Alpha client on Linux with Wine

[Kuvajokeri]

Hi there,

I am not in the alpha personally, but now that Early Enrollment is about to arrive, I am looking to possibly get into it.

What I would like to know before making a purchase however is, what sort of experiences have Linux users had if any of them have been in the Alpha. I don't mind if there's some work there to be done to make the client run, but on the other hand I don't want to blindly take a risk and buy myself a client for which there might be no way to make it work.

Terribly sorry if this has been answered before. Tried searching around with both, the search tool and some search engines. Cheers!

[Being]

To the best of my knowledge none of those in Alpha are attempting it in wine on LINUX.

[froggalpha]

Isn't Ryan using a Bootcamped Mac?

[Kuvajokeri]

Being wrote:

To the best of my knowledge none of those in Alpha are attempting it in wine on LINUX.

A shame to hear that, but I'll remain hopeful of some good soul having tested it.

[Nihimon]

froggalpha wrote:

Isn't Ryan using a Bootcamped Mac?

Yes, he is.

[Chris Lambertz]

Removed a post and replies to it. Leave the personal insults out of the thread.

[AvenaOats]

Btw, there is an online MOOC for: Introduction to Linux (by EdX) if anyone is interested in learning Linux.

[Nathan Weber]

I have been trying out the Early Enrollment on Ubuntu 14.10 using CrossOver for Linux. It took me a bit to get it to run because apparently the patcher executable needs .NET to run. Once I installed that, the game patches and loads just fine. You have to be sure to create a Windows 7 or Windows 8 bottle since Windows XP isn't supported by the developers.

I still have an issue with the game crashing about five minutes in. I suspect a compatibility issue with the Linux drivers for me video card. Although I'm technically using an nVidia card, it's on a laptop with Optimus. Under Linux, that generally means the nVidia drivers won't work and the card defaults to being in Intel graphics card. Otherwise, the game looks very nice while it's running. Because of the crashing, I can't finish the tutorials, so I can't say anything about gameplay.

[Azure_Zero]

Linux tests During EE3

PFO using WINE/PLayOnLinux does work, but
The patcher is the only part that does not work.

[Azure_Zero]

Finished a Quick Linux guide
HOW TO: install and run PFO in Linux.