Having actually run a game store for 15 years, I think that I can pass on this virtual simulation. Trust me -- when it's your livelihood on the line -- it's not as stress-free as these simulators make it out to be ...

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@Kimyrielle

I have no experience wearing neckties, but do they interfere with the brain's air supply?

Well, I've never liked wearing them -- I find them way too constraining. You may have something there ...

:grin:

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Offline play for a FTP multiplayer game? That's unusual. But props to WB Games for leaving a way to play the game after they shutdown the online servers.

However, the game uses Easy Anti-Cheat and requires a WB Games Account. With a 3rd-party account requirement, I can't be bothered.

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Updated to "build 902" on itch.io.

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Guess they're not abandonware anymore. For 20+ year-old games, they are priced way too high!

I got my disc based compilation editions for both versions for much cheaper back in the day ...

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AppImage [External Link] has been updated to Alpha 27.

Flathub, Snap and official PPA (Ubuntu) have not been updated yet.

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Guess Sony realized that the policy was costing them profits. Just shows that voting with your money works ... :grin:

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@Reyold
You beat me to it. I was just going to point out that there was a Linux version in AppImage format on the itch.io page [External Link].

There's a Mac version too.

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Thanks, @tuubi, I will look into this the next time my laptop has Internet access. Time to do some testing!

By the way, I found a Reddit thread about the topic that seems to support your findings. The title was misleading, so I didn't look at it before.

Reddit: What's happening with Wine and umu-launcher? [External Link]

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@tuubi

I don't think there's any setup involved in Lutris beyond selecting "UMU-Latest" as your Wine version.

That's just it. I cannot see an option to select "UMU-Latest" as my Wine version. I am running Lutris 0.5.18. I'm betting that it is because I don't have UMU-Launcher installed. But neither Lutris or Heroic mention this need, not even in their wikis or user forums. The Readme on the UMU-Launcher GitHub is out of date, as is the install instructions (building is the only option mentioned, even though Releases now gives the option to download .deb files for Ubuntu derivatives). That's why I felt there might be value to posting instructions on how to configure UMU-Launcher for use with Lutris and Heroic. So that at least somebody on the Web is giving clear instructions on how to get UMU working with the various launchers. Maybe it is too soon for such a document.

Can you confirm for me that I am right about needing to install UMU-Launcher?

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