Gaming in Wine: Grand Theft Auto III GTA 3 in Ubuntu Linux

How to install and play Grand Theft Auto III (GTA 3) in Ubuntu Linux using Wine. I show it working by doing the mission Sayonara Salvatore.

GTA III is a Platinum rated game in Wine (runs perfectly without any modifications), for more info see Wine AppDB:
http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=1230

Installing the game:
Open Configure Wine (winecfg)
Add a new drive letter and select your GTA III Install CD
Add another drive letter for your GTA III Audio CD
Untick "Emulate a Virtual Desktop"
Open GTA III installer and treat it like a standard Windows install

Running the game:
Open gta3.exe which by default will be on your Wine C Drive (~/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/Rockstar Games/)
After the black square disappears press Enter twice
Enjoy...

System Specs:
AMD 1100T (3.3Ghz x6)
8Gb RAM
NVidia GeForce GTX 560Ti
Ubuntu 11.04 x64
Wine 1.3.26

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[TittyTittyBangBangXX]

It looks like the game is lagging while your driving. Have you noticed any drops in the frame rate?

[quidsup]

@TittyTittyBangBangXX Its because the screen recorder is only capturing at 25FPS, but the game is running a lot faster than that

[HaloSpartanG13]

Or get windows.

[quidsup]

@HaloSpartanG13 Not enough spare hours in the day to be running windows

[growingneeds]

That's not a massager?! He's not a massager would have been more appropriate.

[quidsup]

@growingneeds lol

[blackoutworm]

Damn I had so much fun with this game. Haven't played it in awhile though.

Could you please send me your save file? I don't want to start from scratch.

Also, if you want some real action, type in GUNSGUNSGUNS.

[azfuzzrandom]

i don't have a linux...

[xXRabbitmanXx]

Can you also run vice city with wine?

[ardillateo]

how you make that when u move a window move like that?

[quidsup]

@urbanorenato10 It might do. Intel isn't exactly great for gaming but its an old game with far less demands compared to modern games

[MrSlowestD16]

@HaloSpartanG13

1. I never said MS gave a shit about Linux - nor should they, the more OS's they sell the more cash they pocket. Unfortunately the same isn't true for Ubuntu or any other FOSS distro, they do not get more cash regardless of how many people use their OS.

2. While I haven't heard of this open .NET implementation you speak of, it's more-so because people feel OpenOffice and LibreOffice are sufficient, and better, than MS Office. In some respects I agree, not with features.

[HaloSpartanG13]

@MrSlowestD16 ...

1. If MS gave a shit about desktop Linux, they could sell a Office port like they do for OSX. Except MS doesn't, and the fact linux distros are so different from each other prevents a port.

2. There's already an open source net version, and MS even said they wouldn't sue anyone using it. It doesn't make Office x64 magically run though.

[HaloSpartanG13]

@everyoneSalegend Linux will not overwrite Windows. That said, ignore the fanboys, it's not a proper replacement for Windows like they want to mislead you into thinking.

[MrSlowestD16]

@HaloSpartanG13 If MS dropped the source on .NET Office would be working flawlessly in a week - same goes if they dropped the source on DX11, maybe a month all games would run fine.

It has to do with compatibility layers. If you have and retain all rights to component X, and you own 80% of the market, then people will build FOR component X, doesn't matter what anybody else does, it's not profitable any other way.