Dungeons 2 is currently free on GOG and their sale is still going on

I just started to play Shadowrun Hong Kong. These games are just so good. And the writing is a challenge to my English knowledge, by the way. The descriptions are rich and well written (as far as I can judge).

Quoting: EikeAnd the writing is a challenge to my English knowledge, by the way. The descriptions are rich and well written (as far as I can judge).

Games are great for language practice; you get immersed in everyday language for dozens of hours.

Reposting here as it's still relevant (and I updated all of my wrappers recently):

Older/classic games currently on sale on GOG that I've made Wine wrappers for:

Crysis
Crysis Warhead
Deadly Premonition
Deus Ex GOTY Edition (flash deal)
Dragon Age: Origins - Ultimate Edition
Freedom Force
Freedom Force vs the Third Reich
Hitman: Codename 47
Hitman 2: Silent Assassin
Hitman 3: Contracts
Jade Empire: Special Edition
Jazz Jackrabbit 2 Collection
Mafia
Mirror's Edge
The Saboteur
Sid Meier's Civilization IV: The Complete Edition
STALKER: Shadow of Chernobyl (flash deal)
STALKER: Clear Sky
STALKER: Call of Pripyat
System Shock: Enhanced Edition
System Shock 2
Total Overdose: A Gunslinger's Tale in Mexico
The Witcher: Enhanced Edition

The flash deals seem to be repeating fairly regularly so if you want Deus Ex or STALKER: Shadow of Chernobyl you probably won't have to wait too long before they show up again

Quoting: adamhm

Spoiler, click me

Reposting here as it's still relevant (and I updated all of my wrappers recently):

Older/classic games currently on sale on GOG that I've made Wine wrappers for:

Crysis
Crysis Warhead
Deadly Premonition
Deus Ex GOTY Edition (flash deal)
Dragon Age: Origins - Ultimate Edition
Freedom Force
Freedom Force vs the Third Reich
Hitman: Codename 47
Hitman 2: Silent Assassin
Hitman 3: Contracts
Jade Empire: Special Edition
Jazz Jackrabbit 2 Collection
Mafia
Mirror's Edge
The Saboteur
Sid Meier's Civilization IV: The Complete Edition
STALKER: Shadow of Chernobyl (flash deal)
STALKER: Clear Sky
STALKER: Call of Pripyat
System Shock: Enhanced Edition
System Shock 2
Total Overdose: A Gunslinger's Tale in Mexico
The Witcher: Enhanced Edition

The flash deals seem to be repeating fairly regularly so if you want Deus Ex or STALKER: Shadow of Chernobyl you probably won't have to wait too long before they show up again

Do your scripts remain entirely contained? i.e. WINE does not take a giant shit on the filesystem/DE settings/libraries?

Even still, the only way I would try a community WINE wrap is if said game is absolutely gratis. I don't want any money going to tyrant developers.

Quoting: GustyGhost

Quoting: adamhm

Spoiler, click me

Reposting here as it's still relevant (and I updated all of my wrappers recently):

Older/classic games currently on sale on GOG that I've made Wine wrappers for:

Crysis
Crysis Warhead
Deadly Premonition
Deus Ex GOTY Edition (flash deal)
Dragon Age: Origins - Ultimate Edition
Freedom Force
Freedom Force vs the Third Reich
Hitman: Codename 47
Hitman 2: Silent Assassin
Hitman 3: Contracts
Jade Empire: Special Edition
Jazz Jackrabbit 2 Collection
Mafia
Mirror's Edge
The Saboteur
Sid Meier's Civilization IV: The Complete Edition
STALKER: Shadow of Chernobyl (flash deal)
STALKER: Clear Sky
STALKER: Call of Pripyat
System Shock: Enhanced Edition
System Shock 2
Total Overdose: A Gunslinger's Tale in Mexico
The Witcher: Enhanced Edition

The flash deals seem to be repeating fairly regularly so if you want Deus Ex or STALKER: Shadow of Chernobyl you probably won't have to wait too long before they show up again

Do your scripts remain entirely contained? i.e. WINE does not take a giant shit on the filesystem/DE settings/libraries?

Even still, the only way I would try a community WINE wrap is if said game is absolutely gratis. I don't want any money going to tyrant developers.

Entirely contained. Adam's scripts are as close to playing a native game as you can get using WINE. I highly recommend checking them out.

Quoting: hummer010Entirely contained. Adam's scripts are as close to playing a native game as you can get using WINE. I highly recommend checking them out.

