Experimental RC2 Support for Linux/Wine and MacOSX/Crossover Users
This is an experimental release of a compatibility restoration patch for TribesNext under Wine.
To use this, follow these instructions:
1) Install the game from the GameSpy Installer (as you would in Windows).
2) Install the TribesNext RC2 patch on top of the game (as you would in Windows).
3) Copy msvcrt-ruby187.dll from the archive into .wine/drive_c/Dynamix/Tribes2/GameData/ and delete msvcrt-ruby190.dll that is in the same directory.
4) Overwrite .wine/drive_c/Dynamix/Tribes2/GameData/rubyintersect.dll with the one provided in this archive.
5) Launch the game normally.
This patch reverts the internal embedded interpreter version to Ruby 1.8.7 from Ruby 1.9.0 (which deadlocked in Wine, stopping the game from initializing); it also modifies the interpreter connector to work around the finicky requirements of the Ruby 1.8.7 code (which prompted the change to 1.9.0 in the first place).
All of the patch features should be functional, including creation of accounts under Wine, logging in, joining games, hosting games, and so forth. Please report back if you have difficulties doing any of those things.
While this modified patch can be applied to a Windows installation as well (which is where I did most of the client testing), nothing will be gained by doing so.
To use this, follow these instructions:
1) Install the game from the GameSpy Installer (as you would in Windows).
2) Install the TribesNext RC2 patch on top of the game (as you would in Windows).
3) Copy msvcrt-ruby187.dll from the archive into .wine/drive_c/Dynamix/Tribes2/GameData/ and delete msvcrt-ruby190.dll that is in the same directory.
4) Overwrite .wine/drive_c/Dynamix/Tribes2/GameData/rubyintersect.dll with the one provided in this archive.
5) Launch the game normally.
This patch reverts the internal embedded interpreter version to Ruby 1.8.7 from Ruby 1.9.0 (which deadlocked in Wine, stopping the game from initializing); it also modifies the interpreter connector to work around the finicky requirements of the Ruby 1.8.7 code (which prompted the change to 1.9.0 in the first place).
All of the patch features should be functional, including creation of accounts under Wine, logging in, joining games, hosting games, and so forth. Please report back if you have difficulties doing any of those things.
While this modified patch can be applied to a Windows installation as well (which is where I did most of the client testing), nothing will be gained by doing so.
Comments
When I try to log in, it says my log in name or password was incorrect. Even after having someone else make a new account for me, the same result. I checked and rechecked several times over that everything was correct.
When I try to make a new account myself, at Step One, it says "Please wait as the server status is checked" for a while, then it says "The server address has not yet been retrieved. Close this page and try again in a moment."
Original values are:
MD5(Tribes2.exe)= 188cbf910fa40e56b7c9382113e15cc9
SHA1(Tribes2.exe)= 0e1af0b89ec571305fac241c8907987130f30bab
Patched values are:
MD5(Tribes2.exe)= 766bc1bd4fde4c59f44093df8bbefa6b
SHA1(Tribes2.exe)= 55cdfe2b360233def9a06a7a45ce8df3a319cbfb
766bc1bd4fde4c59f44093df8bbefa6b Tribes2.exe
jharris@jd:~/.wine/drive_c/Dynamix/Tribes2/GameData$ sha1sum Tribes2.exe
55cdfe2b360233def9a06a7a45ce8df3a319cbfb Tribes2.exe
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I can confirm the same hashes under ubuntu 10.04 with wine 1.2-rc4
For the test I tried above, I used wine-1.2-rc1, because theoretically (and I've sometimes found to be true) wine-1.2 is much more compatible with programs.
However, it seems Tribes 2 is stuck at older versions of wine. I got through the log-in just fine with good old, long&tough-tested
wine-1.1.11
I have yet to test how long I can play online without an UE. I'll post again when I find out whether or not UE frequency is still ridiculous (it was usually at least 1 per map, with some maps doing them non-stop). Tell me if a specific UE number is important, as the crashes are often difficult to recover from.
