• Cedega 6.0.5 Release Notes
• Overview
• New Features
• Cedega 6.0.5
• System Requirements
• Operating System
• Core requirements:
• Additional Dependencies:
• Game Requirements
• 64-bit Linux distributions
• Linux 2.6.9, 2.6.10 Kernels and Copy Protection
• Exec-Shield
• SELinux
• Prelink and VA Layout
• Exec (error = 21)
• Hybrid Discs under SuSE 9.3/10/10.1 and Mandriva 2007
• Custom Kernels
• Memory Split
• Joliette File Extension
• Graphics Cards
• NVIDIA 100.xx Drivers
• FBO and Anti-Aliasing
• ARGB GLX Visuals
• Mandriva 2007 and Video Ram detection
• ATI FireGL drivers
• ATI cards and VBO
• ATI and 64-bit distributions
• DRI
• Known Issues and Comments
• Scheduler
• In-game license agreements & HTML
• American McGee's Alice
• Anarchy Online
• Baldur's Gate II
• Battlefield 1942
• Battlefield 2
• Battlefield 2142
• Battlefield 2 Special Forces
• Battlefield Vietnam
• Black and White
• Call of Duty
• City of Heroes
• City of Villains
• Civilization III
• Civilization IV
• Command and Conquer Generals
• Dark Age of Camelot
• Diablo II
• Doom 3
• Dungeon Siege
• Dungeon Siege II
• Elder Scrolls III Morrowind
• Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion
• EVE Online
• Everquest
• Far Cry
• FIFA 06
• Grand Theft Auto III
• Grand Theft Auto Vice City
• Grim Fandango
• Guild Wars
• Half-Life
• Half-Life 2 (DVD)
• Hitman Contracts
• Homeworld 2
• Madden NFL 05
• Madden NFL 06
• Madden NFL 07
• Max Payne
• Max Payne 2
• Medal of Honor Allied Assault
• Medal of Honor Allied Assault Spearhead
• Need for Speed Carbon
• Need for Speed Most Wanted
• Need for Speed Underground
• Need for Speed Underground 2
• Painkiller
• Sacrifice
• Sid Meier's Pirates! Live the Life
• Sim City 4
• Starcraft
• Star Wars Battlefront
• Star Wars Galaxies
• Star Wars Jedi Academy
• Star Wars Jedi Knight II Jedi Outcast
• Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic
• Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II Sith Lords
• Steam: Source Games
• Steam
• Warcraft III
• Warcraft III The Frozen Throne
• World of Warcraft
• World of Warcraft Burning Crusade
• Problems?
• Let the Games Begin!

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Cedega 6.0.5 Release Notes

Released December 20, 2007.

Overview

TransGaming is pleased to announce the release of Cedega 6.0.5, codenamed Ektorp.

New Features

Cedega 6.0.5

• Fix for Steam startup issue caused by Dec 2007 update.
  

System Requirements

Operating System

Core requirements:

• Linux Kernel 2.4 or higher. Stock Kernels recommended over RedHat 7.x/8.x/9.x kernels.
  
• XFree86 4.0 or higher (4.3 is recommended) or Xorg
  
• glibc 2.2 or higher
  
• Working hardware accelerated OpenGL video card
  

Additional Dependencies:

• Red Hat and Fedora Core: python >= 2.3, pygtk2 >= 2.6, gtk2 >= 2.6, wget, dbus-python
  
• SuSE: python >= 2.3, python-gtk >= 2.6, gtk2 >= 2.6, wget, dbus-1-python
  
• Mandriva: python >= 2.3, pygtk2.0 >= 2.6, pygtk2.0-libglade, gtk2 >= 2.6, wget, dbus-python
  
• Debian-Based Systems (Ubuntu, Lindows, Knoppix): libc6 >= 2.2.4-4, xlibmesa3 or libgl1, python >= 2.3, python-gtk2 >= 2.6, python-glade2, wget (python 2.4 and python2.4-dbus strongly recommended)
  
• Other (Gentoo, Slackware): x11, python >= 2.3, gtk2 >= 2.6, glade2, python gtk2 bindings and python dbus bindings, wget (exact package names vary by distro).
  

Game Requirements

Recommended minimum hardware is

• Each game has its own needs. Be sure to meet the minimum recommended game hardware. We suggest exceeding the publisher's recommendations for optimal game performance. Please refer to the documentation included with the game for details.
  
Please note: individual requirements may be higher for certain games.
• Free hard disk space for games, plus 60 MB free for Cedega
  
• A video card which meets our recommendations. See below.
  

Due to superior Linux driver support, TransGaming recommends using a NVIDIA GeForce-class video card while gaming through Cedega. Pixel shaders are only available on NVIDIA FX class cards and above.

Cedega also works with ATI Radeon 8500 or better cards using the proprietary drivers available from ATI. We recommend using an ATI Radeon 9500 or higher card at a bare minimum, as ATI is no longer providing bugfixes for older cards. Please note that the ATI drivers may have bugs or be missing features in some core functionality, and may cause errors, graphical anomalies, or the game to simply not work with Cedega.

Other on-board video cards such as Intel and S3 video cards will run some games through Cedega, but many games will not run or may crash, due to bugs or missing functionality in the drivers.

64-bit Linux distributions

Since Cedega is intended to run standard 32-bit Windows games, it is by nature a 32-bit application. When running Cedega on a 64-bit Linux system, an appropriate 32-bit compatibility environment must be available. Please see the documentation for your Linux distribution to learn more about running 32-bit applications on your system.

Additionally the following items may be of note:

• ALSA 1.0.11 or later is required in order to have working mmap support for ALSA on 64-bit kernels. If you have an earlier version of ALSA you should either disable mmap, or upgrade your ALSA drivers.
  
• Depending on your system, you may also need to install 32-bit OpenGL drivers. Please run the video system tests to determine if you have working 32-bit OpenGL drivers.
  
• Joysticks may not be working with 64-bit kernels. On recent kernels (e.g. 2.6.16) you may be able to get working 32-bit joystick via the Linux 2.2 interface. In order to use this, you must modprobe the ``joydev'' module. However it is not possible to get force feedback via this older interface.
  
• Fedora Core 6 users may have issues playing games with copy protection using Cedega. Current reports show that games using Safedisc copy protection will not work on the 64-bit version of Fedora Core 6. 32-bit versions of Fedora Core 6 do not appear to be affected by this issue. TransGaming is currently investigating the issue. Please watch the forums for more information as it develops.
  
• ATI users may experience further issues. Please see the ATI section for more details.
  

Linux 2.6.9, 2.6.10 Kernels and Copy Protection

There is ptrace bug in the Linux 2.6.9 and 2.6.10 kernels that may cause copy protection to fail. This bug has been resolved in the 2.6.11 kernel. TransGaming recommends avoiding the use of 2.6.9 and 2.6.10 kernels.

Exec-Shield

Exec-shield's non-executable stack feature is disabled for legacy applications on most distributions. This is preferable, as Cedega (like many other pieces of software) is treated as a legacy application with respect to this feature, yet needs an executable stack. However, in both Fedora Core 4 and Fedora Core 5 the non-executable stack feature is enabled for legacy applications, and this can cause issues when running Cedega. Users may experience a wide range of behaviour from texture and geometry corruption to games failing to execute entirely.

The release of kernels 2111_FC4 and 2122_FC5 has resolved this issue and TransGaming recommends all users upgrade to these kernels when using Fedora Core. To test for this issue, run in a terminal window:

$ cat /proc/sys/kernel/exec-shield

Values of 2, 3, 6, 7, 10 or 11 will cause issues in legacy applications including Cedega.

SELinux

The 'targeted' profile for SELinux in Fedora Core 5, the default on this distribution, has been modified so that it now targets user mode applications. You must set SELinux to permissive mode by opening a shell as root and typing:

$ setenforce 0

Prelink and VA Layout

As of Cedega 4.3, there are no longer any compatability issues between prelink, the new VA layout and Cedega. These features can be left enabled and will work seamlessly with Cedega.

Exec (error = 21)

The version of mount that comes with some distributions now run with the noexec option unless otherwise specified. Running games from a partition mounted with noexec can cause an error = 21 message. This error can also be caused by trying to run games from FAT32 or NTFS partitions.

