PlayOnLinux

A new game available in Playonlinux: Age Of Empires 3

NSLW — Wed, 1 Jul 2009 13:25:00 +0100

Age of Empires III moves the action to the New World, letting players lead a variety of European nations from the Age of Discovery through the Industrial Age. Eight playable nations battle across a wide variety of geographies -- from the swamps of Florida to the snowy passes of the Rocky Mountains. Players can recruit different Native American tribes and seize control of various trade routes. Material and technological support will be offered by the player's home city back in Europe.

source: www.ign.com

For more detail check out the forum

A new game available in Playonlinux: Supreme Commander/Supreme Commander Forged Alliance

NSLW — Wed, 1 Jul 2009 13:07:00 +0100

The Infinite War
For a millennium, three opposing forces of humanity--the Cybran Nation, the Aeon Illuminate and the United Earth Federation--have fought a bitter and bloody war over conflicting and unwavering systems of belief. There is no room for compromise. No room for mercy. No room for anything but the complete eradication of anyone with opposing belief systems.
Labeled the Infinite War, this horrific conflict has shattered a once peaceful galaxy and only served to deepen the hatred and schisms between the three factions. Now, after centuries of struggle, the battle for supremacy has at long last reached a turning point. You are a Supreme Commander, and only you have the power to bring the Infinite War to an end once and for all.
The fate of the galaxy is in your hands.

source: www.supremecommander.com

For more detail check out the forum

Supported applications: What's new?

Ghostofkendo — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 22:50:00 +0100

Here is a little sum up of what happened recently concerning the applications supported by PlayOnLinux:

New

- Runes of Magic, a contribution by siGGismallz (his first script, kudos to him ).

Fixed/Updated

- Dark Messiah of Might and Magic, fixed by NSLW thanks to a report of rohtie.
- Guitar Pro 5, updated(FR) by ktulu77.
- World in Conflict, updated thanks to a report(FR) of mathias42300.

Work in progress

- [new] Perfect World International, come here to help us testing it.
- [new] FEAR, validated soon.
- [new] Max Payne, validated soon.
- [new] Freelancer, validated soon.
- [new] Scripts for 7 Valve games: Half-Life², Half-Life² : Episode 1, Half-Life² : Episode 2, Half-Life² : Loast Coast, Portal, Team Fortress 2 and Counter Strike Source. This script pack can be found here but remember these scripts aren't official nor guaranteed to work, so they are for test purpose only to help us improving them.
- [fix] Google Chrome, in progress.
- [update] Steam, in progress.

PlayOnLinux is in Ubuntu's repositories

Ghostofkendo — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 13:16:00 +0100

It's official now, PlayOnLinux will be available directly in the Ubuntu distribution soon!

Indeed, you will find PlayOnLinux 3.5 in Ubuntu's "universe" repository for the next release, Karmic Koala, in October.
Big thanks to the packaging team.

Despite that, our own repository for Ubuntu will remain to provide all the latest versions of PlayOnLinux.

Links:
playonlinux 3.5-1 is in Karmic
http://www.ubuntu.com/

By Asimov

Wine 1.1.23 (development version)

Ghostofkendo — Sat, 6 Jun 2009 22:24:00 +0100

What changes does Wine 1.1.23 (What is Wine?), the latest development version, bring about:

- Support for registering MIME types with the Linux desktop.
- FBO mode is now the default for Direct3D.
- Support for COM proxy delegation.
- Improved support for the Mingw cross-compile.
- Proper fullscreen mode for the virtual desktop.
- Various bug fixes.

A detailed list of all the changes is available on the official announcement page

To download the source code or binary packages for various systems and distributions use the following link:

A new game available in Playonlinux: Drakensang

NSLW — Fri, 5 Jun 2009 8:50:00 +0100

Players start out in the city of Ferdok in Aventuria, a unique medieval world where sinister forces are at work. Summoned by a letter from an old friend, their adventure begins as they investigate a series of strange ritualistic murders. Only after gathering trusted, skilled companions as part of The Dark Eye: Drakensang’s compelling party-based game play where players can control four unique characters, in addition to their own, can players battle to uncover the sinister conspiracy threatening the world of Aventuria. Additionally, the game features a talent-based dialogue system that will allow gamers to threaten, persuade and charm their way through a universe full of unique characters, creatures and locations, as they seek to fulfill their sacred mission.

source: www.ign.com

For more detail check out the forum

A new game available in Playonlinux: The Sims 3

NSLW — Tue, 2 Jun 2009 8:42:00 +0100

Create over a million unique Sims and control their lives. Customize everything from their appearances, to their personalities and even the home of their dreams. Then, send your Sims out to explore new locations around town and to meet other Sims in the neighborhood.

