Johnda1237
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Yureeka! I am now running Trainz on my Lenovo PC with Linux Mint!
It has been a bit of an involved search, but I am finally running Trainz 2009 on a Linux operating system. I have TRS 2019 working beautifully on my iMac, but missed fiddling with the early versions of Trainz and decided to try to see if I could do it in Linux. I have been with Trainz since they first started and have CD cases dating back to the first edition.
Linux Mint 19 is the latest issue and I have been running it on my Lenovo dual core PC. I needed to install WINE and Playonlinux, which is in Linux 19 and just needs to be activated. I then attempted to install a version of Trainz and had a few failures, but Trainz 2009 installed perfectly, with one exception. When I looked at the USA Country layout, there was no baseboard! All the items such as track, buildings, trees and other gear could be seen, but they literally were hanging in the air. It turns out that Open GL was not working, but Direct X was fine. I reset the program video to Direct X and the ground appeared.
I haven't tried downloading any gear yet, but everything on screen is just like the old days! I made a test loop of track and have been running the Chief and sound and video are excellent.
Film at eleven!
It has been a bit of an involved search, but I am finally running Trainz 2009 on a Linux operating system. I have TRS 2019 working beautifully on my iMac, but missed fiddling with the early versions of Trainz and decided to try to see if I could do it in Linux. I have been with Trainz since they first started and have CD cases dating back to the first edition.
Linux Mint 19 is the latest issue and I have been running it on my Lenovo dual core PC. I needed to install WINE and Playonlinux, which is in Linux 19 and just needs to be activated. I then attempted to install a version of Trainz and had a few failures, but Trainz 2009 installed perfectly, with one exception. When I looked at the USA Country layout, there was no baseboard! All the items such as track, buildings, trees and other gear could be seen, but they literally were hanging in the air. It turns out that Open GL was not working, but Direct X was fine. I reset the program video to Direct X and the ground appeared.
I haven't tried downloading any gear yet, but everything on screen is just like the old days! I made a test loop of track and have been running the Chief and sound and video are excellent.
Film at eleven!