Yes, they use wine, that require old libraries. And this wine with broken symlinks libwine.so
I'm uses wine from my system to run:

1. Remove empty directory Steam/steamapps/common/ja2_wildfire/Wine/prefix/.config/dosdevices
2. In file Steam/steamapps/common/ja2_wildfire/RunGame comment (or remove) lines:
and append to end of this file two lines:

After that will used wine from your system, that uses actual labraries versions.

Originally posted by Humanoid:

Yes, they use wine, that require old libraries. And this wine with broken symlinks libwine.so
I'm uses wine from my system to run:

1. Remove empty directory Steam/steamapps/common/ja2_wildfire/Wine/prefix/.config/dosdevices
2. In file Steam/steamapps/common/ja2_wildfire/RunGame comment (or remove) lines:

export PATH="$wineBinDir:$PATH"

export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$wineLibDir:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH"

env WINEARCH=win32 g17_wine WF6.exe

and append to end of this file two lines:

export WINEPREFIX="$wineConfig" env WINEARCH=win32 wine WF6.exe

After that will used wine from your system, that uses actual labraries versions.

Thanks, worked for me!

Originally posted by Humanoid:

Yes, they use wine, that require old libraries. And this wine with broken symlinks libwine.so
I'm uses wine from my system to run:

1. Remove empty directory Steam/steamapps/common/ja2_wildfire/Wine/prefix/.config/dosdevices
2. In file Steam/steamapps/common/ja2_wildfire/RunGame comment (or remove) lines:

export PATH="$wineBinDir:$PATH"

export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$wineLibDir:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH"

env WINEARCH=win32 g17_wine WF6.exe

and append to end of this file two lines:

export WINEPREFIX="$wineConfig" env WINEARCH=win32 wine WF6.exe

After that will used wine from your system, that uses actual labraries versions.

Thanks, this also works for me! This should be pinned!

lmao

Originally posted by Piepel:

Thanks, this also works for me! This should be pinned!

I disagree. A workaround only discourages devs from getting off their arses and fixing things. This is a paid product, where the sole development effort is packaging and testing. A broken product that requires community support has no business in being non-free.

Originally posted by childsey01:

Originally posted by Piepel:

Thanks, this also works for me! This should be pinned!

I disagree. A workaround only discourages devs from getting off their arses and fixing things. This is a paid product, where the sole development effort is packaging and testing. A broken product that requires community support has no business in being non-free.

You do know this game was released when Windows XP was the latest OS and the company has since gone out of business.

Originally posted by Humanoid:

Yes, they use wine, that require old libraries. And this wine with broken symlinks libwine.so

You are lifesaver! It works!
But I noticed one more thing about this game - it is picky about folder, where it is installed. It runs with your workaround only from steam folder (Home./steam/steam/steamapps etc.). If I try to install it to alternative library location - it doesn't run, and any fixes which I found not helping

Originally posted by Humanoid:

Yes, they use wine, that require old libraries. And this wine with broken symlinks libwine.so
I'm uses wine from my system to run:

1. Remove empty directory Steam/steamapps/common/ja2_wildfire/Wine/prefix/.config/dosdevices
2. In file Steam/steamapps/common/ja2_wildfire/RunGame comment (or remove) lines:

export PATH="$wineBinDir:$PATH"

export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$wineLibDir:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH"

env WINEARCH=win32 g17_wine WF6.exe

and append to end of this file two lines:

export WINEPREFIX="$wineConfig" env WINEARCH=win32 wine WF6.exe

After that will used wine from your system, that uses actual labraries versions.

thanks again! it worked for me, too

For Ubuntu based Linux, modify file user.reg in directory 215930/pfx. Add these lines:
[Software\\ideal-games\\ja2 wildfire] 1725293363
#time=1dafd5279d712de
"path"="Z:\\home\\johndoe\\.steam\\debian-installation\\steamapps\\common\\ja2_wildfire"
"Registration"=hex:3c,2f,6f,22,a3,a0,50,22,58,8f,60,22,1e,2d,ad,20
"serialkey"=dword:00000001
"version"="6.04"


For Fedora based Linux, modify file user.reg in directory 215930/pfx. Add these lines:
[Software\\ideal-games\\ja2 wildfire] 1725293363
#time=1dafd5279d712de
"path"="Z:\\home\\johndoe\\.steam\\steam\\steamapps\\common\\ja2_wildfire"
"Registration"=hex:3c,2f,6f,22,a3,a0,50,22,58,8f,60,22,1e,2d,ad,20
"serialkey"=dword:00000001
"version"="6.04"

Replace "johndoe" with your directory.

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