STRIKE FIGHTERS 2 On LINUX

[saisran 84]

Has anyone tried running strike fighters 2 on Linux with Wine? If so how's the experience?

 

One of the USB port on my Motherboard died so i swapped it out with a spare board i have lying around. Made the swap and ran the system and it works. a couple of hours later i got a watermark on the bottom of my screen asking me to activate my windows.

 

So i got my blackberry looked up my license on the Vault and typed it in and got an invalid key. 

 

As it turns out windows 10 gets deactivated whenever you do a major hardware change and since i didn't link this system on a Windows Live Account and only on a local account, i can't reactivate my windows. And now i'm being asked by Microsoft to pay full price once more for a Windows 10 Pro License. I'm also informed that you can only reactivate windows for a limited number of time. 

 

Between the privacy issues and this, i'm about a slip away from moving to another platform. Is there a version of linux that can run Strike Fighters 2? I don't mind buying another OS as long as its not an intrusive jerk like windows 10 is.

[xrearl 27]

If Strike Fighter will run in "wine" your the best one to find out. let me know how your progress turns out! 

 I think most users replace their pc when it has a problem

[saisran 84]

Yeah, I'm thinking of grabbing a new SSD so i can test it on my Laptop. I think i'll start this over the weekend. 

[Fubar512 1,350]

This is all that I could find at Wine HQ regarding Strike Fighters.

 

https://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=13349

 

https://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=22396

Edited March 27, 2017 by Fubar512

[saisran 84]

Status update. Borked windows altogether. For some reason Ubuntu refused to install on a separate drive and decided to overwrite my windows. Oh well must have made a mistake.

 

Installed "playonlinux" and installed the NA module through the application. The game loads and i can select a mission and actually enter gameplay.

 

- Getting 15 FPS on average, I might need to find a more suitable driver than the GTX 6600

 

-Controls are locked to the default setting. Changing it through the ingame options freezes the game. And manually editing the Controls doesn't seem to stick. - I might have to check for a Controller Plugin.

 

- Using a dedicated drive or folder for a game installation is still a mystery to me. I can't seem to find a layman instruction on how to do it.

 

- Thoughts on Linux and the possibility on running SF2 at the moment; You really need to know how to use the terminal to get the best out of this Operating System, For newer games on steam that has a linux version there's no problem.

 But for an unsupported game like Strike Fighters 2, you're going to need a lot of patience and a lot of savvy. 

 

- Its seems to require a lot of work and a lot of studying but it does seems doable.

[Lundrvs 3]

Well... I purchased Strike Fighters 2 in 2017, and switched to Linux one year later.
I decided to download the program "PlayOnLinux", and most of the Windows Application do run with it.
But with Strike Fighters 2, I can only see the loading screen, and after loading, everything goes black and I get the following error:

