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Left 4 Dead 2 in Wine: game won't start up

Asked by Agent1andaHalf1027

Hi, I'm having trouble getting Left 4 Dead 2 to start up. I have installed Wine and Steam and both are working. However, when I click "Play the Game" it tries to start and then the startup box just closes. Anyone able to get this game to work? I have Ubuntu 10.04.

Thanks!

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Eliah Kagan (degeneracypressure) said : 		#1

Do other Steam games work? Which games work, and which don't? If Left 4 Dead 2 is the only game you've tested, it might be helpful to try another one. This looks like it might be due to http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=25256, but I'm not sure.

Ordinarily I would suggest upgrading to the beta version of Wine (http://www.winehq.org/download/deb). You might still want to try this, but if the cause is http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=25256, then that probably won't help (though it might get you the fix sooner).

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#2

http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=application&iId=10546

Says it runs ok, there is a how to listed.

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Eliah Kagan (degeneracypressure) said : 		#3

@actionparsnip
Generally, yes. But in some tests it does not run OK, and exhibits errors similar to this one. It's by using that resource that I found the Wine bug that I posted about.

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Agent1andaHalf1027 (agent1andahalf1027) said : 		#4

Hi-
@ Eliah
I haven't tried other Steam games (I don't have any), but I did update to Wine 1.3.15 and disabled gameoverlayrenderer.dll. Still no startup. However, Left 4 Dead 2 is now updating.... didn't do that before so maybe that will work. I will let you know. Thanks for the help.

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Eliah Kagan (degeneracypressure) said : 		#5

Yes, please post here again when you know if that works...if not, we'll try something else.

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