Telltale + Linux: A Definitive Guide

[TwilightZ0na]

No it didn't change anything so I put settings on full anyway; finished episode 2 now...
Indeed it was better not starting it from the console and also I had to disable compiz...
What really annoyed me however, it is not wine/linux related, are the constant loading screens and even in middle of scenes...

[Cheeseness]

Does adding "-all" to your WINEDEBUG environment variable make any additional improvement?

eg:

export WINEDEBUG=-all env WINEPREFIX="~/.wine_bttf/" wine "BackToTheFuture101.exe"

[Cheeseness]

Unstickied? ;_;

[Amy Lukima]

Originally Posted by Cheeseness

Unstickied? ;_;

It's part of the support guide now! But we can resticky it anyway.

[Cheeseness]

Oh, right! I didn't realise

[nickgardocki]

every time i start the game everything looks fine but as soon as it loads past the first load screen, it just shuts down. closes itself? please help this is happening to other games too?

[puzzlebox]

Hi nick, moving your query into this thread where the Linux gurus hang out. There's been some discussion about how to run BTTF, starting about here - hopefully you can find something that will help.

[Cheeseness]

Nick, is there any output if you run from a terminal that might be helpful (happy to explain what that means if you're not sure).

[zak256]

Hello everyone,
I am having trouble activating my games again. The launcher is loading and I can either try unlocking by username+password or by entering my serial number. None of it works, though. The loading screen "Unlocking, please wait..." appears, and that was it
Maybe it works installing ie7 with winetricks...

...but...@Telltale...
...there are so many people here hanging around in this thread...
...just think about all the additional users you may reach on Ubuntu Store for example...

WE... WANT... LINUX... SUPPORT!
WE... WANT... LINUX... SUPPORT!

;-)

[Cheeseness]

Originally Posted by zak256

I am having trouble activating my games again

Were you able to make any headway, zak? Also, which games specifically were you having trouble with?

[zak256]

Originally Posted by Cheeseness

Were you able to make any headway, zak? Also, which games specifically were you having trouble with?

I have problems activating at least Bone, Strong Bad, Wallace&Gromit, Sam&Max1+2, Telltale Texas Hold'em and probably others. But BTTF for example works fine, probably because of another activation method Telltale uses here.
Finally I managed to activate the games after installing IE7 with winetricks. And then some games need native d3dx9_36.dll (e.g. Hector).

Luckily with the above exceptions every game works fine up to now. I still hope Telltale jumps on the Linux train soon. First because I think it's a shame to have to use these kind of workarounds (IE7 on Linux just to activate Telltale games *uargh*), and second who knows if future games will work the same way?

[Cheeseness]

Originally Posted by zak256

I have problems activating at least Bone, Strong Bad, Wallace&Gromit, Sam&Max1+2, Telltale Texas Hold'em and probably others. But BTTF for example works fine, probably because of another activation method Telltale uses here.
Finally I managed to activate the games after installing IE7 with winetricks. And then some games need native d3dx9_36.dll (e.g. Hector).

Luckily with the above exceptions every game works fine up to now. I still hope Telltale jumps on the Linux train soon. First because I think it's a shame to have to use these kind of workarounds (IE7 on Linux just to activate Telltale games *uargh*), and second who knows if future games will work the same way?

I'm pretty sure I needed ie7 via ies4linux to get those games up and running as well. The previous Linux threads (mentioned in the first post of this thread) all had that in their howto sections.

covox, if you're still about, do you want to add a note suggesting that people with activation problems might have some success with IE installed via winetricks or ies4linux as descrived in the previous threads?

[zak256]

I see the instructions on the first page seem to be quite old. All in all you might reduce the instructions to the following steps:

1. Install the game with wine

wine <game_install_file.exe>

2. Install ie7 and native d3dx9_36.dll using winetricks

wget http://winetricks.org/winetricks
chmod 755 winetricks
./winetricks d3dx9_36 ie7

3. Run it and have fun :-)

cd <game_directory>
wine <game_binary.exe>

ie7 is ONLY needed for activation and NOT needed for the following games which use a different activation method:

• Back To The Future
• Hector
• The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition

Native d3dx9_36 is not needed for all Telltale games, too, but it doesn't hurt to have it installed either.

Requirements are of course installed 3D drivers. I am using an NVIDIA card with native drivers and can't say anything about other cards and drivers.

Installed Wine is of course mandatory, too. I am usually using the newest version.

For convenience I just wrote a small script (the extension ".txt" should be removed):

chmod 755 telltale-games-installer.sh
./telltale-games-installer.sh <game_install_file.exe> [ <wine install directory> ]

In case of problems or comments, post here.

[Cheeseness]

Originally Posted by zak256

ie7 is ONLY needed for activation and NOT needed for the following games which use a different activation method:

• Back To The Future
• Hector
• The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition

I think that I needed IE7 for Sam and Max: Season 3 or Poker Night at The Inventory (I could be wrong though - it's been a while since I installed them).

It's also perhaps worth noting that stuff purchased via Steam may not have the same activation requirements (can anyone confirm that?).

[demonfoo]

Originally Posted by Cheeseness

I think that I needed IE7 for Sam and Max: Season 3 or Poker Night at The Inventory (I could be wrong though - it's been a while since I installed them).

I didn't need IE for Sam & Max Season 3; it uses the new WebKit-based stuff which works perfectly fine without it.

[Cheeseness]

Originally Posted by demonfoo

I didn't need IE for Sam & Max Season 3; it uses the new WebKit-based stuff which works perfectly fine without it.

I'll sit corrected then ^_^

[Cheeseness]

Back To The Future Ep 5 seems to work as happily as the previous ones (though I was hit by the Glass House bug - for prospective players, make sure you talk to the Diver about Emmet before going into the Glass House).

[Cheeseness]

Can confirm that Puzzle Agent 2 is completable under Wine (using the same prefix I've been playing BTTF in).

The only problem we encountered was a crash after our second phone conversation with Jim. After relaunching the game it was fine - no idea if it's Linux/Wine related.

[JeanAHough]

Hi zack,

Here is the d3dx9_36.dll : http://dllcentral.com/d3dx9_36.dll/9.19.949.2111/…download it and then extract the downloaded zip file to the system32 folder which is located in windows folder (that is located in your main drive which contains the installed windows)

[Cheeseness]

Originally Posted by JeanAHough

Hi zack,

Here is the d3dx9_36.dll : http://dllcentral.com/d3dx9_36.dll/9.19.949.2111/…download it and then extract the downloaded zip file to the system32 folder which is located in windows folder (that is located in your main drive which contains the installed windows)

Under Linux, you're best off getting it via Winetricks. That extracts it from the Microsoft DirectX installer, which is probably the safest/most reliable method of getting the correct DLLs with appropriate overrides.