To fix this issue, edit the /etc/fstab and modify the partition line by removing the noexec option and adding the exec switch to the mount options. It is highly recommended that you do not run games from Windows partitions (such as FAT32 and NTFS).

For example:

change

/dev/hda1 / ext3 errors=remount-ro,no-exec,defaults 0 1

to

/dev/hda1 / ext3 errors=remount-ro,exec,defaults 0 1

If neither exec nor no-exec appears in the line it is recommended that you add exec to ensure that the partition can be used by Cedega.

To remount the partition run:

mount -o remount /

Hybrid Discs under SuSE 9.3/10/10.1 and Mandriva 2007

Some Linux distributions, including some older SuSE distributions and Mandriva 2007, may mount the Mac portion of a hybrid disc instead of the Windows portion, preventing Cedega from accessing the files necessary to complete a proper install under Cedega. Titles which may exhibit this automount problem include, but are not limited to; WarCraft III, Diablo II, World of Warcraft, and any of their expansions, as well as any other title which uses a hybrid Mac/Windows disc. We recommend that SuSE users upgrade to SuSE 10.2, which does not have this issue.

To work around the issue, unmount the disc, and manually remount the disc from the commandline specifying the 'iso9660' filesystem type. For example:

mount -t iso9660 /dev/hdc1

Custom Kernels

When compiling custom kernels there are some options that can cause compatibility problems with Cedega and Wine-based products.

Memory Split

The Memory Split option under CPU type and features must be left at the default 3/1 setting. Changing this option will result in incompatibility with Cedega, WineHQ, CrossOver and other applications.

Joliette File Extension

Copy protection for a number of titles will not work if the Joliette File Extension option is not enabled.

Graphics Cards

NVIDIA 100.xx Drivers

FBO and Anti-Aliasing

There is currently an issue with Cedega and the NVIDIA 100.xx video drivers which results in upside-down rendering when FBO and in-game anti-aliasing are enabled. To work around this issue, either disable anti-aliasing or use an earlier driver version. We are working on a solution to the problem and it will be made available in an upcoming release.

ARGB GLX Visuals

With the new NVIDIA drivers, ARGB GLX Visuals are enabled by default on sufficiently new X servers. These are not compatible with Cedega and may result in an X error. You can work around the issue by running:

 $ XLIB_SKIP_ARGB_VISUALS=1 cedega

or by setting AddARGBGLXVisuals to False in your xorg.conf file.

Mandriva 2007 and Video Ram detection

Mandriva 2007 does not allow regular users access to the X log file, which prevents the Cedega UI from autodetecting the amount of video ram your video card has. Many games have been known to fail if this value is incorrect. We recommend entering your Video Ram value manually in the System Hardware/Information dialog as a workaround.

ATI FireGL drivers

TransGaming has seen some game-stopping instability with ATI cards using FireGL and/or DRI drivers running Cedega. Some games may not run at all, while others may require manual tweaks or experience graphical issues in-game.

Games which do not run at all include: Battlefield 2, Dungeon Siege II, Far Cry, Madden NFL 2005, Madden NFL 2006, Need for Speed Underground and Sacrifice.

The games Hitman Contracts, Battlefield 1942 and Battlefield Vietnam exhibit graphical corruption caused by a known issue in ARB_vertex_program.

TransGaming is continuing to work with ATI to improve support and we welcome all reports and your votes in the polls.

ATI cards and VBO

The OpenGL VBO and VAR extensions are used to speed up geometry data transfer to and from a video card. On NVIDIA cards, the VAR extension is preferred, though VBO is available. On ATI cards with the FireGL drivers, only VBO is available. While VBO should work on ATI cards for most games, there are still a number of titles which may exhibit problems, both in terms of graphical corruption and performance. For these titles you may simply disable the VBO option.

ATI and 64-bit distributions

A number of users with ATI video cards on 64 bit machines do not receive accelerated 3D graphics with Cedega or will only receive a grey screen when starting some games (such as Half-Life 2/Counter Strike: Source). This issue is caused by an error in the ATI driver setup in the 32-bit compatibility environment.

To get working 3D acceleration with Cedega you need to setup the correct path for the LIBGL_DRIVERS_PATH environment variable. To do so run in a terminal:

 $ export LIBGL_DRIVERS_PATH=/usr/lib32/modules/dri/:/usr/lib64/modules/dri

then launch Cedega from that terminal. Check your distribution documentation for the best method to set this permanently.

DRI

There is currently an incompatibility between the way DRI requires the OpenGL library to be loaded, and the how Cedega loads the OpenGL library, resulting in a fallback to indirect rendering. In order to work around this incompatibility it is necessary to preload the OpenGL library when using Cedega. This can be done by editing

 ~/.cedega/.winex_ver/<version>/bin/winex3

and adding the following line to it:

 export LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libGL.so

(Adapt this line as appropriate for where your actual libGL.so file is located.)

Known Issues and Comments

Scheduler

With the introduction of the 2.6 Linux kernel, drastic changes have been made in the behavior of process scheduling. Some distributions have taken advantage of this and optimized their schedulers to run certain applications better than others. Unfortunately, this means that some 2.6-based kernels may starve more 'aggressive' applications like Cedega at inopportune times, leading to stuttering movies, jerky framerate and/or random freezes.

Starting with Cedega 5.0, we include a user-mode scheduler to alleviate most of these problems by performing rescheduling of game processes manually. For most games, this will give users the performance they have come to expect with previous Linux kernels. Unfortunately, some games are not yet fully supported by this method. If you experience unusual behavior in any application, check the following section to see if the game has known conflicts with the Cedega scheduler. Additionally, some installers and patchers may run slower with the scheduler enabled. You can also disable the internal scheduler in the configuration profile for the title in question.

Also of note for those who have a multiprocessor or multicore system, the scheduler currently supports scheduling of only one CPU, so if you wish to use more than one core with Cedega, you will need to disable the scheduler completely. This is a known limitation which may be addressed in a future release.

In-game license agreements & HTML

When used with the Mozilla ActiveX control, Cedega can display HTML content in some on-line games. Some games use HTML content to display license agreements when starting the title. Please ensure you have correctly installed and activated the Mozilla control using the Cedega GUI Setup Wizard in order to view this content.

Regardless of whether or not the license agreements are displayed by these games, TransGaming Technologies Inc. will not be held liable for any failure or breach on your part of any 3rd party license agreement.

You are solely responsible for ensuring that you have read and will abide by any third party license agreements, regardless of the ability of the Cedega software to display such license agreements on your system.

American McGee's Alice

General Notes

• Some users may experience loud distorted sounds while playing Alice. Go into the in-game sound options and remove the check mark from 'Force 8 Bit sounds'.
  

Anarchy Online

General Notes

• This game must be manually patched to 14.7.3 (as in windows) before running the auto patching utility.
  
• The auto patching utility may stop working or crash. Simply close and restart the patcher to continue.
  

Play Notes

• If using NV_VAR, AGPVertexRam MUST be increased to at least 64 MB or else the game will crash at the character selection screen. Please check your System/Hardware Information to ensure you have at least this much AGP Memory Available.
  
• Enabling anistropic filtering may cause an inability to start, or close, the game correctly.
  

Baldur's Gate II

General Notes

• The three concentric boxes may not appear during the video test.
  
• During the opening scene in the dungeon, occasionally the game will not advance after the sewer golem has talked. Simply restart.
  

Installation Notes

• The demo movie at the end of the installer may not play for all users.
  

Play Notes

• Some users may experience a crash when trying to save games.
  
• When running the game in 2D mode, the 'Software Mirror BLT' option under the '2D 16 bit Color Depth' option MUST be selected (using the in-game menu).
  

Battlefield 1942

General Notes

• The game must be patched to at least version 1.3 in order to fix problems that will prevent it from starting the game engine properly.
  
• X should be run in 24-bit color mode if shadow effects are enabled in game.
  
• The animated background of the main menu does not work.
  
• Using Punkbuster enabled servers may cause problems. Please read the Punkbuster section of the Release Notes for more information.
  
