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I uploaded the resources, but $TITLE and the script name must match, how do we proceed?

All games are now installed and working. When you click on an icon for a Civ4 game in POL it says 'Couldn't load a PNG image'. Just click ok then run and the game will start. It probably just can't load the icon image or something. Icons don't have to display correctly just so long as the short cut works.

The games always change my display settings and don't bother to set them back when I exit the game. That's not very nice. I suppose we will just have to live with that.

To solve the issue with the resolution, go into the graphics settings of the game and change the resolution to the one you usually use. Then the game wont change it to anything else when exiting. I have the same problem, but just change it the first time you start and it will stay like that.

Solving it by script would require to create a settings file during the install (as the settings file is created when the game starts the first time), and then check the systems resolution settings and write it to the file. Currently I don't have any plans to do that, but hey, who know, maybe later ;)

I already thought of this and it works but the game dosn't seem to set the aspect ratio correctly as part of the bottom is cut off making it  hard to click on exit or what ever.

I uploaded the resources, but $TITLE and the script name must match, how do we proceed?

Give me a minute and I'll see if I can edit the script to match =)
Where can I put the updated script since I can't edit the script under "My unsigned scripts"?

I was thinking of rerunning the script anway. Now maybe I can fix that can't png file load error every time I click on one of them. Hopefully the games will work properly after a fresh install now that my system is updated properly.

Make sure that you install into a fresh virtual drive. Let me guess, though; still running 13.04? I hate to sound like a broken record, but unless someone has a specific reason to run a non-LTS release, they should run an LTS release. I have had zero system issues with LTS releases, and MANY system issues with non-LTS releases. Just something to keep in mind.

Should I use the version from July 21st for another test, or wait for another update to post or wait for the devs to add the new script to testing?

@petch: Script updated and tested with DVD and Steam support (just to make sure the change didn't break anything), and it seems to work fine. I think might have written "Civilization IV: Complete Edition" instead of just "Civiliaztion IV: Complete", which is the real title. If that is the case, can you maybe switch it to match the $TITLE in the script? =)

PS: Oh and the first post of the thread has been updated with the same code as below, just in case.

[code language=playonlinux]
#!/bin/bash
# Date : (2013-06-26)
# Last revision : (2013-07-23)
# Wine version used : 1.4.1
# Distribution used to test : xUbuntu 13.10
# Licence : GPLv3
# Depend : msxml3, d3dx9
 
# This script was tested using the DVD version of `Civilization IV: Complete'
# version 1.74, bought in the Sweden in 2011.
 
[ "$PLAYONLINUX" = "" ] && exit 0
source "$PLAYONLINUX/lib/sources"
 
TITLECIV="Civilization IV"
TITLE="Civilization IV: Complete"
TITLEBTS="Civilization IV - Beyond The Sword"
TITLEW="Civilization IV - Warlords"
TITLECOL="Civilization IV - Colonization"
PREFIX="Civilization4"
WORKINGWINEVERSION="1.4.1"
STEAM_ID_CIV="3900"
STEAM_ID_W="3990"
STEAM_ID_BTS="8800"
STEAM_ID_COL="16810"
 
POL_SetupWindow_Init
POL_Debug_Init
 
POL_SetupWindow_presentation "$TITLE" "Firaxis Games" "http://www.firaxis.com/" "$AUTHOR" "$PREFIX"
POL_Wine_SelectPrefix "$PREFIX"

POL_SetupWindow_InstallMethod "DVD,STEAM"

if [ "$INSTALL_METHOD" == "DVD" ]; then
    # Let the user select a DVD
    POL_SetupWindow_cdrom
 
    # Check if this DVD is the Civilization IV DVD
    POL_SetupWindow_check_cdrom "Autorun/Civ4Installer.ico"
fi
 
# Set and install the correct Wine version
POL_Wine_PrefixCreate "$WORKINGWINEVERSION"

# Install DirectX9
POL_Call POL_Install_d3dx9

if [ "$INSTALL_METHOD" == "DVD" ]; then
    # Run installer
    POL_Wine_WaitBefore "$TITLECIV"
    POL_Wine start /unix "$CDROM/setup.exe"
    POL_Wine_WaitExit "$TITLECIV"

    #Patch Civilization IV: Beyond the sword to 3.19
    cd "$POL_USER_ROOT/tmp"
    POL_Download "http://ayu.alcor.se/files/Civ4BeyondTheSwordPatch3.19.exe" "c45f6e028f51db2386120a5861eabe7c"
    POL_Wine_WaitBefore "$TITLECIV"
    POL_Wine Civ4BeyondTheSwordPatch3.19.exe
    POL_Wine_WaitExit "$TITLECIV"
else
    POL_Call POL_Install_steam
   
    # Start steam, update it, and install the games
    cd "$WINEPREFIX/drive_c/$PROGRAMFILES/Steam"
    POL_Wine start /unix "Steam.exe" steam://install/$STEAM_ID_CIV
    POL_SetupWindow_message "$(eval_gettext 'Steam is about to perform an update.\\nAfter Steam finishes updating and shows you to the login interface, login and then let $TITLE install.\\n\\nWhen the installation is finished, press next (Do not close Steam)')" "$TITLECIV"