As for the "your game is not running the patched executable" message, I got that too at some points, but that was just because of the .cs.dso 's. Use a DSO-remover and it should at least get rid of that. However, I think you'll run into the same hitch I did, so you might wanna try wine-1.1.11 or a similar Tribes-2 compatible version (I'm not certain of all the versions that work, myself).
EDIT: Played from 18:30 starting on map Mimicry, but it crashed at 18:48 on map Damnation with: "err:seh:raise_exception Unhandled exception code c0000005 flags 0 addr 0x3cd4d0" in the terminal, instantly, with no pop-up UE.
Again at 18:58 on map Damnation, same instantaneous with no pop-up UE: "err:seh:raise_exception Unhandled exception code c0000005 flags 0 addr 0x3cd4d0
err:seh:raise_exception Exception frame is not in stack limits => unable to dispatch exception.
wine client error:9: write: Bad file descriptor"
The interpreter problem was a serious show stopper (game wouldn't launch), but certainly not the only issue leading to instability in the game. As I don't have source code to the game, I can't solve the larger problems caused by the differences in W32 API implementations between Windows proper and Wine. The most I can do is ensure that the code I add doesn't lead to additional problems.
Nil is working on replacements for the script based TCP sockets, which are evidently a big source of unhandled exceptions when running in Wine (and used heavily in the TribesNext patch to implement account server interfaces, list server interfaces, IRC, and soon browser/mail). When I merge those changes, it may improve stability somewhat.
As far as specific UEs, the only value of real interest is the address (in that case 0x3cd4d0), which states the machine-code instruction address that threw an exception. Unfortunately, without a full stack trace, and without the source code to the game, it's difficult (and very time consuming) to really do anything about the particular instabilities.
I got all the way through Step Three of the process. On pushing the [Finish] button at Creating a new account, the game and mouse freeze up ->
*Terminal:
err:seh:setup_exception_record stack overflow 816 bytes in thread 001e eip f7c5e8e6 esp 00411000 stack 0x410000-0x411000-0x610000
*Pop-Up UE:
Unhandled exception: c0000094
At address: 0042d8ae
I could NOT log in with the account I tried to make, so the message did not get through to the Account server.
Hope this helps, tell me if you need anything more tested, or if there's any logs I can send to give more information.
See my post at the Legends forums regarding this.
http://legendsthegame.net/forums/showpost.php?p=24501&postcount=3
Main thread link.
http://legendsthegame.net/forums/showthread.php?t=2619
I'm sorry but it doesn't work for me. After installing Tribes 2 with the Tribes Next RC2a patch, I had to alternate between installations of wine-1.1.11 and wine-1.2-rc5, and I found that I can ONLY log in online with wine-1.1.11.
Whenever I try to log in with wine-1.2-rc5, I get that the password is incorrect and to check the username/password, even though I set it to remember the exact same password with wine-1.1.11 (and it consistently did remember the correct password with wine-1.1.11 and the log-in went just fine). Oftentimes, the game also freezes up when trying to log-in with wine-1.2-rc5.
I can NOT get past the authentication part, and it certainly won't allow me to retrieve the account properly either because "The password is not correct. Try again." So no retrieving my account and no log-in.
Sorry to hear it did not work for you as well as it did for me. I update my Wine version with every new release so I will post back how my copy is doing. In the past I have seen numerous regressions and later fixes as Wine has progressed so I expect occasional issues as I update.
(Thanks to Thyth for making the effort at supporting us Linux users BTW)
BTW, enjoyed chatting and playing with you yesterday in Legends.
Yes, we can only hope each new wine version will help more than it'll break.
Hear, hear!
Likewise, though I'm not usually so free. It still amazes me
If so what should I expect ? And a resolve for known issues ..
Mac OS X v10.6 Snow Leopard
* NVIDIA GeForce 9400M graphics processor with 256MB of DDR3 SDRAM shared with main memory3
* ATI Radeon HD 4670 graphics processor with 256MB of GDDR3 memory
* 3.06GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor with 3MB shared L2 cache
* 3.33GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor with 6MB shared L2 cache
just some specs on what I may get ....just wondering if anyone had any issues running t2 with this set? thanks
I can confirm this, Ubuntu 10.04. About to try again with an older build of wine.
