HOWTO: Run iStripper on Ubuntu Linux with Wine (Full Screen mode only)
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April 10, 2022, 17 respuestas
***Installation document update with the following information***
Latest install - April 2022
I ran into a few additional glitches, so I’m updating this document. All of them stem from installing the Windows Media Format Runtime, so if you don’t plan to play cards from 2014 or earlier, none of the following will be relevant to you.
The first glitch was that iStripper will no longer install on Windows XP, and the Windows Media Format Runtime will not install on anything other than Windows XP. This is manageable, but you must take care to set the correct version in Wine Configuration for each install.
The second glitch is that the Windows Media Format Runtime installer kept crashing when I tried to launch it from PlayOnLinux. I tried many different solutions. It seemed that I could get it to install without crashing if I installed it first–before iStripper–but then iStripper, while it would install, would crash upon launch. Also, the “install WMFR first” approach did not work consistently: sometimes the installer would crash anyway.
Finding a pattern was difficult. I tried Wine versions 2.2, 6.3, and 7.3. I also tried opening wide the permissions to the iStripper virtual drive. In the end, it seems that simply rebooting the Ubuntu host after installing iStripper, and before installing Windows Media Format Runtime, solves the issue.
The third glitch is related to the second, in which iStripper crashed at launch if WMFR was installed first. This actually happens if iStripper is installed first and WMFR is installed second, as well. It turns out that Windows Media Format Runtime modifies a DLL that causes iStripper to crash. This hasn’t been a problem in the past. Fortunately, making a backup copy of the DLL after installing iStripper and then using it to replace the one modified by WMFR solves it.
Here are the new additional steps (Wine version 6.3):
1. Set Windows version to Windows 7 in Wine Configuration
2. Install iStripper using previously described steps
3. Make a copy of the Wine iStripper virtual drive - this entire folder can be restored if needed
4. Set Windows version to Windows XP in Wine Configuration
5. Install Windows Media Format Runtime using previously described steps
1. If WMFR installer CRASHES
1. Reboot Linux host
2. Set Windows version to XP in Wine Configuration
3. Install Windows Media Format Runtime
6. Set Windows version to Windows 7 in Wine Configuration (for iStripper compatibility)
7. Copy mplat.dll from %windir%\system32 from the backup of the virtual drive from Step 3 to the same location in the active iStripper virtual drive