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Running EVE through WINE
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Nefertiti Anzomi
Pandemic Horde Inc.
Pandemic Horde
#1 - 2015-12-30 09:33:54 UTC
Hi All,

Keep on getting the below error when launching EVE, your assistance will be much appreciated.

The application failed to start because it could not find or load the Qt platform plugin "Windows"

Thanks

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Ima Wreckyou
The Conference Elite
The Conference
#2 - 2015-12-30 18:08:43 UTC
Nefertiti Anzomi wrote:
Hi All,

Keep on getting the below error when launching EVE, your assistance will be much appreciated.

The application failed to start because it could not find or load the Qt platform plugin "Windows"

Thanks

How are you trying to start it? From the GUI or from the console?

Evil RatKid
Whitehound
#3 - 2015-12-30 19:08:12 UTC  |  Edited by: Whitehound
Nefertiti Anzomi wrote:
Hi All,

Keep on getting the below error when launching EVE, your assistance will be much appreciated.

The application failed to start because it could not find or load the Qt platform plugin "Windows"

Thanks

The error message sounds like you are missing some of the Windows components. If you have installed EVE previously in a directory and it worked then you should check that your WINEPREFIX variable is set accordingly. If it is a new installation then make sure you got all the required Windows components installed before you install EVE.

Let us know how it goes as well as what distribution you are using, the WINE version and which graphics drivers.

Loss is meaningful. Therefore is the loss of meaning likewise meaningful. It is the source of all trolling.
Nefertiti Anzomi
Pandemic Horde Inc.
Pandemic Horde
#4 - 2015-12-31 07:50:15 UTC
Tried running it via the CLI and QUI.

Loaded the :

corefonts
d3dx9_36
vcrun2005
vcrun2008
vcrun2010
vcrun2013

Anything else perhaps that is missing?

"You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time."
Torgeir Hekard
I MYSELF AND ME
#5 - 2015-12-31 08:58:19 UTC
"Loading" something usually is not enough.

I believe you need some overrides at least for the new launcher.
Nefertiti Anzomi
Pandemic Horde Inc.
Pandemic Horde
#6 - 2015-12-31 12:32:18 UTC
Bleh, think it is because I'm running a 64 bit setup here. Using WINE 64 bit does not help and not sure if the 32 bit WINE version will work either.

"You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time."
Whitehound
#7 - 2015-12-31 13:27:31 UTC
Nefertiti Anzomi wrote:
Bleh, think it is because I'm running a 64 bit setup here. Using WINE 64 bit does not help and not sure if the 32 bit WINE version will work either.

Ah, that will not work indeed.

If it is a Debian-based distro then you would first need to tell it to recognize 32-bit packages with:

$root> dpkg --add-architecture i386


Then it will let you install the 32bit version of wine.

Here is a description of the steps needed for Debian that had worked for me.

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Kniht
#8 - 2016-03-09 20:15:13 UTC
Nefertiti Anzomi wrote:
The application failed to start because it could not find or load the Qt platform plugin "Windows"

I got the same error. Changing wine to report as Windows XP instead of Windows 7 fixed it.

o/ fly crazy