--Edit--
Client seems to run fine under Wine 1, as opposed to the newer 1.2.
Upon attempting to connect to a server running the experimental patch, this happens:
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And the client whines about either having an invalid account certificate, or receiving an invalid response from the server. I'll try running the server under different versions of Wine to see if anything changes.
--2nd Edit --
Server seems to run properly under Wine 1. Haven't tested for extended periods of time.
EDIT: Apex has helped me out on the IRC channel, I will be able to test his fix tonight but I think it will work. Thanks man!
EDIT: Fix worked, thanks. See you online
Here are my results:
Dist: Ubuntu 10.10 amd64
HW: P55 chipset - i5 cpu - nvgeforce 240gs
wine 1.2
Install procedure
Install game:
wine Downloads/tribes2gsi.exe
wine Downloads/TribesNext_rc2a.exe
Output folder: C:\Tribes2\GameData
Patching console_start.cs.
Copy to C:\Tribes2\GameData\console_start.cs.bak
Rename: C:\Tribes2\GameData\Tribes2.exe->C:\Tribes2\GameData\Tribes2.exe.bak
Extract: jpatch-w32.exe
Extract: patch.bdiff
Patching Tribes2.exe.
Delete file: jpatch-w32.exe
Delete file: patch.bdiff
Installing everything else.
Rename: C:\Tribes2\GameData\SierraUp.exe->C:\Tribes2\GameData\SierraUp.exe.bak
Extract: SierraUp.exe
Extract: t2csri_eula.txt
Extract: t2dll.dll
Extract: rubyintersect.dll
We know you like it.
Extract: msvcrt-ruby190.dll
Output folder: C:\Tribes2\GameData\base
Extract: T2csri.vl2
Created uninstaller: C:\Tribes2\GameData\TN_Uninstall.exe
Completed
Copy msvcrt-ruby187.dll from the archive into .wine/drive_c/Dynamix/Tribes2/GameData/ and delete msvcrt-ruby190.dll that is in the same directory.
Overwrite .wine/drive_c/Dynamix/Tribes2/GameData/rubyintersect.dll with the one provided in this archive.
It starts
At first it complained that my game wasnt running the patched executable.
I closed the game, and reapplied the patched exe again.
I then recopied the dlls from Thyth's ruby stuff
deleted msvcrt-ruby190.dll again
reran, this time got different result when trying to retrieve account
"Credential download failed"
tried this with both my accounts.
same thing.
now tried to create another account:
first time "please wait as the server status is checked"
got:
"the server address has not yet been retrieved"
then
"the account server is OFFLINE and unreach...."
hit cancel
tried create account again
now the shit works and says
"the account server is online and connectable"
so I continue through the process of making an account
get to the end when i have chosen account name and pw
UE c0000094
at addr 0042d8e
tried deleting dso files and doing all the above again... no dice
open it again "your game is not running the patched exe"
im like wtf at this point.. is it cos i deleted the dso files? yes.
hmmm
also tested with wine1.3 with same result.
(deleted the .wine dir each time in reinstall wine)
I am baffled. wtf could be wrong??
its almost like the networking in T2 is hosed..
what should I try next?
ahh i know try wine1.0
removed .wine dir in home folder
removed wine1.3
installed wine1.0
Install procedure
Install game:
wine Downloads/tribes2gsi.exe
wine Downloads/TribesNext_rc2a.exe
Output folder: C:\Tribes2\GameData
Patching console_start.cs.
Copy to C:\Tribes2\GameData\console_start.cs.bak
Rename: C:\Tribes2\GameData\Tribes2.exe->C:\Tribes2\GameData\Tribes2.exe.bak
Extract: jpatch-w32.exe
Extract: patch.bdiff
Patching Tribes2.exe.
