Doug Laidlaw wrote: > Daniel Skorka wrote: > >> Doug Laidlaw <laidlaws@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> I just tried to install an ancient detective-type RPG ( I am not up with >>> the classifications.) >> >> What's it called? Did you have a look at the appdb? >> >>> (a) It offered to install DirectX. Since Wine has its own DirectX, I >>> ignored that. >> >> Correct. >> >>> (b) The game failed to run because (according to the message box) it >>> couldn't find DirectDraw. This showed as a Fixme in the terminal, while >>> the error message was to do with the display settings - there was no >>> mode matching what the game required. >>> >>> Where do I find DirectDraw? >> >> It comes with wine alright. The message box is misleading. Can you post >> the messages when you start the game? >> >> Daniel > > The game is called "The Last Express", by Broderbund. It is a multiple > ending "Choose Your Own Adventure" style game set on the Orient Express > shortly before World War I. The player has to contact a passenger on the > train. I couldn't see it in either Wine's or Fred's appdb. I bought it > as a runout special at a local supermarket. > > On a reinstall, I get the following in a terminal: > > fixme:ddraw:Main_DirectDraw_SetCooperativeLevel > (0x7eaf9b00)->(0x10028,00000008) > fixme:ddraw:Main_DirectDraw_SetCooperativeLevel > (0x7eaf9b00)->(0x10028,00000013) > err:x11settings:X11DRV_ChangeDisplaySettingsEx No matching mode found! > (XF86VidMode) > err:x11settings:X11DRV_ChangeDisplaySettingsEx No matching mode found! > (XF86VidMode) > > I tried changing my monitor resolution from 24 bit to 16 bit, but it > apparently wasn't recognized. > > Doug. Sorry - using Wine 0.9.14. Anything newer causes other problems I will post about separately. Doug. -- Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes. - Oscar Wilde _______________________________________________ wine-users mailing list wine-users@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.winehq.org/mailman/listinfo/wine-users
