Rome Total War - Wine Install Omits Files

[Cal]

Please be gentle I'm a Wine newbie, and a relative newcomer to Linux/Ubuntu.

Using Wine version 1.0.1. Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid.

I have installed 'Rome Total War' through Wine using the multi-CD install. All seems to have completed normally. However on starting the application, when the main splash-screen is about to clear to go to the game options I get an error:-


filename doesn't exist data/animations/SG 01 idle 01.cas.

This has been noted by other Ubuntu users on Ubuntu forums and unresolved. I have found no mention here.

Any help much appreciated.

[James Mckenzie]

Please be gentle I'm a Wine newbie, and a relative newcomer to Linux/Ubuntu.

Using Wine version 1.0.1. Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid.

I have installed 'Rome Total War' through Wine using the multi-CD install. All seems to have completed normally. However on starting the application, when the main splash-screen is about to clear to go to the game options I get an error:-


filename doesn't exist data/animations/SG 01 idle 01.cas.

Did you check the Applications Database for a possible solution to this before posting?

James McKenzie

[Cal]

Did you check the Applications Database for a possible solution to this before posting?

Yes. That was where I got the help on how to get the multiple-CD install working.

I just hoped someone here might have some other ideas.

Cheers

[Cal]

Further investigation suggests this is due to the install process under Wine omitting to create or copy certain files from the CDs.

I have found several files under C:/..../Activision/Rome - Total War/Data and sub-folders that exist in a Windows XP install, but not on the Ubuntu & Wine installation. I have removed and re-installed to check that the install seems to complete normally.

How best to proceed with this? Should I create an entry under the AppDB?

Are there known circumstances (eg. particular file archive types) where data files are not created when installing under Wine?

Any help much appreciated

Cal

[dimesio]

Further investigation suggests this is due to the install process under Wine omitting to create or copy certain files from the CDs.

I have found several files under C:/..../Activision/Rome - Total War/Data and sub-folders that exist in a Windows XP install, but not on the Ubuntu & Wine installation. I have removed and re-installed to check that the install seems to complete normally.

How best to proceed with this? Should I create an entry under the AppDB?

Upgrade to 1.1.11 and see if the problem persists. If it does, check bugzilla to see if a bug has already been filed for this, and if it hasn't, file one.