Hello fellow Linux gamers!

Here you can find informations about ./play.it, a tool building packages for Debian, Arch Linux, Gentoo and any derivative (Ubuntu, Manjaro, Linux Mint, etc.) from your installers for Icewind Dale games.
These packages can be installed easily with you favourite packages manager.

Download links and usage instructions can be found on the following pages:
Icewind Dale (classic version)
Icewind Dale Ⅱ
Icewind Dale - Enhanced Edition

We hope youʼll enjoy the ease-of-use provided by this tool as much as we enjoy writing and tweaking it ;)

Here you go for more supported games!

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Salut camarades Linuxiens !

Vous trouverez ici des informations à propos de ./play.it, un outil construisant des paquets pour Debian, Arch Linux, Gentoo ou nʼimporte quelle distribution dérivée de celles-ci (Ubuntu, Manjaro, Linux Mint, etc.) à partir de vos installateurs pour les jeux Icewind Dale.
Ces paquets sʼinstallent facilement via votre gestionnaire de paquets habituel.

Les liens de téléchargement et les instructions dʼutilisation se trouvent sur les pages suivantes :
Icewind Dale (version classique)
Icewind Dale Ⅱ
Icewind Dale - Enhanced Edition

Nous espérons que vous apprécierez le confort apporté par cet outil autant que nous apprécions lʼécrire et lʼaméliorer ;)

Pour plus de jeux, rendez-vous par ici !

Update

Icewind Dale Enhanced Edition

On Arch Linux and derivatives, use system-provided version of libssl 1.0.0

Update

Icewind Dale II
Script ported to ./play.it 2, most noticeable improvement is the support of Arch Linux and derivatives.

Update

Icewind Dale Enhanced Edition

New supported installer:
icewind_dale_enhanced_edition_en_2_5_16_3_20626.sh

Update

Icewind Dale Enhanced Edition

Support added for 64-bit version

New supported installer:
icewind_dale_enhanced_edition_en_2_5_17_23121.sh

II?
How does that work, GOG lists Icewind Dale 2 for Mac and PC, but not linux, and i was told not to expect any new versions since the sources were supposedly lost.
Is this a custom full linux port?

With ./play.it, we use the Windows installer for Icewind Dale 2 sold on GOG, and automatically configure it to run with WINE.
WINE usage should be transparent, the user can configure it but doesn’t have to.

At some point, we might allow running it through GemRB too.

I was having issues running Icewind Dale 2 on Wine 3.6. Black screen at the main menu and a badly flickering mouse cursor. I was able to fix this by disabling CSMT. Just thought I'd let you know, because I was getting the same problem using the ./play.it script.

Thanks for the report, I’ll see if we can automate this in some way.

I have the same issue. What the hell is CSMT and how to disable it?

Edit: All right, I found this option is only in wine-staging. I confirm it fixed the issue with flickering and unresponsive cursor.

Thanks, it looks like this should be done by the ./play.it script if it is a reliable inprovement.

Update

Icewind Dale - Enhanced Edition

* Fix dependency on 64-bit libSSL 1.0.0 for Arch Linux
* Fix blocking black screen on launch

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Icewind Dale - Enhanced Edition

* Build a dedicated package for each localization
    English localization is included in the base data package, to be used as a fallback with incomplete localizations.
    Installing an extra localization on top of the English one is not required.

Instructions on ./play.it website have been updated, and should be less overwhelming for people using ./play.it for the first time.

Update

Icewind Dale Ⅱ

Disable CSMT: With CSMT active, the game suffers from a lot of rendering issues, making it unplayable.

Use native windowed mode instead of WINE virtual desktop: This makes it easier to switch to full screen display without the need to know what a WINE virtual desktop is and how to disable it.