This may or maynot apply to the game final version, but it certainly gets the
demo of this title running under COG 8.0 / linux......
//cut from another thread here//
Okay, after a bit of stick-poking, I managed to learn enough to get 'Sins of a Solar Empire Demo.exe'
installing properly....and actually seems to run pretty good as well -- here's what I did, in the order
I used (incase order was important)...
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Start cxsetup=>Manage bottles tab=>create a new bottle (give it a name) using the winxp profile
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Once bottle creation has completed, click on the Add/Remove tab =>highlight this new bottle=>configure=>control panel=>winecfg
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Click on the Graphics tab in the winecfg GUI, and set 'Emulate a virtual desktop' ON, click on Apply=>Ok=>Ok
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Highlight the same bottle again, and click on Install software=>click Show all service packs and dependencies
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Install the following service packs/deps in this order ;
Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 Redistributable
Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable
Microsoft Directx Runtime Modern -
In the Add/Remove window of cxsetup, highlight the same bottle again, and click on 'Install fonts'
to install the core font set. -
Finally, with the bottle still highlighted, click on 'Install software' => 'Install other game',
point it to the executable installer for Sine of a Solar Empire --- the (demo) installer now
completes correctly, and the game starts and runs (quite well)...
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Note: If the demo of the game isn't installed using the above method, the
actual installer has an error and may be be leaving the installation in an
inconsistent state -- preparing the bottle first seems mandatory here. (I
tried numerous different approaches, but only the above 'worked as expected')