• Punkbuster may cause a number of issues with Cedega users. We recommend that you manually update the Punkbuster files for your game installs. To manually update the files visit: http://www.evenbalance.com/index.php?page=updatepb.php and download the pbweb.x86 script. Copy this script to the pb directory in the game installation directory. For example: /home/USERNAME/.cedega/Battlefield 1942/c_drive/Program Files/EA GAMES/Battlefield 1942/pb. Run the script. The script connects to the Punkbuster website and downloads the latest update files.
  

Play Notes

• ATI users should be sure to disable ARB_VBO for this title
  
• The game passes copy protection much faster in Windows XP mode.
  

Battlefield 2

General Notes

• This game works best with the 1.21 (or later) patch.
  
• ATI cards are not supported for this title. While the game should run, there are a number of severe graphical anamolies.
  
• Only low detail mode is supported, though users with high-end graphics cards may be able to use higher settings.
  
• Multiplayer play may not work on Punkbuster enabled servers. Our current efforts to increase support for Punkbuster means that users may be able to join some Punkbuster enabled servers. However, since Punkbuster is not fully supported this may result in warnings, being kicked from the server, or even local or GLOBAL BANS.
  
• You must have X set to 24 bit depth to play Battlefield 2.
  
• Users may experience the occasional error message when quitting Battlefield 2 complaining that the game is unable to unload a DLL. You may ignore this error or use the Stop button in Cedega to bypass this error.
  

Installation Notes

• Users MUST choose to accept the installation of DirectX 9.0C to play this game. Please carefully read the associated EULA and only accept if you meet all DirectX license requirements.
  
• This game must be installed and patched in Window XP compatibility mode.
  
• When updating the game, apply the large patches instead of the incremental patches. Incremental patches may cause the game to hang at startup afterwards.
  

Play Notes

• The NVIDIA 81.74 drivers will not work with Cedega 5.2.8 or later, please upgrade to the 87.74 or later drivers
  
• This game must be run in Windows XP compatibility mode, and requires Pixel Shaders 1.4 (or higher) and FBO to be enabled.
  

Battlefield 2142

General Notes

• Only low detail mode is recommended, though users with high-end graphics cards may be able to use higher settings.
  
• You must have X set to 24 bit depth to play Battlefield 2142.
  
• ATI cards are not supported for this title. While the game should run, there are a number of severe graphical anamolies.
  
• Multiplayer play may not work on Punkbuster enabled servers. Our current efforts to increase support for Punkbuster means that users may be able to join some Punkbuster enabled servers. However, since Punkbuster is not fully supported this may result in warnings, being kicked from the server, or even local or GLOBAL BANS.
  
• Users may experience the occasional error message when quitting Battlefield 2142 complaining that the game is unable to unload a DLL. You may ignore this error or use the Stop button in Cedega to bypass this error.
  

Installation Notes

• Users MUST choose to accept the installation of DirectX 9.0C to play this game. Please carefully read the associated EULA and only accept if you meet all DirectX license requirements.
  
• This game must be installed and patched in Window XP compatibility mode.
  
• When updating the game, apply the full patches instead of the incremental patches. Incremental patches may cause the game to hang at startup afterwards.
  
• The installer may crash near the end if you do not select Cancel in the VoIP configuration dialog.
  

Play Notes

• The 87.xx (or later) NVIDIA drivers are required for this title.
  
• This game must be run in Windows XP compatibility mode.
  
• This game requires GLSL, FBO, Float Textures and 2.0 Pixel and Vertex Shaders to be supported and enabled.
  

Battlefield 2 Special Forces

General Notes

• The 1.12 (and later) patches should be installed after the Special Forces expansion is installed. If you have already patched Battlefield 2, you must reinstall Battlefield 2 before installing the expansion pack and re-patching.
  
• ATI cards are not supported for this title. While the game should run, there are a number of severe graphical anamolies.
  

Installation Notes

• This expansion needs to be installed in Windows XP compatibility mode and must be be installed in the same 'Game Folder' as Battlefield 2.
  
• The installer may exit before or after patching the first time it is run. Run the installer a second time selecting the same Game Folder to finish patching and installing the game.
  

Play Notes

• The nVidia 97.46 drivers are highly recommended for this expansion. Using earlier drivers may result in crashes or graphical corruption.
  
• This game must be run in Windows XP compatibility mode, and requires Pixel Shaders 1.4 (or higher) and FBO to be enabled.
  
• To launch the Special Forces expansion, the following command line options must be added to your Battlefield 2 shortcut (or simply create a new shortcut - this is done automatically if you install with Cedega 5.2.3 or later): +menu 1 +fullscreen 1 +modPath mods/xpack +ignoreAsserts 1
  

Battlefield Vietnam

General Notes

• The game requires the availability of pixel shaders. If you do not have a card which supports ARB_fragment_program in OpenGL, you will have graphics problems if you set the Graphics Quality option higher than Low. A GeForce FX series card (or better) is recommended for this game.
  
• The animated background of the main menu does not work.
  
• Punkbuster is not yet supported. Using Punkbuster enabled servers may cause problems including kicks from the server or GLOBAL BANS. Use at your own risk.
  
• This title may crash on exit.
  

Play Notes

• ATI users should be sure to disable VBO for this title.
  
• This game passes copy protection faster in Windows XP compatibility mode.
  

Black and White

General Notes

• Playing in low texture mode will lead to crashing. You may not be able to get back to the configuration screen to return to normal detail.
  
• Changed games settings may not save on exiting the game.
  
• After updating to the 1.1 patch the splash screen may still display as 1.0.
  
• The game doesn't run if updated to version 1.3, please update to 1.2.
  

Play Notes

• After 1.2 patch game needs to run in Windows 2000 compatibility mode.
  

Call of Duty

Installation Notes

• At the end of the Call of Duty installer it requires users to put CD 1 back in the drive. This may cause a hang or a crash. The game has installed however the registry entries will not have been added. If you wish to play multiplayer you will need to manually add the registry entries and update the game to the latest version. To add the registry entries add the following lines to your system.reg file in order to be able to upgrade your version:
  

 [SOFTWARE\\Activision\\Call of Duty]
 "InstallDrive"="D:"
 "InstallPath"="C:\\Program Files\\Call Of Duty"
 "Language"="1"

 "Version"="1.1"

Play Notes

• The game may hang upon quitting.
  
• This game must be run in Windows 2000 compatibility mode to pass copy protection.
  

City of Heroes

General Notes

• To reduce the instance flickering problem, type ``cursorcache 1'' into the in-game console. See http://transgaming.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5166 for more information.
  
• To receive a proper cursor in City of Heroes you must have XFree 4.3 (or later) installed and run in Window 2000 compatibility mode, and use 24-bit color. With versions of X prior to 4.3 a large black box will surround the cursor.
  
• NVIDIA users may find that the patcher crashes when finished. Simply try to enter the game again.
  
• If the patcher crashes continuously try renaming: CohUpdater.new to CohUpdater.exe
  
• If the updater crashes on geom.pigg (typically accompanied with a message about 'Debug assertion failed!' that references Allocate.cpp line 108), you need to increase your default TCP send window size. To do this issue the following commands at a terminal as root: cat /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_wmem you should see three numbers. The middle number needs to be doubled (or otherwise increased) to at least 32768. To do this you can echo 4096 32768 131072 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_wmem where the first and last numbers are the same as the values reported by the first command. Users may have to even triple or quadruple the middle number to get past this error.
  
• Some users may experience an assertion error during the patcher. This error can be ignored.
  
• This title may not work in Windowed mode with the Mozilla ActiveX Control enabled. Either use the Cedega Desktop option instead, or disable the Mozilla control.
  

Installation Notes

• Pop up dialogue boxes in the installer appear behind the main window. It is recommended that you install in desktop mode.
  
• The installer may crash at the end. It should not affect game play.
  

Play Notes

• This title must be run in Windows 2000 compatibility mode.
  

City of Villains

General Notes

• To reduce the instance flickering problem, type ``cursorcache 1'' into the in-game console. See http://transgaming.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5166 for more information.
  

Installation Notes

• Pop up dialogue boxes in the installer appear behind the main window. It is recommended that you install in Desktop mode to work around this issue.
  
• The installer must be run in Windows 2000 compatibility mode to ensure that the correct amount of disk space is detected.
  

