Run Full Bore with Wine

Linux and Maybe Mac Compatibility

Thanks to the efforts of Full Bore backer Daemoneye, Full Bore's Demo is now able to run using Wine! Do note that this is not how we plan on doing ports if our stretch goals are reached. We believe strongly in native ports and absolutely want to get Full Bore running native on Mac an Linux.

Full Bore Demo V4 has been confirmed to run on Wine 1.4+, may work on Wine 1.3 but will not work on earlier versions.

This also means Full Bore's Demo may run on Intel Macs (maybe with Wineskin or PlayOnMac?), but we have no way of testing this. If you try running it this way, please let us know at fullbore@wholehog-games.com.

Installation

First, make sure you have the new Wine-Compatible Demo (FullBoreInstallerV4.exe)

Before running the installer, you will need to install the necessary libraries. We strongly recommend that you use Winetricks to do this.

Using Winetricks

  1. Select a wine prefix (i.e. default)
  2. Select "Install a Windows DLL or Component"
  3. Install these packages: d3dx9, d3dx9_43, vcrun2010

Without Winetricks

Like on Windows, you will need to install the following somehow:

  • June 2010 DirectX redistributable
  • And, if it is not installed by the Full Bore installer automatically, the Visual Studio 2010 Runtimes

Afterwards, just Run FullBoreSetupV4.exe and play Full Bore!
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Important Compatibility Notes

Under Wine, switching from full screen to windowed mode or changing the V-Sync setting will cause Full Bore to crash. The root cause for this crash has thus far eluded us, but if you would like to help out feel free to send an email to fullbore@wholehog-games.com.

Performance seems to be on par with windows, but users with 3D-accelerated desktops may experience some slowdown and are advised to disable desktop 3D acceleration if possible.

A work around for these issues is to use the following command line switches (these will also work on Windows):

-w 		: start in windowed mode
-v [on|off]     : -v on to turn on vsync, -v off to turn it off
-f 		: makes Full Bore use 1280x720 as its full screen resolution rather than the desktop resolution.

Troubleshooting

If Full Bore doesn't appear to start, try running from the terminal and a copy of the output to fullbore@wholehog-games.com.

For example, on a default wine configuration you could enter:

cd ~/.wine/drive_c/Program\ Files/Whole\ Hog\ Games/Full\ Bore/
wine FullBore.exe > log.txt 2>&1
To write the output to a text file you can send us.

Have a question? Email fullbore@wholehog-games.com