Unhandled exception: page fault on read access to 0x00000000 in 32-bit code (0x072134cf).
Register dump:
 CS:0023 SS:002b DS:002b ES:002b FS:006b GS:0063
 EIP:072134cf ESP:00c5ea60 EBP:00c5ee18 EFLAGS:00210216(  R- -- I   -A-P- )
 EAX:00000000 EBX:0762b5b8 ECX:00c5ea5c EDX:00000000
 ESI:00000000 EDI:00000000
Stack dump:
0x00c5ea60:  00000000 0986cafc 00c5f1ec 00110060
0x00c5ea70:  00000002 f7f31eb8 00c5eab8 d57ec700
0x00c5ea80:  00c5eaa0 7bce8c94 00c5eab8 7bc76c32
0x00c5ea90:  00000003 00221e30 00c5eb38 7bc76c32
0x00c5eaa0:  7bcf2ee0 00c5eb34 f7d979af 7bc47df9
0x00c5eab0:  00c5ead0 7bce8c94 00c5eb38 7bc47e8a
Backtrace:
=>0 0x072134cf EntryPoint+0xffffffff() in graphicsenginedx10 (0x00c5ee18)
  1 0x07213e74 EntryPoint+0xffffffff() in graphicsenginedx10 (0x00c5f04c)
  2 0x07201544 EntryPoint+0xffffffff() in graphicsenginedx10 (0x00c5f874)
  3 0x07208864 EntryPoint+0xffffffff() in graphicsenginedx10 (0x00c5faf4)
  4 0x071f0a6e EntryPoint+0xffffffff() in graphicsenginedx10 (0x00c5fb24)
  5 0x02ec2cc2 EntryPoint+0xffffffff() in displaymanagerdx10 (0x00c5fb9c)
  6 0x0300dc75 EntryPoint+0xffffffff() in menusystem (0x00c5fde8)
  7 0x0300e200 EntryPoint+0xffffffff() in menusystem (0x00c5fe04)
  8 0x004037e9 EntryPoint+0xffffffff() in strikefighters2 vietnam (0x00c5fe20)
  9 0x00403d4e EntryPoint+0xffffffff() in strikefighters2 vietnam (0x00c5fe30)
  10 0x0040145b EntryPoint+0xffffffff() in strikefighters2 vietnam (0x00c5fe40)
  11 0x0041a3d5 EntryPoint+0xffffffff() in strikefighters2 vietnam (0x00c5fed0)
  12 0x7b464a82 call_process_entry+0x11() in kernel32 (0x00c5fee8)
  13 0x7b466d5d ExitProcess+0x22cc() in kernel32 (0x00c5ffd8)
  14 0x7b464a8e call_process_entry+0x1d() in kernel32 (0x00c5ffec)
0x072134cf EntryPoint+0xffffffff in graphicsenginedx10: movl 0x0(%eax),%ecx
Modules:
Module    Address            Debug info    Name (181 modules)
PE      360000-  390000    Deferred        directinput
PE      3d0000-  3fa000    Deferred        directsound
PE      400000-  45e000    Export          strikefighters2 vietnam
PE     2ec0000- 2eec000    Export          displaymanagerdx10
PE     3000000- 3041000    Export          menusystem
PE     3650000- 3857000    Deferred        d3dcompiler_43
PE     6e30000- 6e4e000    Deferred        textusenglish
PE     6f60000- 6f86000    Deferred        controlmap
PE     70a0000- 70c8000    Deferred        objectmanager
PE     71e0000- 726c000    Export          graphicsenginedx10
PE     7270000- 72e4000    Deferred        d3dx10_43
PE     72f0000- 74ef000    Deferred        d3dx9_43
PE     7730000- 7776000    Deferred        terrainengine
PE     7890000- 78a7000    Deferred        fader
PE     89b0000- 89f6000    Deferred        missileobject
PE     8b10000- 8bd2000    Deferred        aircraftobject
PE     aef0000- af44000    Deferred        groundobject
PE     b060000- b092000    Deferred        bulletobject
PE     b1b0000- b1d9000    Deferred        debrisobject
PE     b2f0000- b312000    Deferred        wreckobject
PE     b430000- b456000    Deferred        shellobject
PE     b570000- b595000    Deferred        countermeasureobject
PE     b6b0000- b6f7000    Deferred        groundmobileobject
PE     b810000- b85a000    Deferred        navalobject
PE     b970000- b98c000    Deferred        cruisemissile
PE     baa0000- bac3000    Deferred        aircraftformation
PE     bbe0000- bbfc000    Deferred        groundformation
