NEED HELP INSTALLING Hardwar? Linux, 7, Vista, XP

[Denacity]

If you are able to get it working flawlessly in Linux (also see if the Network parts work), make a new post and I'll sticky it.

[Pilot]

Oct 13, 2012 15:59:09 GMT -5 leenuks said:

EDIT: It's not possible to download the Disk Space Check Skipper from Zedo's site:
wget http://zedo.hardwar.org.uk/diskspace_skip.exe
--2018-08-31 15:00:44--  http://zedo.hardwar.org.uk/diskspace_skip.exe
Resolving zedo.hardwar.org.uk (zedo.hardwar.org.uk)... 103.224.182.248
Connecting to zedo.hardwar.org.uk (zedo.hardwar.org.uk)|103.224.182.248|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 403 Forbidden
2018-08-31 15:00:44 ERROR 403: Forbidden.


. . .

onedrive.live.com/?cid=6e0b7efb6066b195&id=6E0B7EFB6066B195%21105

I have it stored under "Hardwar Misc" looks like I need to improve the visibility of my sig's top link.

[janskjaer]

My previous efforts to get this working with the root user seem to have been in vain. The reason is two-fold.

1) As root, I was only ever able to get Hardwar to install once in the way I had described in my previous post. All subsequent attempts failed. I also cannot explain why I see the following error messages:



It won't install files from either the CD or a local source, to the destination directory. The strange thing is, it creates the 'Hardwar' directory to put the files into, but will not write any of the files:
Sample of CD-ROM files with permissions and ownership:
~# ls -la /media/cdrom0/
total 298812
dr-xr-xr-x 1 root root     4096 Aug 24  1998 .
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root     4096 Sep 11 13:12 ..
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root       45 Jun 10  1998 autorun.inf
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 13170372 May 23  1997 Bob1.gdv
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 11486475 May 23  1997 BOB2.GDV
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 17296366 May 23  1997 BOB3.GDV
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root  7801416 May 23  1997 BOB4.GDV
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 13750996 May 23  1997 BOB5.GDV
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 17639066 May 23  1997 BOB6.GDV
dr-xr-xr-x 1 root root     6144 Aug 24  1998 directx
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root    63056 Jul 15  1997 dsetup16.dll
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root    41984 Jul 15  1997 dsetup32.dll
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root   127488 Jul 15  1997 dsetup.dll
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root   101888 Jul 23  1998 Hardman.exe
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root  6735162 Oct  1  1997 hardsell.gdv
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 26792697 Jun 14  1997 Hardstar.gdv
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root     1078 Jul 21  1998 hardwar.ico
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root       16 Jul 23  1998 Hardwar.id
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 34416748 Jul 23  1998 Hardwar.res
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root  1520640 Jul 23  1998 HardwarW.exe


Destination directory:
~# ls -la /mnt/hardwar/Hardwar/
total 8
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Sep 11 14:22 .
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Sep 11 13:49 ..


The source files (CD or locally) have the same permissions as the target destination, both with the same ownership. Yet, no matter what I try, I cannot get the files to install. I've seen the same issue with the D1.6 demo installer too.
Removing all wine configuration and re-mapping the local mounted drives did not solve the problem.

This must be an internal issue with the Hardwar installer as I was able to use Total Commander under WINE to copy the same files from the CD to the destination directory. Therefore, I can't go any further following this route.

2) Because Pilot has made the 'Diskspace Skip.zip' file available (thank you), the root user installation is no longer required. This can be done easily with the local user.

By running the Diskspace Skip utility first, I have managed to install Hardwar locally under WINE's drive C: (~/.wine/drive_c/).
There is no need to create a virtual disk image and mount it. Therefore the steps are now much simpler.

I will either edit my original post and/or create a new one to provide a clear definition of the Linux install steps for Hardwar.

[janskjaer]

H a r d w [ a ] r L i n u x
Installation Instructions

These instructions are written primarily for Debian Linux distributions. Therefore, they should also work for Ubuntu and its derivatives. I cannot guarantee they will work for Red Hat, CentOS/RHEL-based distributions due to differences in package managers.

