SimCity 4 on Linux with Wine

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About SimCity 4

SimCity 4 is a city-building simulation computer game developed by California-based software company Maxis, a subsidiary of Electronic Arts, in 2003. It is the fourth installment in the SimCity series, and the first to primarily use a 3D engine to render its graphics. It was also one of the top ten selling PC games of 2003. The game allows players to create a region of land by terraforming, and then to design and build a settlement which can grow into a city. Players can zone different areas of land as commercial, industrial, or residential development; as well as build and maintain public services, transport and utilities. For the success of a city players must manage its finances, environment, and quality of life for its residents. SimCity 4 has a single expansion pack known as Rush Hour which adds additional features to the game.

Wine configuration

This is with a configuration directory after DirectX was installed and running in a 1024x768 virtual desktop.

$ winecfg

Once the .wine directory is built the configuration tool will start and you can set a virtual desktop in the graphics tab if you wish. This is a good time to also set your Audio driver in the Audio tab.

Installing SimCity 4

Mount the install CD and then change directory (cd) to your CD-ROM drive and run the setup.

tom@tuxonfire ~ $ cd /mnt/cdrom
tom@tuxonfire /mnt/cdrom $ wine setup.exe
tom@tuxonfire /mnt/cdrom $ fixme:midi:OSS_MidiInit Synthesizer supports MIDI in. Not yet supported.

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SimCity 4 first run

tom@tuxonfire ~ $ cd /home/tom/.wine/drive_c/Program\ Files/Maxis/SimCity\ 4\ Deluxe/Apps
tom@tuxonfire ~/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/Maxis/SimCity 4 Deluxe/Apps $ wine SimCity\ 4.exe
fixme:midi:OSS_MidiInit Synthesizer supports MIDI in. Not yet supported.

SimCity 4 intro movie:
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SimCity 4:
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[Aljullu]

Hi!

I have made all you say, but when installation start the counter was allways in 0,00%. For what?

Thank's a lot, and sorry my but english.