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WineBottler and C&C First Decade Problem?

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Gvegas222

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Ok, I recently bought the Command & Conquer First Decade game for PC and found a way to play it on my Mac Leopard, by using WineBottler. I was able to download it I can play Red Alert 2, but when I try to play any other game, this error comes up, "Please insert the correct CD-ROM, select OK and restart application". I saw that there are ways to fix this if it happens on a PC, but I have a Mac. :( So, my question is there anyone that can help me fix this?

Thanks
 
Gvegas222 said:
Ok, I recently bought the Command & Conquer First Decade game for PC and found a way to play it on my Mac Leopard, by using WineBottler. I was able to download it I can play Red Alert 2, but when I try to play any other game, this error comes up, "Please insert the correct CD-ROM, select OK and restart application". I saw that there are ways to fix this if it happens on a PC, but I have a Mac. :( So, my question is there anyone that can help me fix this?

Thanks
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WineBottler can be pretty annoying at times, as it doesn't always work correctly. What I suggest using is a program called Wineskin Winery. It's free, and allows you to create a wrapper, which will allow you to install your game into this wrapper. Once the wrapper is created, you can just launch and play the game without any extra programs. Although you might need an older version as I think the newest version dropped support for Leopard.
 
Jman3350 said:
WineBottler can be pretty annoying at times, as it doesn't always work correctly. What I suggest using is a program called Wineskin Winery. It's free, and allows you to create a wrapper, which will allow you to install your game into this wrapper. Once the wrapper is created, you can just launch and play the game without any extra programs. Although you might need an older version as I think the newest version dropped support for Leopard.
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Oh ok, yea I saw that when I was downloading wine winebottler. Well since I already installed the game on my computer, can i reinstall it again on the same computer, but just in Wineskin Winery?
 
Gvegas222 said:
Oh ok, yea I saw that when I was downloading wine winebottler. Well since I already installed the game on my computer, can i reinstall it again on the same computer, but just in Wineskin Winery?
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Yes. Bottler and Wineskin are two separate programs, so you can install your game into each of them without conflict. In fact, when I am trying to get a game to work, I will create multiple wineskins once I get the thing working. I'll continue tweaking on one to improve it, and if I break it, I still have the one that worked.

It's just a matter of Hard Drive space . . .
 
iMacFarlane said:
Yes. Bottler and Wineskin are two separate programs, so you can install your game into each of them without conflict. In fact, when I am trying to get a game to work, I will create multiple wineskins once I get the thing working. I'll continue tweaking on one to improve it, and if I break it, I still have the one that worked.

It's just a matter of Hard Drive space . . .
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Well see I got Red Alert 2 to work on both programs, but Im still getting this error on both of them, "Please insert the correct CD-ROM, select OK and restart application". What can I do?
 
I think the CD copy protection scheme they used will not work right with anything that uses Wine. I think most people who play C&C this way use hacked no-cd exe files so it never checks for the disc.
 
doh123 said:
I think the CD copy protection scheme they used will not work right with anything that uses Wine. I think most people who play C&C this way use hacked no-cd exe files so it never checks for the disc.
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Ok, Ill try that. But my question is how to do that?
 
check the appdb on wineHQ to see if the app will play nicely with wine. if it doesn't, then it won't matter how you handle this. That said, Wineskin gets a lot of attention and updates. I abandoned crossover games for it and never looked back.
 
mentaluproar said:
check the appdb on wineHQ to see if the app will play nicely with wine. if it doesn't, then it won't matter how you handle this. That said, Wineskin gets a lot of attention and updates. I abandoned crossover games for it and never looked back.
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I did and it said it can run the game
 
there are many places people have downloads of hacks for games including no-cd hacks (easy to find on Google)... they really are not hard to find. I would suggest having something like Sophos Antivirus installed though since some might have malware (for Windows) in them... i've probably used 10+ and it did find malware 1 time.
 
It's all over the forums. The way the update system works is weak, as it can be hijacked and tricked into loading something other than a definition update. Having root access doesn't help.

Otherwise, it's a pretty solid product.
 
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