source: www.ea.com

For more detail check out the forum

NSLW becomes our new scriptor

marieuh — Fri, 22 May 2009 23:01:00 +0100

Good evening everyone,

PlayOnLinux's staff is happy to announce to you that the family's getting bigger

NSLW becomes our new scriptor. You probably already have noticed his numerous contributions (Bioshock, Fallout3 and many others)

Thank you to NSLW for his motivation and long life !

by Asimov

Wine 1.1.22 (development version)

Ghostofkendo — Fri, 22 May 2009 20:12:00 +0100

What changes does Wine 1.1.22 (What is Wine?), the latest development version, bring about:

- More improvements to OLE copy/paste.
- Beginnings of x86_64 exception handling.
- Direct3D locking fixes.
- ARB shaders improvements.
- Better OpenGL pixel format support.
- Various bug fixes.

A detailed list of all the changes is available on the official announcement page

To download the source code or binary packages for various systems and distributions use the following link:

New games available

Ghostofkendo — Thu, 21 May 2009 12:10:00 +0100

Hello everyone,

NSLW has been generous, he made installation scripts for the 11 following games:
-Bioshock
-Fallout 3
-Gothic 3
-Need For Speed II
-Need For Speed Most Wanted
-Need For Speed Underground
-Need For Speed: High Stakes/Road Challenge
-S.T.A.L.K.E.R. - Clear Sky
-Silent Hill 2
-Race Driver : GRID
-Planescape Torment

Let's warmly thank him for his great work

Have fun

By GNU_Raziel

PlayOnLinux officially enters Debian

Ghostofkendo — Sun, 17 May 2009 15:49:00 +0100

PlayOnLinux is now officially part of Debian sid, thanks to BeberKing.

It is available in the contrib repository and the related page is HERE. As you may have noticed, the available version is only PlayOnLinux 3.4 (while the current version is PlayOnLinux 3.5). This is because of the very long check time for the new packages (about 2 months) but now it has been accepted, this long test period isn't necessary anymore and BeberKing should update it next week.

From now on, to install PlayOnLinux on Debian, in addition of the usual method (explained in our download page), you can use the following method:

- Make sure the contrib repository is enabled: your /etc/apt/source.list must contain a line similar to

Console:

deb http://host/debian distribution section1 section2 section3

where "http://host/debian" is the mirror of the Debian archive you use, "distribution" is sid and one of the "sectionX" is contrib.

- Type the following commands in a terminal with root privileges:

Console:

apt-get update

apt-get install playonlinux

Troubles using WineVersion?

Ghostofkendo — Sun, 10 May 2009 21:49:00 +0100

If the version of PlayOnLinux you are using is older than the current one (3.5), you won't be able to use all the PlayOnLinux's features (such as WineVersion).

Indeed, the domain name from which this program used to download the miscellaneous files for Wine, doesn't exist anymore.

This problem is fixed in PlayOnLinux's version 3.5.

The only solutions are either to update PlayOnLinux, or to wait for the domain to be reactivated (which might take about a month).

By MulX

Wine 1.1.21 (development version)

Ghostofkendo — Fri, 8 May 2009 21:49:00 +0100

What changes does Wine 1.1.21 (What is Wine?), the latest development version, bring about:

- Beginnings of shader model 4 support.
- Support for copying/pasting images from X11 applications.
- A number of GDIPlus improvements.
- Various listview fixes.
- 64-bit support in winemaker.
- Support for building on Mac OS X Snow Leopard.
- Various bug fixes.

A detailed list of all the changes is available on the official announcement page

To download the source code or binary packages for various systems and distributions use the following link:

PlayOnLinux 3.5

Ghostofkendo — Fri, 8 May 2009 13:26:00 +0100

PlayOnLinux 3.5, the brand new version of PlayOnLinux is now available.

Actually, the generic package was already released yesterday night but the packages for the different distributions are not yet all updated so you will maybe have to be a little bit more patient.

Changes

Now let's see what really matters. The changes POL 3.5 brings on are:

- The new icon (that you can see here on the left) replaces the old one.
- The pol.mulx.net domain becomes mulx.playonlinux.com. Why are you concerned by this change? Because this is where our dear MulX's contributions are hosted. His most noticeable contributions being the repository for the WineVersion manager in POL, the PlayOnLinux packages for Fedora, the bot of our IRC channel (and the logs), etc.
- An improved English translation (a few orthographic fixes, in the settings panel mainly)

Download

If you want the generic package or if want to know how to get PlayOnLinux with your favourite distribution, go to the download page: http://www.playonlinux.com/en/download.html

PlayOnMac's website is open

Ghostofkendo — Thu, 7 May 2009 19:57:00 +0100

Hello everyone!

I'm glad to announce the opening of the PlayOnMac's website.

You can access it at the following address: http://www.playonmac.org

Your login name and your password are the same as your PlayOnLinux account ones, so it is easier if you want to contribute to any of the two forums.

