Game work fine.
Note about speed : this game does not handle multithread, so it need a fast CPU (fast : I mean Passmark's Single Thread Rating > 1100, https://www.cpubenchmark.net/ ).
#!/bin/bash
# Date : (2019-03-10 20-13)
# Last revision : (2019-03-10 22-00)
# Wine version used : 3.0.3
# Distribution used to test : Ubuntu 18.04 x64
# Script licence : GPL3
# Program licence : Retail
# Playonlinux v4.3.4
#
# Tested : DVD v1.2 french (version number appear on the main menu, bottom right), update.pak: july 2006.
[ -z "$PLAYONLINUX" ] && exit 0
source "$PLAYONLINUX/lib/sources"
TITLE="Cossacks II Napoleonic Wars"
PREFIX="cossacks_II_nw"
WORKING_WINE_VERSION="3.0.3"
AUTHOR="Dadu042"
EDITOR="CDV"
GAME_URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cossacks_II:_Napoleonic_Wars"
Set_OS winxp
POL_SetupWindow_Init
POL_Debug_Init
POL_SetupWindow_presentation "$TITLE" "$EDITOR" "$GAME_URL" "$AUTHOR" "$PREFIX"
# DVD v1.2 has no anti copy protection.
# POL_Call POL_Function_NoCDWarning
POL_Wine_SelectPrefix "$PREFIX"
POL_System_SetArch "x86"
POL_Wine_PrefixCreate "$WORKING_WINE_VERSION"
POL_System_TmpCreate "$TITLE"
# POL_SetupWindow_message "Note: please do not install the 'DirectX 9' provided by the game." "$TITLE"
POL_SetupWindow_InstallMethod "LOCAL,DVD"
if [ "$INSTALL_METHOD" == "LOCAL" ]; then
cd "$HOME"
POL_SetupWindow_browse "$(eval_gettext 'Please select the setup file to run')" "$TITLE"
SETUP_EXE="$APP_ANSWER"
POL_Wine start /unix "$SETUP_EXE"
POL_Wine_WaitExit "$TITLE"
cd "$POL_System_TmpDir"
else
POL_SetupWindow_cdrom
POL_SetupWindow_check_cdrom "cossacks2setup.exe"
POL_Wine start /unix "$CDROM/cossacks2setup.exe"
POL_Wine_WaitExit "cossacks2setup.exe"
cd "$POL_System_TmpDir"
fi
POL_Shortcut "Cossacks2.exe" "$TITLE" ""
# This game does not copy 'manual.pdf' to the HDD.
POL_Shortcut_Document "$TITLE" "ReadMe.txt"
# Fix error 'missing msvcirt.dll'
# POL_Call POL_Install_vcrun6
POL_Call POL_Install_d3dx9_43
POL_System_TmpDelete
POL_SetupWindow_Close
exit 0
Edited by Dadu042
