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| Linux 18/07/2017 at 14:57 #96474 | |
wossop699
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Good day folks, Am changing to Linux for my O/S. Will SimSig run with it, or do I need ( as with some other programs I use) an adaptor, or emulator. Apologies if this has been covered earlier! Log in to reply |
| Linux 18/07/2017 at 15:10 #96475 | |
postal
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wossop699 in post 96474 said:Good day folks,There is an old thread here which goes off the point a good few times but indicates that SimSig will run on a Linux machine through WINE. There is also a Linux registry tweak available in a linuxstarter.zip file which can be downloaded from here. This is reportedly everything you need to use SimSig under Linux/WINE. According to the file details "It's a wine registry file, basically. Read the enclosed readme for more information." Until it died a couple of years ago, I had a 1999 IBM Thinkpad (very little memory or hard disk storage in modern terms) running Ubuntu which ran exe and loader sims quite happily through WINE and the registry tweak. “In life, there is always someone out there, who won’t like you, for whatever reason, don’t let the insecurities in their lives affect yours.” – Rashida Rowe Last edited: 18/07/2017 at 15:11 by postal Reason: None given Log in to reply The following user said thank you: wossop699 |
| Linux 18/07/2017 at 18:12 #96476 | |
headshot119
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Use https://www.playonlinux.com/en/ - it's the easiest way to get SimSig going on Linux.
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| Linux 18/07/2017 at 18:34 #96477 | |
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Sacro
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Yep, no need for an emulator, just WINE.
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| Linux 18/07/2017 at 19:18 #96478 | |
Steamer
3985 posts |
There's some information about running SimSig with Linux in the Installation Guide. Please could someone with Linux experience check that it's correct, up to date and makes sense?
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| Linux 20/07/2017 at 08:30 #96506 | |
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Hawk777
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I didn’t personally need all of the workarounds described there, and I don’t remember the exact sequence I used to get it going, but it looks pretty reasonable to me. I think more modern versions of WINE probably don’t need all of the workarounds, but it’s really great that the workarounds are all written in the form of, “If X is broken, do Y”, so there’s no real need to clean them out promptly; as newer versions of WINE fix things, the workarounds will just naturally get used less and less frequently. I’d vote for leaving all the workarounds there, to benefit people on systems where they might be needed.
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| Linux 20/07/2017 at 08:37 #96507 | |
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vloris
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I can't speak for linux, but I'm running macOS which is for SimSig purposes almost the same. All I needed to do was install wine, download the SimSig system files, open a terminal and run it with: $ wine ~/Downloads/SimSigsystem_v4_6_3.exe It installed to ~/.wine/drive_c/Program Files (x86)/SimSig, so to start I do this: $ cd ~/.wine/drive_c/Program\ Files\ \(x86\)/SimSig $ wine ./SimSigLoader.exe There was no need for any registry tweaks or anything else. Last edited: 20/07/2017 at 08:38 by vloris Reason: None given Log in to reply The following user said thank you: GeoffM |