How to run Simcity3000 under Debian Lenny (02.06.2011)

get latest loki compat libs:
http://www.swanson.ukfsn.org/loki/loki_compat_libs-1.3.tar.bz2
11 May 2008 2.5Mb


extract them to
/usr/local/lib/Loki_Compat-1.3

under /usr/local/bin/sc3u write a small wrapper script:
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#!/bin/sh
COMPAT=/usr/local/lib/Loki_Compat-1.3
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$COMPAT
cd /usr/local/SC3U
$COMPAT/ld-linux.so.2 ./sc3u -intro:off
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== Possible Problems ==

The intro:off deactivates the intro, which otherwise crashes the game:
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fcntl: Operation not permitted
fcntl: Operation not permitted
X Error:  BadMatch
Request Major code 142 (XVideo)
Request Minor code 19 ()
Error Serial #17
Current Serial #18
Xlib: unexpected async reply (sequence 0xe0)!
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Older versions of Loki_Compat might lead to a crash:
Inconsistency detected by ld.so: dynamic-link.h: 62:
elf_get_dynamic_info: Assertion `! "bad dynamic tag"' failed!
The version linked above worked.

The game must be patched, see link below.

== Open Issues ==

The scrolling is very fast.
The sound is not perfectly accurate.

== Further Info ==

For more information:
http://www.gentoo-wiki.info/HOWTO_Running_Old_Loki_Games