Original Article : http://wiki.techhaven.org/Running_Neocron_in_Linux

Packed Client for Linux systems

Neocron Client (TAR.GZ) - 1.8 GB PATCH 168
This is the complete Neocron 2.2 Client patched to level 168 ready to go out of the box.
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Instructions for getting Neocron working with Wine

Some general notes:-

Currently there is no known issues with installing Neocron from scratch, however patching may become an issue. It is better to just copy it from an NTFS drive.
The use of automatrix is outdated, and WineDoors is an unsupported hack. WineHQ recommend the use of Winetricks.
This guide gives the setup for a Debian based system. Anybody else with instructions for Fedora etc are encouraged to submit their results!

Installing Wine

First, we need to install Wine. I suggest adding wines repo to your list. This is a quote from their website.

Adding the WineHQ APT Repository

First, open a terminal window (Applications->Accessories->Terminal). On Debian, you will need to open a root terminal. Then add the repository’s key to your system’s list of trusted APT keys by copy and pasting the following:

wget -q http://wine.budgetdedicated.com/apt/387EE263.gpg -O- | sudo apt-key add -

Next, add the repository to your system’s list of APT sources:

For Ubuntu Hardy (8.04):

sudo wget http://wine.budgetdedicated.com/apt/sources.list.d/hardy.list -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/winehq.list

For Debian Etch (4.0):

sudo wget http://wine.budgetdedicated.com/apt/sources.list.d/etch.list -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/winehq.list

Then update APT’s package information by running sudo apt-get update.

Getting Neocron to work with Wine

Install Wine and ubuntu-restricted-extras from your terminal with the following: sudo apt-get install wine ubuntu-restricted-extras
Run the command winecfg in terminal, this will setup your user account for Wine.
Download Winetricks – wget http://www.kegel.com/wine/winetricks
Install the following packages via Winetricks with the following command:- sh winetricks corefonts vcrun6 mfc42
- Visual C++ Runtime Libraries 6
- MS Core Fonts
- Microsoft Foundation Classes 4
Navigate to your Neocron directory in your terminal and run wine Client.exe -precache first. Then close the Client.
Now just run the launcher! Either by double clicking the exe, or in terminal cd to the Neocron directory and type wine NeocronLauncher.exe
Done! Neocron should now run smoothly.

Troubleshooting

Trouble writing to your Neocron directory

Copy your Neocron2.2 directory over to ~/.wine/drive_c/Program\ Files/

Trouble getting Client.exe to launch

run winecfg and Add Application Client.exe with the following options
- Windows Version: Windows 98
- [Libraries]
- Override msvcrt, set to Native (Windows) [Thanks to vitamin in #winehq for this]
- Override quartz, set to Native (Windows) [Again thanks to vitamin in #winehq for this]
Copy msvcrt.dll and quartz.dll from your C:\Windows\System32 folder on your WIndows machine to ~/.wine/drive_c/windows/system32
From the terminal, go to your Neocron 2 folder cd ~/.wine/drive_c/Program\ Files/Neocron2/ and type wine Client.exe -sysconfig
Setup your options and click OK.
From the terminal again type wine Client.exe -precache PlayTutorial
If all works you are done!

Can’t connect to gameserver

There are a few things to try to resolve this issue.
- Change your /etc/hosts file so your hostname resolves to your external IP, not your internal LAN IP.
- Make sure your ports are forwarded correctly on your router for Neocron.
- Sometimes changing your hosts file back to 127.0.0.1 will fix a connection problem. It did for me! (MrTrip)

Suppressing those annoying fixme: errors

The console gets spammed with fixme: errors when running Neocron. These do not keep Neocron from running however, and can be turned off with

 export WINEDEBUG=-all,err+module

Choppy audio!

Pulseaudio and Ubuntu and WINE don’t go well together. This is a fix for that. Create a script called neocron.sh in your neocron directory and paste this in it

 export WINEDEBUG=-all
 killall pulseaudio &>/dev/null && aoss wine Client.exe &
 pulseaudio -D

chmod your script with chmod +x neocron.sh and run Neocron with ./neocron.sh to fix audio problems.
Should you need to update just run NeocronLauncher.exe

Neocron in Linux