[GRLUG] WINE and Elder Scrolls

[John-Thomas Richards]

On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 07:24:41PM -0400, Michael Mol wrote:
> 1) try "playonlinux"
> 2) check WineHQ.
> 
> Steam is may be the most popular package manager for Windows.

PlayOnLinux is intriguing.  I'm using it to install Skyrim but it's
stuck on "Steam Updating 0% Complete" (the steam dialog box).
PlayOnLinux just keeps moving the status indicator back and forth.

I'll give it some more time.

> On Jul 20, 2012 7:21 PM, "John-Thomas Richards" <jtr at jrichards.org> wrote:
> 
> > My son is dying to play Skyrim.  (Yes, it's that important; death looms
> > unless and until he can play it.)  I've installed Steam and Skyrim via
> > WINE and even the trial version of Codeweavers.  The game appears to
> > install correctly.  There is an error message/warning about not having
> > DRI enabled, though a `glxinfo | grep rendering' shows it is.
> > Everything appears to work until I try to launch the game.  Every time I
> > get a SkyrimLauncher.exe error.
> >
> > Anyone here have any tips for getting this to work?  I've found lots of
> > tips for other problems but none for this exact error.
> >
> > On a related note, what's up with Steam?  Why are so many games
> > installed through another application like that?  Bleh.
> >
> > BTW, my son appears to be in stable condition at the moment, though that
> > could change.  It's dicey.  :-)
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