PE     bd10000- bd35000    Deferred        missionmanager
PE    10000000-10025000    Deferred        addonmanager
ELF    7a800000-7a93f000    Deferred        opengl32<elf>
  \-PE    7a820000-7a93f000    \               opengl32
ELF    7b400000-7b7fd000    Dwarf           kernel32<elf>
  \-PE    7b420000-7b7fd000    \               kernel32
ELF    7bc00000-7bd06000    Deferred        ntdll<elf>
  \-PE    7bc10000-7bd06000    \               ntdll
ELF    7c000000-7c005000    Deferred        <wine-loader>
ELF    7e277000-7e29c000    Deferred        imm32<elf>
  \-PE    7e280000-7e29c000    \               imm32
ELF    7e344000-7e370000    Deferred        libexpat.so.1
ELF    7e370000-7e3bd000    Deferred        libfontconfig.so.1
ELF    7e3bd000-7e3db000    Deferred        libz.so.1
ELF    7e3db000-7e41a000    Deferred        libpng16.so.16
ELF    7e41a000-7e4dc000    Deferred        libfreetype.so.6
ELF    7e501000-7e53a000    Deferred        ws2_32<elf>
  \-PE    7e510000-7e53a000    \               ws2_32
ELF    7e53a000-7e663000    Deferred        oleaut32<elf>
  \-PE    7e550000-7e663000    \               oleaut32
ELF    7e663000-7e682000    Deferred        jsproxy<elf>
  \-PE    7e670000-7e682000    \               jsproxy
ELF    7e682000-7e6c1000    Deferred        winhttp<elf>
  \-PE    7e690000-7e6c1000    \               winhttp
ELF    7e6c1000-7e6e7000    Deferred        shcore<elf>
  \-PE    7e6d0000-7e6e7000    \               shcore
ELF    7e6e7000-7e758000    Deferred        shlwapi<elf>
  \-PE    7e6f0000-7e758000    \               shlwapi
ELF    7e758000-7f122000    Deferred        shell32<elf>
  \-PE    7e770000-7f122000    \               shell32
ELF    7f122000-7f14e000    Deferred        msacm32<elf>
  \-PE    7f130000-7f14e000    \               msacm32
ELF    7f14e000-7f1d7000    Deferred        rpcrt4<elf>
  \-PE    7f160000-7f1d7000    \               rpcrt4
ELF    7f1d7000-7f337000    Deferred        ole32<elf>
  \-PE    7f1f0000-7f337000    \               ole32
ELF    7f337000-7f3b3000    Deferred        advapi32<elf>
  \-PE    7f350000-7f3b3000    \               advapi32
ELF    7f3b3000-7f4e5000    Deferred        gdi32<elf>
  \-PE    7f3c0000-7f4e5000    \               gdi32
ELF    7f4e5000-7f6f4000    Deferred        user32<elf>
  \-PE    7f500000-7f6f4000    \               user32
ELF    7f6f4000-7f7b0000    Deferred        winmm<elf>
  \-PE    7f700000-7f7b0000    \               winmm
ELF    7fea1000-7feb6000    Deferred        libnss_files.so.2
ELF    7feb6000-7ffbb000    Deferred        libm.so.6
ELF    7ffc5000-7ffe0000    Deferred        version<elf>
  \-PE    7ffd0000-7ffe0000    \               version
ELF    e4197000-e420f000    Deferred d3dcompiler_47<elf>
  \-PE    e41a0000-e420f000    \               d3dcompiler_47
ELF    e420f000-e4250000    Deferred        d3d10<elf>
  \-PE    e4220000-e4250000    \               d3d10
ELF    e4250000-e42c0000    Deferred        d3d11<elf>
  \-PE    e4260000-e42c0000    \               d3d11
ELF    e42c0000-e42d7000    Deferred        d3d10core<elf>
  \-PE    e42d0000-e42d7000    \               d3d10core
ELF    e42d7000-e42ee000    Deferred        d3d10_1<elf>
  \-PE    e42e0000-e42ee000    \               d3d10_1
ELF    e4c40000-e4c4d000    Deferred        libpciaccess.so.0
ELF    e4e35000-e4e3f000    Deferred        libdrm_nouveau.so.2