They're also very tidy, easy to read & understand; so you can always edit them to your liking.

[users-only]Here's a key for The Witcher Enhanced Edition for whoever's fastest:

echo VGhlIFdpdGNoZXI6IGh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LmdvZy5jb20vcmVkZWVtL0NBTlg4Q1FVOFhUU0xXTkIK | base64 -d

It's been sitting out in the open on GOG's forums for ages but I guess everyone there has it by now.[/users-only]

Quoting: GustyGhostDo your scripts remain entirely contained? i.e. WINE does not take a giant shit on the filesystem/DE settings/libraries?

They are prevented from polluting the system's menus and linking the user directories ("My Documents" etc) over, and nothing is installed system-wide by them. You can even put them on a USB drive or so and run them from that (which I often do when testing them on my other systems).

Quoting: GustyGhostEven still, the only way I would try a community WINE wrap is if said game is absolutely gratis. I don't want any money going to tyrant developers.

"Tyrant developers"? I hope you don't tolerate the use of DRM either, as that's *way* more "tyrannical" behavior...

Anyway there are tons of great games that will never see a native Linux release & would be a shame to miss out on. My approach is to only buy Windows games that are old & deeply discounted/cheap enough that a Linux port is likely to never happen and only if they're DRM-free. Full/high price purchase = must support Linux + DRM-free

Quoting: adamhm"Tyrant developers"? I hope you don't tolerate the use of DRM either, as that's *way* more "tyrannical" behavior...

Anyway there are tons of great games that will never see a native Linux release & would be a shame to miss out on. My approach is to only buy Windows games that are old & deeply discounted/cheap enough that a Linux port is likely to never happen and only if they're DRM-free. Full/high price purchase = must support Linux + DRM-free

On top of that, buying the System Shock games supports Nightdive, who are bringing the new System Shock game to Linux.

Quoting: adamhm[users-only]Here's a key for The Witcher Enhanced Edition for whoever's fastest:

echo VGhlIFdpdGNoZXI6IGh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LmdvZy5jb20vcmVkZWVtL0NBTlg4Q1FVOFhUU0xXTkIK | base64 -d

It's been sitting out in the open on GOG's forums for ages but I guess everyone there has it by now.[/users-only]

Got it... Thanks!

Quoting: hummer010On top of that, buying the System Shock games supports Nightdive, who are bringing the new System Shock game to Linux.

Speaking of which... https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1598858095/system-shock/posts/2115044 :/

Quoting: adamhm

Quoting: hummer010On top of that, buying the System Shock games supports Nightdive, who are bringing the new System Shock game to Linux.

Speaking of which... https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1598858095/system-shock/posts/2115044 :/

Wow. I did not see that coming.

Quoting: hummer010

Quoting: adamhm

Quoting: hummer010On top of that, buying the System Shock games supports Nightdive, who are bringing the new System Shock game to Linux.

Speaking of which... https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1598858095/system-shock/posts/2115044 :/

Wow. I did not see that coming.

Ouch... I've been suspecting all along, that they were they trying to turn it into an open world action-rpg-heroshooter-MMO... (/s)

Quoting: adamhm

Spoiler, click me

[users-only]Here's a key for The Witcher Enhanced Edition for whoever's fastest:

echo VGhlIFdpdGNoZXI6IGh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LmdvZy5jb20vcmVkZWVtL0NBTlg4Q1FVOFhUU0xXTkIK | base64 -d

It's been sitting out in the open on GOG's forums for ages but I guess everyone there has it by now.[/users-only]

Quoting: GustyGhostDo your scripts remain entirely contained? i.e. WINE does not take a giant shit on the filesystem/DE settings/libraries?

They are prevented from polluting the system's menus and linking the user directories ("My Documents" etc) over, and nothing is installed system-wide by them. You can even put them on a USB drive or so and run them from that (which I often do when testing them on my other systems).

Quoting: GustyGhostEven still, the only way I would try a community WINE wrap is if said game is absolutely gratis. I don't want any money going to tyrant developers.

"Tyrant developers"? I hope you don't tolerate the use of DRM either, as that's *way* more "tyrannical" behavior...

Anyway there are tons of great games that will never see a native Linux release & would be a shame to miss out on. My approach is to only buy Windows games that are old & deeply discounted/cheap enough that a Linux port is likely to never happen and only if they're DRM-free. Full/high price purchase = must support Linux + DRM-free[

I generally do not tolerate any DRM whatsoever. My main games atm are actually fully open source. Shy of that, they must at the very least be Linux native + free of DRM. By tyrant I mean any developer who expects their customers to use a proprietary platform.

