This covers the installation of the 3ds Max 9 trial, specifically, and is not applicable to newer versions of 3ds Max.
All the original assets in the Ryzom Core graphics repository are currently guaranteed to work with 3ds Max 9.
First you will want to create a prefix for 3ds Max. It should be a 32bit prefix. You can create it by running this on the command-line:
WINEARCH=win32 winetricks prefix=max9
Launch Winetricks using the following command.
WINEARCH=win32 winetricks
If you're running a 64bit operating system you may run into this error:
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wine cmd.exe /c echo '%ProgramFiles%' returned empty string
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The solution is to make sure your default Wine prefix is using the WINEARCH=win32. If it is not, you'll have to delete ~/.wine and launch winetricks with WINEARCH=win32 to initialize it properly.
If your default Wine prefix is 64 bit and you cannot delete it due to existing installations you can manually create the max9 Wine prefix, as follows.
WINEARCH=win32 WINEPREFIX=~/.local/share/wineprefixes/max9/ winecfg WINEARCH=win32 WINEPREFIX=~/.local/share/wineprefixes/max9/ winetricks
First you will need to choose "Select max9" to select the max9 prefix. Once you select it and press OK you will be able to configure the prefix.
Next select Install a Windows DLL or component and press OK.
Check the following items to install:
Once checked press OK and wait for it to download and install these.
http://images.autodesk.com/adsk/files/3dsmax9_sp1_32bit.msp
http://images.autodesk.com/adsk/files/3dsmax9_hf4_32.zip
If ALT shortcuts with the mouse cause a mess.
sudo apt-get install dconf-tools
dconf-editor
If the path /home/kaetemi/.local/share/wineprefixes/max9/drive_c/windows/winsxs/x86_microsoft.vc90.crt_1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b_9.0.30729.6161_none_deadbeef is missing msvcp90.dll
Add the following to overrides in winecfg.