HOWTO: UO + Razor on Linux

[osd_daedalus]

Originally Posted by Blacula

P.S.: If you want to connect to non-UOG servers with Razor on Linux (as there is a bug where the port field isn't editable), do:

Thank you for your solution, I have just verified and added in the first post of this thread

Originally Posted by Blacula

and sometimes when I flick my mouse wheel too fast it disconnects me, which kind of pisses me off

About disconnections... I have tried to move the mouse wheel at light-speed and to push all possible buttons, but I haven't got a connection lost. Have you a hotkey that use mouse wheel?
But I got disconnected when trying another shard while testing your hint (my or their fault? )
I will investigate it further.

Originally Posted by Ageless Venomous

Niiiiice.

I don't use Linux, but thanks daedalus, have seen many people asking about this.

Could some moderator sticky this one? Its a pretty valuable info that a wide range of people dont want to see lost on the forums. Else im just gonna bump it forevar!!!!

Thank you for your feedback!
About sticking... I think first I have to polish better this "guide", and also to extend to other programs rather than Razor.

Even if I have talked about UOAssist, I haven't seen it into allowed 3rd-party programs, so I (or better, "we" ) have to try and post results for these programs:

UO (works )
Razor (already did)
ConnectUO
UOGateway (we have to? It's a very old program and no longer mantained, right? And it requires old UO versions if I'm not wrong)
UOAM (works, see below)

Any other programs?

Originally Posted by Callow

Worked great for getting Razor to work. Upon trying to connect I'm told that it can't contact EA's servers though. Any thoughts? EDIT: I'm an idiot. Changed the Login.cfg file and it works perfectly. Just for reference, I'm running Arch Linux.

I have not understood... had you to modify Login.cfg (in UO folder) to use OSI servers? I have tried but it seems it's unnecessary... altough my test is incomplete because I have not a OSI account

[osd_daedalus]

It is possible to change thread title? I wish to change it in "HOWTO: UO + Demise allowed programs on Linux", because I have did another great discovery!

for the series HOWTO:

How to use UOAM in Linux

UOAM works well under Wine, the matter is UpdateAce that makes Wine crash.
Now, I don't know if it is because a component is missing or something else, but follow this workaround and all will go ok!

So, you can't update UOAM and you can't get required files... you have to put them manually. You can follow 2 roads:

a) All-by-self method:

go in Windows and start UOAM. Then, go in map settings and drag ALL sliders to "Faster". Do this for ALL maps.
This will create many bitmap files for maps.
After this, copy the whole directory and paste it in Linux (where you want, /home/user/, /home/user/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/....)

NOTE: maybe it's not necessary, someone could test by copying only uoam.exe? Thanks

b) with-some-aid method:

Have you got only Linux? Don't you have a virtual machine to run Windows? Are you just too lazy to do that?
Well, you can download my UOAM directory here:

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=YMK89QFR

Extract it where you want. (NOTE: this zip file has "New Haven" modified maps, even if I can't see it in UOAM)

Now that you have the complete UOAM folder in Linux, open a terminal, reach the UOAM destination, and type:

wine uoam.exe -q

This will put UOAM in "quick" launch and will not run UpdateAce.

http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/3180/morwenellanodel9271854br4.jpg


enjoy Calibration also works!

NOTES:

After some runnings, UOAM will tell you to set performances for your maps. At this point, it will notice you have "modified" maps and you need to rebuild them.
Don't worry, do your settings and be happy

[osd_daedalus]

Originally Posted by Blacula

I also haven't gotten UOAM to work correctly in linux, as it disconnects me all the time too. *sigh*

I'm running all around with UOAM on and I don't have any problem.

Hmmm...

/OT mode on

How's your web surfing? Sometimes, ISP did mistakes in their modems-routers (assuming you have a ISP-provided modem-router) with some parameters (such as MTU), which Windows can correct automatically or ignore, while Linux not. In Italy is so

A workaround I have is:
copy and paste these lines in a file (create a script, for example myfile.sh)

echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_syncookies
echo 0 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_window_scaling
echo 0 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_ecn

then, go in the terminal and run:

sh myfile.sh

You don't need to reboot, nor to close and reopen programs.
Let me see if this will help you.

[osd_daedalus]

So, only ConnectUO remains...

No luck this time, it will try to load, then crash. Its last 3 lines:

fixme:thread:NtQueryInformationThread info class 9 not supported yet
fixme:ntdll:NtQuerySystemInformation info_class SYSTEM_PROCESSOR_PERFORMANCE_INFORMATION
wine: Unhandled exception 0xe0434f4d at address 0x7b844b20 (thread 0032), starting debugger...
Can't attach process 003a: error 5

ConnectUO is, as Razor, a .Net Framework 2.0 developed application, not fully supported by Wine.

