Post by Deleted on Sept 10, 2017 11:14:22 GMT -8
I started to use Linux Mint now and tried to install Gruntz. I tried this way and it worked. So i decided to make a tutorial of it.
1. Install Wine
Wine (Wine Is Not An Emulator... Eh?) is a compitability layer that makes Windows applications work on UNIX-Like systems (OS X,Linux). This is what we are going to use to make Gruntz work. You can find the steps on how to install it on their official website.
2. Install Gruntz
If you try to install it using the SETUP.EXE on Gruntz DVD, the installer won't start. So, we will use another way to install it.
The steps are just like how you install it on a 64-bit Windows system.
1.Create a new folder on desktop
2.Put the contents in GAME folder and DATA folder that is in the Gruntz DVD to the folder you created.
3.Create a new file called Gruntz.sav
You will need the DVD to run the game as you would do on a normal Windows machine (or you can mount a Gruntz ISO)
Gruntz will work on the system now. But there is one major problem, there is no music! This is because Gruntz uses MIDI files as music and there is no software to play it. So we will install Timidity, a MIDI software synthesizer to make the music work. To install Timidity, type the traditional apt-get commands.To start Timidity, type in:
To start Gruntz with Timidity, open up a new terminal then type in:
1. Install Wine
Wine (Wine Is Not An Emulator... Eh?) is a compitability layer that makes Windows applications work on UNIX-Like systems (OS X,Linux). This is what we are going to use to make Gruntz work. You can find the steps on how to install it on their official website.
2. Install Gruntz
If you try to install it using the SETUP.EXE on Gruntz DVD, the installer won't start. So, we will use another way to install it.
The steps are just like how you install it on a 64-bit Windows system.
1.Create a new folder on desktop
2.Put the contents in GAME folder and DATA folder that is in the Gruntz DVD to the folder you created.
3.Create a new file called Gruntz.sav
You will need the DVD to run the game as you would do on a normal Windows machine (or you can mount a Gruntz ISO)
Gruntz will work on the system now. But there is one major problem, there is no music! This is because Gruntz uses MIDI files as music and there is no software to play it. So we will install Timidity, a MIDI software synthesizer to make the music work. To install Timidity, type the traditional apt-get commands.
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install timidity
timidity -iA -Os -B2,8 &
To start Gruntz with Timidity, open up a new terminal then type in:
wine /home/[USERNAME]/Desktop/[FOLDER NAME]/GRUNTZ.EXE
Recently, i have also figured out how to play online Gruntz sessions using GameRanger. It is not very stable, but games can be played with it eventually.
3. Install GameRanger
It's pretty straightforward. Download the .exe file from GameRanger's website and install it. When you log in to your account you can see the online matches.
Note: If you press enter in the login menu by accident, you have to uninstall and reinstall GameRanger and try again. For some reason, when you press enter during the log in screen GameRanger gets you to the main menu without an account so you can't see any multiplayer sessions available.,
4. Download and Install The .dll Files
You can join/host any Gruntz session now; but when the game starts, GameRanger will give an error and create a log file on your desktop. Open that log file and you will see that some of the .dll files are not installed. Download them using the wonders of the internet and put them on the "Windows/system32" folder of your virtual C: drive. If it doesn't work you might have to restart and try again.
Hosting the session doesn't seem to have any problems but when a session that you joined starts, the game will crash with an error pop-up. You can close the pop-up and press the "Join" button, then you will be able to join the game.
