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install steam & age of empires 2 HD on ubuntu 14.04
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| # install wine 1.7 | |
| add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-wine/ppa | |
| sudo apt-get update | |
| sudo apt-get install wine1.7 | |
| # download steam | |
| curl -o ~/Downloads/SteamSetup.exe http://media.steampowered.com/client/installer/SteamSetup.exe | |
| # install some tricks | |
| winetricks vcrun2010 | |
| winetricks d3dx9_43 | |
| winetricks xact | |
| # install steam | |
| wine ~/Downloads/SteamSetup.exe -no-dwrite | |
| # run steam with -no-dwrite so it will show fonts | |
| wine ~/.wine/drive_c/Program\ Files\ \(x86\)/Steam/Steam.exe -no-dwrite | |
| # !!!!!!!!!!! INSTALL AGE OF EMPIRES VIA STEAM HERE !!!!!!!!!!!1 | |
| cd ~/.wine/drive_c/Program\ Files\ \(x86\)/Steam/steamapps/common/Age2HD/ | |
| # backup the old launcher | |
| mv Launcher.exe Launcher.bak | |
| # move age of empires exe there instead | |
| mv AoK\ HD.exe Launcher.exe | |
| # rename _CommonRedist to stop installation of directx / vcrun on startup | |
| mv _CommonRedist _CommonRedistOld | |
| # PLAY! |
you also need to install cabextract to make this run successfully if you're using arch or manjaro 😄
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