*jimmylogan* Posted Jul 18, 2024, 7:28 pm	Really jonesing for a game, so I found this program. Anyone have any luck running it?
Groovelle Posted Jul 18, 2024, 11:41 pm	I use PlayOnLinux on my Linux. Same people make it. It's good.
*jimmylogan* Posted Jul 19, 2024, 1:54 am	Thx - havne't been able to make it work on mine... Trying UTM now... but taking hours to download the iso packages for windows <sigh> coulnd't get 7 to install - d/l ing xp now... fingers crossed
*jimmylogan* Posted Jul 19, 2024, 12:39 pm	Well - after trying to d/l the iso for xp, no luck I need to shoot some things, but will have to wait until I can get some old hardware available again...
Groovelle Posted Jul 19, 2024, 7:34 pm	What happens when you try to run it/what error are you getting? You may have to play around with the Wine version, and you may have to install a separate version of steam in playonmac. Sometimes I've had to use a way older version of Wine to run an older game. Honestly, if you jonesed bad enough, you can buy almost any old thinkpad (think $150 - $200) and throw on a free linux to play. Darkwind actually works better on Linux than Windows, across a few different linux distros (Mint and Manjaro). If you go the linux route Manjaro is decidedly simply, but I hear Mint may be simpler. For amount of software that works with turning on the AUR, or community repositories, I pick Manjaro (easy Arch) all day.
Groovelle Posted Jul 19, 2024, 7:35 pm	But just to let you know, for DW, I use a Steam/Steam runtime directly on the Linux system. No playonlinux for that one.
*jimmylogan* Posted Jul 20, 2024, 12:26 am	Okay - will keep that in mind! Just got in off the road and the win7 iso d/l was SUPER fast - so I'm installing that via UTM for Mac and we'll see what happens... Hopefully my next post will be from it. :-)
*jimmylogan* Posted Jul 20, 2024, 1:10 am	woo - hoo ! typing this from IE on Windows 7 running in UTM... I'm copying over the d/l darkwind complete folder - taking a while - but hopefully it will run!
*jimmylogan* Posted Jul 20, 2024, 2:04 am	well that didn't last long... I found an old MacBook Air - had to find a cable for it... Can't get the site to load in the browser (bad gateway) but I can get it on my main machine, then play on that one... just launched an SS scout now...
Groovelle Posted Jul 22, 2024, 7:17 pm	Was it a 502 bad gateway? Check if the Macbook Air is headed to the https site, and clear the cookies for that site, then try again. I believe a 502 Bad Gateway isn't your computer's fault.