Playing in Linux: Difference between revisions

1. In a terminal, run the command <code>winetricks</code> without any arguments. This will open the GUI. First choose "Select the default wineprefix". On the next screen, choose "Install a Windows DLL or component". When presented with a long list, scroll down to the "dotnet" section. The AE requires .NET 2.0, so select dotnet20. When Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Setup appears, proceed through the installation normally. You will return to the Winetricks GUI, which you can exit.

2. Download the latest Windows version of the AE Installer, linked from [[Anniversary Edition]].

 

3. Open a Linux terminal, export the "Oni" prefix, navigate to the folder with the AE Installer, and initiate the installation process:

4. During the AE installation, there will be a prompt to provide Oni's installation directory. Navigate to the appropriate directory. Your Linux system's directory tree should be mapped to "Z:/". Don't bother to create Start Menu or desktop shortcuts, as you will not see them.

5. At the end of the installation, the AE Installer Updater will be automatically executed and will attempt to fetch the current AE Installer. During the fetching process, it may appear that the Updater has hanged, but this is because the initial part of the fetching process takes the longest.

6. The Updater will launch the Installer. When the Installer launches, there is also no visual indication that there is work being done in the background as the AEI talks to the Mod Depot, so be patient.

 

The progress dialogs for updating and installing the AE may have a glitch under Wine where they hide behind the AEI's main window, but they are still present and working. The Instructions window which presents tips for using the AEI may also be glitched, presenting as a tiny title bar only. Close the tiny window and proceed to choose some mods if you wish. You can leave all mods turned off, but you do have to click the Install button at least once.

The AE Installer will be automatically launched after it is installed. However, any other time you want to launch the AE Installer, open a Linux terminal, export the "Oni" prefix, and navigate to the folder with the '''AEInstaller2.jar''' file (starting from Oni's folder, this is AE/AEInstaller/bin/). Launch the .jar file through your Wine prefix's Java Runtime Environment:

: <code>wine start /ProgIDOpen jarfile AEInstaller2.jar</code>

1. Launch the game through the AE Installer application if you installed the AE using the process in D2(b).

As a shortcut, you can place the above commands into a shell script and then create a desktop file which executes the script (make sure to set both the .sh and .desktop files as executable).