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Registered: May 2013

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Posted August 01, 2014

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So in the support for the FlatOut series, they tell you to launch the game from the command line. It works for me, but I would prefer for the tarball to behave like system apps; with the ability to add to steam or show up in the system applications tray. Does anybody have a good solution to accomplish this?

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Registered: Dec 2011

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Posted August 02, 2014

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Make a launcher with the command you use in command line. Change it's icon. Add it to system menu if you want that.

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Registered: May 2013

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Posted August 02, 2014

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rh0de: Make a launcher with the command you use in command line. Change it's icon. Add it to system menu if you want that.

Thanks, but I am having a bit of an issue. I make the.desktop file with this

[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Name=FlatOut2
Comment=This is my comment
Exec=/home/Games/FlatOut2/start.sh
Icon=/home/Games/FlatOut2/support/gog-flatout-2.png
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=Utility;Application;Games

Then I save and mark the file as an executable.

but when I create the file and click on it i get an error message. Is there anything else that I am missing?

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Registered: Dec 2011

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Posted August 03, 2014

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First off, what distro are you using?

Run sudo /home/Games/FlatOut2/start.sh --install

After that you can start the game with "gog-flatout-2"

Confirm it works. Then change Exec=/home/Games/FlatOut2/start.sh to Exec=gog-flatout-2

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Registered: Jan 2011

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Posted August 03, 2014

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There are ready to use launcher files in the support directory of Flatout 2 installation.
First, you need to install the game like rh0de says:
sudo /home/Games/FlatOut2/start.sh --install
Then copy launchers and icon from support directory to your home:
cp /home/Games/FlatOut2/support/*.desktop ~/.local/share/applications/
cp /home/Games/FlatOut2/support/gog-flatout-2.png ~/.local/share/icons/

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Posted August 03, 2014

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rh0de: First off, what distro are you using?

Run sudo /home/Games/FlatOut2/start.sh --install

After that you can start the game with "gog-flatout-2"

Confirm it works. Then change Exec=/home/Games/FlatOut2/start.sh to Exec=gog-flatout-2

I'm running Ubuntu 14.04.

When I run the install command, it returns with this

nick@nick-MS-7693:~$ sudo /home/Games/FlatOut2/start.sh --install
[sudo] password for nick:
sudo: /home/Games/FlatOut2/start.sh: command not found
nick@nick-MS-7693:~$

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Registered: Dec 2011

From Poland

Posted August 03, 2014

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rh0de: First off, what distro are you using?

Run sudo /home/Games/FlatOut2/start.sh --install

After that you can start the game with "gog-flatout-2"

Confirm it works. Then change Exec=/home/Games/FlatOut2/start.sh to Exec=gog-flatout-2

nbieter: I'm running Ubuntu 14.04.

When I run the install command, it returns with this

nick@nick-MS-7693:~$ sudo /home/Games/FlatOut2/start.sh --install
[sudo] password for nick:
sudo: /home/Games/FlatOut2/start.sh: command not found
nick@nick-MS-7693:~$

cd /home/Games/FlatOut2
sudo ./start.sh --install

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Registered: Jan 2011

From Poland

Posted August 03, 2014

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rh0de: First off, what distro are you using?

Run sudo /home/Games/FlatOut2/start.sh --install

After that you can start the game with "gog-flatout-2"

Confirm it works. Then change Exec=/home/Games/FlatOut2/start.sh to Exec=gog-flatout-2

nbieter: I'm running Ubuntu 14.04.

When I run the install command, it returns with this

nick@nick-MS-7693:~$ sudo /home/Games/FlatOut2/start.sh --install
[sudo] password for nick:
sudo: /home/Games/FlatOut2/start.sh: command not found
nick@nick-MS-7693:~$

Then /home/Games/FlatOut2/ is not a path where you unpacked the game. I suppose you did this inside your home directory, so it is rather "/home/nick/Games/FlatOut 2/" or in shorter form: "~/Games/FlatOut 2/". Try this:
sudo ~/Games/FlatOut\ 2/start.sh --install

If this wouldn't work, show how you start the game from terminal.

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Registered: May 2013

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Posted August 03, 2014

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nbieter: I'm running Ubuntu 14.04.

When I run the install command, it returns with this

nick@nick-MS-7693:~$ sudo /home/Games/FlatOut2/start.sh --install
[sudo] password for nick:
sudo: /home/Games/FlatOut2/start.sh: command not found
nick@nick-MS-7693:~$

gildur: Then /home/Games/FlatOut2/ is not a path where you unpacked the game. I suppose you did this inside your home directory, so it is rather "/home/nick/Games/FlatOut 2/" or in shorter form: "~/Games/FlatOut 2/". Try this:
sudo ~/Games/FlatOut\ 2/start.sh --install

If this wouldn't work, show how you start the game from terminal.

Sorry, I had the wrong file path. The installation worked now. Thanks

gildur: There are ready to use launcher files in the support directory of Flatout 2 installation.
First, you need to install the game like rh0de says:
sudo /home/Games/FlatOut2/start.sh --install
Then copy launchers and icon from support directory to your home:
cp /home/Games/FlatOut2/support/*.desktop ~/.local/share/applications/
cp /home/Games/FlatOut2/support/gog-flatout-2.png ~/.local/share/icons/

The installation worked, but do I need to mark the .desktop file as an executable before I copy it over?

EDIT: I copied it over and it worked perfectly. Thanks for all the help guys!

Post edited August 03, 2014 by nbieter

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