attempted to install counter-strike retail...

kraylus · l33t Joined: 07 Jun 2002 Posts: 648 Location: ft.worth.tx

when running setup.exe it loads th install screen. i click on install and it says "coould not execute external program D:\CSTRIKE\counter-strike.exe"

what do i do??

i have the C drive set as my HD and my D drive set as the cdrom drive...

anyone else have this problem?

using winex, btw.

thanks!

ryan
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kraylus · l33t Joined: 07 Jun 2002 Posts: 648 Location: ft.worth.tx

bahh, nevermind. the setup was point to that file and when investigating the cdrom, the file was in 8.3 format... so i just executed that file instead... works great so far...

now it's asking me to change my desktop to 16 bit colour... but it's set to 16 in the config file:

BoBB · Posted: Sun Oct 13, 2002 9:14 am Post subject:

make sure something like this is in your XF86Config file

kraylus · l33t Joined: 07 Jun 2002 Posts: 648 Location: ft.worth.tx

yeah, found something online that mentioned doing that...

i'm a bit farther now. if i just run "winex cstrike.exe" the app opens, i can briefly see the logo for CS then it crashes.

i found out that if i type "winex cstrike.exe -- cstrike.exe --console" i can get it to open. but when i try to play an online game, it says that i dont have the counter-strike mod installed.

sigh... i'll give up on it for now. i got starcraft working wonderfully and UT and Q3 running natively. just wish i could get counter-strike going....

thanks for your help though

ryan
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Zaxon · Posted: Sun Oct 13, 2002 7:50 pm Post subject:

Hey, when opening it up try winex cstrike.exe -- cstrike.exe -console
hope this helps

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kraylus · l33t Joined: 07 Jun 2002 Posts: 648 Location: ft.worth.tx

did you not read my previous message?
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BoBB · Posted: Mon Oct 14, 2002 6:36 am Post subject:

kemical · Posted: Mon Oct 14, 2002 8:37 am Post subject:

have you tried wine yet?
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kraylus · l33t Joined: 07 Jun 2002 Posts: 648 Location: ft.worth.tx

no, havent. figured winex was better for games so that's why i tried it. what's different about wine? would it be better to use?
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scrllock · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 14 Oct 2002 Posts: 102

for games, or anything that uses directx, use winex. I was only able to get wine working with a couple games, and a few apps, but once a few friends and i ordered a subscription to winex, it is BY FAR better. Too bad it encourages companies to not bother with making actual linux ports of their games.

Craigo · Posted: Tue Oct 15, 2002 11:07 pm Post subject:

Hang on.. you've got the retail version of counterstrike? I believe that version is really old + buggy.... Get the latest version online etc.

-/Craigo/-

_SkeLeToN_ · Posted: Tue Oct 15, 2002 11:23 pm Post subject:

did you try to run winex --winver win98 --managed -- /path/to/counter-strike.

I was able to make counter strike working but not the retail version...

make sure to patch yourself to the lastest version.

I use winex 2.1 and 2.2 and everything works fine even better than windows

I don't loose my sound if I switch to another apps and I dont get lags with smoke bomb ( my ping is always around 40-50 )

squanto · Posted: Thu Oct 17, 2002 5:14 am Post subject:

I run the retail version of CS thru just plain wine. I found that upgrading to the newest version of CS made it work whereas using some older versions made wine crash.
To get the part where it says "Cstrike mod not installed" to go away go under the "Custom Game" menu and see what shows up, you may have to "activate" the mod(s). I wrote a script to launch cs for me with wine