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Hi all,
I wrote a script to install Nox (GoG release).
After fighting with several games that wouldn't work perfectly under Wine, I decided to go with one that does basically out of the box :D
Enjoy!
https://raw.github.com/petchema/playonlinux/master/nox-gog

#!/bin/bash
# Date : (2011-12-17 15-39)
# Last revision : (2011-12-17 15-48)
# Wine version used : 1.3.35
# Distribution used to test : Debian Sid (Unstable)
# Author : Pierre Etchemaite petchema@concept-micro.com
# Script licence : GPL v.2
# Program licence : Retail
# Depend :

# Works with 1.1.34, but much slower!

[ -z "$PLAYONLINUX" ] && exit 0
source "$PLAYONLINUX/lib/sources"

check_install_archive () {
    FILE="$1"
    EXPECTED_NAME="$2"
    EXPECTED_SIZE="$3"
    EXPECTED_MD5="$4"

    POL_SetupWindow_wait "$(eval_gettext 'Checking install archive...')" "$TITLE"
    # Temporarily prevent word splitting
    OLDIFS="$IFS"
    IFS=''
    NAME="$(basename $FILE)"
    SIZE="$(stat -c%s $FILE)"
    MD5="$(POL_MD5_file $FILE)"
    IFS="$OLDIFS"

    if [ $SIZE -ne $EXPECTED_SIZE -o "$MD5" != "$EXPECTED_MD5" ]; then
        POL_Debug_Error "$(eval_gettext 'Install archive mismatch.\\nEither your install archive is corrupted, or is not the expected version.\\nThis script cannot guarantee that installation will work correctly. Please report success or failure to PlayOnLinux forums.')\\n$(eval_gettext 'Name:') $NAME ($(eval_gettext 'expected') $EXPECTED_NAME)\\n$(eval_gettext 'Size:') $SIZE ($(eval_gettext 'expected') $EXPECTED_SIZE)\\n$(eval_gettext 'MD5:') $MD5\\n     ($(eval_gettext 'expected') $EXPECTED_MD5)"
        POL_SetupWindow_question "$(eval_gettext 'Continue?')" "$TITLE"
        [ "$APP_ANSWER" != "TRUE" ] && POL_Debug_Fatal "$(eval_gettext 'Not the expected archive')"
    fi
}


PREFIX="Nox_gog"
WORKING_WINE_VERSION=""

TITLE="$(eval_gettext 'Nox (GoG release)')"
SHORTCUT_NAME="Nox"
SHORTCUT_DOC="$SHORTCUT_NAME - $(eval_gettext 'User manual')"
SHORTCUT_README="$SHORTCUT_NAME - $(eval_gettext 'Readme')"

POL_SetupWindow_Init
POL_Debug_Init

POL_SetupWindow_presentation "$TITLE" "Westwood Studios / Electronic Arts" "http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/nox" "Pierre Etchemaite" "$PREFIX"

POL_Wine_SelectPrefix "$PREFIX"
POL_Wine_PrefixCreate "$WORKING_WINE_VERSION"

cd $HOME
POL_SetupWindow_browse "$(eval_gettext 'Please select the setup file to run.')" "$TITLE"
ARCHIVE="$APP_ANSWER"

check_install_archive "$ARCHIVE" setup_nox.exe 483137692 "a8e4281c293d7b186b24fa9a09afca48"


POL_SetupWindow_wait "$(eval_gettext 'Please wait while $TITLE is installed.')" "$TITLE"

# Associate .PDF with native app
# http://wiki.winehq.org/FAQ#head-91bf3f0a8ccbfab8dee96f82fae2f1a489e0d243
# Do it before installing the game, so you have the possibility to open
# PDFs with Win32 reader if you choose to install it
cat <<'_EOF_' > $REPERTOIRE/tmp/pdfnativereader.reg
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\\.pdf]
@="PDFfile"
"Content Type"="application/pdf"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\\PDFfile\\Shell\\Open\\command]
@="winebrowser \\"%1\\""
_EOF_
POL_Wine regedit $REPERTOIRE/tmp/pdfnativereader.reg

POL_Wine start /unix "$ARCHIVE" || POL_Debug_Fatal "$(eval_gettext 'Error while installing archive')"

POL_Wine_WaitExit "$TITLE"


# GoG work!
Set_OS winxp

POL_SetupWindow_VMS "4"
 
## PlayOnMac Section
[ -n "$PLAYONMAC" ] && Set_SoundDriver "alsa"
[ -n "$PLAYONMAC" ] || Set_Managed "Off"
## End Section

# Doesn't hurt ;)
POL_Wine_reboot

POL_Shortcut "NOX.EXE" "$SHORTCUT_NAME"
POL_Shortcut "start.exe" "$SHORTCUT_DOC" "" "'C:/$PROGRAMFILES/GOG.com/NOX/manual.pdf'"
POL_Shortcut "start.exe" "$SHORTCUT_README" "" "'C:/$PROGRAMFILES/GOG.com/NOX/Readme.txt'"

POL_SetupWindow_Close

exit