I can't play games after I have downloaded them

Hey Dude,

     For the Flash Player,

Basically Ubuntu supports .deb files where as for Windows it supports .exe files.So If you want to install Flash Player just search for Adobe Flash Player.deb

     For Games,

I don't think you can play games through wine.You need to install a package called as cedega.For more information on it go to www.cedega.com

Good Luck!!

thanks for responding so fast and im installing cedega as we speak

No problem Dude.Good.I hope it helps you.

Yeah i'm playing Spore right now...well downloading it.

Nevermind i cant play it a box pops up saying "could not create the graphic device. Direct X is unavailable. [1002]"
Can you help with that?

Is your problem solved?? If it is then pls hit THIS SOLVED MY PROBLEM next to my name so that people will know that this is a solved question and will not give an answer to a solved question.

Cheers!!

You need to install Direct X which is necessary for almost all games.

How would I go abouyt doing that.

http://www.softwarepatch.com/windows/directx.html

Install directx through wine.

I'll be out for abt 45 mins. Pls do post further problem if you have any.

Good Luck!!

Need an Info:

  Are you downloading a setup of the game or are downloading the game for eg. from miniclip or something of that sort?

Need an Info:

  Are you downloading a setup of the game or are downloading the game for eg. from miniclip or something of that sort?

Noooo, don't install directX in Wine. Here lookok up how to get individual Windows programs working in Linux using the search features on the Wine website
http://appdb.winehq.org/
http://www.winehq.org/

But better still why not try native linux games?? lol . Go up to the top taskbar and click on

System - Administration - Synaptic Package Manager

it asks for your normal user password, not your SuperUser/Root one and doesn't reveal stars to give-away how long your password is ;) then use the Search button to look for "game" or something. I recommend Wesnoth & Glest but i don't really like fps's like Alien Arena (Quake stuff is just not my cuppa tea at all) I really haven't explored linux games much at all but somewhere in the Solved Answers is a great list of good site worth trying, if you can find the answer that's a few months old now
Good luck and regards from
Tom :)

S.Vikash Koushik : users should not install DirectX in wine manually. It is already built-in. If they need additionnal .dll files, they should install them with winetricks : http://wiki.winehq.org/winetricks

Also, when you recommand a proprietary and non-free (in any sense of the term) piece of software, please state it clearly.

Wreckmob : Regarding the problem of .exe files opening with the archive manager, right click an .exe file, and go to properties. Then, choose to open it with Wine instead of Archive Manager.

Regarding the fact that you publicly claim to be downloading Spore, i'm having a hard time trying to find a country where it is legal. Launchpad is a legal website, with legal activities, and with people who give some of their free time to legally help other people doing legal things. I hope you understand you're in the wrong place here.

Launchpad does not mean to endorse copyright infrigement.

Look, i don't think the chap was trying to break copywrite deliberately. In the Windows world it's practically impossible to avoid being a "bad boy" in some way. Often they make you feel like you are being bad even if you are a legitimate user. The chap didn't say that he hadn't got a legitimate right to use the game, perhaps the Cd he bought just was unusable or something. It's possible. It's also possible that although he said he was using a particular game that perhaps he was just getting caught up in the chat here and has never downloaded anything ever. Again it's possible.

I think all that was really required here was to show how to install and use Linux equivalents and avoid Windows stuff where possible, and also it was good that people gave some help on how to use Windows stuff in linux.

We can't assume that everyone is guilty. We are not judge or jury and shouldn't be executioner, that's for the Windows world to be like that. We don't need to get caught up in the stupid security issues that certain other companies would have us play.

Good luck and chill out people :)
Regards all from
Tom :)

One more thing, you need to install the accelerated drivers for your video card or pretty much all games, Linux native or through Wine/Cedega, will not work. The lack of those drivers is likely why you got that "Direct X is unavailable" message.

Oh yeah, almost forgot. Spore is available for download as a demo from Cedega, that is likely what he was doing, not stealing a copy of Spore.

Ew, all my apologizes then Wreckmob, I guess i'm getting paranoiac.

Sorry Steve. I think it's wise to be careful but lets just be glad we're free of microsquish thanks to a lot of work from people like you and others :)

Hi :)

Just wondered if you have solved this problem yet or are you still having troubles? If you still need help then try re-posting the question in here when you are ready to try working through any suggestions
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+addquestion

or else post the question on a more general linux forum such as
http://www.linuxquestions.org

I hope all is going well
Good luck and regards from
Tom :)