Playonline needs 32-bit true color

[Elliander]

I installed playonline under WINE on Ubuntu. It installed without any problem, and when I went to load it up it even starts to open up like it would in windows. But then an error appeared:

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Error Code = 20008027
Can only be displayed properly in 32-bit true color. Start Playonline viewer anyway?

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If I click no, it closes. If I click yes it actually starts up, plays music, and I can hear the sound it makes when it hovers over something I can click. But the screen is all black.

Now I know that 32-bit in Windows is 24-bit in Ubuntu, so I checked to make sure, and I do have 24-bit enabled in Ubuntu.

I don't know if the problem is just because WINE reports to the program that I am using 24-bit instead of 32-bit or if it's something more. In any case, I can't do anything blind.

I am aware that FFXI probably won't run perfectly if at all under WINE but I would like to at least get to the login screen so I can read my Playonline ID. My only backup of that is in the user information that I copied into that Playonline installation and at the moment I don't have access to windows so even if I won't be able to play I still need to get this to display.

Thanks.

[FatButtLarry]

On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 12:20 AM, Elliander <[email protected]> wrote:

I installed playonline under WINE on Ubuntu. It installed without any problem, and when I went to load it up it even starts to open up like it would in windows. But then an error appeared:

_______

Error Code = 20008027
Can only be displayed properly in 32-bit true color. Start Playonline viewer anyway?

_______

If I click no, it closes. If I click yes it actually starts up, plays music, and I can hear the sound it makes when it hovers over something I can click. But the screen is all black.

Now I know that 32-bit in Windows is 24-bit in Ubuntu, so I checked to make sure, and I do have 24-bit enabled in Ubuntu.

I don't know if the problem is just because WINE reports to the program that I am using 24-bit instead of 32-bit or if it's something more. In any case, I can't do anything blind.

I am aware that FFXI probably won't run perfectly if at all under WINE but I would like to at least get to the login screen so I can read my Playonline ID. My only backup of that is in the user information that I copied into that Playonline installation and at the moment I don't have access to windows so even if I won't be able to play I still need to get this to display.

Thanks.

--

Elliander,

I've had issues in Half-Life that were similar. Half-life said it
needed a certain bit depth, but I was certain I was running it.

The issue in my case was something with the X server. That was on an
older distro that required changes to the xorg.conf file. I'm not sure
exactly what resolved it, but I'm pretty certain that Wine can work in
32-bit mode (24 bits of colors with 16 bit alpha/blending).

The appdb says PlayOnline does works. Good luck.

http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.p ... ingId=4857


-Tres


- [email protected]

[James McKenzie]

Elliander wrote:

I installed playonline under WINE on Ubuntu. It installed without any problem, and when I went to load it up it even starts to open up like it would in windows. But then an error appeared:

_______

Error Code = 20008027
Can only be displayed properly in 32-bit true color. Start Playonline viewer anyway?

_______

If I click no, it closes. If I click yes it actually starts up, plays music, and I can hear the sound it makes when it hovers over something I can click. But the screen is all black.

Now I know that 32-bit in Windows is 24-bit in Ubuntu, so I checked to make sure, and I do have 24-bit enabled in Ubuntu.

I don't know if the problem is just because WINE reports to the program that I am using 24-bit instead of 32-bit or if it's something more. In any case, I can't do anything blind.

I am aware that FFXI probably won't run perfectly if at all under WINE but I would like to at least get to the login screen so I can read my Playonline ID. My only backup of that is in the user information that I copied into that Playonline installation and at the moment I don't have access to windows so even if I won't be able to play I still need to get this to display.

I will not be the only person to say this: Ask the PlayOnLinux folks
how to fix this, or remove PlayOnLinux and use only Wine.

James McKenzie

[ryan woodsmall]

On Mar 6, 2009, at 9:21 PM, James McKenzie wrote:

I will not be the only person to say this: Ask the PlayOnLinux folks
how to fix this, or remove PlayOnLinux and use only Wine.

James McKenzie

PlayOnline is the Square/Enix online gaming service, necessary to run
Final Fantasy XI. AppDB page for both:

http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.p ... n&iId=1992

This is *not* PlayOnLinux.

ryan woodsmall
[email protected]


"Be well, do good work, and keep in touch." - Garrison Keillor

[James McKenzie]

ryan woodsmall wrote:

On Mar 6, 2009, at 9:21 PM, James McKenzie wrote:

I will not be the only person to say this: Ask the PlayOnLinux folks
how to fix this, or remove PlayOnLinux and use only Wine.

James McKenzie

PlayOnline is the Square/Enix online gaming service, necessary to run
Final Fantasy XI. AppDB page for both:

http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.p ... n&iId=1992

This is *not* PlayOnLinux.

Thank you for the correction.

It may not work on Wine for Mac due to the broken X11 on the Mac.

James McKenzie

[froyn1980]

ryan woodsmall wrote:

On Mar 6, 2009, at 9:21 PM, James McKenzie wrote:

I will not be the only person to say this: Ask the PlayOnLinux folks
how to fix this, or remove PlayOnLinux and use only Wine.

James McKenzie

PlayOnline is the Square/Enix online gaming service, necessary to run
Final Fantasy XI. AppDB page for both:

http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.p ... n&iId=1992

This is *not* PlayOnLinux.

Thank you for the correction.

It may not work on Wine for Mac due to the broken X11 on the Mac.

James McKenzie

I just wanted to quote that first...

Now, what version of Ubuntu, what version of Wine, what video card and how much ram does the card have?