EVE Search - HOW TO: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS with Eve (And most other lesser distros)

Kismeteer wrote:

Setup a few shell scripts.

"This is your 'no updates' shell script. I save this in ~/bin/v1" wrote:

# This runs in .wine, with standard display, using the desktop variable 'eve1' with a size, with a location.
/usr/bin/env WINEPREFIX="$HOME/.wine" DISPLAY=":0.0" wine explorer /desktop=eve1,1024x768 "C:\Games\CCP\EVE\bin\exefile.exe"

"# This is your launcher shell script. Use it when you have updates to run. I save this in ~/bin/e1" wrote:

Multibox: For multiple instances, you copy ~/bin/v1 to ~/bin/v2, and edit the file to use 'eve2' instead of 'eve1' on the command line. This can be as many as your machine can handle.

Patch eve: After the install is complete, it will start the launcher itself. It might not launch correctly at first, and might be missing the 'login' options on the left. This is due to an SSL bug particular to Linux. Just wait for it to finish validating and patching though. If it fails, you can run the ~/bin/v1 script. When you launch eve in the future, use the v1 script.

Launch eve: After you are patched, you can launch, and it will take awhile to launch the first time, particularly the EULA.

Disable Captain's Quarters: Go to Settings | video Settings | uncheck 'load station environment'. You want to avoid loading Captain's Quarters. Alternately, you can just click the 'leave captain's quarters' while docked.[/list]

Here is a script that will setup 3 instances for you as well:

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# Can skip this section if you have a bin directory setup and in path
mkdir ~/bin
PATH="${PATH}:~/bin" ; export PATH
# Fix up your multibox environment, the \ does a line break for easy editing.
echo '/usr/bin/env WINEPREFIX="$HOME/.wine" DISPLAY=":0.0" wine explorer \
/desktop=eve1,1024x768 "C:\Games\CCP\EVE\bin\exefile.exe"' >~/bin/v1
echo '/usr/bin/env WINEPREFIX="$HOME/.wine" DISPLAY=":0.0" wine explorer \
/desktop=eve2,1024x768 "C:\Games\CCP\EVE\bin\exefile.exe"' >~/bin/v2
echo '/usr/bin/env WINEPREFIX="$HOME/.wine" DISPLAY=":0.0" wine explorer \
/desktop=eve3,1024x768 "C:\Games\CCP\EVE\bin\exefile.exe"' >~/bin/v3
# Use this to patch when needed
echo '/usr/bin/env WINEPREFIX="$HOME/.wine" DISPLAY=":0.0" wine explorer \
/desktop=eve1,1024x768 "C:\Games\CCP\EVE\eve.exe"' >~/bin/e1
# Make all these shell scripts executable:
chmod a+x ~/bin/[ev][1-3] # FANCY, warning will match e2 and e3.
echo "You can run e1 to patch, and then v1 or v2 or v3 to play without the launcher."

"Older stuff" wrote:

This is stuff that has been needed in the past, you can ignore it.
# this is commented out, but here if you want to test overrides, which some people have needed.
apt-get install winetricks
export WINEDLLOVERRIDES="msvcr100,msvcr90,msvcr80=n,b;msvcrt=b,n"
#/usr/bin/aoss is optional if you want to use aoss for sound
echo '/usr/bin/env WINEPREFIX="$HOME/.wine" DISPLAY=":0.0" /usr/bin/aoss wine explorer \
/desktop=eve1,1024x768 "C:\Games\CCP\EVE\bin\exefile.exe"' >bin/v1

Some use 'playonlinux', a wine front end as well. Just do apt-get install playonlinux to install it.

You should be ready to login to eve. (You are most likely still bad at playing eve though.) If you have issues on Linux, post a paste of the exact error and we'll help you out. Please include your OS (cat /etc/lsb-release), wine version (wine --version), and video card (lspci | grep -i vga).

Mine:
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, wine-1.6.2, 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GT218 [GeForce 210] (rev a2)