Native Access 2 now works with WINE

[k512]

Just chiming in from ArchLinux and NativeAccess 3. Nothing works anymore.
I had NA2 work for a while, but since their forced NA3 update NTKDaemon keeps crashing, no matter which Wine10 version I use.

Anybody else observing this?

[k512]

Just chiming in from ArchLinux and NativeAccess 3. Nothing works anymore.
I had NA2 work for a while, but since their forced NA3 update NTKDaemon keeps crashing, no matter which Wine10 version I use.

Anybody else observing this?

Adding some findings:

• Using Wine 10.x was the cause here. Switching to Wine 9.2 at least lets NA3 install the NTKDaemonService, so NA3 loads.
• Downloading anything doesn't seem to work, the process stays at 'Calculating time remaining', and that's that.

[eamner]

Subscribing to this discussion. I too followed Casey's instructions but doesn't work.
Going back to NA 1.14.1 until someone figures this out.

[extralifedisco]

I was able to get Native Access 3.18.1 running on Ubuntu Studio with wine10-staging. I followed Casey's instructions and they worked pretty well, except that the NTKDaemon.exe does not run properly when started via command line "wine start NTKDaemon.exe" or double-clicking its icon in Dolphin. However, re-running the NTK Daemon installer at:
~/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/Native Instruments/Native Access/resources/daemon/win/NTKDaemon 1.24.1 Setup PC.exe

... does successfully start the Daemon, which runs as NTKDaemon.exe in the process list. It's inconvenient but only required when installing new plugins. This allows native access to boot into the login screen.

Past that, I did find that most of the installer scripts caused big error logs with Powershell in wine-debug. Turns out the powershell 1.0.0 executable is not a real program in Wine. I tried installing the newest Powershell (7.2.0), but it does not seem to be compatible with Wine 10 (could not find System.Runtime.dll, although the file was there). I finally downgraded to Powershell 6.2.1 and that works much better.

After all that VST effects like Phasis and Solid Bus Comp now install successfully from Native Access. Kontakt 8 downloads successfully, but then appears as if it has never been installed afterward. Kontakt 7 installs, but hangs when opened in Bitwig via Yabridge. Have to try cleaning up and reinstalling. Guitar Rig also runs. It wont launch standalone from Native Access, but the desktop shortcut works. Its audio I/O does not work for me (only WASAPI is available), but it does work fine in a separate VST plugin host.

Older .iso libraries (Abbey Road drums, Scarbee Rickenbacker) require the filename change and command line mount trick Casey describes. If I can get Kontakt to load maybe those will work as well.