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shirt_pants29 · 10-13-2015, 07:57 PM

I've managed to get the steam version going with Wine after a bit of work. Here's what I did:

Firstly make sure wine is configured for windows XP compatibility mode.

Install Steam for windows, and remember to add the '-no-dwrite' option when you run it, or else you won't be able to see any text. Download the game.

In the directory where the game is now installed, cd to _CommonRedist/vcredist/2013, open the file named installscript.vdf and erase all contents. This stops the game from trying(and failing) to install visual c++ when you try to run it. Then manually install the vcrun2013 dll using the newest version of winetricks.

I haven't stumbled upon any bugs... yet. I hope this works for you as well as it did for me. I also hope that a native linux version gets released at some point...

10-13-2015, 07:57 PM	#3
shirt_pants29 Bat Boy Join Date: Oct 2015 Posts: 1	I've managed to get the steam version going with Wine after a bit of work. Here's what I did: Firstly make sure wine is configured for windows XP compatibility mode. Install Steam for windows, and remember to add the '-no-dwrite' option when you run it, or else you won't be able to see any text. Download the game. In the directory where the game is now installed, cd to _CommonRedist/vcredist/2013, open the file named installscript.vdf and erase all contents. This stops the game from trying(and failing) to install visual c++ when you try to run it. Then manually install the vcrun2013 dll using the newest version of winetricks. I haven't stumbled upon any bugs... yet. I hope this works for you as well as it did for me. I also hope that a native linux version gets released at some point...