DirectPlay Games
Games that use DirectPlay. A demo version is only listed if it supports multiplayer. DirectPlay got a major rewrite at version 8, and was deprecated entirely after version 8. The latest directx redistributables still provide the support for directplay however.
To get multiplayer working for such games, you can use winetricks:
get the latest version of winetricks from svn, http://winezeug.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/winetricks (or just use your current version of winetricks if it already contains directplay in the list of packages)
- run "sh winetricks directplay"
The full installation details for reference are:
download directx mar 2009 redistributable from http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=0CF368E5-5CE1-4032-A207-C693D210F616&displaylang=en
- run "./directx_mar2009_redist.exe /T:Z:/tmp/directxcabs /C" to extract the cabs to /tmp/directxcabs. You will need to agree to the eula.
- use cabextract to extract the following files from /tmp/directxcabs/dxnt.cab: dplayx.dll, dpnet.dll, dpnhpast.dll, dpwsockx.dll, dplaysvr.exe
- copy dplayx.dll, dpnet.dll, dpnhpast.dll, dpwsockx.dll, dplaysvr.exe into Wine's windows/system32 directory (usually "~/.wine/drive_c/windows/system32")
- run regsvr32 on each of: dplayx.dll dpnet.dll and dpnhpast.dll, eg "regsvr32 dplayx.dll"
- add these four dlls to the dll overrides list in winecfg. Make sure they are added globally, not specific to an application, otherwise dplaysvr.exe will use the wrong dlls.
Game |
DirectPlay Version |
Download |
Comments |
5 |
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6.1a |
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6.1a |
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5 |
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6 |
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5 |
Demo does not provide multiplayer mode. |
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7 |
Game has a patch to use DX8 instead of 7. |
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Unknown |
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8 |
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5.0a |
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Uses only IPX, hangs/infinite wait when pressing LAN button |
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6.1 |
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8 |
Demo does not provide multiplayer mode. |
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6.1 |
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9 |
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7 |
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8 |
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Requires dpnsvr.exe; download from AppDB |
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? |
Demo |
Multiplay not working |
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Demo |
Multiplay not tested |
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3 |
Demo includes multiplayer mode |
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3? |
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Demo does not include multiplayer |
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0.1 |
Demo provides multiplayer mode. Full version (with Patch 12.07) works perfectly for joining games, but not hosting it seems... |
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7 |
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7 |
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Outlaws |
Unknown |
Demo |
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5.0a |
Game Lobby still online (since 1998). Works with native DirectPlay dlls, but hangs in certain situations (see the game AppDB page for more details). |
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6.0a |
Demo does not provide multiplayer mode. |
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7 |
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7 |
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8.1 |
No errors when trying to host or search for games, but finds nothing |
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5 |
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A longer list of games attached to bug 4066 "Online play doesn't work" can be seen here: http://appdb.winehq.org/viewbugs.php?bug_id=4066