(booman help) shaq fu a legend reborn

batmanm0b1e

batmanm0b1e

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Hi booman

https://www.gog.com/game/shaqfu_a_legend_reborn

well i got shaq fu a legend reborn game. Looks really funny and good wish actors would be in more games, I know snoop dogg was going to make a game but i guess didn't. Anyways back to the game, I tried this game in wine first wine 3.9 and aat first the game didn't load the movie cutscene and game at all so i i tried different win versions still no luck. Now i thought why not try wine staging so i had wine staging 3.8 in playonlinux and got it from lutris/runners/ started game and it worked but the movie cutscene didn't show video just the words. SO ok. I tried all the staging ones with the same result. So right now i'm on wine staging 3.9 but the movie cutscene does not show up just the words. How can i fix this booman?


I know when i installed the game with GOG it installed DirectX9.0c

I installed
directx9 dlls
Microsoft fonts
vcrun 2008
vcrun 2010

thats it. the video cutscene still does show up
 
I can't find anything about this game related to Linux and testing.
So you might be the first to try it.

Try going to the game directory and look for the video's folder.
What format/codec are the video's?

One thing I have tried in the past is install an application call LAV Filter
This is a media player that installs all the codecs kinda like VLC player.

If you can live without the video's, just rename the video directory so the game can't find them.
 
OK so i checked the videos they are all MP4 format. Also, how do I install LAV filter its not in Ubuntu do i do it in wine
 
That is good, Mp4 are usually easy to play... Its just hard to figure out how they are played in-game.

  1. Download LAVFilter
  2. Save to your Desktop
  3. Launch PlayOnLinux
  4. Click Configure
  5. Select Shaq Fu on the left side
  6. Click Miscellaneous Tab
  7. Click "Run an .exe file in this virtual drive"
  8. Navigate to your Desktop
  9. Select LAVFilter
  10. Click Open
  11. Follow install instructions
  12. Close Configure
  13. Try game again
If that doesn't work, then we'll try Windows XP setting and install Windows Media Player with codecs
 
I installed LAVfilter and tried the game still no video. and now that i did that there's the words still but now no audio. Which is werid.
 
Hmm, then the game doesn't see the installed media player and codecs.
This is always a difficult one to troubleshoot.
Sometimes these old games assume you have a specific media player installed and just use the DLL's and codecs from it.
So lets try Windows Media Player.

  1. Go to Configure again
  2. Make sure Shaq Fu virtual drive is selected on the left side
  3. Click Wine Tab
  4. Click Wine Configuration
  5. Applications Tab
  6. Select Windows XP
  7. Click OK
  8. Back to Configure
  9. Click Components Tab
  10. Scroll down to Windows Media Player 9
  11. Install it
  12. Install Windows Media Player 10 as well
  13. Scroll down more and install Windows Media codecs
  14. Click Wine Tab
  15. Restart Windows
  16. Close Configure
  17. Start game with DEBUG instead of Run
  18. Paste all of the output here in "quotes" so I can see the errors
 
OK i tried this and windows media player would not install in 64bit. i tried both of them it gave me an error.


But I got good news after you said install LAVfilter. It hit me let me try K-Lite codec pack i did and the video works and the audio also. i get 3 boxes in my taskbar that pop up when the video plays. It works sort of it cuts off some not sure why but i think i'm on the right path

anymore ideas let me know

Thank you
 
Oh, yeah they only work in 32-bit virtual drives.
Do you need a 64-bit virtual drive for Shaq Fu?
You might want to create a new 32-bit virtual drive and re-install to see if it works.
 
Geesh, I had no idea this was a newer game.
Was it made with Unity Engine?
 
Well after running staging 3.9.x86-x64 in playonlinux the video cut off and stopped. SO i can confirm i fixed it now i went back to wine.3.9 and the video plays fully through with K-lite codec pack installed.

I will be making some tutorials here on gamersonlinux.

I will be PMing you booman if this is ok. I'll be needing some help. How do you take the screens again?
 
Sorry, I've been sick this week with the flu.
Most unity games run well in Wine, but there are a few that refuse to run.
Check and see if there are some Visual C requirements for it?
Otherwise, install them all:
  • vcrun2008
  • vcrun2010
  • vcrun2012
You may have to install vcrun2015 since it is a newer game, but its a manual process.
First, set Windows back to Windows 7

Start PlayOnLinux

Click Configure

Select virtual drive shortcut (left side)


Miscellaneous Tab
Click "Open a Shell"
Copy/Paste:
Code: 
wget  https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Winetricks/winetricks/master/src/winetricks
Press Enter

Copy/Paste
Code: 
chmod +x winetricks
Press Enter

Copy/Paste
Code: 
WINEPREFIX=/home/username/.PlayOnLinux/wineprefix/gamename ./winetricks -q vcrun2015

Update the path with your Linux username and virtual drive name
Press Enter

Note: Replace "username" with your login

Close Shell
Close Configure
 
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