Troubleshooting Speedy Eggbert / Troubleshooting

How to run on Linux

Use Wine: https://www.winehq.org/

There are some issues, when you run the Windows version of Speedy Blupi/Eggbert on Linux via Wine.

Background music does not work in Wine

Wine usually outpus this error:

0194:err:winediag:MIDIMAP_drvOpen No software synthesizer midi port found, Midi sound output probably won't work.

How to fix it:

1. install fluidsynth (for Debian: apt install fluidsynth)
2. Download a sound font and place it somewhere you like. Examples:
   • Windows General MIDI soundfont
     • https://files.openeggbert.com/Speedy_Eggbert/Windows/Default%20Windows%20MIDI%20Soundfont/gm.sf2 (source: https://musical-artifacts.com/artifacts/713)
   • http://www.vogonsdrivers.com/getfile.php?fileid=500
3. Run: fluidsynth -a pulseaudio /path/to/soundfont
   • Add an & at the end, if you want to run it in the background. Or you can configure its autostart at the boot

Note: Sound game effect works. Format for sound is WAV. Format for background music is MIDI.

Multiplayer mode does not work in Wine

How to fix it:

Install directplay: winetricks directplay

More investigation is needed

Saving custom levels to XCH files does not work in Wine

More investigation is needed

Make the EXE files run without DirectX installed

https://github.com/CnCNet/dummy-dplayx

This was not yet tested. Investigation is needed.

How to upgrade the EXE files to DirectX 11/12

https://github.com/dege-diosg/dgVoodoo2/

To be investigated

https://github.com/otya128/winevdm

How the 3D models of Eggbert were created

This software was used: Ray Dream Studio

http://www.win3x.org/win3board/viewtopic.php?t=13786\

Play MIDI on Linux (stub)

https://www.reddit.com/r/linuxquestions/comments/x91k5c/simple_midi_player_on_linux/

How to show keyboard and mouse presses in the realtime

Maybe this will work: https://github.com/Jax-Core/Keystrokes

How to play multiplayer over Internet

Hamachi. Maybe an alternative exists