    POL_Wine start /unix "Steam.exe" steam://install/$STEAM_ID_W
    POL_SetupWindow_message "$(eval_gettext 'Steam is installing $TITLEW, press next when the installation is finished')" "$TITLECIV"

    POL_Wine start /unix "Steam.exe" steam://install/$STEAM_ID_BTS
    POL_SetupWindow_message "$(eval_gettext 'Steam is installing $TITLEBTS, press next when the installation is finished')" "$TITLECIV"
   
    POL_Wine start /unix "Steam.exe" steam://install/$STEAM_ID_COL
    POL_SetupWindow_message "$(eval_gettext 'Steam is installing $TITLECOL, please quit Steam properly when the installation is finished (make sure Steam is not still in the traybar) and then press next so that the installation script can continue.')" "$TITLECIV"
    POL_Wine_WaitExit "$TITLECIV"
fi
 
# Install msxml3.msi
# Override for msxml3 is needed before the install
# The msvcr71 one is just there so that mods will work later on

POL_Wine_OverrideDLL "native" "msxml3"
POL_Wine_OverrideDLL "builtin" "msvcr71"
POL_Call POL_Install_msxml3

#Create shortcuts
if [ "$INSTALL_METHOD" == "STEAM" ]; then
    POL_Shortcut "Steam.exe" "$TITLECIV" "" "-applaunch $STEAM_ID_CIV" "Game;StrategyGame;"
    POL_Shortcut "Steam.exe" "$TITLEBTS" "" "-applaunch $STEAM_ID_BTS" "Game;StrategyGame;"
    POL_Shortcut "Steam.exe" "$TITLEW" "" "-applaunch $STEAM_ID_W" "Game;StrategyGame;"
    POL_Shortcut "Steam.exe" "$TITLECOL" "" "-applaunch $STEAM_ID_COL" "Game;StrategyGame;"
    POL_Shortcut "Steam.exe" "Steam - Civ IV" "" "" "Game;"
else
    POL_Shortcut "Civilization4.exe" "$TITLECIV" "" "" "Game;StrategyGame;"
    POL_Shortcut "Civ4BeyondSword.exe" "$TITLEBTS" "" "" "Game;StrategyGame;"
    POL_Shortcut "Civ4Warlords.exe" "$TITLEW" "" "" "Game;StrategyGame;"
fi
 
#Done!
POL_SetupWindow_message "$(eval_gettext 'Installation finished\\n\\nThe game might crash on the first attempt, but no worries, just try one more time.')" "$TITLECIV"
POL_SetupWindow_Close
exit 0
[/code]

Edited by alcorsepol

Should I use the version from July 21st for another test, or wait for another update to post or wait for the devs to add the new script to testing?

wait for the script to be updated, delete the old virtual drive, and then use the new script to try again.

Now I discovered that if I switch back to full screen it dosn't turn off my laptop's monitor. The game cptures the mouse pointer, so I can't switch to the other monitor easily. I can use [ALT][TAB] to switch and When I click on the game window I get nback in the game with no problems. I still get the stuttering on the intro movie. I probably should reinstall it but I guess I should wait for the update plus I have a game going now.

I validated the script (after adding POL_GetSetupImages and POL_SetupWindow_SetID, and lesser adjustments)

I validated the script (after adding POL_GetSetupImages and POL_SetupWindow_SetID, and lesser adjustments)

Nice!
I tried installing it now, but the icons are still the default ones.
You didn't use the ones I made? :'<

I was thinking about that, all POL_Shortcut commands need to be adjusted to use server icons... That should be better now

Its installing faster today. Trying again to see how the final version does.

Steam keeps putting download dialog boxes behind the mainn Steam screen.

The icons are still showing the steam symbol but, I no longer get the PNG error when I click on them. I guess my version of Ubuntu has nothing to do with it after all.

I got the screen problem back again.

Never said it was your version of Ubuntu, per se. Said it was the version of libpng that came with your distro, but Im not going to explain that again. :/

He isnt using the same icons, so that is why the error is gone. That issue still lurks. I dont really care though. lol

Never said it was your version of Ubuntu, per se. Said it was the version of libpng that came with your distro, but Im not going to explain that again. :/

He isnt using the same icons, so that is why the error is gone. That issue still lurks. I dont really care though. lol

I understood what you were saying.  I probably shouldn't have said it like that. What I ment was that the only problem was with that one package so it didn't seem to me that I needed to go through the hassle of going back to Percise. That dosn't mean that I didn't consider what you said to be of value.  I just thought about it and decided that it wasn't a big enough reason to go back.

Woa. I just fired up POL for the first time today and now the icons appeare. Maybe its because during the last install, I didn't delete the VD but, instead told the script to erase it. Maybe I just needed to restart POL to update the list of games.

Been testing the final script now for a few days, reinstalling and reinstalling over and over, playing different types of games and so on.

I can't find a single problem so far, so I deem this script to be a success :)
(I had a lesser issue with gecko during the install, so if that becomes a problem then the script can be changed to run Wine 1.6 instead, since it doesn't seem like that issue exist there).