Installing Witcher 2 (GOG)
Posted: Sat May 09, 2015 12:58 pm
This isn't especially difficult but I thought I might throw this out there if someone was having difficulties. I got this for free last year by clicking once a day or something along with a video. It is not especially prevalent that I do gaming on Linux as the mod aspect isn't quite there, but I do support what is on Linux especially if it falls in my interests.
Moving on...
So we have The Witcher 2..
Since I just ran through it w/o thinking I might post it is hard to do over, but in a nutshell
You will get a tar..untar
something like..
Then you will sigh as you look at all the spaces in "The Witcher 2 Assassin of Terminal Commands"
I renamed witty and moved to my home then
and here is where there will be issues with dependencies, it will list them but is not so helpful as one might like as there is a bit of flux in Linux on a constant basis
They are listed here in witty(Witcher2)/game/Linux Release Notes.txt(ugh..spaces spaces spaces)
I go through them one by one just in case I need dependencies for the dependencies' dependencies, they are...
then back to the game's main Folder and
Your Graphics will not be auto so you will need to adjust...
If you have a controller you would like to use here is an easy way to get that to work..
Go to Terminal
Now log in to Windows, Start the Witcher 2, it should recognize your controller right away.
Have Fun!
Moving on...
So we have The Witcher 2..
Since I just ran through it w/o thinking I might post it is hard to do over, but in a nutshell
You will get a tar..untar
something like..
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cd Downloads
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tar -xvzf gog_the_witcher_2_assassins_of_kings_1.2.0.7.tar.gz
Then you will sigh as you look at all the spaces in "The Witcher 2 Assassin of Terminal Commands"
I renamed witty and moved to my home then
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cd witty
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./start.sh
and here is where there will be issues with dependencies, it will list them but is not so helpful as one might like as there is a bit of flux in Linux on a constant basis
They are listed here in witty(Witcher2)/game/Linux Release Notes.txt(ugh..spaces spaces spaces)
I go through them one by one just in case I need dependencies for the dependencies' dependencies, they are...
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sudo apt-get install libsdl2-2.0-0:i386
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sudo apt-get install libsdl2-image-2.0-0:i386
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sudo apt-get install libgtk2.0-0:i386
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sudo apt-get install libfreetype6:i386
then back to the game's main Folder and
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./start.sh
Your Graphics will not be auto so you will need to adjust...
If you have a controller you would like to use here is an easy way to get that to work..
Go to Terminal
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sudo reboot
Now log in to Windows, Start the Witcher 2, it should recognize your controller right away.
Have Fun!