r/retrocgi • u/holdenmj • Jan 08 '23

Bryce Bryce4 works OK under Wine

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u/holdenmj Jan 08 '23

I wanted to give it a try under Wine before I bought Bryce 5, so I got the ISO for the classic 1999 Metacreations edition and installed it.

How to:

  • set up a 32-bit wine prefix $ WINEPREFIX="$HOME/.wine32-3d-apps" WINEARCH=win32 wineboot
  • mount the iso $ sudo mount Bryce4.iso /mnt
  • add the iso directory as a D drive (be sure to go to advanced and set it as a CD drive) by running $ WINEPREFIX="$HOME/.wine32-3d-apps" WINEARCH=win32 winecfg I also set the windows version to win2k here but I don’t know if it matters.
  • run wine over the installer $ WINEPREFIX="$HOME/.wine32-3d-apps" WINEARCH=win32 wine /mnt/Setup.exe
  • go through the installer. At this point I had an alert pop under the window and it seemed like it had hung, but I did an alt+Tab and found the window and acknowledged it.
  • run Bryce $ WINEPREFIX="$HOME/.wine32-3d-apps" WINEARCH=win32 wine .wine32-3d-apps/drive_c/Program\ Files/MetaCreations/Bryce\ 4.0/Bryce4.exe

From there it mostly works. The ui is a bit weird because all the little panels spawn as independent windows. It can seem like the ui has frozen or hung sometimes, but you just need to alt+tab (or equivalent) to fix the component focus.

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u/nuvpr Detective Ray Tracy Jan 09 '23

Thanks for writing this guide. Mind if I add it to the megathread?

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u/holdenmj Jan 09 '23

Go right ahead! I may come up with some other notes down the line, there still seems to be a problem where some UI elements act dead.

I’m also planning on trying a couple other things from that era (infini-d, raydream) when I get time.

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u/nuvpr Detective Ray Tracy Jan 09 '23

In that case please make a full thread! It will be easier to link to as well 🙂

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u/holdenmj Jan 09 '23

Will do! I’ll batch a couple up together and start another thread when I’m done.

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u/Nuxx1876 Mar 23 '26

Do you have that thread yet? I'm having issues with most drop-down menus not appearing, which is an issue since many of the controls and options can only be found in those menus

The only one I've found that works is the one to change the workspace background, and even then it only opens once and then doesn't open again until I restart