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Fallout Series[./play.it] Install the Fallout games on Linux(46 posts)(46 posts)
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Posted June 18, 2020
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Superdog: /usr/local/games/fallout-2_resolution: 121: /usr/local/games/fallout-2_resolution: winetricks: not found

still giving me a hard time over winetricks.
This is the strange part, in your previous post it was shown as installed. I think this package installation got corrupted in some way, and it shows as installed but actually is not.

You can force its reinstallation with:
apt-get install --reinstall winetricks
Then check that it is available with:
apt-cache policy winetricks
and:
which winetricks
(this last command should return the path to the `winetricks` binary)

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Due to the missing `winetricks` command the generation of the game prefix is only partially done, so once this winetricks issue is fixed you will have to reset it again with the following commands:
rm --recursive ~/.local/share/play.it/prefixes/fallout-2
mkdir --parents ~/.local/share/games/fallout-2
cp /usr/local/share/games/fallout-2/fallout2.exe ~/.local/share/games/fallout-2
Posted June 20, 2020
So it didn't give me any error messages during the install, but when I click to launch it, it just loads and loads and never opens. Is it possibly not compatible with Chrome Linux beta?
Posted June 20, 2020
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Superdog: Is it possibly not compatible with Chrome Linux beta?
Oh, I assumed a Debian Buster from your messages, I should have asked…

./ṕlay.it may work on Chrome OS as a side effect of its support for APT-based distributions (Debian and derivatives), but it is not guaranteed: none of our core developers use it, so it has barely been tested on this platform. For the specific case of Fallout 2, I do not know if it would work as expected or would instead fail with some strange quirks.
Posted June 20, 2020
Might try it on crouton, which is closer to a pure Linux distro and see what happens.
Posted June 21, 2020
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Superdog: Might try it on crouton, which is closer to a pure Linux distro and see what happens.
Feedback on this would be most welcome ;)
Posted June 24, 2020
I seem to have gotten it to work under Crostini, I won't claim to understand why or how, but I reinstalled Liniux Beta completely, redid my entire Wine install and then went though all the steps. When I attempted to run the high resolution patch, i get this error:
wine: cannot find L"C:\\windows\\system32\\winemenubuilder.exe"

but the the menu comes up. The game loaded, I started a new game and walked around a little, seems to work. Much appreciation for building these scripts. I will report back if more developments occur. Now I just need to change the stupid bearded guy face icon :|
Posted June 25, 2020
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Superdog: wine: cannot find L"C:\\windows\\system32\\winemenubuilder.exe"
This one you can forget about, this is a harmless warning due to the way ./play.it prevents WINE to create menu entries by itself.

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Superdog: Now I just need to change the stupid bearded guy face icon
I often wondered if I should drop it, as I think it was initially intended as some kind of easter egg. Here is how you can force the use of the smaller standard icon instead:
mkdir --parents ~/.local/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps
ln --symbolic /usr/local/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/fallout-2.png ~/.local/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/
Posted June 29, 2020
Ok, this is dumb, but I absolutely cannot get it to change the icon. I strongly believe this is due to the way chromebook handles icons, is there any way to have it install using the regular pipboy icon?
Posted June 30, 2020
lol I finally got the stupid icon to change, apparently changing icons in linux beta chromebook is the hardest thing possible for some bizarre reason. Anyway, all is well.
Posted July 02, 2020
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Superdog: (…)
Did you understand in the end how to change the icon, or is it some mystic manipulation amongst many that did the trick and you still don’t know how or why it worked?

I guess I will remove this icon in some future update, I doubt anyone will miss it…
Posted July 06, 2020
Update

Fallout

New installer supported:
• setup_fallout_1.2_(27130).exe
    + setup_fallout_1.2_(27130)-1.bin

Fallout 2

New installer supported:
• setup_fallout2_2.1.0.18.exe

Add missing dependency on winetricks

Include missing configuration file for hi-res patch
Posted October 10, 2020
Update

Fallout Tactics support has been ported from old Debian-only ./play.it 1.x to current ./play.it 2.x, with support for Arch Linux and Gentoo (and derivatives).
Posted January 29, 2021
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Superdog: (…)
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vv221: I think I understand the issue : GOG, due to not always being very smart, do not provide the same installers to people who bought Fallout 2 when it was sold by Interplay (this is my case) or now that it is sold by Bethesda (I guess this is your case).

If you can give me the following informations, I should be able to update our support to include the Bethesda installers:
• the installer file name
• the full output of: md5sum your_fallout_installer.exe
• the full output of: innoextract -lL your_fallout_installer.exe

Another option would of course be to send me a gift code for the version of Fallout 2 currently sold on GOG, so I can study this new installer ;)

In any case it should be quite easy to update our script, as I am sure the game data itself has not changed at all. The difference is most probably only in the GOG packaging.
I think I'm having the same issue Superdog did. Hoping for some help.
I'm running Ubuntu 20.04.1. My .exe file name is different (GOG_Galaxy_Fallout_2.exe), which I suspect may be part of the problem.

When following the provided instructions for Debian I get to the step where I enter:

sh ./play-fallout-2.sh ~/Game/GOG_Galaxy_Fallout_2.exe

Returns:
Computing hashsum for GOG_Galaxy_Fallout_2.exe OK

Error:
None of the following files could be found:
setup_fallout2_2.1.0.18.exe — https://www.gog.com/game/fallout_2
setup_fallout2_2.1.0.17.exe
setup_fallout2_french_2.1.0.17.exe — https://www.gog.com/game/fallout_2

In case you request the same info as you did from Superdog:

md5sum GOG_Galaxy_Fallout_2.exe
86399bc00e29607d4bb1e1cbea258821 GOG_Galaxy_Fallout_2.exe

innoextract -lL GOG_Galaxy_Fallout_2.exe
Not a supported Inno Setup installer!
Done with 1 error.
Posted January 29, 2021
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g_games: My .exe file name is different (GOG_Galaxy_Fallout_2.exe), which I suspect may be part of the problem.
You got tricked by GOG into downloading the Galaxy stub installer instead of the actual game installer ;)
See the attached screenshot to find the correct (hidden) download link.
Attachments:
gog.png (78 Kb)
Post edited January 29, 2021 by vv221
Posted January 29, 2021
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g_games: My .exe file name is different (GOG_Galaxy_Fallout_2.exe), which I suspect may be part of the problem.
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vv221: You got tricked by GOG into downloading the Galaxy stub installer instead of the actual game installer ;)
See the attached screenshot to find the correct (hidden) download link.
Indeed I did. Working just fine now. Thanks!
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