ELF    e4e3f000-e4e4f000    Deferred        libdrm_radeon.so.1
ELF    e4e4f000-e4e77000    Deferred        libdrm_intel.so.1
ELF    e4e77000-e5bf7000    Deferred        i965_dri.so
ELF    e5bf7000-e5c00000    Deferred        libxcb-sync.so.1
ELF    e5c00000-e5c05000    Deferred        libxcb-present.so.0
ELF    e5c05000-e5c0b000    Deferred        libxcb-dri3.so.0
ELF    e5c0b000-e5c10000    Deferred        libxdamage.so.1
ELF    e5c10000-e5c17000    Deferred        libxcb-dri2.so.0
ELF    e5c17000-e5c35000    Deferred        libxcb-glx.so.0
ELF    e5c35000-e5c4b000    Deferred        libdrm.so.2
ELF    e5c4b000-e5c6c000    Deferred        libglapi.so.0
ELF    e5c6c000-e5ce8000    Deferred        libglx_mesa.so.0
ELF    e5d2d000-e5d8f000    Deferred        libgldispatch.so.0
ELF    e5d8f000-e5db3000    Deferred        libglx.so.0
ELF    e5db3000-e5e19000    Deferred        libgl.so.1
ELF    e5e19000-e5e52000    Deferred        dxgi<elf>
  \-PE    e5e20000-e5e52000    \               dxgi
ELF    e5e52000-e5edf000    Deferred        libgmp.so.10
ELF    e5edf000-e5f18000    Deferred        libhogweed.so.4
ELF    e5f18000-e609a000    Deferred        libunistring.so.2
ELF    e609a000-e61f1000    Deferred        libp11-kit.so.0
ELF    e61f1000-e63d6000    Deferred        libgnutls.so.30
ELF    e63d6000-e64ab000    Deferred        crypt32<elf>
  \-PE    e63e0000-e64ab000    \               crypt32
ELF    e64ab000-e6600000    Deferred        wined3d<elf>
  \-PE    e64c0000-e6600000    \               wined3d
ELF    e6704000-e6723000    Deferred        libgcc_s.so.1
ELF    e6723000-e6760000    Deferred        libnettle.so.6
ELF    e6760000-e6777000    Deferred        libtasn1.so.6
ELF    e6777000-e6797000    Deferred        libidn2.so.0
ELF    e6797000-e679c000    Deferred        libx11-xcb.so.1
ELF    e67bc000-e6800000    Deferred        d3d9<elf>
  \-PE    e67c0000-e6800000    \               d3d9
ELF    f6904000-f690e000    Deferred        libffi.so.6
ELF    f690e000-f69cb000    Deferred        msvcrt<elf>
  \-PE    f6920000-f69cb000    \               msvcrt
ELF    f69cb000-f69f1000    Deferred        libgpg-error.so.0
ELF    f69f1000-f6a7e000    Deferred        libvorbisenc.so.2
ELF    f6a7e000-f6aaa000    Deferred        libvorbis.so.0
ELF    f6aaa000-f6ab6000    Deferred        libogg.so.0
ELF    f6ab6000-f6af1000    Deferred        libflac.so.8
ELF    f6af1000-f6b0e000    Deferred        libnsl.so.1
ELF    f6b0e000-f6bf1000    Deferred        libgcrypt.so.20
ELF    f6bf1000-f6c13000    Deferred        liblz4.so.1
ELF    f6c13000-f6c3f000    Deferred        liblzma.so.5
ELF    f6c3f000-f6c4a000    Deferred        librt.so.1
ELF    f6c4a000-f6c51000    Deferred        libasyncns.so.0
ELF    f6c51000-f6ce0000    Deferred        libsndfile.so.1
ELF    f6ce0000-f6cec000    Deferred        libwrap.so.0
ELF    f6cec000-f6d9f000    Deferred        libsystemd.so.0
ELF    f6d9f000-f6dfc000    Deferred        libdbus-1.so.3
ELF    f6dfc000-f6e89000    Deferred        libpulsecommon-13.0.so
ELF    f6e89000-f6ee7000    Deferred        libpulse.so.0
ELF    f6ee7000-f6f34000    Deferred        dsound<elf>
  \-PE    f6ef0000-f6f34000    \               dsound
ELF    f6f34000-f70a1000    Deferred        comctl32<elf>
  \-PE    f6f40000-f70a1000    \               comctl32
ELF    f7600000-f7603000    Deferred        libxshmfence.so.1
