can any one help me get ddo to run on ubuntu

[purdurabo33]

somone please help me!!! i have followed all the how-to on this site but i dont understand what it mean by:
*note* As of the time of this writing, the installer that you would normally download from ddo.com fails in Wine. Unless you're installing the game in Windows, you need to use the links provided on this site (in the application info, labeled "Free Download") in order to install the game in linux.

can somone please tell me how to download the game in ubuntu 9.10?

[DaVince]

This is not an error from Wine but one from the installer, apparently. Do what they ask you to do.

[purdurabo33]

yea but how do i download the game in linux? i cant find the download link on this site.

[dimesio]

It's right there on the AppDB page, labeled "Free Download" just as the howto states. The links are on the left, just above the screenshot.
http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.p ... &iId=17785

[purdurabo33]

thanks for the link. i was on the wrong page. please dont hold it agaist me. i am new to both ubuntu(or any linux for that matter) and wine. so thank you for your patients.

[purdurabo33]

i followed the directions here on wine hq about how to get ddo to run, right?
well i made it all the way through and all i get is a black screen with error 129. the only part of the instructions that i didnt follow was the part at the end about up-date the game.when i go to tool there is no option to do an up-date. could some one please explain this to me??????

[purdurabo33]

this seemed to work. the bz2 file was in my downloads folder, so i used
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cd Downloads

then i used
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tar xvjf PyLotRO-[version].tar.bz2

it exestracted the package alright! files flow every where!!! lol so then i used
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sudo ./setup.py install

and this is what i got
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running install
running build
running build_py
running build_scripts
running install_lib
running install_scripts
changing mode of /usr/local/bin/pylotro to 755
running install_data
running install_egg_info
Removing /usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/PyLotROLauncher-0.1.11.egg-info
Writing /usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/PyLotROLauncher-0.1.11.egg-info
writing list of installed files to 'pylotro-install.log'

now the icon is on my desk top just the way it should be, right? so i finished going through the how-to. i got to the end where is said i had to up-date the game
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Run Tools->Update (IMPORTANT - the game will fail if you don't run the update first), then select your server and log in using your account username and password."
the problem is that there is no Tool->update option. so if any one knows what i did wrong and/or how to fix it please tell me!!!!