Civilization III

General Notes

• Early patch levels will not pass copy protection. v1.29f is recommended.
  
• The game will crash if sound is being used by another device.
  
• ATI users may experience graphical tinting glitches associated with the display of settler lines, as well as (unrelated) occasional lockups.
  
• The Civilization III Complete installer does not work. There may be additional issues with this boxed set version as well.
  
• Some users may experience lag or crashes when the scheduler is enabled. Disabling the scheduler in the configuration profile for this game should resolve this problem.
  

Play Notes

• Users who wish to specify a virtual Desktop need to ensure that the resolution is at least 1024x768, otherwise the game won't start. If running fullscreen, make sure that the X configuration file has a 1024x768 mode available as well.
  
• This title must be run in Windows 2000 compatibility mode to pass copy protection.
  

Civilization IV

General Notes

• The 1.52 game patch (or later) is highly recommended as it resolves a number of gameplay and performance issues.
  
• The background on the loading screen may not always be displayed properly.
  
• The game will warn about being unable to start voice capture unless Full Duplex mode is properly configured in cedega and for your sound system.
  
• Medium or low detail is recommended particularly later in the game to improve performance.
  
• Some users have reported difficulty playing multiplayer online games when using rieserfs file systems. If this is affecting you, please try running the game from an ext3 or xfs partition instead.
  

Installation Notes

• Users MUST choose to accept the installation of DirectX 9.0C to play this game. Please carefully read the associated EULA and only accept if you meet all DirectX license requirements. Note that the DirectX installer prompt may be obscured by an incorrectly drawn installer window.
  
• This game must be installed (and patched) in Windows 98 compatiblity mode to ensure that a number of required DLLs are installed.
  

Play Notes

• ATI users should disable ARB_VBO.
  
• ATI users should enable FBO.
  
• NVIDIA users should disable FBO.
  
• For the CD version of this game, some discs are mislabeled. Disc 1 is actually the Play disc even if labelled as the Install disc.
  
• This game must be run in Windows XP compatibility mode to pass copy protection.
  
• If using OSS the game will warn about being unable to start voice capture unless Full Duplex mode enabled. If you enable FullDuplex you should be sure to disable MMap.
  

Command and Conquer Generals

General Notes

• Game play may be slow when X is in 16 bit color mode; 24 bit is recommended.
  
• The fog of war may not track correctly with the landscape, making it difficult to view certain portions of the game.
  
• Online play does not work for this title.
  

Play Notes

• This title must be run in Windows 2000 compatibility mode.
  

Dark Age of Camelot

General Notes

• The CD-installed version no longer works. You must download the client online and re-install if you have a CD version.
  
• A recent update causes character images to be incorrectly displayed in the menus and during character creation. Images should be correct in game play.
  
• Users whose graphics cards only have 2 texture units (GF2MX,GF2 & GF4MX) will notice graphical incorrectness such as a non-textured floor.
  
• This game may cause a video driver lock for ATI users.
  
• Some users may not be able to connect to the server list. Choose the quick login feature to log into the game.
  
• DAoC normally crashes on logon if the local hostname cannot be looked up (does not exist in /etc/hosts). If this happens, please add your local hostname to your /etc/hosts file.
  

Installation Notes

• The sound in the installer may not play correctly.
  

Play Notes

• The sound on the login screen may not play correctly.
  
• Pixel Shaders must be disabled to get past the character selection screen.
  
• FBO should be disabled for this title.
  

Diablo II

Play Notes

• After installing the latest patch from Battle.net, you should run in Windows 2000 compatibility mode in order for the game to pass the copy protection check.
  
• To pass copy protection on this title, you must have the CD installed in the same drive that it was installed from. Copying an installed version from a different system will not work.
  

Doom 3

General Notes

• A Linux client exists for this game. Please support the ID Linux client!
  
• The game may crash, or hang, on exit.
  

Installation Notes

• Installing with winver win2k may not work. Ignore the warning about installing with win98 if you are using the default setup.
  

Play Notes

• ATI users may experience graphical corruption in game. Changing the in game render path may help. To do so ctrl-alt-~ brings up the console and then type gfxinfo and verify that you are not using the ARB2 path. If you are change to one of the other support paths using, for example, r_render R200.
  
• This title should be run in Windows 2000 compatibility mode.
  

Dungeon Siege

General Notes

• Some setups may experience deadlocks before the main menu. Running with any debug channels on generally works as a remedy.
  
• The water does not flow in the game.
  
• Multiplayer support is not yet available due to the use of DirectPlay 8 in the game.
  
• Enabling shadows may cause drastic slowdowns within this game.
  

Installation Notes

• The sound in the installer may be incorrect.
  
• If a dialog box with a yellow exclamation mark appears during install, insert the next CD.
  

Play Notes

• On non-NPTL systems, DS will lock up as soon as you move the mouse when using NVIDIA 4496 and later drivers. Downgrading drivers is the only reliable way to solve this problem, although some users have reported success by passing bltonly=true on the command line. More recent drivers have fixed this problem on NPTL systems.
  

Dungeon Siege II

General Notes

• ATI cards are not known to work with this title.
  
• Users will need to ensure that the unhide option has been added to the cdrom entry in their fstab file for this game to pass copy protection. TransGamers that use SuSE 9.3 will need to disable subfs for their cdrom drive as it will ignore the unhide option in the fstab.
  
• On first run users may receive an error message when starting the game. Simply ignore the error message and continue on to play the game.
  
• Multiplayer does not work for this title as it requires DirectPlay support.
  
• The 2.2 patcher does not work with Dungeon Siege II, due to its use of Microsoft .Net technology.
  
• Non-English editions (Spanish, German, etc) of Dungeon Siege II cannot save games properly under Cedega. A workaround is available at: http://transgaming.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5139
  

Installation Notes

• This game must be installed in Windows 2000 compatibility mode.
  

Play Notes

• This title should be run in Windows 2000 compatibility mode.
  

Elder Scrolls III Morrowind

General Notes

• The intro videos can freeze if they fall behind the play frame rate due to a coding problem with the application.
  
• The game will crash if sound is being used by another device.
  
• This game may crash on exit. Keeping the mouse still may prevent this crash.
  

Play Notes

• ATI users should note that, as of this writing, pixel shader water only works with the 3.9.0 drivers. For all other driver versions, ATI users should disable pixel shaders in the launcher.
  
• ATI users should disable FBO for this game.
  

Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion

General Notes

• Enabling the HDR option will result in a blank screen or other graphics problems. Please ensure you have HDR disabled when playing this game.
  
• Some crashing/dropping sounds may seem too loud. You can turn them down in the game under Options > Audio > Effect Volume.
  

Play Notes

• This game requires GLSL, FBO, Float Textures, and 2.0 Pixel and Vertex Shaders unless you are using the Oldblivion mod.
  
• The OLDblivion loader (available from http://www.oldblivion.com ) is required to work around this game's requirement for Pixel Shaders 2.0 for ATI users. Download the latest Oldblivion package, extract it to a folder in your Oblivion game folder, create a shortcut to oldblivion.exe in the GUI and use this to launch the game. Be sure to specify the Oblivion GDDB profile for this new shortcut.
  
• ATI users should disable ARB_VBO to ensure the HUD appears correctly.
  
• Due to driver issues some colours may appear incorrectly on ATI cards.
  

EVE Online

Installation Notes

• There is an official Linux EVE Online client. You will now need to use the official EVE Linux client rather than the Windows client. Please visit: http://www.transgaming.com/products/cider/games/eve/ for more details and a 14-day free trial.
  

Play Notes

• This game must be run in Windows XP compatibility mode.
  
• Pixels shaders must be enabled to avoid corrupt graphics.
  
• If you experience corrupted or missing in-game UI components disable NV_VAR. This has been configured as the default.
  
• The first time you launch the game you may get a dialog stating: ``Unable to install or locate the required version of D3DX. Click Yes to continue, but the application may not run''. After you click Yes, the required components will automatically be installed, and the game will be able to run correctly. This will only occur if using the Windows client. The Linux EVE Online client does not require additional MS D3DX components to be installed.
  