Have a good web browsing all

By Tinou

PlayOnMac 1.2

marieuh — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 11:23:00 +0100

Hello Everyone!

Here is the new version 1.2 of PlayOnMac. Important changes have occurred to ensure better compatibility of Windows programs on Mac OS 10.5.

So what is new?

Beginning of an OpenGL support

An X server is integrated in the PalyOnMac package as the version provided by Apple doesn't allow the support of applications in OpenGL. Right, PlayOnMac launches a recent version of Xquartz permitting some 3D applications to run.
A version of wine that has been compiled to work with this X server replaces the previously distributed version.

Here is a screenshot of Xquartz in action :

Of course, there still are limits :
- Games don't run in full screen yet. For this reason, scripters will have to add FixOSXOpenGL to their scrip to configure the application and make sure the application doesn't launch in full screen.
- Some games that worked perfectly on Linux don't work well
- The mouse is not restricted to the wine window in some game, which can be distracting.

PlayOnMac is, to my knowledge, the only simple and free way to run windows applications on Mac.

A new logo

PlayOnMac's logo has been replaced. It is inspired by the new PlayOnLinux's logo

Various bug fixes

- Display of the application's name during the installation
- The fonts are bigger, the application is much nicer to look at
- The left image of the installer have been changed
- A bug at the creation of a prefix that blocked some installations has been fixed

Here is a screenshot :

Download :
http://repository.playonlinux.com/PlayOnMac/PlayOnMac-1.2.tar.gz

NOTE: PlayOnMac doesn't work with OSX 10.4. You must have at least Leopard to be able to use PlayOnMac.

A new version of PlayOnLinux will be out soon to update the new logo and fix a few bugs

By Tinou

New logo

Ghostofkendo — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 23:32:00 +0100

Good evening,

We are glad to reveal the new official logo of PlayOnLinux, designed by Tinou.
PlayOnMac will also gain a new logo, similar to this one but where Tux will be replaced by an apple.

It's already set up for the website and new versions of PlayOnLinux and PlayOnMac will be released very soon, to introduce this change and some bugfixes.

But wait, there's more! Still about PlayOnMac, a new dedicated website is being created.

Finally, other PlayOnLinux based projects are on development but shush... it's a secret

Wine 1.1.20 (development version)

Ghostofkendo — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 19:59:00 +0100

What changes does Wine 1.1.20 (What is Wine?), the latest development version, bring about:

- Show a dialog on application crashes.
- Much improved OLE copy/paste support.
- Various listview improvements.
- More Direct3D code cleanups.
- Various bug fixes.

A detailed list of all the changes is available on the official announcement page

To download the source code or binary packages for various systems and distributions use the following link:

New Debian/Ubuntu repository for PlayOnLinux

Ghostofkendo — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 19:32:00 +0100

Hello everyone,

From now on, PlayOnLinux's repository for Debian and Ubuntu is hosted on the project's server.

The new address of the repository is:

http://deb.playonlinux.com

I invite you to go on the download page for more precise informations.

By Tinou

Wine 1.1.19 (development version)

Ghostofkendo — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 23:17:00 +0100

What changes does Wine 1.1.19 (What is Wine?), the latest development version, bring about:

- Support for Visual C++ project files in winemaker.
- Improvements to the Esound driver.
- Many Direct3D code cleanups.
- Fixes to OLE clipboard handling.
- OpenBSD compilation fixed.
- Various bug fixes.

A detailed list of all the changes is available on the official announcement page

To download the source code or binary packages for various systems and distributions use the following link:

By MulX

PlayOnMac 1.1

marieuh — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 16:30:00 +0100

Hello everyone,

A few problems have been detected with PlayOnMac 1.0

This is why the a new version has just come up: the 1.1. This version fixes a few bugs that could have caused problems with PlayOnMac's first launch.

Sorry for the inconvenience.

The download page will be updated shortly

By Tinou

PlayOnMac Final version !

marieuh — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 14:07:00 +0100

I am happy to announce the release of PlayOnMac's final version (1.0)

First, a quick presentation of PlayOnMac

PlayOnMac ?

PlayOnMac is a version of PlayOnLinux adapted for MacOS X
PlayOnMac allows to install applications made for Windows on a wac intel

What does PlayOnMac look like ?

Here are a few screenshots of the software

What Can I install with PlayOnMac

For now, you will be able to install a few applications in a few clics; applications such as Microsoft Office 2003 or Microsoft Internet Explorer

What do I need to use PlayOnMac ?

PlayOnMac has only been tested on Leopard for the moment. If you have an earlier version of OSX you will have to install X11
It is quite necessary to own a Mac Intel to be able to use PlayOnMac

How much does is cost ?

PlayOnMac is a free open source software.

Where can I find PlayOnMac ?

