Get Tribes 2 to work in Ubuntu Linux

Well, lately Ive been messing around with linux (an opensource OS alternative to windows). And everyday Im like, man, Im gonna have to go back to windows to do this this and this. But I stuck with linux and achieved things like, downloading music, syncing my mp3 player, and the final thing, was getting tribes 2 to work. And it was hard, but. In the end it was actually pretty simple.

Ok, I got Tribes2 to work in linux with TribesNEXT patch and Im going to explain how I did it.
Im using Ubuntu Jaunty Jackalope. Im not sure if it will work in other distros.

First you need.
Wine (Im using 1.0.1)
tribes2_gsi.exe - "http://files.filefront.com/tribes2+gsiexe/;12893724;/fileinfo.html"
TribesNext_rc1e.exe (the newest patch rc1a.exe will not work)-"http://www.mediafire.com/file/dnzwjghzyg2/TribesNext_rc1e.exe"
t2hack.py - "http://www.mediafire.com/file/2mwwmgzzzd4/t2hack.py"

Start by:
Installing Wine in "Add/Remove Programs"
Install Tribes2_gsi.exe (If you get an error, delete temp setup files in C:/Window/Temp/tempinstall)
Install directx8
Install Rc1e.exe
Ok
Add launcher to desktop, right-click properties, in Command put "wine Tribes2.exe -online"
And Bingo! it works.

If it starts to crash alot use this.
For now.
t2hack.py will fix that, yet youll lose your server list.
So open tribes, and favorite all the servers.
Then close tribes and install t2hack.py
Assuming t2hack.py is on the desktop.
Change "c:/Dynamix/Tribes2/Gamedata/base/T2csri.vl2" to T2csri.vl2.bak
Open terminal.
Type "cd Desktop"
Type "chmod +x t2hack.py"
Type "./t2hack.py /home/dg/.wine/dosdevices/c:/Dynamix/Tribes2/"
Restart Tribes.
Login. Exit. Then repeat above steps and your done!

Working Tribes 2 on a linux machine, Enjoy.
Team Inferno Scores!

Note:
If you want to speed up wine, or fix the mouse (option called MouseWarp).
These sites can help you edit the wine registry.
The video memory key really sped my system up. I guess wine wasnt making use of the 512 available.

"http://wiki.winehq.org/UsefulRegistryKeys"

"http://linuxgamingtoday.wordpress.com/2008/02/16/quick-tips-to-speed-up-your-ga­ming-in-wine/"

Goodluck!

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[boldfilter]

@americandevil should still be able to download it from tribesnext website

[Afluffyf]

Something funny i already have that disc at home lol

[americandevil]

aww! page not found on filefront

[SimSmall]

Presumably the authentication server was allowing connections from RC1 clients at the time this video was uploaded. Now I'm having the same issue. RC2 doesn't start at all under wine because of a blocked thread. Somewhere they made a promise to have wine supported by RC3 - let's just hope it doesn't take too long...

[Omnutia]

Problem is persisting. Message that comes up is:

"Your game is not running the patched executable

Close the game and verify the patch was run successfully."

Any ideas?

[Omnutia]

Tried this using a tribes2_gsi.ext I had lying around and got an error telling me I hadn't patched the exe. Currently downloading tribes2_gsi.exe from the link provided to see if it changes anything.

Anyone else having this problem?