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[./play.it] Install the Fallout games on Linux

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Hello fellow Debian users, Ubuntu lovers and Mint freaks!

Here you’ll find scripts allowing you to build .deb packages from your Windows installers for Fallout games. You can install them through DPKG and remove them through any APT front-end (apt-get, aptitude, synaptic, etc.).

Download links and usage instructions can be found on the following pages:
Fallout
Fallout 2
Fallout Tactics

We hope you’ll enjoy the ease-of-use provided by these scripts as much as we enjoy writing and tweaking them ;)

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Here you go for more supported games!

From the linked website: The game installed via these scripts will use WINE.

So why not install WINE (assuming it's not installed already) and then install Fallout 1, 2, and/or Tactics like you'd normally do?

There is quite a lot of reasons to prefer my scripts over a direct installation via WINE, here goes a non-exhaustive list:

_you can (of course) keep the generated .deb package to install your games on any machine running an APT-based system in a couple seconds;

_an easy de-installation can be done through your usual package manager;

_game is installed in a system location (not writable by users) so it can’t be messed up by accident;

_personal data is installed under each user personal directory ($HOME) so anyone can use its own set of savegames and settings;

_you don’t need to install the games multiple times on multi-user systems, install it once via these scripts and every user will be able to run it;

_instead of entries in your menu under something like "Wine/GOG Games/Fallout/…" they will be directly found under "Games" alongside the games you installed via the official repositories of your distribution;

_the game uses its own WINE prefix, so installing/tweaking other games via WINE can not in any way mess your installation of Fallout;

_maybe the most interesting feature: you don’t need to install the game through WINE, everything is automated, so it’s a good solution for people that don’t feel comfortable messing around with WINE.

I have just used the scripts to install and start playing Fallout2. Very nice!

Smooth install and it's very convenient to have it all packaged. Kudos to you, @vv221!

edit. Forgot to mention, I am on Mint 17.1

Thanks for the report!
It’s especially nice to have a confirmation that it works well on Linux Mint, as I usually test them on Debian only.

What's the benefits vs PoL? Or is it a preference matter

Forgive my ignorance, I created the package per your instructions and unpacked it (tried it both command line and the Mint package handler)... I'm not seeing how to execute it to run the game after unpacked. Also, what directory do I have to be in to get the wine config to launch...?

EDIT - well, I ended up running everything through a stand-alone wine install. The device I'm using is very picky about what graphic mode I use and though it took a couple of hours I was able to get the correct settings that would allow me to run the high res pack at full screen.

Both methods have benefits and drawbacks. Compared to PoL, ./play.it provides:
_a system-wide installation (no need to install the game multiple times if there are multiple users on the system)
_standardized paths to store saved games and settings (under ~/.config and ~/.local/share/games)
_no need for WINE to build the package and install it
_uses the system-wide WINE instead of one version per game
_games are easy to uninstall, and saved games and settings will be kept in case you want to reinstall the game later

Its main disadvantage compared to PoL is that ./play.it scripts are useful for Debian-based distributions only.

----- Each game can be launched from the menu entry created when you install it, or via the following commands:
Fallout 1: 'fallout'
Fallout 2: 'fallout-2'
Fallout Tactics: 'fallout-tactics' Each game uses its own WINE prefix, that you can configure via the following commands:
Fallout 1: 'fo1-winecfg'
Fallout 2: 'fo2-winecfg'
Fallout Tactics: 'bos-winecfg'

Hi,

Running Linux Mint 17.2 XFCE - 64 Bit.

I had trouble getting this up and running - Fallout Classic is now up but I still have issues.

Here is what I did. At first I used Lutris script. The game would install but after the Please Stand By - It would go dark and nothing more would occur. I would have to alt+f4 to get out of the window.

I then used your script method. When I got the

dpkg -i /home/user/.fallout/fallout_1.2-gog2.1.0.18_i386.deb

part I got an error stating that I would need to install Wine. Though I already have Wine install.

I then went back into the Lutris install method but then ran

sudo apt-get install -f

The game installs but I can only run it in Window mode - after making the edits to fo1-winecfg, If I try to run it in fullscreen mode - I can hear the game but my screen is set to 640 by 480 and I have to scroll across the desktop while the game is running and I can only see a port of the screen.

How can I get this running in fullscreen mode?

Maybe applying the widescreen patch will help you.
A menu entry has been created to allow applying and configuring this tweak, or you can go with the following command: EDIT: correction of the command

I have the hi-res patch with zoom - How do I apply it properly in Linux? My experience with Wine is very limited.

If you installed the GOG version via my script, the hi-res patch is already installed. You just need to set it up and activate it by running the command I gave you in my previous post.

My terminal says command not found.

Thanks for the side chat. It works great now. I would suggest updating your script guide with the command you gave me for HD res pack.

Much love!

Good point, I’ll think of a way to present this in the guide.