PlayOnMac is available on PlayOnLinux's download pagel

What more is there in this version compared with the beta 1 ?

- Great effort has been made in the integration of PlayOnMac in Max OS (there is only on python icon per window in the dock now).
- The WineVersion manager has been recoded for mac although as for now no other version that the basic one is available (patience, it will come)
- A lot of bugs have been corrected.
- For those who know how PlayOnLinux works, it is no longer bash that launches python but the other way round.
- PlayOnMac updates its repositories on its own when necessary (just like PlayOnLinux 3.4)

I think all has been said

By Tinou

Wine 1.1.18 (development version)

Ghostofkendo — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 18:23:00 +0100

What changes does Wine 1.1.18 (What is Wine?), the latest development version, bring about:

- RPC over HTTP support.
- Improved support for upgrades in MSI.
- Debug symbols in WineDbg on Mac OS X.
- Many Direct3D code cleanups.
- Various bug fixes.

A detailed list of all the changes is available on the official announcement page

To download the source code or binary packages for various systems and distributions use the following link:

Scripts are working again

marieuh — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 22:26:00 +0100

Dear users,

It seems that the scripts had stopped working since the site's migration.

This problem has been fixed and everything should be back to normal now.

We apologize for the temporary discomfort it may have caused you.

PlayOnLinux's staff

Welcome on the new PlayOnLinux website

marieuh — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 21:43:00 +0100

Hello, everyone

I have the great pleasure to announce to you that the server transfer went well

If you can read this news, it means that you're on the new version of the site.

Don't hesitate to post you suggestions in the forum if you have any

enjoy,

by Tinou

New server, new website

marieuh — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 20:50:00 +0100

Edit by Tinou : all the main configurations of the new server are now in place. All that's left is wait for a few optimizations and the server change will then take place

Dear users,

Today I announce to you the transfer of PlayOnLinux on a new server. We have taken this opportunity to give the website a little makeover.

What's new? I hear you ask. Well, among the many wonderful new features, you will find :

- A brand new front page, all made up and pretty

- A complete, rewritten documentation

- The forum has undergone some changes as well, with a search feature! yes, you read right!

At the moment of the server change, there may be a period of time when the website will not be available. Also, the domain name change may take some time for some of you.

Here is what the new front page will look like :

And here is what the scripts will look like:

The whole team hopes you will enjoy this new site.

Wine 1.1.17 (development version)

Ghostofkendo — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 22:14:00 +0100

What changes does Wine 1.1.17 (What is Wine?), the latest development version, bring about:

- Joystick support on Mac OS X.
- Implementation of iphlpapi on Solaris.
- A number of 64-bit improvements.
- Obsolete LinuxThreads support has been removed.
- Many fixes to the regression tests on Windows.
- Various bug fixes.

A detailed list of all the changes is available on the official announcement page

To download the source code or binary packages for various systems and distributions use the following link:

PlayOnLinux 3.4

marieuh — Fri, 6 Mar 2009 18:43:00 +0100

Hello everyone,

Here is PlayOnLinux version 3.4

what's new?
- The manual installation will suggest you to open winecfg before each installation; allowing you to configure your profile as you want.
- The repository is automatically updated when it is changed. Therefore the button "update repository" will no longer appear on the tool bar.
- The "Automatic Execution" button has been moved to the Tool menu.
- POL_SetupWindow_prefixcreate was causing problems and so has been rewritten. The former version allowed to fix some issues in the Program Files so it has been kept under the name : POL_SetupWindow_oldprefixcreate will allows to create functional prefixes on older versions of Wine.
- The changelog will not be displayed when an application is launched

http://www.playonlinux.com/en/download.html

PS: A new version of the website will be coming soon

by Tinou

Wine 1.1.16 (development version)

marieuh — Mon, 2 Mar 2009 10:58:00 +0100

What changes does Wine 1.1.16 (what's Wine?), the latest development version , bring about :

- Improved SANE scanner support.
- Support for digital CD audio playback.
- Improved cookies management in Wininet.
- Support for building stand-alone 16-bit modules.
- Many fixes to the regression tests on Windows.
- Various bug fixes.

A detailed list of all the changes is available on the official announcement page

To download the source code or binary packages for various systems and distributions use the following link :

by BlondVador

Wine 1.1.15 (development version)

marieuh — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 21:04:00 +0100

What changes does Wine 1.1.15 (what's Wine?), the latest development version , bring about :

- Gecko engine update.
- Better region support in GdiPlus.
- Support for cross-compilation in winegcc.
- Beginnings of MS Text Framework support.
- Many fixes to the regression tests on Windows.
- Various bug fixes.

A detailed list of all the changes is available on the official announcement page

To download the source code or binary packages for various systems and distributions use the following link :

by "the (in)famous all around the world" MulX