[Wine] C&C3 won't start

[Frédéric Delanoy]

On 07/19/2009 08:38 PM, MarcoBR wrote:
> Hello!
> 
> I'm trying to run C&C3 Tiberium Wars on my Fedora11 x86_64 using Wine 1.1.23
> 
> In the AppDB (http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=7440), it's listed as Silver so I though I would give this game a try. Specially as the note says it works with unpatched Wine 1.1.23.
> 
> I successfully installed the game and also patched (the game) to 1.9
> But once I try to run it, nothing happens. Just the splash screen for 5 seconds and then it disappears.
> 
> - Running from the terminal doesn't output any errors
> - Already tried copying the d3d9.dll to windows/system32
> - Already tried disabling all sound modules
> - Applied CNC3_patch109_english.exe
> - running wine 1.1.23
> 
> So I want to make this work but haven't got any other clues of what to try next.
> 
> My next option is to update wine to the latest dev package if necessary.
> 
> Please help. Looking forward for any clues/suggestions.
> 
> Thank you!

Which video card/driver do you use?
Check if you're card has 3D accel (e.g. with nVidia binary driver)

Else, you could
- retrieve latest wine (currently 1.1.26)
- if you messed up your wine dir, just backup your ~/.wine
- reinstall your soft & test

Frédéric