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1. Re: Army Builder in WINE
From: "ringsnake <ringsnake@yahoo.com>" <ringsnake@yahoo.com>


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Date: Mon, 03 Feb 2003 21:20:21 -0000
From: "ringsnake <ringsnake@yahoo.com>" <ringsnake@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Army Builder in WINE

Sorry for the delay in my response.

I'll work on the instructions then. I have a resource in a local LUG that I can call on for all the techie details. It could be that I and the others are using different varients of WINE, as there are several, and the configurations can be a bit hairy.

--- In armybuilder@yahoogroups.com, Rob Bowes <rob@w...> wrote:
> Please double-check whether AB works under V1.3 directly. I definitely
> remember at least a few people successfully using AB under Linux (I think
> using WINE) back before V2.0 was released. Since the CD key mechanism is
> the same from V1.x to V2.x, that stuff should still be operational and
> there should be no difference between AB recognizing V1 CDs vs. V2 CDs. It
> could be that something has changed in WINE that has rendered it unable to
> work correctly with the key discs that used to have no problems. The key
> disc mechanism does do a few special things to make sure that you are truly
> using a CD and not a spoofed file somewhere, so maybe WINE has broken its
> handling of these details. I truly have no idea since I have never tried it
> myself - I only have the statements from users to go on regarding AB
> working under Linux.
>
> If you can come up with a concrete set of instructions for folks using
> WINE, we'd be happy to post them on the website in the support section. And
> anyone who asks will be forwarded to those instructions. All I require is
> that the writing is clear (should be easy since you're a writer), the
> technical level is low (so relatively non-technical folks can follow the
> steps), and at least two other folks test the instructions on different
> machines and verify they work (so installation-specific details are
> properly identified and spelled out instead of assumed).
>
> Thanks, Rob
>
> At 09:30 PM 1/14/2003 +0000, you wrote:
> >Oh, I see.
> >
> >Well I do have the 1.3 CD, and I did install first 1.3 from the CD and
> >then 2.0 from the download. And I did so within Linux using WINE, and it
> >does not work. The one thing that I did not try was running 1.3 without
> >the upgrade to 2.0 installed to see if that works.
> >
> >Someone should write a FAQ/manual for this, because the Linux question
> >seems to come up. Considering as how I'm a decent writer and a Linux
> >ignoramus I'm wondering if it shouldn't be me.
> >
> >Does Lone Wolf have any objections to me doing this?
>
>
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> Rob Bowes (rob@w...) (559) 658-6995
> Lone Wolf Development www.wolflair.com



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