Everquest

General Notes

• Due to a recent game update, users must now download and install the latest DirectX 9.0c update. Visit the TransGaming Everquest forum for more details: http://transgaming.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=6204 .
  
• In order for this game to run correctly you must edit eqclient.ini and set VertexShaders=FALSE. Symptoms of this being set incorrectly include missing models in the login screen and crashes when entering the world. However with this change, the character models may not be correctly animated.
  
• There may be occasional crashes when patching the game. Restarting and trying again usually solves the issue.
  
• Hi-resolution models (such as Luclin) may not be installed correctly when installing under Cedega.
  

Play Notes

• Some users may experience graphical corruption in certain zones in this game. Disabling various combinations of Pixel Shaders, NV_VAR and ARB_VBO may correct this issue.
  
• Due to recent game updates you may need to have Pixel Shaders 1.4 enabled (regardless of in-game settings) to play this game.
  

Far Cry

General Notes

• Movies play with incorrect aspect ratio, and do not cover the full screen when non-power of two textures (NPOT) are unavailable.
  
• Attempting to skip the intro movies may cause a crash.
  
• Main menu background movie can be slow on some systems; we suggest disabling it in options.
  
• When Pixel Shaders are disabled, only the low detail level is supported.
  
• When Pixel Shaders are enabled, all detail settings are supported, except for Special Effects Quality which must be set to Low. In patch v1.3 and later, due to changes in the game's engine, only the low detail level is supported.
  
• Having the Texture Quality set to Medium may cause a crash on startup on some machines. Any other value for this setting should work.
  
• Fog may not be supported in certain detail settings (e.g. underwater fog, with pixel shaders enabled on low detail).
  
• v1.1 patch is unsupported due to installer issues; however, the v1.3 patch does install.
  
• When using the FarCryConfigurator with Cedega on the command line, make sure to run it with the --use-dos-cwd option pointing at your main Far Cry directory; otherwise, your config file will be created in the current directory and you'll need to copy it to your main Far Cry directory.
  
• This title may not start consistently with the v1.3 patch (and later). If Far Cry crashes in the middle of copy protection leaving processes running, don't despair! Try running Far Cry again, and then selecting Stop Running Games from within the Cedega GUI.
  
• Multiplayer hosting does not work.
  
• v1.3 patch may cause stripes/stretching on some textures.
  
• Some users may experience strange lighting or color changes during gameplay. Upgrading your video drivers may solve this issue.
  
• This title may not work on some distros. If you experience difficulties, please try a stock kernel.
  
• This game can be run with OpenGL rendering for improved performance. To do this, edit the system.cfg file in the Far Cry directory and use these options:
  

 r_Driver = "OpenGL"
 r_TexResolution = "0"
 i_direct_input = "0"

Ensure you are using Cedega 5.0 or newer.

Installation Notes

• The Run Directory option must be selected to install the DVD version.
  
• The installer must be run in Windows 98 compatibility mode.
  

Play Notes

• This game should be run in Windows 2000 compatibility mode.
  
• The Scheduler needs to be disabled in order to start the game.
  
• This title does not work on ATI cards.
  

FIFA 06

General Notes

• The ball is not correctly textured at Medium and High graphics settings. Use Low detail if this bothers you.
  
• Online play does not work for this title due to usage of Internet Explorer 6 components.
  
• Game play may slow substantially at times on some systems. Using lower detail settings and/or upgrading to the 81xx series of Nvidia driver can help improve this.
  
• Owners of the CD edition should note that disc 4 is the play disc. Use it to play the game.
  

Grand Theft Auto III

General Notes

• The opening videos for Grand Theft Auto 3 work quite slowly under Cedega. The movies may be skipped by pressing the space bar twice.
  
• Users playing this game with a 2.6 kernel may notice significant pauses while playing this game. Disable the Accelerated Interprocess Communication to reduce the number of pauses received. Downgrade to a 2.4 kernel to remove the issue.
  

Play Notes

• Game exhibits graphical corruption without turning Scheduler off.
  
• ATI users may experience incorrect textures or other graphical corruption while playing this title.
  
• If there are problems starting the game, deleting the file located in 'My Documents/GTA3 User Files/gta3.set' may help.
  

Grand Theft Auto Vice City

General Notes

• Occasionally textures may display incorrectly.
  
• The opening videos for Grand Theft Auto Vice City work quite slowly under Cedega. The movies may be skipped by pressing the space bar twice.
  
• If playing a non-English install, Vice City may crash during the videos due to an incorrectly named movie file. Either remove the movies or copy movies\GTAtitles.mpg to the appropriately named version for the language you are using (e.g. for German it would be GTAtitlesGER.mpg).
  
• Users playing this game with a 2.6 kernel may notice significant pauses while playing this game. Disable the Accelerated Interprocess Communication to reduce the number of pauses received. Downgrade to a 2.4 kernel to remove the issue.
  
• Some users may experience slowdowns or other timing related issues when the scheduler is enabled. Disabling the scheduler in the overrides for this game should resolve this problem.
  

Play Notes

• ATI users may experience incorrect textures or other graphical corruption while playing this title.
  
• If there are problems starting the game, deleting the file located in 'My Documents/GTA Vice City User Files/gta_vc.set' may help.
  

Grim Fandango

Play Notes

• User has to change the shortcut to point to grimfandango.exe instead of grim.exe in order to avoid DirectX6 detection issues.
  

Guild Wars

General Notes

• May be slow near bodies of water; turning off reflections may help.
  
• Using the minimize button may cause the game to crash or lock up.
  
• Users may experience reduced framerates when shadow detail is turned up, and when reflections are enabled.
  
• After loading a level the mouse cursor may not appear immediately. Wait a bit longer, or try right-clicking several times to make the mouse cursor appear.
  
• The in-game sounds may stop working after extended playtime for some users.
  

Play Notes

• ATI users should be sure to disable VBO, and possibly vertex and pixel shaders, if you are having graphical issues or performance problems.
  
• Users may experience reduced framerates when FixedPrograms are enabled.
  
• Post Processing Effects may appear incorrect when GLSL is disabled.
  

Half-Life

Half-Life 2 (DVD)

General Notes

• For best performance make sure your system is configured to use at least 64MB of AGP Memory. See the section on AGP Memory for more details.
  
• ATI users should be sure to disable Pixel Shaders for this title.
  
• The sound card must be available in Cedega to play this game.
  
• The fonts may appear distorted. Try running at a resolution of 1024x768 or higher to correct this issue. If you are licensed to use the Lucidia Console font, manually installing it will provide a more legible console font.
  
• Fonts are rendered more correctly if when running in win98 mode (instead of win2k or winxp).
  
• The first time the game is run, loading may take a long time.
  
• The intro movie when the GMan is talking may not show up correctly on some systems. Try passing in '-dxlevel 70' in the game options through the Steam game browser in order to see the movie in all cases.
  
• The developer/publisher movies are not played on startup.
  
• Some users may experience stutters in sound. If this occurs be sure that the Sound System is set to the correct setting for your sound card. Users may also wish to try decreasing the priority of the wineserver in the Overrides.
  
• The game may crash on exit.
  
• Some objects may become incorrectly lit during gameplay.
  
• Enabling Pixel Shaders 1.4 or higher (which also allows for pretty water) may cause drastic slowdowns for users with NVIDIA 5xxx class cards. We recommend using NVIDIA 6xxx class cards with Pixel Shaders 1.4 or above.
  
• Sound may not work for some onboard soundcards for this game.
  

Installation Notes

• When installing Half-Life 2 from a DVD it may complain about missing instmsi.exe. If this error occurs, first install instmsi.exe from the Half-Life 2 DVD and then re-run the Half-Life 2 installer.
  

Play Notes

• Steam startup and game patching are quicker if the scheduler is disabled. This has been done by default when using the correct GDDB profile. If you experience problems during gameplay try re-enabling the Scheduler. To do so right click the Steam shortcut, select Edit Settings for this Shortcut and set the scheduler to Default.
  
• Some users may experience Steam startup failures. Use the STOP button in the Cedega UI and restart Steam
  
• Quitting Steam may leave some errant Cedega processes open. We recommend users click the STOP button in the Cedega UI after quitting Steam.
  
• Some Steam games (such as Half-Life 2) may hang while updating. Stop or pause the update and restart it to complete the process.
  
