Trying to get Overlord II to work

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  1. steve723

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    I can install steam then the game but the game will not play. blank screen with an error box that says something about a cpp file with an invalid result. wine 1.7.52, 1.7.53 and wine 1.7.52.wine staging-LOL3. NVIDIA GEFORCE GT 730 with 2G VRAM, driver 346.96, Kubuntu 15.04 64bit and INTEL i7 quad core. 6 Gigs of DDR3 RAM. I used a 32bit prefix since its an old game. Any suggestions? playonlinux.txt is a copy of playonlinux.log. I had to change the extension since log files are not allowed.

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    booman Grand High Exalted Mystic Emperor of Linux Gaming Staff Member

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    Did you install these libraries before installing the game?
    • comctl32
    • wmp9
    • physx
    • vcrun2008
    • vcrun2005

    A few people were able to get it working, but some have reported "garbage"
    Overlord II WineHQ

    I looked through the log and didn't see anything helpful, or maybe I missed it. I saw that you tried several versions of Wine 1.7.52, 1.7.53, etc.
    The successful tests were with older versions of Wine

    I recommend trying good ole stable: 1.6.2
    But there are some problems with Steam on that version.
    That is the major downside. You have to use the -no-dwrite and disable the steam in-game community overlay as well.
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    In my case works sometime ago



    In video description appears more details however in this point is better wait for native port

    :)
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    I thought Steam would add whatever was needed like it did with Overlord. Mouse camera problems with that one. BTW: I am currently pre-loading Overlord: Fellowship of Evil using wine 1.7.53, win mode 8 and 64 bit prefix as there is no 32bit version. It's $18.99 on steam for about 2 hrs. I will see if it works later. It looks like it will be a blast cause you know 'Evil always finds a way'3:) + :rolling: = Evil minion Garl laugh.
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    booman Grand High Exalted Mystic Emperor of Linux Gaming Staff Member

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    What? No 32-bit virtual drive options for Wine 1.7.53?
    I'm looking into that right now
    I've never given 64-bit virtual drives a chance because I've read many times that they are buggy.
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    booman Grand High Exalted Mystic Emperor of Linux Gaming Staff Member

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    I saw what you meant for Overlord: Fellowship Of Evil
    No 32-bit version available
    But Overlord II does apparently work in 32-bit
    So make sure to use 32-bit virtual drive for this one
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    I got Overlord I and II working but had to delete them to make room to try Neverwinter. Unfortunatley the installer crashes wine. I tried sever versions including the crosover hack pol version that booman suggested on the neverwinter thread.
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    Did you download the proper installer? You don't have to use the Arc client or Steam client because they both use a downloaded installer that updates Neverwinter.
    Last time I check it worked fine

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