1. Install WINE
sudo apt-get install wine

2. Download the Diskspace Skip app from Zedo's site or from Pilot's OneDrive repository.

3. Extract the diskspace_skip.exe file from the Diskspace Skip.zip file to a directory (e.g. ~/tmp):
unzip Diskspace\ Skip.zip -d ~/tmp/

4. Insert Hardwar CD1. Ensure this is auto-mounted in your filesystem. You can check by using the following command:
df -h

It will give you a response and you're looking for something similar to the following:
/dev/sr0                308M  308M     0 100% /media/cdrom0

5. WINE, like Windows, assigns drive letters to all drives including CD-ROM drives. Check to see what drive letter your /media/cdrom0 directory will be represented as under WINE. There are 2 ways to do this, a or b:
a) Run the following command:
ls -la .wine/dosdevices/
This will give you a response, where you're looking for the letter assigned to /media/cdrom0. In my case, it's e: or E:
lrwxrwxrwx 1 janskjaer janskjaer   13 Sep 11 13:00 e: -> /media/cdrom0


b) Run the WINE configuration utility:
winecfg
This will provide you a GUI. From here, select Drives and note the letter next to /media/cdrom0:


6. Run the diskspace_skip.exe file with WINE:
wine ~/tmp/diskspace_skip.exe

7. You will be prompted for the drive letter of your Hardwar CD:
App to install HardWar properly in XP. Created by PlaguedMind and Mun

Please enter the CD drive letter which hardWar CD1 is in:


8. Enter the drive letter (use upper-case) and hit the ENTER key. This should be accepted and the Hardman launcher should automatically open:
Detected Hardman version: F2.0
Patch Successful

Finished! Happy Hardwaring.
Press Any Key To Exit.


7. Use the open Hardman launcher the normal Hardwar installation steps. For the sake of this tutorial, Hardwar will be installed at C:\Hardwar.

8. Once the setup is complete, run the following to start Hardwar:
wine .wine/drive_c/Hardwar/Hardman.exe

I can report that videos run correctly in full-screen directly from the CD and all audio CD tracks play correctly.
Software and Direct3D modes play flawlessly and have very high framerates. I would like to try to get the 3Dfx and PowerVR renderers working under Linux but I'll leave that for another day.


Don't have the actual Hardwar CD-ROM?
Alternatively, if you are using an .iso file, you can mount the .iso with the following:
sudo mount /path/to/your/hardwar_cd1.iso /media/cdrom0
All of the steps above should then be the same. However, if you're using an .iso, you won't have the audio CD music tracks available.
Equally, it's not possible to mount .bin .cue files in Linux. You can use bchunk to convert the .bin and .cue files to .iso and the music tracks to .wav. However, I haven't found a way to get Hardwar to use the .wav files as audio tracks in the game:
to install:
sudo apt-get install bchunk
to convert:
bchunk hardwar_cd1.bin hardwar_cd1.cue hardwar_cd1.iso

I hope you enjoy playing Hardwar in Linux.

Happy 20th Anniversary today, Hardwar!

UK Release: 1998-09-11

[nakedgod]

I have eventually got HardWar running from the original CD, on windows 10. I am a happy bunny.
I went to the files on cd. Hardwar.exe - properties - Compatability- I ticked a box that let me choose what version of windows. I chose Windows 98. then ticked all the boxes, about colours, etc , and it works

[denishillier]

I got Hardwar working in Linux with UIM.06 without using Diskspace skip, but I have no music and the videos are letterboxed?

I'm running off mounted images using CDEmu and it won't accept the actual CD I bought, which is weird.

[acidburn]

I've got Hardwar network play running on Linux Lite 6.2 (based off Ubuntu). I was able to connect over LAN to my Windows machine running the server. Wine version 6.0.3 (sudo apt install wine).
Followed janskjaer's install instructions, launched the game with native directplay DLLs, installed using winetricks (sudo apt install winetricks\ winetricks directplay).
At first it was super laggy, but it sorted itself out after running for a bit. Then it ran just like under Windows.

A picture: sorry for the poor image quality
Some side by sides:




Also I found this hardwar-complete.zip on that Toshiba laptop. I don't recall where it's from, but it would be good to keep it archived. Maybe it should go into Pilot's repository. mega.nz/file/1TtAhYZA#ny8z-RxKdF8tBKk8c6j9j3caiKpJwRhC8Sz6qA8L5BA

Note: The game crashes after the loading screen in Wine 8.0. Recommend to use Wine 7.0.1
Install using sudo apt install wine-stable=7.0.2~jammy-1 or the equivalent in your distro, after adding the WineHQ repositories. Or just use the older version included in your distro's default repository.