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its ok now i solved the problem, i changed the install.exe to setup.exe on the script and it runs thnx for all your help. now i have to install and test the game.

EDIT: i tried to install it but now it stops at 'click only "next" ONLY the game installation is finished'

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EDIT: i tried to install it but now it stops at 'click only "next" ONLY the game installation is finished'

you changed only one install.exe and there were two. I modified script. Please try it.

I wonder why there was install.exe

oh thanks for that.

EDIT: i tried that script and it works fine but it still stops at the same place.

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still stops at the same place.

Are errors the same? Maybe it's simple error. You also have to take into account that this game has cd check which may not work in Linux but there is workaround which I'm not allowed to say.

I actually haven't wrote the script, GNU_Raziel is the one you should ask about running it.

ok i think i found the problem, at the end it says wine: cannot find 'd:/install.exe, here's the terminal log when i ran playonlinux:

Cut to the most important part
wine: cannot find 'd:\\install.exe'

i wasnt sure how much of it u would need so i put in all of it.

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Cut to the most important part
wine: cannot find 'd:\\install.exe'

So your problem is that you still cant start installation and not with game.
You haven't used the script i modified. Please copy that script from 1st page to a file and then start installation.

im pretty sure i did use ur new script but i copied it and used it again anyway and i have the same outcome

The problem is that there is no install.exe in this script. So where does this error come from?

actually there is, i found one by pressing ctrl + f and typed instal.exe. i found it and changed it to setup.exe and i am going to test it now

pressing ctrl + f and typed instal.exe. i found it

Your internet browser may have old site version in cache maybe.

no i see the setup.exe in the script but when i copy and paste it turns into install.exe

EDIT: ok it installs and works fine but when i play it the video dont work and the graphics are all screwed up, there are black outline of everything. i'll install a direct x patch and see if that helps, because it did with oblivion.

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also is there a possibility to disable the downloading of direct x for spore because im trying to install it constantly, because its really screwy, and it constantly downloads, could u turn it off and then tell people to install it after?

ok it installs and works fine but when i play it the video dont work and the graphics are all screwed up, there are black outline of everything

Try latest wine here(2b) is how to do it or use the one which was successful on AppDB

also is there a possibility to disable the downloading of direct x for spore

Yes i'll do that. An user who wrote this script done it now very clever :(

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Yes i'll do that. An user who wrote this script done it now very clever :(

? sorry i dont rly understand that

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sorry i dont rly understand that

He didn't check if DirectX is already available and forced user to always download it. Now i fixed that.

Anyway if Fable installs then this problem is resolved. Any other issues with running Fable should be in another thread or in AppDB.

PS. For spore you can send me PM what do you've got in root of your CD
Is it "SPORESetup.exe" or sporeSetup.exe or maybe setup.exe :)

i looked on the wine website and they have the same problems as me. they also say that i will have to install windows media player 9 to watch the movies

i will have to install windows media player 9 to watch the movies

Try POL Helper plugin. You can easily use winetricks to install wmp9 with his help.

ok 2 things. i cant use POL Helper because when i try to use it this comes up:

/home/jazz/.PlayOnLinux//plugins/POL Helper/scripts/menu: line 21: ./POLH: Permission denied

and i cant install w/ the terminal because everytime i do the POL Help file deletes itself.

the second thing is what do i save the winetricks scripts as and where do i put it and how do i install WM9 w/ it?

/home/jazz/.PlayOnLinux//plugins/POL Helper/scripts/menu: line 21: ./POLH: Permission denied

Look here. POL Helper will make everything for you.

ok i ran POL Helper and chose winetricks. and then i chose wmp9, it installed i ran fable and i still cant watch the movies.