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Selected Test Results (selected in 'Test Results' table below)
What works
All stages
Editors
Installation
Updating
Sporepedia
What does not
Modded creatures cannot be saved
What was not tested
Nothing.
Additional Comments
There's some "Application stopped working" and on GNOME desktop can crash. Also, it's possible, that NVIDIA beta drivers will very help with performance.
SPORE 1.5.1 (with ForgottenSpore v3) with GA and C&C.
The easiest way to play Spore without problems in Wine:
Make sure youre using wine version 1.1.26 or greater.
Start Spore using the -safe flag, e.g.
wine Sporebin/Sporebin.exe -safe
If you have problems: In the Settings menu, in Graphics, set the Lighting to the lowest possible quality. This is a useful workaround for almost all in-game crashes.
Also: Turning off shadows allows paint mode to work properly.
Enjoy.
If you experience problems:
Make sure the current working directory you run this from is the SPORE folder, not the Sporebin folder - it'll spin forever looking for the data folder otherwise.
If it hangs on start-up then try to rename DMCmdPortalClient.dll(also a problem on Windows):
If you are using PulseAudio: this is not officially supported by Wine, but some users have reported success using the ESD or OSS audio driver instead of the ALSA driver. This is configurable in winecfg. It is recommended that you do not use PulseAudio with Wine.
WARNING: Common pitfalls
If you experience graphical problems, please try to run your copy with the -safe flag, then file a bug with whether it works differently or not.
If you have problems with reaching the license server, please build from GIT or use this patch.
Experimenting with Offscreen Rendering mode (AKA: fbo vs backbuffer vs pbuffer)
If you're experiencing terrible performance, then playing with the OffscreenRendering key might be something you should try.
Go to the key in the registry (use regedit) - http://wiki.winehq.org/UsefulRegistryKeys lists the useful Wine registry keys, where they are, and how to edit them.
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not found:gl 5626
by Jon Paul Sapsford on Saturday February 28th 2015, 20:38
Installed the game just fine, no issues whatsoever. When I run it (either from the menu or in terminal with the -safe flag) it sits there for like 2 minutes and then pops up a menu that says not found:gl 5626
After some googling I found that the error occurs in Windows a lot when the user's registry is borked up. Can't seem to find anything about fixing it for WINE.
I'm assuming that I need to install something via winetricks, but can't figure out exactly what and don't want to just install stuff for the heck of it.
