http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13685
Summary: Anarchy Online is very slow in certain areas (< 3fps or 0) Product: Wine Version: CVS/GIT Platform: PC OS/Version: Linux Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: blocker Priority: P2 Component: -unknown AssignedTo: wine-bugs@winehq.org ReportedBy: krause.marcel@gmx.net
It's something that's bugging me for a good while, and is also being mentioned in the AppDB article for the game. As I said there it can be "worked around" by using the commercial cedega software, which has other minor problems too, but nothing compared to the slowness under wine.
1. download the free client using bittorrent: http://torrent.funcom.com/torrents/AnarchyOnline_17.6.1_EP0.exe.torrent 2. register a free account: http://register.funcom.com/ 3. Start the game, talk to the neutral recruiter at the island and take the Wompah (teleporter) to Borealis, which will leave you in complete graphical laggyness.
You can also notice the laggyness at the Unicorn Outpost (needs paid expansion content), playershops in the guild cities (paid content too), and a few more places. All of these places are frequently used by the players and visiting them is a major pain of course, but as they're the central places in game, you can't really get around on the long run.
It's not my system causing the lag though, as it works fine with the cedega software.
Specs are: Athlon X2 5000+ 2Gb Ram GeForce 8600GT@256MB 400GB WD harddisk 16MBit/s internet connection
Regards, Marcel Krause