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Help me run Pro Rally 2001 (it's very easy)

Help me run Pro Rally 2001 (it's very easy) - Lemmy.world

Hey everyone. So, the problem is that in order to launch Pro Rally 2001, you first need to launch the RallySetup.exe, so that the game would create a config file called ed3.ini. But I use Linux and am trying to run this game with Wine. And Wine seemingly can run the main executable, but not RallySetup.exe. So, what I need is for someone who uses Windows to just install that game and then sned me that file ed3.ini. I don’t think I can tell you where to download the game, but it’s basically abandonware, so many websites have it. So anyway, if you helped me, I’d be very grateful.

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Kuunha Jun 30, 2023

Hi. I found this info on myabandonware.com:

Open the updated installer by Zeus Software. The original installer of the game doesn't work on modern systems, so use this patched version - simply click on prorally2001_p4_update.exe and press Install

Pro Rally 2001 (Windows)

Remember Pro Rally 2001 (Windows), an old video game from 2000? Download it and play again on MyAbandonware.

My Abandonware

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molochthagod Jun 30, 2023

Thanks, but I already installed the game though. The problem is with launching.

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Cevilia (they/she/…)Jun 30, 2023

ed3.ini contains the following (CRLF at the end of lines. No end of line at the end of the file)

; name of the card
card=NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070

; name of driver
driver=DirectX 7.0

; mode of the game (windowed or fullscreen)
mode=fullscreen

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molochthagod Jun 30, 2023

Thank you so much! I'm gonna try that now.

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molochthagod Jun 30, 2023

Ah shit, it's still not working. It doesn't give the error anymore, but now it just crashes. Well, it was worth a shot anyway, thanks again.

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Kuunha Jun 30, 2023

Create 32bits wine: WINEARCH=win32 wineboot

Mount ISO: sudo mount -o loop ./Pro\ Rally\ 2001.iso /tmp/mntiso/

Install the game: wine /tmp/mntiso/SetupUbi.exe

Install nglide: wine nGlide210_setup.exe

install INDEO codecs (Downloaded from https://archive.org/details/intel-indeo-codec-3.2-4.1-5.0): wine IV5PLAY.EXE

in winecfg add dll override: ir50_32.dll

Paste the ED3.INI file in the game directory

Run the game (will crash): wine C:\UbiSoft\ProRally2001\ProRally.exe

Run RallySetup and select glide: wine C:\UbiSoft\ProRally2001\RallySetup.exe

Configure glide to use vulkan: wine c:\windows\system32\nglide_config.exe

Run the game (will work): wine C:\UbiSoft\ProRally2001\ProRally.exe

For me, the game started but got stuck on loading screen. Had to use the AMD patched version and replace ProRally.exe

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molochthagod Jun 30, 2023

Hey, thanks for your help. I was able to get to the point where the game's intro video runs and it crashes. Then, according to your guide, I should run RallySetup, but it still doesn't work. The logs don't show nothing either, only this error 3 times:

ERROR: ld.so: object '/usr/$LIB/libgamemodeauto.so.0' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded (cannot open shared object file): ignored.

But, AFAIK, it's inconsequential