After I have described all allowed Demise programs in Linux, looks like Razor is the only way to play UO. But without hotkeys for now.

[honeyspider]

Woo, cool.

I didn't see this guide and almost posted another one.

Try to use the latest wine version, instead of the one in the repos, it might fix a few issues...
As of the hotkeys problem, it is indeed a pain. I remade my profiles to use only plain keys (with no alt/ctrl/shift modifier, e.g. F1, W, Q etc) with an "Enable/Disable Hotkeys." This way they work fine and I'm getting used to it. The modifiers still work for macros made in UO options, though. It's a bug being worked on: http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5623

You forgot to mention that winetricks requires "cabextract" to work. It can be downloaded from any repository.

Razor's UO Positioning Tool is broken. It used to open and only bug when I changed focus, but it suddenly stopped working at all. =/

Did you get the display counters on the titlebar to work?

Other than that, it runs perfectly.
Plus the added coolness if you use compiz.

[honeyspider]

BTW, I don't crash when I get close to that Luna house near the Runes Galore...

[osd_daedalus]

Originally Posted by honeyspider

Woo, cool.

I didn't see this guide and almost posted another one.

Well, thanks for your feedback!

Originally Posted by honeyspider

Try to use the latest wine version, instead of the one in the repos, it might fix a few issues...

When I have time I'll do that. Have you already did it? Could you please describe what is fixed?

Originally Posted by honeyspider

As of the hotkeys problem, it is indeed a pain. I remade my profiles to use only plain keys (with no alt/ctrl/shift modifier, e.g. F1, W, Q etc) with an "Enable/Disable Hotkeys." This way they work fine and I'm getting used to it. The modifiers still work for macros made in UO options, though. It's a bug being worked on: http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5623

Thanks for the notice and for the reference! I will add it to main post.

Originally Posted by honeyspider

You forgot to mention that winetricks requires "cabextract" to work. It can be downloaded from any repository.

I don't remember if I found it installed in my machine during dependencies resolving or for another reason. In the doubt I'm going to add this too

Originally Posted by honeyspider

Razor's UO Positioning Tool is broken. It used to open and only bug when I changed focus, but it suddenly stopped working at all. =/

Really? Can you describe how much time is needed to see this?
I let my char running around for 15 minutes and teleporting and moongating, and my UO positioning tool worked flawlessly.
The only issue is that wants to be "always on top" and this is a big nuisance.

Originally Posted by honeyspider

Did you get the display counters on the titlebar to work?

Nope, simply it doesn't appear to me

Originally Posted by honeyspider

Other than that, it runs perfectly.
Plus the added coolness if you use compiz.

I tried to do it for a screenshot
but I have got many focus problems and sometimes my UO window disappeared while Razor was still running.
Well, I have to say I'm on ATI fglrx driver. Maybe another driver will let compiz run better.

Originally Posted by honeyspider

BTW, I don't crash when I get close to that Luna house near the Runes Galore...

Neither

[honeyspider]

Originally Posted by osd_daedalus

When I have time I'll do that. Have you already did it? Could you please describe what is fixed?

hmm I did it... Not sure what got fixed since I installed it on 1.1.5 already.

Originally Posted by osd_daedalus

I don't remember if I found it installed in my machine during dependencies resolving or for another reason. In the doubt I'm going to add this too

It was necessary to extract the .cab files from dotnet20 installation

Originally Posted by osd_daedalus

Really? Can you describe how much time is needed to see this?
I let my char running around for 15 minutes and teleporting and moongating, and my UO positioning tool worked flawlessly.
The only issue is that wants to be "always on top" and this is a big nuisance.

I have a hotkey to show/hide map window... I used it to see my guildies position, then closed the map window, to avoid the focus problems (that messes up the target input). And eventually after hiding it I couldn't show it anymore

Originally Posted by osd_daedalus

I tried to do it for a screenshot
but I have got many focus problems and sometimes my UO window disappeared while Razor was still running.
Well, I have to say I'm on ATI fglrx driver. Maybe another driver will let compiz run better.

Hmm, you could try to update your wine too. That looks like a wine problem, doesn't it? It works nice here. (nvidia)


Took a few screenies to fill this topic with colors:


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UO and misc workspace

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Multi-UOing inside the cube

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Multi-UOing outside the cube

[osd_daedalus]

Originally Posted by honeyspider

Took a few screenies to fill this topic with colors:

niiiice But what about a background?
Well, the problem about me wasn't wine, but kde4. Did this with kde3:
http://img377.imageshack.us/img377/7466/uocompizxz4.png

And this conumes less RAM than you could imagine (unless you already know )

[onykage]

Once upon a time, i found a .net package that worked great on sourceforge, but i dont remember its name, and ive looked all over sourceforge for the rpm/src and have been unlucky. I wish i would have bookmarked that page now =/.