This example runs the DOW 1.40 to 1.41 patch in a virtual desktop with the resolution 1024x768.Ĭhanges made to the guide since last update: I f you run the patches without containing them in a virtual desktop, you may risk having a black screen so therefore try running them like so:
Download the patches needed from sites such as. The patching mechanisms are the same for the games.
It is important that you get the game updated to 1.50 as they have removed the cd-check with this patch, this allows wine to run the game without a no-cd crack thus allowing you to play online! However, it worked for me when emulating windows 98. Some report being unable to use the ingame patcher which automatically appears inside the game after you've created an online profile. Use lowercase letters and dashes between the blocks, like: xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxģ.3 Patching the game / Circumventing the copy protection You can see how the Dark Crusade key is intered in the CDKEY string value, just duplicate that layout. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\THQ\Dawn of War - Dark CrusadeĪnd if you see the string values W40KCDKEY and the other WXPCDKEY, try putting your Dawn of War key into W40KCDKEY and your winter assault key into WXPCDKEY. But I have noticed two new registry keys being created in the Dark Crusade directory which is supposed to handle the new keys. I will continue to experiment with this, but I copied over my Dawn of War and Winter Assault and patched the game to 1.50. The first time you attempt to run either Dawn of War or Winter Assault however, registry keys are created and then the game seems to expect you to input these serials as well.
If you only install Dawn of War: Dark Crusade, then this shouldn't turn up. That was the general part, here comes a couple of problems that some users have reported having: 3.1 When starting the game I get asked for my CD keys but they turn up invalid! This happened to me while I was testing Halo. It may simply be that a configuration setting of yours is preventing the game from running.
Also, try creating a new user and run the game there, so that the. Most of the time you should seriously think on whether or not your wine distribution is put together right or think about "rolling your own". Chances are that since you're reading this, it isn't. Some report that for them the game runs better without the renicing of the process, so if the game is running at unacceptable levels, try altering the script and remove the "/bin/nice -20 " part to let it run at it's default nice level.Ĭhances are the game runs perfectly. (The last line could probably be written in a cleaner fashion with pgrep or so, but this works fine) The last line kills the Xsession after use. What this does is launching a seperate X session on display 3 and running the program within that display. But the best thing about this is that you can easily switch between the game and your desktop, as well as killing the game with ++ without taking your entire desktop down with it.Ĭd ~/".wine/drive_c/Program Files/THQ/Dawn of War - Dark Crusade"ĭISPLAY=:3 /bin/nice -20 /usr/bin/wine DarkCrusade.exe Supposedly you get a little extra performance, it helped my sound a bit as well. You can of course run the game by simply going to the directory and running "wine DarkCrusade.exe", however, I found this tweak in the gentoo world of warcraft guide and altered it a tad.
Uncheck all audio drivers except "ALSA Driver", to make sure that this will be the selected driver. Sound tweaking seems to be highly system dependant, but a good place to start is:
So far I've only tested with the default install location of "C:\Program Files\THQ\Dawn of War - Dark Crusade", comments on custom install locations are welcome.Ĭontrary to many games, you may have stuttering sound if you're using the OSS wine driver. During the install you will be asked for your key and where to place the game. (This is an attempt to summarize the steps needed to run Dark Crusade and to compile a list of tweaks to make the game run as smootly as possible, if you have any additions, please make a reply with the subject "Extra tips for DOW:DA!" and it will be tested, and if verified, added to this howto)ġ.