• Steam may hang while updating. To recover from this stop or cancel the current update, use the STOP button in the Cedega UI and then restart Steam.
  
• ATI users should disable Pixel Shaders for this game.
  

Hitman Contracts

General Notes

• Using alt-tab in game will cause a crash.
  
• The videos will not run full screen for users who do not have a GeForce FX or ATI 9500 or better. If the movies do not resize, the game will not start if in 640x480 mode and cut scenes may leave artifacts around the edge.
  
• ATI users may experience graphical corruption, which may be minimized by tweaking graphics settings. In particular, ensure that Post Process Effects are disabled in the game's Advanced options.
  
• Some in-game cutscenes may not update correctly. Minimizing and restoring the game will often fix this issue for the current cutscene.
  

Play Notes

• This game must be run in Windows 98 compatibility mode to pass copy protection.
  

Homeworld 2

General Notes

• The game may not work unless patched to at least version 1.1.
  
• Multiplayer support is not yet available due to the use of DirectPlay 8 in the game.
  
• This game may require access to the soundcard to play. Make sure no other application is using the sound card if HomeWorld 2 is crashing on startup.
  

Installation Notes

• When installing this game it does not detect any version of DirectX and attempts to install DX9b. Simply click Cancel to bypass this step.
  

Play Notes

• This title should be run in Windows 98 compatibility mode to pass copy protection.
  

Madden NFL 05

General Notes

• The drop down menus in the installer and launcher may cause flicker.
  
• Network-based multiplayer for this game is not supported.
  
• Enabling Compressed Textures in the in-game video options will cause the fans to appear as white blocks.
  
• This game may not work on ATI cards.
  

Play Notes

• This title must be run in Windows 2000 compatibiliy mode to pass copy protection.
  
• Using Pixel Shaders 1.4 and Vertex Shaders/1.1 shaders is recommended. Using 2.0 shaders causes lighting issues on the players.
  
• ATI users should disable ARB_VBO for performance gains.
  
• ATI users should disable FBO for this game to avoid graphical anomalies.
  

Madden NFL 06

General Notes

• Network-based multiplayer for this game is not supported.
  
• Users may experience a game crash when trying to create a team.
  
• The background images may flicker in the menus for this game.
  
• This game may not work on ATI cards.
  

Installation Notes

• This game must be installed in Windows 2000 compatibility mode.
  

Play Notes

• This game must be run in Windows 2000 compatibility mode.
  
• Using Pixel Shaders 1.4 and Vertex Shaders/1.1 shaders is recommended. Using 2.0 shaders causes lighting issues on the players.
  
• ATI users should disable ARB_VBO for performance gains.
  
• ATI users should disable FBO for this game to avoid graphical anomalies.
  

Madden NFL 07

General Notes

• Cursor may flicker while over main menu area.
  
• Network-based multiplayer for this game is not supported.
  

Installation Notes

• Installation needs to be done in Windows98 compatibility mode and when prompted to reboot by the installer, click yes and restart the installation in the same Game Folder was used in the first stage of the installation process.
  

Play Notes

• The game must be run in Windows XP compatibility mode to pass copy protection.
  
• Using Pixel Shaders 1.4 and Vertex Shaders/1.1 shaders is recommended. Using 2.0 shaders causes lighting issues on the players.
  
• ATI users should disable ARB_VBO for performance gains.
  
• ATI users should disable FBO for this game to avoid graphical anomalies.
  

Max Payne

Play Notes

• ATI users should be sure to disable ARB_VBO for this title
  

Max Payne 2

General Notes

• Enabling mirror effects will cause slowdowns when mirrors are on screen. It is recommended that users disable mirror effects.
  
• Users may experience problems with this title on ATI cards.
  

Play Notes

• ATI users should be sure to disable Pixel Shaders for this title
  
• Enabling pixel shaders 1.4 with this title may cause characters to be lit incorrectly when not using GLSL.
  
• FBO should be disabled for this title to avoid hangs when using Bullet Time.
  

Medal of Honor Allied Assault

General Notes

• Users with a small pthread stack size may have to disable pthreads for this title.
  
• Some users may experience severe sound issues with the Spearhead and Breakthrough expansion packs.
  

Play Notes

• Due to an application coding error, the FixedGLExtensionBuffer option must be enabled for this title to run.
  
• This game passes copy protection faster in Windows XP compatibility mode.
  

Medal of Honor Allied Assault Spearhead

General Notes

• Some users may experience severe sound issues with the Spearhead and Breakthrough expansion packs.
  

Installation Notes

• This expansion needs to be installed in the same Game Folder as the main Medal of Honor installation.
  

Play Notes

• This title must be run in Windows 2000 (or later) compatibility mode to pass copy protection. Copy protection passes quicker in Windows XP compatibility mode.
  
• Due to an application coding error, the FixedGLExtensionBuffer option must be enabled for this title to run.
  

Need for Speed Carbon

General Notes

• It is highly recommended that the 1.3 (or later) game patch is installed for best performance.
  

Installation Notes

• Users MUST choose to accept the installation of DirectX 9.0C to play this game. Please carefully read the associated EULA and only accept if you meet all DirectX license requirements.
  
• The installer needs to be run twice using the same Game Folder. The first time will install DirectX 9, and then prompt for a Windows reboot. It is safe to say Yes to this, it will not actually reboot your system. Just rerun the installer and be sure to select the same Game Folder in the Install dialog. This will install the actual game itself.
  
• The installer and patchers must be run in Windows XP compatibility mode.
  

Play Notes

• Pixel shaders are required for this game
  
• Vertex shaders are required for this game
  
• ATI users should enable ARB_VBO and Dynamic VBO, but disable Index VBO.
  
• ATI users should enable Fixed Program.
  
• ATI users should disable GLSL for performance gains.
  
• The game must be run in Windows 2000 (or later) compatibility mode to pass copy protection.
  
• Online connectivity will not work unless the Carbon GDDB profile is used.
  

Need for Speed Most Wanted

General Notes

• Pixel shaders are required achieve optimal graphics for this title.
  
• Shadows and reflections have some graphical anamolies when running at the highest detail settings.
  
• Starting a LAN server does not work as it requires raw socket access which is only available as root under Linux.
  

Installation Notes

• Users MUST choose to accept the installation of DirectX 9.0C to play this game. Please carefully read the associated EULA and only accept if you meet all DirectX license requirements.
  
• The installer needs to be run twice using the same Game Folder. The first time will install DirectX 9, and then prompt for a Windows reboot. It is safe to say Yes to this, it will not actually reboot your system. Just rerun the installer and be sure to select the same Game Folder in the Install dialog. This will install the actual game itself.
  
• The installer and patchers must be run in Windows XP compatibility mode.
  

Play Notes

• There may be anamolies with older NVIDIA drivers. 97.46 or higher is recommended.
  
• ATI users should disable ARB_VBO.
  
• The game must be run in Windows 2000 (or later) compatibility mode to pass copy protection.
  

Need for Speed Underground

General Notes

• The auto patcher for early versions of this title will not work and you will have to manually download and install the patch.
  
• To play multiplayer online, you will need to manually register the game on EA's website.
  
• Car reflection update rate needs to be set to the lowest setting to play this title. Raising this value may cause the game to crash.
  
• Vanishing textures may be fixed by disabling car headlights in the display options panel.
  

Installation Notes

• The installer will launch the game when finished and the game needs Windows 2000 compatibility mode to pass copy protection.
  
• The installer progress bar does not update.
  

Play Notes

• The game must be run in Windows 2000 compatibility mode to pass copy protection.
  
• Pixel Shaders should be disabled for this title to function properly.
  
• Vertex Shaders should be set to 1.1 for this title to function properly.
  

Need for Speed Underground 2

General Notes

• The auto patcher for early versions of this title will not work and you will have to manually download and install the lastest patch.
  

Play Notes

• The game must be run in Windows 2000 compatibility mode to pass copy protection.
  
• To play multiplayer online, you will need to manually register the game on EA's website.
  
• If user changes the graphics level of detail after starting a race, a white screen will be shown that can be fixed by restarting the game. The new display settings will be preserved.
  

