This is kind of off-topic for the thread title but it's an update on the DLL issue.
mason@mason-desktop:~/c/Program Files/Aspyr/Guitar Hero III$ sh ~/winetricks win2k vcrun2005sp1
Setting Windows version to win2k
Executing wine regedit /home/mason/.wine/drive_c/winetrickstmp/set-winver.reg
Install of win2k done
Executing wine /home/mason/.winetrickscache/vcrun2005sp1/vcredist_x86.exe
fixme:advapi:DecryptFileA "C:\\windows\\temp\\IXP000.TMP\\" 00000000
fixme:advapi:DecryptFileA "C:\\windows\\temp\\IXP001.TMP\\" 00000000
fixme:advapi:LookupAccountNameW (null) L"mason" (nil) 0x33f7fc (nil) 0x33f800 0x33f7f4 - stub
fixme:advapi:LookupAccountNameW (null) L"mason" 0x12edb8 0x33f7fc 0x133be0 0x33f800 0x33f7f4 - stub
fixme:msi:ACTION_HandleStandardAction unhandled standard action L"SetODBCFolders"
fixme:msi:msi_unimplemented_action_stub RemoveExistingProducts -> 1 ignored L"Upgrade" table values
fixme:msi:msi_unimplemented_action_stub MsiUnpublishAssemblies -> 10 ignored L"MsiAssembly" table values
err:msi:ITERATE_PublishAssembly Component not set for install, not publishing assembly
err:msi:ITERATE_PublishAssembly Component not set for install, not publishing assembly
err:msi:ITERATE_PublishAssembly Component not set for install, not publishing assembly
err:msi:ITERATE_PublishAssembly Component not set for install, not publishing assembly
err:msi:ITERATE_PublishAssembly Component not set for install, not publishing assembly
err:msi:ITERATE_PublishAssembly Component not set for install, not publishing assembly
err:msi:ITERATE_PublishAssembly Component not set for install, not publishing assembly
err:msi:ITERATE_PublishAssembly Component not set for install, not publishing assembly
err:msi:ITERATE_PublishAssembly Component not set for install, not publishing assembly
err:msi:ITERATE_PublishAssembly Component not set for install, not publishing assembly
Install of vcrun2005sp1 done
winetricks done.
mason@mason-desktop:~/c/Program Files/Aspyr/Guitar Hero III$ wine GH3.exe
err:ole:CoGetClassObject class {88d96a05-f192-11d4-a65f-0040963251e5} not registered
err:ole:CoGetClassObject class {88d96a05-f192-11d4-a65f-0040963251e5} not registered
err:ole:create_server class {88d96a05-f192-11d4-a65f-0040963251e5} not registered
fixme:ole:CoGetClassObject CLSCTX_REMOTE_SERVER not supported
err:ole:CoGetClassObject no class object {88d96a05-f192-11d4-a65f-0040963251e5} could be created for context 0x17
err:ole:CoGetClassObject class {9a5ea990-3034-4d6f-9128-01f3c61022bc} not registered
err:ole:CoGetClassObject no class object {9a5ea990-3034-4d6f-9128-01f3c61022bc} could be created for context 0x1
fixme:msxml:DllCanUnloadNow
err:ole:CoGetClassObject class {88d96a05-f192-11d4-a65f-0040963251e5} not registered
err:ole:CoGetClassObject class {88d96a05-f192-11d4-a65f-0040963251e5} not registered
err:ole:create_server class {88d96a05-f192-11d4-a65f-0040963251e5} not registered
fixme:ole:CoGetClassObject CLSCTX_REMOTE_SERVER not supported
err:ole:CoGetClassObject no class object {88d96a05-f192-11d4-a65f-0040963251e5} could be created for context 0x17
fixme:msxml:DllCanUnloadNow
fixme:system:SystemParametersInfoW Unimplemented action: 59 (SPI_SETSTICKYKEYS)
fixme:system:SystemParametersInfoW Unimplemented action: 53 (SPI_SETTOGGLEKEYS)
fixme:system:SystemParametersInfoW Unimplemented action: 51 (SPI_SETFILTERKEYS)
And it proceeds further, this time I get a dialog window from the game telling me I don't meet the system requirements,
"This game requires a newer version of Windows, or a newer service pack".
Progress!