ELF    f7603000-f762f000    Deferred        winepulse<elf>
  \-PE    f7610000-f762f000    \               winepulse
ELF    f762f000-f7668000    Deferred        uxtheme<elf>
  \-PE    f7640000-f7668000    \               uxtheme
ELF    f7668000-f76b0000    Deferred        usp10<elf>
  \-PE    f7670000-f76b0000    \               usp10
ELF    f76b0000-f7700000    Deferred        dinput8<elf>
  \-PE    f76c0000-f7700000    \               dinput8
ELF    f7800000-f7821000    Deferred        bcrypt<elf>
  \-PE    f7810000-f7821000    \               bcrypt
ELF    f786e000-f7887000    Deferred        libresolv.so.2
ELF    f7887000-f788f000    Deferred        libnss_dns.so.2
ELF    f788f000-f7896000    Deferred        libxfixes.so.3
ELF    f7896000-f78a3000    Deferred        libxcursor.so.1
ELF    f78a3000-f78b8000    Deferred        libxi.so.6
ELF    f78b8000-f78bd000    Deferred        libxcomposite.so.1
ELF    f78bd000-f78cc000    Deferred        libxrandr.so.2
ELF    f78cc000-f78d8000    Deferred        libxrender.so.1
ELF    f78d8000-f78e0000    Deferred        libxxf86vm.so.1
ELF    f78e0000-f78e5000    Deferred        libxinerama.so.1
ELF    f78e5000-f7904000    Deferred        libbsd.so.0
ELF    f7904000-f7932000    Deferred        libxcb.so.1
ELF    f7932000-f7a81000    Deferred        libx11.so.6
ELF    f7a81000-f7a98000    Deferred        libxext.so.6
ELF    f7a99000-f7abd000    Deferred        mmdevapi<elf>
  \-PE    f7aa0000-f7abd000    \               mmdevapi
ELF    f7abd000-f7b50000    Deferred        winex11<elf>
  \-PE    f7ad0000-f7b50000    \               winex11
ELF    f7b53000-f7b59000    Deferred        libdl.so.2
ELF    f7b59000-f7d46000    Deferred        libc.so.6
ELF    f7d46000-f7d69000    Deferred        libpthread.so.0
ELF    f7d72000-f7d7a000    Deferred        libxdmcp.so.6
ELF    f7d7a000-f7d80000    Deferred        libxau.so.6
ELF    f7d82000-f7d8c000    Deferred        libuuid.so.1
ELF    f7d8e000-f7f46000    Dwarf           libwine.so.1
ELF    f7f4c000-f7f77000    Deferred        ld-linux.so.2
Threads:
process  tid      prio (all id:s are in hex)
00000008 (D) C:\Program Files (x86)\ThirdWire\Strike Fighters 2\StrikeFighters2 Vietnam.exe
    00000035    0
    00000033    0
    00000032   15
    00000031   15
    00000030    0
    0000002f    0
    0000002e    0
    00000027    0
    00000026    0
    00000025    0
    00000024    0
    00000009    0 <==
0000000e services.exe
    00000020    0
    0000001b    0
    00000013    0
    00000010    0
    0000000f    0
00000011 winedevice.exe
    00000018    0
    00000017    0
    00000016    0
    00000012    0
00000019 plugplay.exe
    0000001d    0
    0000001c    0
    0000001a    0
0000001e winedevice.exe
    00000023    0
    00000022    0
    00000021    0
    0000001f    0
00000028 explorer.exe
    0000002c    0
    0000002b    0
    0000002a    0
    00000029    0
System information:
    Wine build: wine-4.0.2 (Ubuntu 4.0.2-1)
    Platform: i386 (WOW64)
    Version: Windows 10
    Host system: Linux
    Host version: 5.3.0-40-generic

Didn't tried with anything else.

I feel confortable with Linux now, and never want to go back to Windows again.

Have a nice day!

[+russouk2004 6,951]

it could be the dreaded in game settings \ unlimited effects bug...try on high for effects....same symptoms as windows with latest nvidia gfx...looks like your recent drivers has this prob too....