Playing windows ga,es through wine, but not installing them in Linux?

Edward78 · 21 Sep 2011 at 06:08

Ok so Windows is being a pain, so if I install wine, can I play games already installed on another drive I use to play in windows?

masterluke · 21 Sep 2011 at 07:29

Try it and see.. only takes seconds to install wine. Don't forget the set the .exe as executable. Easy way is to right click \ properties \ permissions \ allow executing as program. You are on ubuntu right?

SMN · 21 Sep 2011 at 08:41

Better bet is to play via PlayOnLinux: http://www.playonlinux.com/en/

I got my missus' Ubuntu laptop running every version of the Sims including the latest version on it without any issue at all.

Edward78 · 21 Sep 2011 at 14:50

masterluke said:
Try it and see.. only takes seconds to install wine. Don't forget the set the .exe as executable. Easy way is to right click \ properties \ permissions \ allow executing as program. You are on ubuntu right?

Mint 10.

SMN said:
Better bet is to play via PlayOnLinux: http://www.playonlinux.com/en/

I got my missus' Ubuntu laptop running every version of the Sims including the latest version on it without any issue at all.

Can I run a game already installed through windows?

MasterPlan1 · 21 Sep 2011 at 16:01

Depends on if the game requires reg entries or not, some games don't. Some do... Try it and see.

masterluke · 21 Sep 2011 at 16:09

I think mint works the same right? Just "sudo apt-get install wine"

You could have had your answer by now if you had tried it.

I'd say MasterPlan1 is right and it depends on how the games uses the registry. Plenty of games will have registration information in there and so will probably fail to run. Some may run with a nocd. Some won't run even if installed properly on linux.

Hairybudda · 21 Sep 2011 at 16:13

Yeah if it makes extensive use of the registry you're screwed, if not you'll probably be able to get it working.

Edward78 · 21 Sep 2011 at 18:48

How do I su in the GUI?

masterluke · 21 Sep 2011 at 19:05

Its generally not a good idea as its easy to break stuff.. but if you really want to you can do a "sudo nautilus" to get a file browser with root access

(if thats what you are asking because in typical Edward78 style you have completely failed at explaining properly what you want)

Edward78 · 21 Sep 2011 at 19:10

masterluke said:
Its generally not a good idea as its easy to break stuff.. but if you really want to you can do a "sudo nautilus" to get a file browser with root access

(if thats what you are asking because in typical Edward78 style you have completely failed at explaining properly what you want)

I just need to make the eve exe executable. Still won't let me make it executable.

I just want to play a game sheeesh.

masterluke · 21 Sep 2011 at 19:20

sudo chmod a+x /path/to/file.exe

masterluke · 21 Sep 2011 at 19:26

you may find this useful

Edward78 · 21 Sep 2011 at 19:53

masterluke said:
sudo chmod a+x /path/to/file.exe

sudo chmod a+x /media/2280F6CE80F6A805/Program Files/CCP/EVE.exe

Returns chmod: cannot access `/media/2280F6CE80F6A805/Program': No such file or directory
chmod: cannot access `Files/CCP/EVE.exe': No such file or directory

craptakular · 21 Sep 2011 at 21:19

masterluke said:
sudo chmod a+x /path/to/file.exe

SMN · 22 Sep 2011 at 07:53

Edward78 said:
sudo chmod a+x /media/2280F6CE80F6A805/Program Files/CCP/EVE.exe

Returns chmod: cannot access `/media/2280F6CE80F6A805/Program': No such file or directory
chmod: cannot access `Files/CCP/EVE.exe': No such file or directory

Yeah its cos you didnt have the concatenation (?), you need to do:

sudo chmod a+x /media/2280F6CE80F6A805/Program\ /Files/CCP/EVE.exe

Or something similar. As it treats "Program" and "Files" as 2 different commands, an EOL and SOL (Start/End of Line).

masterluke · 22 Sep 2011 at 11:29

I would do...

sudo chmod a+x "/media/2280F6CE80F6A805/Program Files/CCP/EVE.exe"

..i think

Brackets should treat it as 1 string and not 2 seperate commands

MasterPlan1 · 22 Sep 2011 at 12:46

MasterPlan1 said:
Depends on if the game requires reg entries or not, some games don't. Some do... Try it and see.

Derp, forgot about this site, the definitive will it work... http://appdb.winehq.org/

Edward78 · 22 Sep 2011 at 15:52

My eve is at /media/2280F6CE80F6A805/Program Files/CCP/EVE

So why does sudo chmod a+x /media/2280F6CE80F6A805/Program\ /Files/CCP/EVE/EVE.exe return that
chmod: cannot access `/media/2280F6CE80F6A805/Program /Files/CCP/EVE/EVE.exe': No such file or directory if I try sudo chmod a+x /media/2280F6CE80F6A805/Program\ /Files/CCP/EVE.exe I also get
chmod: cannot access `/media/2280F6CE80F6A805/Program /Files/CCP/EVE.exe': No such file or directory

masterluke · 22 Sep 2011 at 18:37

did you try..

sudo chmod a+x "/media/2280F6CE80F6A805/Program Files/CCP/EVE.exe"

??

Edward78 · 22 Sep 2011 at 18:54

masterluke said:
did you try..

sudo chmod a+x "/media/2280F6CE80F6A805/Program Files/CCP/EVE.exe"

??

I still get the same with /eve.exe & eve/eve.exe

sudo chmod a+x "/media/2280F6CE80F6A805/Program Files/CCP/EVE/EVE.exe"
chmod: cannot access `/media/2280F6CE80F6A805/Program Files/CCP/EVE/EVE.exe': No such file or directory

I want to know where does it think eve is? In properties in gnomr it says Location is /media/2280F6CE80F6A805/Program Files/CCP/EVE.