea or Mageworld, you must take the maps and resources from the zip files and place them directly into the Dungeon Siege folders:
/home/(youruserid)/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/Microsoft Games/Dungeon Siege/Maps
/home/(youruserid)/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/Microsoft Games/Dungeon Siege/Resources

Putting the maps and resources directly into the Dungeon Siege folders WORKS, but you do have to deactivate the maps and resources you are not using.

I'm using the following scripts to switch easily between Ehb, Mageworld, and Hyperborea

--------DS-turnon-EHB.sh
echo "========================================"
echo "=== setup Dungeon Siege for EHB map ==="
echo "========================================"

rename_file()
{
if [ -e $1 ];
then
echo "rename $1 to $2"
mv $1 $2
else
if [ -e $2 ];
then echo "$2 already exists"
else echo "$1 not found, $2 does not exist either"
fi
fi
}

turn_file()
{
if [ "$2" == "ON" ];
then
file1=$1_OFF
file2=$1
else
file1=$1
file2=$1_OFF
fi
rename_file $file1 $file2
}

cd "/home/donald/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/Microsoft Games/Dungeon Siege/Maps"
echo "======================================Maps:"
ls
echo "-----"
turn_file MpWorld.dsmap ON
turn_file World.dsmap ON
turn_file Mageworld.dsmap OFF
turn_file Hyperborea.dsmap OFF
#
cd "/home/donald/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/Microsoft Games/Dungeon Siege/Resources"
echo "======================================Resources:"
ls
echo "-----"
turn_file Mageworld_3_1.dsres OFF
turn_file xaa_hyperborea.dsres OFF
turn_file xaa_hyperborea_intro_movie.dsres OFF
echo "done."




---------DS-turnon-HYPB.sh
echo "========================================"
echo "=== setup Dungeon Siege for HYPB map ==="
echo "========================================"

rename_file()
{
if [ -e $1 ];
then
echo "rename $1 to $2"
mv $1 $2
else
if [ -e $2 ];
then echo "$2 already exists"
else echo "$1 not found, $2 does not exist either"
fi
fi
}

turn_file()
{
if [ "$2" == "ON" ];
then
file1=$1_OFF
file2=$1
else
file1=$1
file2=$1_OFF
fi
rename_file $file1 $file2
}

cd "/home/donald/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/Microsoft Games/Dungeon Siege/Maps"
echo "======================================Maps:"
ls
echo "-----"
turn_file MpWorld.dsmap OFF
turn_file World.dsmap OFF
turn_file Mageworld.dsmap OFF
turn_file Hyperborea.dsmap ON
#
cd "/home/donald/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/Microsoft Games/Dungeon Siege/Resources"
echo "======================================Resources:"
ls
echo "-----"
turn_file Mageworld_3_1.dsres OFF
turn_file xaa_hyperborea.dsres ON
turn_file xaa_hyperborea_intro_movie.dsres ON
echo "done."



-------DS-turnon-MW.sh
echo "======================================"
echo "=== setup Dungeon Siege for MW map ==="
echo "======================================"

rename_file()
{
if [ -e $1 ];
then
echo "rename $1 to $2"
mv $1 $2
else
if [ -e $2 ];
then echo "$2 already exists"
else echo "$1 not found, $2 does not exist either"
fi
fi
}

turn_file()
{
if [ "$2" == "ON" ];
then
file1=$1_OFF
file2=$1
else
file1=$1
file2=$1_OFF
fi
rename_file $file1 $file2
}

cd "/home/donald/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/Microsoft Games/Dungeon Siege/Maps"
echo "======================================Maps:"
ls
echo "-----"
turn_file MpWorld.dsmap OFF
turn_file World.dsmap OFF
turn_file Mageworld.dsmap ON
turn_file Hyperborea.dsmap OFF
#
cd "/home/donald/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/Microsoft Games/Dungeon Siege/Resources"
echo "======================================Resources:"
ls
echo "-----"
turn_file Mageworld_3_1.dsres ON
turn_file xaa_hyperborea.dsres OFF
turn_file xaa_hyperborea_intro_movie.dsres OFF
echo "done."







These should probably be combined into one script, but they work pretty easily and intuitively this way. I presume that the same method would work with any other mod you wanted to run under WINE.

And, of course, if you are uncomfortable with scripts you could just rename the maps and resources manually. put a _OFF at the end of the file name to turn it off. remove it to turn it back on. (Really anything will do, but _OFF is easy to understand)

Using this method, you can enjoy your favorite Dungeon Siege mods on Linux!!!!
I've noticed the very occasional graphics glitch around the cursor, not very often, and nothing that interferes with gaming. Other than that, it seems to be running just fine. I've gotten all the way to Hamlin without any problems anyway.

[Liantedan]

Nice !
Thanks for sharing. I'll have to give it a try sometime