Champions Online Forum

Hi,

I've just rattled together a crosstie for this, however, there is one part of that I'm undecided about - whether or not to enable emulated desktop mode @ 1024x768 (you'll see this turn up in the bottle's list of installed applications as 'Set Virtual Desktop' but you cannot uninstall it from there). The only reason I would do such is for compatibility issues, but it may be overkill -- I can't say, I don't have every example of host hardware at my fingertips =)

...right now, the crosstie will install and you can even launch it at the end of game installation and it'll start patching itself...

*note, if you want to dismiss the mad flickering here, click on the 'enter c-store' banner and it'll load the c-store homepage which doesn't flicker anywhere near as badly - the patch download may pause while it does this, but will resume after said homepage loads...

..once that is done, you can even launch the game by clicking 'Play' - it will start fullscreen.

**The next time you start the game, emulated virtual desktop will be enabled @ 1024x768 ; you may or may not want this -- if you don't, launch the Wine Configuration item from within the Control panel area of the cxsetup GUI (Manage Bottles), go to the Graphics tab, uncheck the Emulate a virtual desktop function and click Apply -> Ok. When you restart the game, it will go back to fullscreen.

You must use the full installer - you have to download it yourself from the following site;

http://www.bigdownload.com/games/champions-online/pc/champions-online-free-to-play-client/

Note: It must be the installer from the above site -- others will not work with the crosstie

The crosstie itself will likely go live in 8 hours or so - if you're already an advocate, add yourself for this app and grab it from the crosstie editor instead if you're keen =)

Comments on the emulated virtual desktop business welcomed....

Cheers!

Thank you, Don :) Much appreciated.

I'm still not seeing the crosstie listed anywhere. I'm anxious to test this out and of course, play it.

Hi,

http://www.codeweavers.com/compatibility/browse/name/?app_id=8464

You cannot see the big orange button saying 'Install via Crosstie'?

(it will turn up live in the cxinstaller eventually, but for now use the download link)

Cheers!

Frankly, no I can't. I have seen the button on other apps, but not for this :/

Hmmm....ok...that's why I asked...I can see it here, so it looks like another small site bug. Umm....
give me a moment, I'll see what else I can do...

edit: until we can figure out what's gone nutty, go here; http://dl.codeweavers.com/

... login using the password N524FGmv73 and you'll be able to download the crosstie.

Thanks for letting me know!

Cheers!

Thank you ;) It seems to work now :D :D

Excellent work, it appears however, that my old install of CO (Pre-F2P) was working fine. The issue was my new firewall blocking ports from the updater.

So I'm happy to report that CXgames 10 is working perfectly in Ubuntu 10.04. (yes i know I need to update my Ubuntu version... procrastinators unite!...Tomorrow!)

On a side note: I would HIGHLY suggest that this game and the original Champions Online game page be combined. It's the same game, it was merely re-branded to announce the Free to Play function.

In actuality, the old game should be renamed "Champions Online - Free for All" and this one should be either moved over, or deleted. It adds unnecessary complexity to people looking for help for their game.

Almost as bad as the 3 versions of World of Warcraft we have on this site. 😭

Hi,

The -reason- this has it's own C4 page for the moment, is that we haven't been able to determine if this and the full game are running the same patches/updates. If we can prove that, both C4 pages will be combined ; this is only a stop-gap measure to give us time to establish the case =)

Cheers!

Yes, I actually used my old (pre-F2P) install that I used to make the screenshots and rankings for the original on this F2P version. All that happened was a patch that updated the launcher to make it more in line with current branding. Heck, even the launcher is the same framework. My "Quick Launch" option on the original is still present. It's the same data files, just new branding.

Just grab a old "demo client" installer from fileplanet and set it up. It will patch to the current F2P branding and launch like the "new" F2P client. And I'll bet you can do a MD5 of the binaries and find they are identical.

I've had great luck running the standard F2P client on Ubuntu 10.10 using CXG 10.1 with or without emulating a desktop. Runs just a little smoother with desktop emulation disabled, since it's one window, instead of a game window inside the desktop's window. Already liked the game enough to spend a little for some extras, quite addicted to the system of play.

I... sniffs I love you.

Edit: Nvm I still love you!