Upon starting the launcher on Wine in Mac OS, it spams Internet Explorer errors until it crashes. I tried loading GameClient.exe, but it gets a Direct3D error.

You can try the following, it stops using the native gecko HTML renderer, and uses IE6 instead

wget http://winezeug.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/winetricks
sh winetricks ie6

Go through the dialogs, and install IE6. Then try running the client again. It should now use the IE renderer, and work a bit better.

You can also try
sh winetricks ie7
if you want to see how that works. I tested with IE6, I get one javascript error that I ignore, and it's currently patching.

Sorry, really not sure what the deal is with the launcher for you, and I don't have a Mac to test with. I might have a shot at re-creating the launcher in a platform neutral way, but that's very tricky.

Well, slowly getting somewhere. At this point, I fail the system specs check (no surprise). I see the loading screen with the Cryptic logo. I then see the Atari logo for a few seconds, and then I get a crash, and the CrypticError thing pops up.
In crash.log I see
100114 09:35:58 18 MasterControlProgram[1]: Shutting down: C:\src\Core\CrypticLauncher\StartingScreen.c(618)

That seems to me like a source code reference, along with a line number. Not sure if it really is, and not sure if it would actually make a difference. Anyway, taking a break for dinner now.

Found some more debug info:
Loading PetContactList Defs...
Loading PetContactList... done (11 PetContactList). (0.00)
done (11 PetContactList). (0.01)
WorldLibZone startup...
Unloading map...memTrackValidateHeap: Infinite loop walking heap, last walked was 2ad0130
memTrackValidateHeap: Infinite loop walking heap, last walked was 2ad0130
memTrackValidateHeap: Infinite loop walking heap, last walked was 2ad0130
memTrackValidateHeap: Infinite loop walking heap, last walked was 2ad0130

Not sure what it means yet (yes I know what an infinite loop is).

I successfully install STO at Ubuntu, but i cant run it. when i run STO nothing happen..

I use wine 1.0.1 and Ubuntu 9.10

Anyone have working STO?

I am at the same point someenigma is. Login/Options screen works fine, game crashes when the Atari splash screen shows up in game.

I don't even get to that... using IE7 bricked it for me, i'll try again soon after waxing the STO prefix...

Updates-

I am running Ubuntu 9.10 x64 with Wine 1.1.35 and ALSA audio drivers.

I have gotten the launcher working with WINE and Winetricks ie6. I have succesfully patched my client, and now upon launching, I am warned that my graphics card may be unsupported, and clicking continue both with default and lowered settings leads to a client crash. My final wine debug text is as follows:

I, too, have issues with heaps, leading me to believe there could be some bad translation from windows system calls to wine system calls, involving some sort of heap transversal. Looking at some of the errors, maybe there are memory OOB problems happening, but I'm not sure. WTB better third party support.

Does anyone know if STO has an option to use opengl?

I searched today for this answer, I would guess the answer is No. For the hell of it, I tried -opengl in the Advanced Command Line (under Options) but it has no obvious effect.

Note: -console command can provide additional debugging information that may prove valueable.


If OpenGL is not supported at all, I would guess it would be nearly impossible to have STO working at any sort of effective/reliable way.

That is what I am worrying about. The article linked early on in the thread, about the state of gaming on linux, discussed this very issue, and I'd be sad to see the STO devs not paying any attention to opengl. The launcher does not recognize the -opengl flag, I can see it in my terminal if I launch the game with -opengl appended.

I will update the thread with my progress, and I'll give the game a crap rating on the appdb if nothing pans out in the coming days. I may actually have to install windows just to play this game

I'm at the Atari logo crash as well using crossover, sooooo close.