Point2Play-1.1.1

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Point2Play 1.1.1 Release Notes

September 13th, 2004


Welcome to TransGaming Point2Play 1.1.1, which is the latest version of our official graphical frontend for Cedega.

Please refer to the Point2Play HowTo Guide, available in the Downloads section of the TransGaming website , and also from the help menu with Point2Play itself, for detailed usage instructions.

If you require assistance, please feel free to make a post to the Point2Play forum.

If you wish to have your post answered by a TransGaming staff member make a support request. (Make sure you are logged in and click on "Make a Support Request")

TransGaming depends on volunteers like you to make Point2Play available in a number of different languages. Please check out this link for details: http://www.transgaming.org/i18n


New in this release

  • Users now have the option to select a specific version of WineX rather than the default WineX version when installing individual games.
  • Start a game by double-clicking on its icon, rather than just with the Play button.
  • A minor bug with the CDROM test when there is no CDROM/DVDROM drive in the system has been addressed.
  • Text has been reformatted in the various tests providing an easier-to-read layout.
  • A resizable user interface that looks good at any screen size is now available.
  • Rename button has been added to the Main tab.
  • Point2Play starts up with a larger size and is now resizable by default.
  • Modified focus behavior of Program Groups pane and Game Icon pane on Main tab allows renaming and deleting icons individually or a program group at a time
  • A bug pertaining to renaming a program group has been fixed.
  • It is now possible to rename individual game icons.
  • After installing a version of WineX, users will now be prompted to select if that version should be their default.
  • Some users experienced a crash when installing a game featuring an ampersand sign (&) in its title. This has now been fixed.
  • Point2Play will no longer crash when the message "list index out of range" appears. Special thanks to David Kopel for all the help in tracking down and squashing this bug.

How To Install Point2Play

Point2Play is available in a variety of pre-built binary packages designed to suit most Linux distributions.

First select the package that is right for you:

rpm - RedHat Package Management (RedHat Linux, Mandrake Linux, SuSE Linux, etc)

To install the Point2Play rpm package, open a console/terminal window and execute the following command as 'root': 

# rpm  -ivh  Point2Play-[version].rpm


deb - Debian Package (Debian GNU/Linux, Corel/Xandros Linux, Lindows,etc)

To install the Point2Play deb package, open a console/terminal window and execute the following command as 'root': 

# dpkg  -i  Point2Play_[version].deb


tgz - Tar GZipped Package (Slackware Linux, GenToo, etc.)

To install the Point2play tgz package, open a console/terminal window and execute the following commands as 'root': 

# cd /
# tar -xvzf  Point2Play-[version].tgz

(The tgz was generated using the alien utility)

Known Issues

  • Distributions such as SuSE 8.2 and Debian Unstable use a version of pthreads which only allows for a 2 megabyte per thread stack size. Most games do not require more than 2 megabytes per thread, however some games such as Metal of Honor: Allied Assault do require more than 2 megabytes and will not work. There is no work around for the currently available WineX versions as of this writing. (3.0 and 3.1) A fix is presently under testing and is planned to be available in all future releases of WineX.

    You can see if your distribution has this issue by running the "Test if POSIX Threads (pthreads) Are Required" test in the "System Tests" tab in Point2Play.

    Should you wish to fix this issue with your distribution you will have to recompile Glibc with a greater default stack size; this is not for the faint of heart and will not be supported by TransGaming.
  • On some SuSE 8.2 systems it has been observed that Point2Play is starting up with an incorrect background colour (it should be green). This will not affect the functionality or usability of Point2Play.

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