cdegrassi: On the case of BG1EE not working, I am actually asking for help on the GOG forum dedicated to this game.
True. Also, you're asking for help on things that should have been working out-of-the-box. In my opinion, you never should have encountered the errors that brought you here. Those should have been handled before GOG released a Linux download for this game. Also, in my opinion, it's pretty sloppy that the script they provided failed the way it did. Ideally, they would've detected a non-Bash shell and aborted with an error suggesting you use
bash instead. Similarly, they really shouldn't still be shipping a game that requires OpenSSL 1.0.0. If they insist on doing so, they ought to at least have the game explain to you why it didn't work, rather than expecting you to figure out the error message from the dynamic loader.
cdegrassi: It is also normal for a casual user to not have to know how to engineer a kernel to have the right to ask simple questions.
You're nowhere near the horrors of kernel debugging. In my opinion, you're dealing with stuff that a typical junior QA should've caught and filed as must-fix-before-release. :)
cdegrassi: I know all the RTFM argument, and it is very tiring. If anyone is to write a comment, let it be to help and not criticize.
I hope this is not addressed at me.
cdegrassi: Anyway, all this thread has taught me is:
1) Ask for a refund the game is not ready to play
On Linux, I agree. However, I can say with some authority that the Windows version works surprisingly well under Wine. I completed the Windows versions of Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition and Baldur's Gate 2: Enhanced Edition under Wine. This was back before Beamdog released the 64-bit versions, so I can only speak to the 32-bit game (v2.5.17.0). I never played them under real Microsoft Windows, but I didn't notice anything under Wine that made me feel like the game wasn't on real Windows. If you really want to play these games, I suggest trying them under Wine before giving up.
cdegrassi: 3) You need to be a software engineer to play a 20 y.o stupid game.
Some Linux expertise does help, and since the vendor doesn't seem to have applied any, you'll have to pick up their slack. ;)