@mtodor
Alright, just followed your instructions, found out a few new things en route, yet didn't get it running, alas.
Here's what I did:
1) updating winetricks
- skipped, as you suggested
2) installed Lutris 0.4.13
3) downloaded wine staging-2.16 via Lutris > Manage Runners > Manage Versions
4) repeated everything step by step exactly as you told (from 4.1 to 4.3.1/4.x)
5) Running dummy fails, as planned
5.1) doubled checked prefix structure/content – looks alright
6-9) Lutris' winetricks: dotnet 40 – check
10-12) Lutris' wintricks: steam – check
13-15) Steam.exe as executable + -no-cef-sandbox as argument – check - check
Next:
- Running Steam through that Lutris, starting to install DoS2, interrupting, moving my latest Steam download into my /steamapps-folder within the Lutris-prefix – check
OF NOTE: Steam looks better (fewer font and display bugs) and seems smoother than my last POL-installation, which also runs with the -no-cef-sandbox argument.
IMPORTANT: Also copy your appmanifest-files from the old /steamapps-main folder into the new one.
Otherwise Steam won‘t recognise the existing game files and folders and just download everything again – which would take about 5h on my computer.
- Then I had the pasted files checked via the the DoS2 > rightclick > properties tab in Steam.
- Starting DoS2 through Steam => some downloading (.NET framework… 3/5) and failing (as expected)
EDIT: One should add vcrun2015 via Lutris'winetricks first, for then the .NET-downloading can be completed with 5/5 and doesn't get stuck at 3/5.
- 1st try to run DoS2: Run EXE inside prefix with "EoCApp.exe" => failed, just mouse cursor and crash
adding libraries via Lutris'winetricks:
all d3dx-versions + directx9 are already there, so I just added vcrun2015
- 2nd try to run DoS2: Again Run EXE inside prefix with "EoCApp.exe" => failed, just mouse cursor and crash
- 3rd try: Second launch of DoS2 via Steam in order to complete the .NET-Downloading (as in EDIT above), then once more Run EXE inside prefix with "EoCApp.exe" => failed, just mouse cursor and crash
Switching to Wine 2.17-staging (as additional Runner-version)
- 4th try: just mouse cursor and crash
Installed, as you proposed, mono for Windows 64bit; downloading and running as EXE in prefix.
- 5th try: just mouse cursor and crash
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Well, at least I get to know a new Wine-Client, learn a few things and am part of a great supportive Linux community