Delete file: jpatch-w32.exe
Delete file: patch.bdiff
Installing everything else.
Rename: C:\Tribes2\GameData\SierraUp.exe->C:\Tribes2\GameData\SierraUp.exe.bak
Extract: SierraUp.exe
Extract: t2csri_eula.txt
Extract: t2dll.dll
Extract: rubyintersect.dll
We know you like it.
Extract: msvcrt-ruby190.dll
Output folder: C:\Tribes2\GameData\base
Extract: T2csri.vl2
Created uninstaller: C:\Tribes2\GameData\TN_Uninstall.exe
Completed
Copy msvcrt-ruby187.dll from the archive into .wine/drive_c/Dynamix/Tribes2/GameData/ and delete msvcrt-ruby190.dll that is in the same directory.
Overwrite .wine/drive_c/Dynamix/Tribes2/GameData/rubyintersect.dll with the one provided in this archive.
MOTHERFUCKING BINGO!!! YESSSS!!! YESSS!! IT WORKS!!! OMG THANKS!!!!! YEY!!!!!
well I guess lesson learned... use wine1.0 if you want this game to run.
I tried installing on a windows 7 virtual machine first, but i always get unhandled exceptions at launch.(c0000005 at adress 0000000) i'm still going through the troubleshooting there, but i'd rather play trough wine if possible.
I did the installation as described here, everything appeared to go well, however when i go to launch nothing happens. is there something i have to do with wine? and what do you mean by "gamespy installer"?
sorry if these are noob questions, i'm just really trying to make this work. i actually remember playing construction with thyth(wasn't it electrutioner back then?) years ago. good times.
The unhandled exception for win7 is probably because the VM doesn't have direct access to the GPU, so it likely didn't load a proper driver with support for OpenGL/D3D.
Try running your wine based install via the terminal, and see what it cries about there...
When i put in the file path to gamedata it just tells me that is a directory, and when i put in the next line it just says "command not found"
"command not found" probably means you do not have wine installed ocrrectly
i need 2 days search for locate...
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June 17, 2010, 05:57:15 PM »
This is an experimental release of a compatibility restoration patch for TribesNext under Wine.
To use this, follow these instructions:
1) Install the game from the GameSpy Installer (as you would in Windows).
2) Install the TribesNext RC2 patch on top of the game (as you would in Windows).
3) Copy msvcrt-ruby187.dll from the archive into .wine/drive_c/Dynamix/Tribes2/GameData/ and delete msvcrt-ruby190.dll that is in the same directory.
4) Overwrite .wine/drive_c/Dynamix/Tribes2/GameData/rubyintersect.dll with the one provided in this archive.
5) Launch the game normally.
This patch reverts the internal embedded interpreter version to Ruby 1.8.7 from Ruby 1.9.0 (which deadlocked in Wine, stopping the game from initializing); it also modifies the interpreter connector to work around the finicky requirements of the Ruby 1.8.7 code (which prompted the change to 1.9.0 in the first place).
All of the patch features should be functional, including creation of accounts under Wine, logging in, joining games, hosting games, and so forth. Please report back if you have difficulties doing any of those things.
While this modified patch can be applied to a Windows installation as well (which is where I did most of the client testing), nothing will be gained by doing so.
Attached files
* TribesNext_RC2_LinuxVersion.zip (373.89 KB - downloaded 280 times.)
It would be nice to have a link and instructions right on the official downloads page, specifically for Linux... (Get Wine 1.0 or Wine ___ , Get Tribes2gsi, etc.). I guess the same for Mac. Although, non-Windows users tend to be a bit more persistent than Windows users when trying to find something and get something to work (hence the 2 days... although I call that a bad search or a terrible connection).
Best Wine versions (in order of best to worst):
1) Wine-1.0
2) Wine-1.1.11
3) Wine-1.0.1
4) Wine-1.2
Thanks
I can only report that the game runs fine until I attempt to join a server - then "invalid account certificate" error pops up... wine 1.0.1 & xubuntu with xfce 4.