Painkiller

Play Notes

• The game must be run in Windows 2000 compatibility mode to pass copy protection.
  
• Some users may experience lag, incorrect clocks or other timing related issues when the scheduler is enabled. Disabling the scheduler in the overrides for this game should resolve this problem.
  

Sacrifice

General Notes

• Some users may experience issues with the Cursor Alpha appearing incorrectly. If this happens on your system, please use a pre-6.0 version of Cedega.
  

Sid Meier's Pirates! Live the Life

General Notes

• It is recommended that all users upgrade to version 1.02.
  
• If you turn off Pixel Shaders in Cedega, or do not have a card which supports them, then make sure you turn off Vertex Shaders. Failing to do so will result in missing landmasses.
  
• Some users may experience missing textures or graphical corruption. Try disabling Vertex Shaders and/or Pixel Shaders to correct this issue. Enabling shaders in Cedega but selecting Disable Shaders in the game Graphics Options may also help this issue.
  
• The keypad may not work on some distributions. To work around this issue edit the My Documents/My Games/Sid Meier's Pirates!/KeyMap.ini and change all applicable occurances of ' Num' to ' ' (as single space).
  
• If you are seeing dark fades instead of cross-fades while talking to the governor, try lowering your screen resolution.
  
• ATI users who experience geometry corruption should try disabling ARB_VBO in the configuration.
  
• NVIDIA users may experience better overall game speed by disabling NV_VAR in the configuration. This may cause some graphical corruption, however.
  
• Some users may experience lag or other timing related issues when the scheduler is enabled. Disabling the scheduler in the configuration profile for this game should resolve this problem.
  

Installation Notes

• The installer must be run in Windows 98 compatibility mode.
  

Play Notes

• NVIDIA users should disable FBO for this game.
  

Sim City 4

General Notes

• Use of the ?-tool to get information can cause graphical corruption. Scrolling the window will clear this up.
  

Installation Notes

• To install this game, you must use the Run Directory option in the Cedega GUI (this is enabled by default).
  
• If the installer asks you to install a new version of DCOM, say No.
  

Play Notes

• This game should be run in Windows 2000 compatibility mode.
  
• The game has small graphical glitches when scrolling with the hardware renderer. Use of the software renderer is recommended. To set this add '-d:software' to the command line option shortcut properties for this game.
  
• Game requires that the shared memory wineserver be disabled. Ensure that Accelerated Interprocess Communication is disabled.
  

Starcraft

General Notes

• When trying to patch, the game may hang when exiting Battle.net; run the patcher manually or download the latest patch executable from the Blizzard site.
  

Star Wars Battlefront

General Notes

• Animated menu backgrounds and movies do not show up if non-power of two (NPOT) textures are disabled or not supported by your video card. If you experience a white or black screen while loading a game, click the mouse button to continue.
  
• Users may experience graphical corruption using ARB_VBO with this game.
  
• Playing this game with the scheduler enabled may result in longer level load times.
  

Installation Notes

• The Run Directory option must be selected to install this game.
  

Play Notes

• This game should be run in Windows 98 compatibility mode.
  
• ATI users should be sure to disable Pixel Shaders for this title
  

Star Wars Galaxies

General Notes

• Scrolling to the edge of the screen does not cause the view to rotate.
  
• The Jump To Lightspeed expansion pack is not supported at this time but may work for some users.
  

Play Notes

• The command-line option '/game:starwars' needs to be added to the Galaxies shortcut to launch the game.
  

Star Wars Jedi Academy

General Notes

• This game may need to be patched to the latest version for it to start correctly.
  

Star Wars Jedi Knight II Jedi Outcast

Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic

General Notes

• The online patcher does not fully work. Follow the patcher instructions for downloading the manual patch.
  
• Unless upgraded to at least 1.03 you may experience double cursors.
  
• The game may not go fullscreen automatically unless upgraded to 1.03.
  
• The mouse will not be usable unless you disable Hardware Mouse from the launcher configure screen.
  
• The game will crash on exit.
  

Play Notes

• This game needs to be run in Windows 98 compatibility mode.
  

Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II Sith Lords

General Notes

• The mouse will not be usable unless you disable Hardware Mouse from the launcher configure screen.
  

Installation Notes

• At the end of the installer users may be told they need to configure the game when it has already been configured. Exit the installer and re-launch the game to play.
  

Steam: Source Games

General Notes

• *** Steam ***
  
• If the vertical scrollbar is missing from the Steam Store window you can still scroll the page by using the arrow keys or the Page Up and Page Down keys.
  
• When using older versions of X-Windows, Steam may crash after login on some systems if there are too many .gcf files downloaded in the SteamApps directory. If this happens simply move aside some of the gcf files that you aren't currently using.
  
• When starting Source-engine based games there may be a message about detecting an unknown video card. Please ignore this and DO NOT select the option to upload the details to Valve.
  
• Occasionally, on startup of a Source-engine based game, you may see a message that the Steam Registry is in use by another process. To avoid this message, you should exit Steam, wait a few minutes, and then retry. Running a non-Source-Engine based title from Steam, then exiting and retrying the Source-Engine based title may also help.
  
• Steam may claim that the Steam Service is not running. If so do a search for Steam.dll. If it's anywhere but the steam directory, delete it. If it doesn't work, try mv ClientRegistry.blob ClientRegistry.blob.old
  
• Reinstalling Steam to a new Game Folder and copying over your game data files works around many Steam issues.
  
• Source Engine games do not auto-detect to DX9 level graphics capabilities automatically, however the game can be manually set to run in DX9 mode by passing '-dxlevel 90' as a launch parameter to the game, or by typing 'mat_dxlevel 90' on the in-game console.
  
• *** HALFLIFE 2: ***
  
• When installing Half-Life 2 from a DVD it may complain about missing instmsi.exe. If this error occurs, first install instmsi.exe from the Half-Life 2 DVD and then re-run the Half-Life 2 installer.
  
• For best performance make sure your system is configured to use at least 64MB of AGP Memory. See the section on AGP Memory for more details.
  
• The sound card must be available in Cedega to play this game.
  
• The fonts may appear distorted. Try running at a resolution of 1024x768 or higher to correct this issue. If you are licensed to use the Lucidia Console font, manually installing it will provide a more legible console font.
  
• Fonts are rendered more correctly if when running in win98 mode (instead of win2k or winxp).
  
• The first time the game is run, loading may take a long time.
  
• The intro movie when the GMan is talking may not show up correctly on some systems. Try passing in '-dxlevel 70' in the game options through the Steam game browser in order to see the movie in all cases.
  
• The developer/publisher movies are not played on startup.
  
• Some users may experience stutters in sound. If this occurs be sure that the Sound System is set to the correct setting for your sound card. Users may also wish to try decreasing the priority of the wineserver in the Overrides.
  
• The game may crash on exit.
  
• Some objects may become incorrectly lit during gameplay.
  
• Enabling Pixel Shaders 1.4 or higher (which also allows for pretty water) may cause drastic slowdowns for users with NVIDIA 5xxx class cards. We recommend using NVIDIA 6xxx class cards with Pixel Shaders 1.4 or above.
  
• Sound may not work for some onboard soundcards for this game.
  
• *** Counterstrike Source: ***
  
• To enable voice-chat, OSS users must enable the FullDuplex option and disable the UseMMap option.
  
• For best performance, make sure your system is configured to use at least 64MB of AGP Memory. See the section on AGP Memory for more details.
  
• The blocks in the video stress test will render with full effects only with Pixel Shader 1.4 (or higher) mode enabled.
  
• Enabling Pixel Shaders 1.4 or higher (which also allows for pretty water) may cause drastic slowdowns for users with NVIDIA 5xxx class cards. We recommend using NVIDIA 6xxx class cards with Pixel Shaders 1.4 or above.
  
• The fonts may appear distorted. Try running at a resolution of 1024x768 or higher to correct this issue.
  
• If you are licensed to use the Lucidia Console font, manually installing it will provide a more legible console font.
  
• Fonts are rendered more correctly if when running in win98 mode (instead of win2k or winxp).
  
• The sound card must be available in Cedega to play this game.
  

