Ok, here is how you install
BGT in Ubuntu 10.10
1.Install required packages:
sudo apt-get install build-essential mmv tofrodos wine\
unrar-free unzip libjpeg62-dev zlib1g-dev dos2unix fuseiso
Download "Mos Pack v0.92" from
dragonshoard.blackwyrmlair.netextract and install it:
cd Downloads/mospack_0.92/source$
make -f makefile.unix
sudo cp jpgextract mospack mosunpack mozparse /usr/local/bin/
Download "jpegsrc.v8b.tar.gz" from
www.ijg.orgextract and install it:
cd Downloads/jpeg-8b$
./configure
make
sudo make install
2.Install Baldur's Gate: Tales of the Sword Coast 2.5GB
Important is to mount all three iso images separately, e.g. CD1 to /tmp/iso1, CD2 to /tmp/iso2 and CD3 to /tmp/iso3. In winecfg add these paths as separate drives and make sure you select type "CD-ROM" in advanced options. Where you install is up to you, but as far I know the script will only run if installation path is all in lowercase, e.g. /home/you/.wine/drive_c/
bg1 and not /home/you/.wine/drive_c/
BG1.
Install Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn 2.7GB with
ToBThis time you can copy the content of all 4 CDs into one directory /BG2_ALL and run "wine ./Setup.exe" from there, although I am not certain if the folder name is important. Again ? where you install is up to you, but AFAIK the script will only run if installation path is all in lowercase, e.g. /home/you/.wine/drive_c/
bg2 and not /home/you/.wine/drive_c/
BG2.
Install Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal and patch it to version 26498Mount .iso image or enter CD in your drive and run the setup. Then completed download
BGII-ThroneofBhaal_Patch_26498_ENGLISH and run it. This is straightforward, nothing special. Also, you should keep the .iso image mounted or the CD in the drive because the game will ask for it anyway.
Now run BGConfig.exe from your /
bg2 install directory and
enable 3D, after that run bgmain.exe, create a character, play it for a while and save.
3.Time to get
WeiDU-Linux-220.zip linux binaries (because we are too lazy for compiling) from
www.weidu.org.
Extract it, copy executables over to /usr/local/bin:
cd Downloads/WeiDU-Linux
sudo cp tisunpack WeiDU WeInstall tolower WeiGUI /usr/local/bin
Another problem with uppercase letters needs to be fixed:
cd /usr/local/bin
sudo mv Weidu weidu
sudo mv WeInstall weinstall
sudo mv WeiGUI weigui
Just in case get the copies with original uppercase letters back:
cd Downloads/WeiDU-Linux
sudo cp WeiDU WeInstall WeiGUI /usr/local/bin
Your /usr/local/bin should now have at least the following files:
ls /usr/local/bin/
cjpeg jpgextract mozparse tolower weigui WeInstall
djpeg mospack rdjpgcom weidu WeiGUI wrjpgcom
jpegtran mosunpack tisunpack WeiDU weinstall
4.Download
BGT110-Install.rar and extract it to /the/path/of/your/
bg2/installation, e.g. /home/bob/.wine/drive_c/
bg2tolower everything:
cd /the/path/to/your/bg1/installation
tolower
cd /the/path/to/your/bg2/installation
tolower
Answer questions like this:
Do you want to lowercase everything?
[Y]es or [N]o
y
Do you want to generate linux.ini from baldur.ini?
[Y]es or [N]o
nDownload
bgt_linux.rar and extract the content in to the folder of your
BG2 installation, e.g. in the case of /home/bob/.wine/drive_c/
bg2 new directory should look like this: /home/bob/.wine/drive_c/
bg2/
bgt-linux/
Now run the script:
/home/bob/.wine/drive_c/bg2/bgt-linux/bgt-linux
and wait
and wait
and wait
;-)
if everything goes right the last three lines should be:
</body>
</html>
Press ENTER to exit.------------------------------
Impressions?
Pulseaudio is incompatible, causes audio skipping.
No environmental audio.
Automated speed does odd things, this can be disabled in baldur.ini config file:
Automated Speed Adjustment=0
The whole thing is unstable, I get the crash in the area where Imoen joins your party by either clicking on world map or trying to enter north to get to that Inn. The crash occurs 100%, so
BG1 is unplayable. I do not know how the situation is with
BG2 since I can't be bothered to test it for very long right now, but with random save file downloaded from internet I did get one crash.
Overall everything is slower and less responsive. In my opinion everyone should prefer Windows to run this game.