http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16328
--- Comment #103 from Andras Kovacs andras@csevego.net 2009-12-30 02:56:01 --- Guys I have good news :-)
I managed to start gta 4 as you can see on the following screenshots:
http://mgmt.sth.sze.hu/~andras/wine/gta4/gta4_1.png http://mgmt.sth.sze.hu/~andras/wine/gta4/gta4_2.png http://mgmt.sth.sze.hu/~andras/wine/gta4/gta4_3.png
detailed howto:
you have to patch your wine source with this patch: http://mgmt.sth.sze.hu/~andras/wine/gta4/add_intz_to_ds_formats.patch
1, Install .net fw 3.0 (with winetricks) 2, Install gta 4 3, copy nocd crack (razor 1911) to game directory (copy protection wont work) 4, download & install patch 1.0.0.4 5, downoad xliveless from http://public.sannybuilder.com/GTA4/xliveless-0.99b1.rar and copy xlive.dll to game's directory (RSGC and Xlive won't work). 6, start the game with LaunchGTAIV.exe 7, Have fun :)
It has been tested with: Ubuntu 9.10 x86 Core 2 duo E6400 NVidia GF GTX260 (driver: 3.2.0 NVIDIA 190.42)
If you have any problems regarding this mini howto just tell me.