Not my usual sort of topic, but since it's proving popular it's probably worth highlighting. No Man's Sky (GOG Link) the brand new survival sim from Hello Games works rather well in Wine on Linux.
Note: I have not tested it myself, but there's multiple reports of it now.
It's interesting because it shows again how powerful Wine is and also how games using OpenGL rather than DirectX can be good for us even if the game itself isn't getting a Linux version.
A user has even supplied a video on steps on how to get it running:
Note: I am in no way endorsing buying Windows games to play in Wine, but you can't ignore how amazing Wine is. Wine is an incredible useful tool for those games you feel you can't live without, but aren't willing to put up with Windows.
Remember: buying a Windows game will not help Linux gaming. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
Note: I have not tested it myself, but there's multiple reports of it now.
It's interesting because it shows again how powerful Wine is and also how games using OpenGL rather than DirectX can be good for us even if the game itself isn't getting a Linux version.
A user has even supplied a video on steps on how to get it running:
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Quote**How to install (thanks to https://www.reddit.com/user/Lejoni)**
Note: you must have a 64 bit distro.
[1] Buy No Man's Sky (NMS) on GOG (DRM-free)
[2] Install WINE PPA: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:wine/wine-builds
[3] Update: sudo apt-get update
[4] Install WINE: sudo apt-get install --install-recommends winehq-staging
[5] Run wineboot
[6] Run winecfg and set "Windows 7"
[7] Run NMS GOG installer, after (the installer shows up an error, but don't worry!) you can play :D
Note: I am in no way endorsing buying Windows games to play in Wine, but you can't ignore how amazing Wine is. Wine is an incredible useful tool for those games you feel you can't live without, but aren't willing to put up with Windows.
Remember: buying a Windows game will not help Linux gaming. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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[email protected] Aug 17, 2016
Wine is bad for gaming on Linux imo.
I'd rather the focus be on imommu with KVM going forward if that's the case. Anything is better than Wine.
Wine is however, good for Office applications and other productivity apps not available on Linux.
I'd rather the focus be on imommu with KVM going forward if that's the case. Anything is better than Wine.
Wine is however, good for Office applications and other productivity apps not available on Linux.
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TheRiddick Aug 17, 2016
I think Wine is fine, developers have used it to make decent ports, and for games like No Mans Sky it doesn't hurt. They should just release it for Linux with a Wine Wrapper integrated, not ideal but at least it brings more attention to Linux for gaming which is what matters.
I believe it only becomes a issue when a dev uses Wine in an example where performance/experience is going to be significantly degraded. We should all want NATIVE ports but people forget that it costs considerable amount of money to rebuild a binary from scratch to function with all the Linux API's etc... THEN adding in another platform to debug/patch for the community.
People forget about all that sadly.
I believe it only becomes a issue when a dev uses Wine in an example where performance/experience is going to be significantly degraded. We should all want NATIVE ports but people forget that it costs considerable amount of money to rebuild a binary from scratch to function with all the Linux API's etc... THEN adding in another platform to debug/patch for the community.
People forget about all that sadly.
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elbuglione Aug 17, 2016
We only have to wait to Star Citizen. no time for this crappy "game"
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Quoting: cxphergmailcomWine is bad for gaming on Linux imo.
I'd rather the focus be on imommu with KVM going forward if that's the case. Anything is better than Wine.
Wine is however, good for Office applications and other productivity apps not available on Linux.
and that means you still have to install that garbage OS.
i'd take wine every day over that.
as for No Man's Sky. I't works pretty good indeed under wine:
View video on youtube.com
I'd love to see the Linux official client for it, i quite enjoy the game tbh.
Luckily we will get Planet Nomads soon™
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TheRiddick Aug 17, 2016
Quoting: elbuglioneWe only have to wait to Star Citizen. no time for this crappy "game"
You will be waiting a fair while, there isn't even a tech demo to test it under Linux atm and no word from Crytek if they have been successful at fixing the Linux engine up.
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oldrocker99 Aug 17, 2016
It looks very good.
No Tux, no bux.
No Tux, no bux.
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Quoting: subBTW
View video on youtube.com
xD jesus, I was like this is really nice.
Suddely I saw some kinde of abomination and I nearly spilled my coffe.
If I already owned no man sky, and hade windows installed, and wanted to switch to Linux I would probably try this.
But buying a windows game, to then play it in wine, nah I dont really think so, no matter how good it runs.
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Kimyrielle Aug 17, 2016
Wine is more miss than hit for me. I appreciate the effort that went into that piece of software, but of all the games I ever tried running with it, the only one that worked well enough not to make me just give in and boot into Windows was Guild Wars 1. And that's a long, long time ago. I am not too far off being able to let go of Windows. All I personally need is one good AAA MMORPG and maaaaaybe, if I can make a bold wish, Bethesda's RPG games. Everything else I need, I already got. I am usually more concerned about entire genres not available for Linux, not any particular game - and the biggest sore for me is still the complete lack of any decent MMO. I actually tried to run some of them in Wine...but...let's just say I still have my Windows partition.
On topic - No Man's Sky I'd buy if it comes as a native port, but I am not hyped enough about it to try make it run in Wine, or even buy it in the first place as long as it doesn't support Linux.
On topic - No Man's Sky I'd buy if it comes as a native port, but I am not hyped enough about it to try make it run in Wine, or even buy it in the first place as long as it doesn't support Linux.
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I work since years with a linux client at work, but 90% of all applications I use are VirOS port only. But I succeeded in runging them all on my Ubuntu, and it was only possible thanks to wine.
So before I have to go back to VirOS I'll use wine.
No Man's Sky is a huge title for me, and I wanted to play it from release date. So after 20 hours of gameplay (and many crashes) I found a Video on Youtube running it through wine, so I erased my VirOS partition and now the game runs on my linux distro in platinum quality.
So before I have to go back to VirOS I'll use wine.
No Man's Sky is a huge title for me, and I wanted to play it from release date. So after 20 hours of gameplay (and many crashes) I found a Video on Youtube running it through wine, so I erased my VirOS partition and now the game runs on my linux distro in platinum quality.
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I agree that Wine is a viable alternative when you're really desperate for a game, but never really used it. All I did was toy around with it. Too many games on Linux to bother. My rule of thumb is No Tux, no bucks too.
Once Doom is properly running on Linux though, I won't hesitate and make an exception. I do have principles, but I'm only human and have desires too... :-P
Once Doom is properly running on Linux though, I won't hesitate and make an exception. I do have principles, but I'm only human and have desires too... :-P
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