Posted December 06, 2017
I've put together a Wine wrapper for Jazz Jackrabbit 2 Collection, allowing it to be played on Linux almost like a native game & with no Wine knowledge required.
Simply run the build script to create the wrapper. If the installer files are not alongside the wrapper build files then the path to them will need to be specified either by passing it as an argument to the build script with -respath="<path>" or by setting an environment variable named WINEWRAP_RESPATH containing it. You can change the path to build the wrapper in and the name of the wrapper directory with the -buildpath= and -dirname= arguments. The build path can also be set with the WINEWRAP_BUILDPATH environment variable.
The output will be a directory containing the game set up within a preconfigured Wine prefix, along with its own copy of Wine, extracted game icons, documentation, and start script(s). From there simply run the start script to play. The start script also includes options for creating a shortcut, configuring the wrapper etc.
(to uninstall simply delete the game directory and any shortcuts you created, and the game's user data directory in ~/.local/share if you don't want to keep your saves & settings)
User data is stored under ~/.local/share/jazz_jackrabbit_2, ~/.local/share/jazz_jackrabbit_2plus, ~/.local/share/jazz_jackrabbit_2_cc depending on the game.
Full details are in the readme.txt and release notes. Here is the download link:
jazz_jackrabbit_2_wine.tar.xz
(234.8 kB, SHA256: 14dac0a4002657ef704a82db4e2334049d15b66371b8fc591afd4203b3d84690)
Last updated 2021/07/11
The wrapper uses Wine 5.0. Wine and Winetricks will be downloaded automatically if not present; to avoid redownloading for other scripts the downloaded Wine package will be stored in ~/.cache/winewrap
JJ2 is set to run in windowed mode and as of the 2018/02/04 update the game window will automatically resize to something more comfortable (and will scale to maintain the correct aspect ratio) thanks to Zipplet's windowsizer tool (https://www.zipplet.co.uk) - more information about this is in the release notes. See this screenshot for an example (I've changed the windowsizer setting to scale to 90% so the game is displaying at 1440x1080 on my system's monitor - the default is 85%).
I have fully played through the game without any significant issues. The only issue I haven't been able to fix or work around is when quitting the display is blank instead of showing the game's credits (press escape to quit) - nothing major.
If anyone encounters any problems then post in this thread, Adamhm's Linux Wine Wrappers - News, FAQ & Discussion and/or The "Judas™ does this run in Wine" thread v1.173.
Multiplayer has not been tested and may or may not work.
For more of my Linux Wine wrappers check out post 3 in this thread: Adamhm's Linux Wine Wrappers - News, FAQ & Discussion
Simply run the build script to create the wrapper. If the installer files are not alongside the wrapper build files then the path to them will need to be specified either by passing it as an argument to the build script with -respath="<path>" or by setting an environment variable named WINEWRAP_RESPATH containing it. You can change the path to build the wrapper in and the name of the wrapper directory with the -buildpath= and -dirname= arguments. The build path can also be set with the WINEWRAP_BUILDPATH environment variable.
The output will be a directory containing the game set up within a preconfigured Wine prefix, along with its own copy of Wine, extracted game icons, documentation, and start script(s). From there simply run the start script to play. The start script also includes options for creating a shortcut, configuring the wrapper etc.
(to uninstall simply delete the game directory and any shortcuts you created, and the game's user data directory in ~/.local/share if you don't want to keep your saves & settings)
User data is stored under ~/.local/share/jazz_jackrabbit_2, ~/.local/share/jazz_jackrabbit_2plus, ~/.local/share/jazz_jackrabbit_2_cc depending on the game.
Full details are in the readme.txt and release notes. Here is the download link:
jazz_jackrabbit_2_wine.tar.xz
(234.8 kB, SHA256: 14dac0a4002657ef704a82db4e2334049d15b66371b8fc591afd4203b3d84690)
Last updated 2021/07/11
The wrapper uses Wine 5.0. Wine and Winetricks will be downloaded automatically if not present; to avoid redownloading for other scripts the downloaded Wine package will be stored in ~/.cache/winewrap
JJ2 is set to run in windowed mode and as of the 2018/02/04 update the game window will automatically resize to something more comfortable (and will scale to maintain the correct aspect ratio) thanks to Zipplet's windowsizer tool (https://www.zipplet.co.uk) - more information about this is in the release notes. See this screenshot for an example (I've changed the windowsizer setting to scale to 90% so the game is displaying at 1440x1080 on my system's monitor - the default is 85%).
I have fully played through the game without any significant issues. The only issue I haven't been able to fix or work around is when quitting the display is blank instead of showing the game's credits (press escape to quit) - nothing major.
If anyone encounters any problems then post in this thread, Adamhm's Linux Wine Wrappers - News, FAQ & Discussion and/or The "Judas™ does this run in Wine" thread v1.173.
Multiplayer has not been tested and may or may not work.
For more of my Linux Wine wrappers check out post 3 in this thread: Adamhm's Linux Wine Wrappers - News, FAQ & Discussion
Post edited July 11, 2021 by adamhm
