Hi booman https://www.gog.com/game/shaqfu_a_legend_reborn well i got shaq fu a legend reborn game. Looks really funny and good wish actors would be in more games, I know snoop dogg was going to make a game but i guess didn't. Anyways back to the game, I tried this game in wine first wine 3.9 and aat first the game didn't load the movie cutscene and game at all so i i tried different win versions still no luck. Now i thought why not try wine staging so i had wine staging 3.8 in playonlinux and got it from lutris/runners/ started game and it worked but the movie cutscene didn't show video just the words. SO ok. I tried all the staging ones with the same result. So right now i'm on wine staging 3.9 but the movie cutscene does not show up just the words. How can i fix this booman? I know when i installed the game with GOG it installed DirectX9.0c I installed directx9 dlls Microsoft fonts vcrun 2008 vcrun 2010 thats it. the video cutscene still does show up
I can't find anything about this game related to Linux and testing. So you might be the first to try it. Try going to the game directory and look for the video's folder. What format/codec are the video's? One thing I have tried in the past is install an application call LAV Filter This is a media player that installs all the codecs kinda like VLC player. If you can live without the video's, just rename the video directory so the game can't find them.
OK so i checked the videos they are all MP4 format. Also, how do I install LAV filter its not in Ubuntu do i do it in wine
That is good, Mp4 are usually easy to play... Its just hard to figure out how they are played in-game. Download LAVFilter Save to your Desktop Launch PlayOnLinux Click Configure Select Shaq Fu on the left side Click Miscellaneous Tab Click "Run an .exe file in this virtual drive" Navigate to your Desktop Select LAVFilter Click Open Follow install instructions Close Configure Try game again If that doesn't work, then we'll try Windows XP setting and install Windows Media Player with codecs
I installed LAVfilter and tried the game still no video. and now that i did that there's the words still but now no audio. Which is werid.
Hmm, then the game doesn't see the installed media player and codecs. This is always a difficult one to troubleshoot. Sometimes these old games assume you have a specific media player installed and just use the DLL's and codecs from it. So lets try Windows Media Player. Go to Configure again Make sure Shaq Fu virtual drive is selected on the left side Click Wine Tab Click Wine Configuration Applications Tab Select Windows XP Click OK Back to Configure Click Components Tab Scroll down to Windows Media Player 9 Install it Install Windows Media Player 10 as well Scroll down more and install Windows Media codecs Click Wine Tab Restart Windows Close Configure Start game with DEBUG instead of Run Paste all of the output here in "quotes" so I can see the errors
OK i tried this and windows media player would not install in 64bit. i tried both of them it gave me an error. But I got good news after you said install LAVfilter. It hit me let me try K-Lite codec pack i did and the video works and the audio also. i get 3 boxes in my taskbar that pop up when the video plays. It works sort of it cuts off some not sure why but i think i'm on the right path anymore ideas let me know Thank you
Oh, yeah they only work in 32-bit virtual drives. Do you need a 64-bit virtual drive for Shaq Fu? You might want to create a new 32-bit virtual drive and re-install to see if it works.
Yeah you need a 64bit. its a 64bit game sadly how low the specs are i would have thought it be 32bit game
Well after running staging 3.9.x86-x64 in playonlinux the video cut off and stopped. SO i can confirm i fixed it now i went back to wine.3.9 and the video plays fully through with K-lite codec pack installed. I will be making some tutorials here on gamersonlinux. I will be PMing you booman if this is ok. I'll be needing some help. How do you take the screens again?
Sorry, I've been sick this week with the flu. Most unity games run well in Wine, but there are a few that refuse to run. Check and see if there are some Visual C requirements for it? Otherwise, install them all: vcrun2008 vcrun2010 vcrun2012 You may have to install vcrun2015 since it is a newer game, but its a manual process. First, set Windows back to Windows 7 Start PlayOnLinux Click Configure Select virtual drive shortcut (left side) Miscellaneous Tab Click "Open a Shell" Copy/Paste: Code: wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Winetricks/winetricks/master/src/winetricks Press Enter Copy/Paste Code: chmod +x winetricks Press Enter Copy/Paste Code: WINEPREFIX=/home/username/.PlayOnLinux/wineprefix/gamename ./winetricks -q vcrun2015 Update the path with your Linux username and virtual drive name Press Enter Note: Replace "username" with your login Close Shell Close Configure
