Needing help with DDO

Tecseiryu · Post by **Tecseiryu** » Fri May 14, 2010 1:24 pm

I am using a Kunbuntu Lucid Lynx 10.4/ Vista 64bit dual boot.

The application I want to lunch is DDO. (Dungeons and Dragons Online)

I click the application launcher, I go to "Applications," then I go to "WINE," and lastly I go to "Browse C: Drive" and I get this error...

"Unable to run the command specified. The file or folder file:///home/My_User_Name/Documents/.wine/dosdevices/c: does not exist."

Yes, I've went to properties and I've made sure that the .exe file opens with WINE. However, when I click the icon I see a bouncing WINE symbol, but NOTHING happens!

I've found a LOTRO Launcher that should work with DDO, but I have to compile scripts from Python to use it...

Seriously, I need to install an installer to an installer for an installer, but before I do any of that I need to take college courses to learn a programming language... is there a simpler way?

I'm really frustrated, I've spent a week googling this thing, and trying to find forums that have posts concerning the very same problem, but nada, nothing.

Just now, I've seen that WINE actually has a forum (No Sarcastic Remarks, Please!). I've read the Newbie Pages, here, there was no help.

I am a new user to Linux, so I don't have any experience with command lines.

Thank you for your time, and I give MUCH APPRECIATION for those with helpful, insightful, or constructive comments.

Tec, Peace Out.~

Post by **dimesio** » Fri May 14, 2010 2:00 pm

First, you didn't say what version of Wine; if it's not the latest development release (curently 1.1.44), upgrade.

Second, did you follow the howto in the AppDB for installing this game? It mentions an automatic installer available for Ubuntu, in their repositories: http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.p ... n&iId=2910

If that doesn't solve your problem, run it from a terminal and post whatever messages appear. http://wiki.winehq.org/FAQ#run_from_terminal

Tecseiryu · Post by **Tecseiryu** » Fri May 14, 2010 2:14 pm

dimesio wrote:First, you didn't say what version of Wine; if it's not the latest development release (curently 1.1.44), upgrade.

Second, did you follow the howto in the AppDB for installing this game? It mentions an automatic installer available for Ubuntu, in their repositories: http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.p ... n&iId=2910

If that doesn't solve your problem, run it from a terminal and post whatever messages appear. http://wiki.winehq.org/FAQ#run_from_terminal

1. Sorry, older/stable version of WINE.

Yes, I fully installed WINE step by step, according to the site.

But I will goto - http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.p ... n&iId=2910 , and use wiki.

Thanx, I will post my results.

DaVince · Post by **DaVince** » Fri May 14, 2010 2:46 pm

but I have to compile scripts from Python to use it...

This doesn't make sense - you don't need to compile Python scripts in order to use them...

It sounds like your Wineprefix itself is broken, since you can't even use the "browse C drive" link... Try removing ~/.wine and see what "Browse C:" does now.

doh123 · Post by **doh123** » Sat May 15, 2010 11:20 am

Tecseiryu wrote: 1. Sorry, older/stable version of WINE.

Yes, I fully installed WINE step by step, according to the site.

and if you stick with the "stable" version then you will probably never be able to run the game. You need to use the latest devel version. "stable" is talking about the code changes, its nothing to do with if it will crash or not.

Tecseiryu · Post by **Tecseiryu** » Sat May 15, 2010 11:53 pm

Ok, I've done everything from the ground up, followed ALL instructions posted on every WINE website I could find, very little progress has been made...

*BUT*

I had no idea about the whole stable version thing you are talking about, I appreciate the insight, maybe now I can get my games up and running, thank you.

James Mckenzie · Post by **James Mckenzie** » Sun May 16, 2010 10:13 am

Ok, I've done everything from the ground up, followed ALL instructions posted on every WINE
website I could find, very little progress has been made...

*BUT*

I had no idea about the whole stable version thing you are talking about, I appreciate the
insight, maybe now I can get my games up and running, thank you.

And in about two months there will be a new stable version. I highly recommend TESTING everything you want Wine to do for you and then submitting bug reports for each and everything you find that does not work. Pulseaudio excluded (it is a really painful subject for the developers, but it looks like it is NOT going away and more and more Linux software products are looking to rely on it as well.) Before submitting a bug report, please do a thorough search, as bug reports have some very interesting titles.

After you submit a bug report, please post a message in the forums/mailing list so others will be aware that there is a report for a problem they may encounter.

Lastly, if a bug report exists, please VOTE for it. This advises developers that the problem still exists and how many folks are affected by it.

James McKenzie

pcdoctor01 · Post by **pcdoctor01** » Fri May 21, 2010 4:35 am

I think this must be a ubuntu 10.04 thing. I'm using kubuntu 10.04 too and never had a problem with 8.04.

pcdoctor01 · Post by **pcdoctor01** » Fri May 21, 2010 5:01 am

If you have a spare old desktop or laptop, install kubuntu 8.04.
Better yet, if you have another computer in which wine is already working, copy the .wine folder from that computer and copy it to your home directory on the kubuntu 10.04 computer.
I'm working now after doing that.