wine users - Jan 2009 - Using the Cider approach with Wine

Hi there, I'm extremely new to Wine, at least from this side of things
(I've used CrossOver and Cider).  I gather that installing Wine sets up a
"central" mock-Windows installation in the home folder, and I'm
much more interested in building a tweaked wrapper to enclose a specific game in
a .app package, the way Cider does it.  Is that something that is being done by
others?  I haven't seen any evidence that it is, although perhaps I just
overlooked it somewhere.

P.S.: We won't be distributing the game inside the wrapper, just providing
the wrapper for the game that the player must already own.  I am thinking of
adding a bit of code to our build of the wrapper, if possible, that automates
the process of finding the game where it has been installed and symlinking so it
appears to Wine to be inside the wrapper when in fact the end user has not moved
the game folder at all, and it remains easily accessible.

Cider has nothing to do with Wine. This is illegal to re-distribute non-free
programs in any way shape or form.
The topic is closed.

Iritscen wrote:
> Hi there, I'm extremely new to Wine, at least from this side of things
(I've used CrossOver and Cider).  I gather that installing Wine sets up a
"central" mock-Windows installation in the home folder, and I'm
much more interested in building a tweaked wrapper to enclose a specific game in
a .app package, the way Cider does it.  Is that something that is being done by
others?  I haven't seen any evidence that it is, although perhaps I just
overlooked it somewhere.
>
> P.S.: We won't be distributing the game inside the wrapper, just
providing the wrapper for the game that the player must already own.  I am
thinking of adding a bit of code to our build of the wrapper, if possible, that
automates the process of finding the game where it has been installed and
symlinking so it appears to Wine to be inside the wrapper when in fact the end
user has not moved the game folder at all, and it remains easily accessible.
>   
Discussing Cider here is off-topic.

However, most Linux users have access to Wine and should be able to 
install it. 

The question is do you want to make your Windows game/program compatible 
with Wine, or do you have some other purpose to this?

If you want to use Cider, talk to the people who produce it so that they 
can help you and you help them (that's how business works.)

If you want help with Wine, might I suggest talking to the developers?

If you want to work with CrossOver, you will have to contact the folks 
at CodeWeavers.

Otherwise, have a nice day. 

James McKenzie