I really like the idea of putting WINE wraps on a USB drive. Not only are they contained but portable ^_^ .

Quoting: adamhmReposting here as it's still relevant (and I updated all of my wrappers recently):

Older/classic games currently on sale on GOG that I've made Wine wrappers for:

...
Dragon Age: Origins - Ultimate Edition
...

This is very, very tempting. One of the all-time greatest RPGs, and BioWare's last game before selling its soul to EA. I bought it on Windows ages ago but haven't played it since giving up Windows entirely around three-years ago. I own the Steam version, but running Steam games through Wine is a pain in the neck, so having a nice, portable, self-contained install would be great.

Plus it's currently on sale for $4.99 which is a fantastic price for the Ultimate Edition. Very tempting.


Last edited by Mountain Man on 17 February 2018 at 4:37 am UTC

Quoting: adamhmReposting here as it's still relevant (and I updated all of my wrappers recently):

Older/classic games currently on sale on GOG that I've made Wine wrappers for:

Crysis
Crysis Warhead
Deadly Premonition
Deus Ex GOTY Edition (flash deal)
Dragon Age: Origins - Ultimate Edition
Freedom Force
Freedom Force vs the Third Reich
Hitman: Codename 47
Hitman 2: Silent Assassin
Hitman 3: Contracts
Jade Empire: Special Edition
Jazz Jackrabbit 2 Collection
Mafia
Mirror's Edge
The Saboteur
Sid Meier's Civilization IV: The Complete Edition
STALKER: Shadow of Chernobyl (flash deal)
STALKER: Clear Sky
STALKER: Call of Pripyat
System Shock: Enhanced Edition
System Shock 2
Total Overdose: A Gunslinger's Tale in Mexico
The Witcher: Enhanced Edition

The flash deals seem to be repeating fairly regularly so if you want Deus Ex or STALKER: Shadow of Chernobyl you probably won't have to wait too long before they show up again

Definitely going to check these scripts out! Very interesting stuff!

Quoting: webcreatureDefinitely going to check these scripts out! Very interesting stuff!

It makes me think, if a developer doesn't want to spring for a full, native Linux port, then why can't they at least do something like this?

Quoting: Mountain Man

Quoting: webcreatureDefinitely going to check these scripts out! Very interesting stuff!

It makes me think, if a developer doesn't want to spring for a full, native Linux port, then why can't they at least do something like this?

My entirely uneducated guess is that they wouldn't want to take responsibility (or create the expectation of responsibility) as to what works and what doesn't, etc. Even if they put gigantic disclaimers all over the place, the script they release would be perceived as the 'official script of $DEVELOPER', which would be taken to commit them to *some* degree of support, where they might not want to provide *any* of it.

(--Hey, I spent money on this title, because you offer such and such wine script, but it doesn't work; --Sorry but we've made no promises as to whether it would work; --Bullshit; now I'll go an metabomb your stupid game to hell.)


Last edited by wvstolzing on 17 February 2018 at 3:16 pm UTC

Quoting: wvstolzing

Quoting: Mountain Man

Quoting: webcreatureDefinitely going to check these scripts out! Very interesting stuff!

It makes me think, if a developer doesn't want to spring for a full, native Linux port, then why can't they at least do something like this?

My entirely uneducated guess is that they wouldn't want to take responsibility (or create the expectation of responsibility) as to what works and what doesn't, etc. Even if they put gigantic disclaimers all over the place, the script they release would be perceived as the 'official script of $DEVELOPER', which would be taken to commit them to *some* degree of support, where they might not want to provide *any* of it.

(--Hey, I spent money on this title, because you offer such and such wine script, but it doesn't work; --Sorry but we've made no promises as to whether it would work; --Bullshit; now I'll go an metabomb your stupid game to hell.)

I'm talking official support and not "We gave you a script, and to hell with you if it doesn't work" treatment. Surely a Wine script would be less work and easier to maintain than a full native port (heck, adamhm is doing it in his spare time without compensation), meaning the developer would need fewer Linux sales to turn a profit. Obviously a native port would be ideal, but a Wine wrapper would be better than nothing. Community support is great, but I'd love to see developers take ownership; for that matter, they could throw a few dollars to someone like adamhm to do the work for them.


Last edited by Mountain Man on 17 February 2018 at 4:20 pm UTC