Installation Notes

• As of April 2007, the current Steam installer does not work because it is MSI-based. Please download and install SteamInstall.exe instead. You can find SteamInstall.exe in the forums at www.cedega.com/forums under Half-Life 2 & Valve Source Games. http://downloads.transgaming.com/files/SteamInstall.exe
  

Play Notes

• Steam startup and game patching are quicker if the scheduler is disabled. This has been done by default when using the correct GDDB profile. If you experience problems during gameplay try re-enabling the Scheduler. To do so right click the Steam shortcut, select Edit Settings for this Shortcut and set the scheduler to Default.
  
• Some users may experience Steam startup failures. Use the STOP button in the Cedega UI and restart Steam
  
• Quitting Steam may leave some errant Cedega processes open. We recommend users click the STOP button in the Cedega UI after quitting Steam.
  
• Some Steam games (such as Half-Life 2) may hang while updating. Stop or pause the update and restart it to complete the process.
  
• Steam may hang while updating. To recover from this stop or cancel the current update, use the STOP button in the Cedega UI and then restart Steam.
  
• ATI users should disable Pixel Shaders for Source games.
  

Steam

General Notes

• *** Steam Notes ***
  
• If the vertical scrollbar is missing from the Steam Store window you can still scroll the page by using the arrow keys or the Page Up and Page Down keys.
  
• When using older versions of X-Windows, Steam may crash after login on some systems if there are too many .gcf files downloaded in the SteamApps directory. If this happens simply move aside some of the gcf files that you aren't currently using.
  
• When starting Source-engine based games there may be a message about detecting an unknown video card. Please ignore this and DO NOT select the option to upload the details to Valve.
  
• Occasionally, on startup of a Source-engine based game, you may see a message that the Steam Registry is in use by another process. To avoid this message, you should exit Steam, wait a few minutes, and then retry. Running a non-Source-Engine based title from Steam, then exiting and retrying the Source-Engine based title may also help.
  
• Steam may claim that the Steam Service is not running. If so do a search for Steam.dll. If it's anywhere but the steam directory, delete it. If it doesn't work, try mv ClientRegistry.blob ClientRegistry.blob.old
  
• Reinstalling Steam to a new Game Folder and copying over your game data files works around many Steam issues.
  
• *** Counter Strike: Condition Zero Notes ***
  
• Pushing the tab key may crash the game in single player mode.
  

Installation Notes

• As of April 2007, the current Steam installer does not work because it is MSI-based. Please download and install SteamInstall.exe instead. You can find SteamInstall.exe in the forums at www.cedega.com/forums under Half-Life 2 & Valve Source Games. http://downloads.transgaming.com/files/SteamInstall.exe
  

Play Notes

• Steam startup and game patching are quicker if the scheduler is disabled. This has been done by default when using the correct GDDB profile. If you experience problems during gameplay try re-enabling the Scheduler. To do so right click the Steam shortcut, select Edit Settings for this Shortcut and set the scheduler to Default.
  
• Some users may experience Steam startup failures. Use the STOP button in the Cedega UI and restart Steam
  
• Quitting Steam may leave some errant Cedega processes open. We recommend users click the STOP button in the Cedega UI after quitting Steam.
  
• Some Steam games (such as Half-Life 2) may hang while updating. Stop or pause the update and restart it to complete the process.
  
• Steam may hang while updating. To recover from this stop or cancel the current update, use the STOP button in the Cedega UI and then restart Steam.
  

Warcraft III

General Notes

• Users should download the Universal 1.21 patch rather than the incremental patch in order for the patch to install correctly.
  

Play Notes

• ATI users should disable ARB_VBO for this game for performance improvements.
  

Warcraft III The Frozen Throne

Installation Notes

• You must intall the Frozen Throne expansion into the same Game Folder as you have Warcraft III installed in.
  

Play Notes

• ATI users should disable ARB_VBO for this game for performance improvements.
  

World of Warcraft

General Notes

• Some third party addons will cause slowdowns and crashes. If you experience poor performance or crashes please remove any installed addons.
  
• As of April 19, 2005, the patcher for World of WarCraft requires that the Mozilla ActiveX Control be installed.
  
• This game may crash on exit.
  

Installation Notes

• Some users may have problems switching cd's during the install. Simply copy the contents of all cd's to a single location on the hard drive and install from there.
  
• The World of WarCraft installer may crash at the end of install. The game should be fully installed at this point. Simply create a shortcut pointing to WoW.exe
  
• User may encounter an error message about the location of an html file while patching. Please click OK and continue with the installer.
  
• This game should be installed in Windows 98 compatiblity mode.
  

Play Notes

• If you're getting low frame rates, make sure your AGPVertexRam and VideoRam settings have been increased as documented in the Cedega Troubleshooting guide. The game will not get its best performance without increasing these values.
  
• Some users may notice a speed increase from disabling the FixedProgram graphics option for this title.
  
• Disabling the scheduler may speed up load times for some users.
  
• Some users may get performance increases by disabling AGP FastWrites in their BIOS.
  
• In order to run World of WarCraft in OpenGL mode, you will need to run it with the '-opengl' commandline option. You will also need to either run X in 16-bit mode, or add the following lines to your WTF/Config.wtf file in the World of WarCraft game directory:
  
  

   SET gxColorBits "24"
   SET gxDepthBits "24"
  

  
  
• Playing in OpenGL mode may cause the ocean to be black.
  
• ATI users will notice graphical corruption in OpenGL mode. To minimize this, use the GLExtensionBuffer setting in the config file to disable GL_ARB_vertex_buffer_object.
  
• ATI Radeon 9500+ users will notice flickering textures in some areas when using driver version number 8.12.10 or above, and pixel shaders are enabled. Either downgrade to 8.10.19, or disable pixel shaders.
  
• This game should be run in Windows XP compatiblity mode to ensure that the patches can be installed successfully.
  
• ATI users need to disable Occlusion Queries to be able to play this game in D3D mode.
  
• Due to a hardware limitation we currently recommend using Shader Model 1.4 or less with World of Warcraft. Using Shader Model 2.0 may result in some graphical issues.
  

World of Warcraft Burning Crusade

General Notes

• Some third party addons will cause slowdowns and crashes. If you experience poor performance or crashes please remove any installed addons.
  
• As of April 19, 2005, the patcher for World of WarCraft requires that the Mozilla ActiveX Control be installed.
  
• This game may crash on exit.
  

Installation Notes

• This expansion must be installed in the same Game Folder that World of Warcraft is installed in.
  
• User may encounter an error message about the location of an html file while patching. Please click OK and continue with the installation.
  
• This game should be installed in Windows 98 compatiblity mode.
  

Play Notes

• If you're getting low frame rates, make sure your AGPVertexRam and VideoRam settings have been increased as documented in the Cedega HOWTO guide. The game will not get its best performance without increasing these values.
  
• Some users may notice a speed increase from disabling the FixedProgram graphics option for this title.
  
• Disabling the scheduler may speed up load times for some users.
  
• Some users may get performance increases by disabling AGP FastWrites in their BIOS.
  
• In order to run World of WarCraft in OpenGL mode, you will need to run it with the -opengl commandline option. You will also need to either run X in 16-bit mode, or add the following lines to your WTF/Config.wtf file in the World of WarCraft game directory:
  
  

   SET gxColorBits "24"
   SET gxDepthBits "24"

  
  
• Playing in OpenGL mode may cause the ocean to be black.
  
• ATI users will notice graphical corruption in OpenGL mode. To minimize this, use the GLExtensionBuffer setting in the config file to disable GL_ARB_vertex_buffer_object.
  
• ATI Radeon 9500+ users will notice flickering textures in some areas when using driver version number 8.12.10 or above, and pixel shaders are enabled. Either downgrade to 8.10.19, or disable pixel shaders.
  
• This game should be run in Windows XP compatiblity mode to ensure that the patches can be installed successfully.
  
• ATI users need to disable Occlusion Queries to be able to play this game in D3D mode.
  
• Due to a hardware limitation we currently recommend using Shader Model 1.4 or less with World of Warcraft. Using Shader Model 2.0 may result in some graphical issues.
  

Problems?

Please check the Cedega HOWTO for other common problems, installation procedures and additional information. The Cedega HOWTO is available from the TransGaming downloads area: http://www.transgaming.com/downloads.php

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