Topic: SFC:OP and winex

[yochenhsieh]

I wrote the FAQ on the TG site. I am one of their sysadmins, currently on parental leave. I did the initial research about SFC and WineX. I have old screenshots too.
http://pet.dhs.org/~firesoul/sfc2/winex_sfcop.png
-- Luc

Does anyone still keep FireSoul's FAQ somewhere?
Transgaming had rearranged their website and there's no FAQ or HowTo under EAW or OP now.
http://transgaming.org/gamesdb/games/view.mhtml?game_id=2341
http://transgaming.org/gamesdb/games/view.mhtml?game_id=2448
My linux snapshot(playing Trespasser, an old JP FPS game):

[FireSoul]

Maybe I can extract the information for you. I need to go fiddle in the old GamesDB manually via SQL..... and...

How do I get SFC:OP running? |To make SFC:OP run, there's a few things to do manually:

First, there's a few missing directplay registry entries to add to ~/.transgaming/system.reg

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[Software\\Classes\\CLSID\\{2FE8F810-B2A5-11d0-A787-0000F803ABFC}] 1015888263
@="DirectPlayLobby Object"

[Software\\Classes\\CLSID\\{2FE8F810-B2A5-11d0-A787-0000F803ABFC}\\InprocServer32] 1015888263
@="dplayx.dll"
"ThreadingModel"="Both"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\DirectPlayLobby\CLSID]
@="{2FE8F810-B2A5-11d0-A787-0000F803ABFC}"
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.. also, patching is still a multi-step process. You must download the patch in .exe form first. To run and install:


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winex SFCOPPatch2500-2525.exe
cd "~/TransGaming_Drive/Program Files/Taldren Software Inc/Starfleet Command Orion Pirates"
winex Patch.exe PATCHSFCOP-2500-2525.RTP
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.. next, you may have to use the software mode video driver. Try out the software video driver if that didn't work for you:


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winex SFCOPSetupMFC.exe
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After this, try starting the game using the StarFleetOP.exe executable instead of the default SFCOP.exe.The single player skirmishes and the single player campaign will run fine under winex. Clicking on "Multiplayer" will usually result in a game crash.