Hi guys,

Newbie Linux user here, I tried to pick up a few cheap games recently to see how the laptop would handle them.

- Desperados 1
- Shadowrun Returns
- Shadow Tactics (Demo)

Got all of them installed, no issues. But if I click on them, their shortcuts, or run from terminal, nothing happens.

Anyone got any ideas?

I had the same problem. No apparent reason. It just will not start.

Try the ./play.it scripts, they work, at least with Shadowrun Returns (that's what I did).

https://www.dotslashplay.it/en/games/shadowrun-returns

(and don't bother asking GOG support for help, that does NOT help)

Do you have all the dependencies? For example, Shadowrun needs libc6:i386 libasound2:i386 libasound2-data:i386 libasound2-plugins:i386 libstdc++6:i386 libx11-6:i386 libxau6:i386 libxcb1:i386 libxcursor1:i386 libxdmcp6:i386 libxext6:i386 libxfixes3:i386 libxinerama1:i386 libxrandr2:i386 libxrender1:i386 libglu1:i386

This worked a treat! Can I ask, how did you know what dependencies a game needed? Is there somewhere I could check in the future?

Thanks again.

Check the store page of the games in question, and look at the 'System Requirements' section about halfway down the page on the left ((making sure that Linux (the penguin icon) is selected)) and it should usually list any dependencies needed under 'Other:'.

Edit: nested the parentheses correctly...

I always run Linux applications from the terminal. That way, you will usually get an error message telling you if you are missing a library, or otherwise why it won't run.

In addition to the Shadowrun games, we provide support for Desperados and Shadow Tactics (base game + Aiko’s Choice, but not the demo yet).

In most cases, ./play.it handles the installation of the game dependencies so there is no need to track them by hand.

Also useful is the LDD command. Which tells about what libraries a program (thinks) it needs to run. The biggest problem you'll probably run into is compilers using outdated versions of very old library files, and forgetting to allow forward compatibility.