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[Chrisdacrab1]

Hey,
I don't know to much about how porting games and using wineskin really work yet. Im a newbie to this. But i downloaded Fallout NewVegas and when i first started playing it, it was fine and running well then after i exit out of the app and load it up the next day this message showed up and said, "error! launching wineserver failed. no new wineserver PID found!". So i would really like some assistance on how to fix this issue. I love what you guys have done to port games for mac and i really want to play fallout New Vegas badly!!!! Thanks

[doh123]

if you downloaded the torrent thats been floating around of the full game already ported, it does this for a lot of people... I don't think it was ported well.  Your better off using a wrapper form here and supplying the game yourself

[DankoB]

I know this error will also occur if there are other instances of wine that are running in the background.

I hope that's not my full version...is it done up in a custom New Vegas folder with the radiomadman mod installed?

Did the game you are referring to that is failing come in a folder that looks like this one?



This is the first I've been made aware of the issue.

[thanoulas]

If it's the torrent that is on piratebay it's my first(!!) port of the game, with wine 1.3.4 and a pretty old version of wineskin. Not stable at all, better try using the most recent wrapper in the port database.

Edit: and, no, I didn't post it there or created the distro. Someone else took the wrapper from here and built it.

[Chrisdacrab1]

Yes this is the torrent off piratebay. i doubt u guys promote piracy but thats the only way i know. Also how can I add the new wrapper. Btw, where else can i get the game if any?

[thanoulas]

Chrisdacrab1, on 30 March 2012 - 05:54 AM, said:

i doubt u guys promote piracy but thats the only way i know.

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Chrisdacrab1, on 30 March 2012 - 05:54 AM, said:

Btw, where else can i get the game if any?

Play.com? Local store? Steam? Amazon?

[Chrisdacrab1]

Yeah but isn't it only for PC? sorry i don't understand much on about how it works.

[thanoulas]

You can buy the pc version and use a wrapper from the ports database. The wrapper basically works around the problem of not having a PC. You can install your PC game in the wrapper and play from there.
Read around the forum a bit, there are many instructions and tutorials of what this site is about and how stuff work

[Chrisdacrab1]

Alright (:
thank you so much. I'm planning to get it off steam since i already play L4D2 and Team Fortress 2 on it. Will this also work for other PC games you have a wrapper for o this site???

[Chrisdacrab1]

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[thanoulas]

Yes it should but better check in the comments of the game you are interested in first. I personally don't use steam that much, as I prefer having hard copies for my games, but I know that someone posted that Fallout works for steam versions as well.

[Chrisdacrab1]

ok cool (:
and check what comment??? Btw how would i port games using steam instead of a hard copy???

[Chrisdacrab1]

I read the tutorial for using steam games but i didn't really comprehend it.

[Blinx 007]

Chrisdacrab1, on 31 March 2012 - 10:55 PM, said:

I read the tutorial for using steam games but i didn't really comprehend it.

... you get the hang of it start by porting a small game like chicken invader something under 1GB

[Chrisdacrab1]

i didn't understand the instructions though. i don't know crap about computers.

[Chrisdacrab1]

and theres no chicken invader game on steam?

[Blinx 007]

Chrisdacrab1, on 01 April 2012 - 12:23 AM, said:

and theres no chicken invader game on steam?

Try Trail Verison or something

[Chrisdacrab1]

alright. is there an easier way for me too port games using steam?

[thanoulas]

Why would you want to go through the whole process of porting a game, that is also not that easy to port, when there's a really good wrapper for it posted in the database? Just install steam through winetricks and then install the game through there.
Fn+double click on the wrapper > advanced > tools > winetricks.
It's that easy

[Chrisdacrab1]

How do you do that? n what is winetricks???

[Chrisdacrab1]

I read the tutorial for steam games but i cannot install bootcamp since i don't have a windows installation disk. I dont understand the instructions either. If anyone can assist that would be nice.

[DankoB]

http://wineskin.doh1...php?page=Manual