Posted November 25, 2018
I've put together a Wine wrapper for XCOM: Enemy Unknown, allowing it to be played on Linux almost like a native game & with no Wine knowledge required.
Simply run the build script to create the wrapper. If the installer files are not alongside the wrapper build files then the path to them will need to be specified either by passing it as an argument to the build script with -respath="<path>" or by setting an environment variable named WINEWRAP_RESPATH containing it. You can change the path to build the wrapper in and the name of the wrapper directory with the -buildpath= and -dirname= arguments. The build path can also be set with the WINEWRAP_BUILDPATH environment variable.
The output will be a directory containing the game set up within a preconfigured Wine prefix, along with its own copy of Wine, extracted game icons, documentation, and start script(s). From there simply run the start script to play. The start script also includes options for creating a shortcut, configuring the wrapper etc.
(to uninstall simply delete the game directory and any shortcuts you created, and the game's user data directory in ~/.local/share if you don't want to keep your saves & settings)
User data is stored under ~/.local/share/xcom_eu
Full details are in the readme.txt and release notes. Here is the download link:
xcom_eu_wine.tar.xz
(155 kB, SHA256: f18fa58b26800338f1e75e6726e01237e72fd1634b7f0fb90abdfa150c140d03)
Last updated 2021/07/11
The wrapper uses Wine 6.0 + DXVK. Wine and Winetricks will be downloaded automatically if not present; to avoid redownloading for other scripts the downloaded Wine package will be stored in ~/.cache/winewrap
I encountered some rendering issues with the base game on my system - a bright line is displayed in the lower right corner, and if "Fog of War" is set to low then there are also weird "blobs" that flash around the screen. These appear to be due to issues with the graphics driver as they do not occur on my systems with Intel and Nvidia graphics.
Aside from that, if anyone encounters any problems then post in this thread, Adamhm's Linux Wine Wrappers - News, FAQ & Discussion and/or The "Judas™ does this run in Wine" thread v1.173.
For more of my Linux Wine wrappers check out post 3 in this thread: Adamhm's Linux Wine Wrappers - News, FAQ & Discussion
Simply run the build script to create the wrapper. If the installer files are not alongside the wrapper build files then the path to them will need to be specified either by passing it as an argument to the build script with -respath="<path>" or by setting an environment variable named WINEWRAP_RESPATH containing it. You can change the path to build the wrapper in and the name of the wrapper directory with the -buildpath= and -dirname= arguments. The build path can also be set with the WINEWRAP_BUILDPATH environment variable.
The output will be a directory containing the game set up within a preconfigured Wine prefix, along with its own copy of Wine, extracted game icons, documentation, and start script(s). From there simply run the start script to play. The start script also includes options for creating a shortcut, configuring the wrapper etc.
(to uninstall simply delete the game directory and any shortcuts you created, and the game's user data directory in ~/.local/share if you don't want to keep your saves & settings)
User data is stored under ~/.local/share/xcom_eu
Full details are in the readme.txt and release notes. Here is the download link:
xcom_eu_wine.tar.xz
(155 kB, SHA256: f18fa58b26800338f1e75e6726e01237e72fd1634b7f0fb90abdfa150c140d03)
Last updated 2021/07/11
The wrapper uses Wine 6.0 + DXVK. Wine and Winetricks will be downloaded automatically if not present; to avoid redownloading for other scripts the downloaded Wine package will be stored in ~/.cache/winewrap
I encountered some rendering issues with the base game on my system - a bright line is displayed in the lower right corner, and if "Fog of War" is set to low then there are also weird "blobs" that flash around the screen. These appear to be due to issues with the graphics driver as they do not occur on my systems with Intel and Nvidia graphics.
Aside from that, if anyone encounters any problems then post in this thread, Adamhm's Linux Wine Wrappers - News, FAQ & Discussion and/or The "Judas™ does this run in Wine" thread v1.173.
For more of my Linux Wine wrappers check out post 3 in this thread: Adamhm's Linux Wine Wrappers - News, FAQ & Discussion
Post edited July 11, 2021 by adamhm