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Please make the Beambog client run on wine.

georgelappiesgeorgelappies Member Posts: 179
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The game itself runs perfectly on wine with no issues. However it is a pain getting it installed in Linux due to all the dot net crap in the Beamdog client.

Seeing that we probably will not be getting a native Linux client after all please just make the install possible for us not using Windows.

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  • georgelappiesgeorgelappies Member Posts: 179
    * BUMP *

    This should be a small change that will have a huge impact on many users. Like I said the game currently runs extremely well under Linux after all the workarounds to get it installed.

    I have to keep a backed up WinXP Virtualbox VM just for in case a patch comes out ;)

    Please if you don't have plans for a native Linux client, just make the game install able via wine.
  • RahlikRahlik Member Posts: 86
    Does the loader not work when Mono is installed? I was under the impression that mono would cover this sort of thing off.

    Sorry not trying to side track your thread as if this isn't the case of course a platform neutral loader or a loader that could be compiled against the platform it was intended to be run on would be ideal. :)
  • georgelappiesgeorgelappies Member Posts: 179
    Hi Rahlik

    I could not get any setup involving mono or dot net in PlayOnLinux or vanilla wine to work with the loader. I also extensively searched the internet for a solution but no body seems to be able to make the loader run under Linux. But this is an issue with some dot net apps on wine (that they just refuse to run properly).

    Its sad as seeing the game itself actually runs better on my Linux machine's compared to my wife's windows 8 machine :) On the Windows 8 machine the scrolling in game is less smooth when compared to how smoothly is scrolls in Linux.

    If we can get a loader that uses Java or even better Qt that is cross platform Beamdog will have to also only keep one code base up to date should they consider releasing to Linux later as well.

    Only by letting them know can we have any hope of this happening.
  • RahlikRahlik Member Posts: 86
    Yep a cross platform loader would be the ideal solution I agree. It's a shame that the current loader doesn't seem to work properly on mono though.
  • kotekokoteko Member Posts: 179
    Any news about this? Anyone able to run the client on linux?
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