I Just Can't Understand How to install fitgirl repacks on linux (self.piracy)

submitted 1 year ago by KDE to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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hello fellow sailers , hope you're having a nice day , a few months back i switched to arch linux because my computer has good ram but not that good gpu , but now i would like to play some og games like portal 2 , portal 1 , inscryption etc from fitgirl repacks and i have scoured through many guides but nothing just works , too complicated. can't there be a simple guide with preferably images or something like that (like a website /blog maybe?) I would really appreciate that since many of my friends may like to join linux ship but they are pirates like me as well who wouldn't be able to play games on linux. #Fitgirl-repacks,#Linux

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[-] rmnfxytumavcfdbpce@lemmy.dbzer0.com 21 points 1 year ago

I've been using lutris for fitgirl and dodi to install and play games

[-] Hubi@feddit.de 17 points 1 year ago

I don't think there's a guide for your specific use case, but it's essentially no different from running any other windows installer on Linux. You will have to set up Wine (a guide is on their website) and once that's done, it's basically just double-clicking the setup.exe.

[+] KDE -40 points 1 year ago

no brother thats not how it works , because fitgirl repacks are extremely compressed since they are sent off through torrent , its not like you can just double click the setup.exe i would suggest you to see some reddit posts regarding this topic if my comment didn't explain it properly :) https://www.reddit.com/r/LinuxCrackSupport/comments/yqfirv/how_to_install_fitgirl_or_dodi_windows_repacks_in/

[-] Hubi@feddit.de 40 points 1 year ago

Yes, that is absolutely how it works, the compression or the files being distributed via torrents doesn't make any difference. I have installed plenty of (Fitgirl) repacks just by setting up wine and double-clicking the .exe file. I've never had any issues whatsoever.

[-] monstoor@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 1 year ago

I'm not sure what problem you are having when you say 'nothing works'. I've installed several FG repacks over the years including one only a couple of weeks ago. Open and terminal and cd to the directory that contains your FG download, then:

export WINEPREFIX=$HOME/.wine_gamename
winetricks -q dxvk xact xinput vcrun2022 win10
winetricks -q vkd3d corefonts win10
wine setup.exe
cd installdirectory
wine gamename.exe

I separate the winetricks lines as sometimes winetricks gets overwhelmed if you call two many functions. I can assure you that this does work, though the repacks sometimes take ages to install. Personally I use rutracker as my source as the games come pre-made with wine.

[-] Redredme@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago

My guess is that this is the too complicated part.

[-] KDE 1 points 1 year ago

So If I use fitgirl -repacks rutracker then will i get wine pre made?

[-] monstoor@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Rutracker has a forum dedicated to Windows games pre-packed with a wine runner. EDIT: Nothing to do with Fitgirl.

[-] KDE 1 points 1 year ago

Are those safe? i just trust fitgirl repacks /Dodi repacks and nothing much

[-] monstoor@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago

Yes, rutracker is safe. In particular Kron4ek is a trusted repacker. You can also download games from certain IRC channels which is much quicker but requires some setting up.

[-] KDE 1 points 1 year ago

Thanks This also works i am having a directx error to make sound unable but other than that wholesome

[-] ruckblack@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 year ago

Lmfao

[-] Helix@feddit.de 15 points 1 year ago

Clueless person dishing out a condescending 'no brother thats not how it works', comedy gold 😃

[-] ruckblack@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 year ago

"It doesn't work because repacks are extremely compressed because they're sent through torrent"

Dude should stick to Windows

[-] moody@lemmings.world 4 points 1 year ago

If the game isn't too big, you can add the installer exe to Steam via the "add a non-Steam game" menu, set it up to run with Proton, and then click the Play button which will launch the installer. When it's done installing, remove the installer from your games, and add the game's exe to Steam directly.

If the game is too big (60gb or more) use Lutris's "install a game" feature, and run the installer from there.

[-] gamey@feddit.rocks 3 points 1 year ago

Classic Reddit user!

[-] chickentendrils@hexbear.net 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

If your download limits aren't capped by your ISP, I'd probably just grab the original Steam files and Goldberg's Steam emulator off cs dot rin dot ru slash forum and call it a day

[-] KDE 2 points 1 year ago

What do you mean by just grab the original steam files mate?

[-] moody@lemmings.world 4 points 1 year ago

Not sure what it's called, but there's a downloader that just pulls the files straight from Steam. If you don't own the game, Steam won't run it, but you already have the files and you can use a Steam DRM crack.

[-] lemmyvore@feddit.nl 3 points 1 year ago

SteamCMD?

[-] moody@lemmings.world 3 points 1 year ago

Maybe? I know SteamCMD is just the command-line version of their client. Does it require credentials to download?

Back in the day, there was a GUI tool that would just download any game from Steam, but I don't know if it's still a thing.

[-] lemmyvore@feddit.nl 3 points 1 year ago

You have to login with your steam account, but yes, it lets you download pretty much anything, things that the normal Steam won't let you play because you haven't bought them or for other weird reasons.

Typical use for steamcmd is to force-download the Windows version of a game that the publisher insists can't be played with Proton. I've used it for example to force-download the Binding of Isaac, which works perfectly fine with Proton, but for some reason the game refused to install with regular Steam on Linux. After I downloaded it I could set the compatibility to Proton and it worked fine. 🤷

You can also use steamcmd to automate the installation of multiple games, for example after you reinstalled your PC, and so on.

[-] slushiedrinker@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 year ago

If you want something to help you with the process, you might like to try using Lutris or Heroic Games Launcher. They allow you to install anything you want and set up wine prefixes automatically. Heroic Games uses Proton and all other versions of Wine. If you find that you prefer Lutris, you can get Proton to work in it (lots of instructions about it available on Lutris web site). Good luck! If you need help with linux, lemmy.zip has a great community called Linux Questions. They're very friendly and helpful over there. I know first-hand because I asked a question and got great answers.

[-] KDE 0 points 1 year ago

I got the game working but the sound is not working (game : Inscryption)

[-] slushiedrinker@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago

That game has a native linux version. So, maybe find a copy of that?

[-] mr_MADAFAKA@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVuabEckMMA

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[-] KDE 1 points 1 year ago

Ok so this video does works , but now i dont have any sound in the game called inscryption Can you pls guide me with that it asked me to install directx but then it failed but the game still works but sound not coming

[-] Nimous@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago

Consider that maybe it's the repack's bug then go to fitgirl's game page and seek for any similar problem and solution in comments

[-] Diurnambule@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 year ago

I usually try different version of proton. The one I get most luck with is protonGE you can install it with ProtonUp-QT (from the store discovery)

[-] mr_MADAFAKA@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Will try to test this game later, maybe some dependencies are needed... Btw this game has native linux port, u can find it on torrminator or zamunda

[-] planish@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

That might just be an Inscryption/Wine compatibility problem. You should check maybe ProtonDB or WineHQ for the game to see if this is a known problem or if there is a particular Wine or Proton version you need to use or a particular library or setting that is needed to make sound work on Linux for the Windows version of this particular game.