Lutris on Linux received a fairly major update this week. Many people have reported issues with their wine prefixes, and with their games suddenly not finding their Downloads folder file paths, and more - if you need help with any of that, my Discord can probably help.
(My Lutris updates applied without any issue to don't stress too much, it won't necessarily break everything!)
The Clean Installer script that I recently shared has also stopped working, but the amazing @chieltbest has updated it for us with a new working one!
You can download it here. Massive shoutout to Chielt for getting on that so quickly and being amazing.
I've been trying everything to install lots with Clean Installer with my linux and for some reason I am having no luck.
It seems that my lots that I'm installing aren't going to the Teleport File which then turns it to the Lot Catalog which is how it shows up in the lot bin when you start the game.
I've looked on clean instsller to see where the path is leading to and it says the teleport folder but still nothing shows up there.
I've set it to Lot Catalog and still, nothing shows up there either.
I'm almost at the point where I want to go on my Windows boot, download a bunch of lots, open my Sims 2, create a new hood, add all the lots to the hood, and then zip up the hood,add it to media fire and then boot up fedora, and then download the hood and add it to my game quickly and put those lots in my lot bin.
I REALLY don't want to have to do that, but in desperate times... I'm almost willing lol.
I just want some houses to fill my PV and ST with that I'm working on.... blahhhh.
IF ANYONE KNOWS HOW TO GET THIS TO WORK, PLEASE RESPOND TO THIS POST!!
hey, have you been able to make clean installer work on linux mint? if so, could you tell how you did it?
Hey Anon, sorry it took me a bit to get back to you about this but the answer is yes, I did - with a lot of help and I cannot take any credit. Hence I wanted to ask permission before I shared my answer haha.
Details under the cut.
An amazing Discord member of mine, @chieltbest, wrote us a script to get it up and running which they have graciously given me permission to share here.
Firstly you need to install Clean Installer as a program into your Sims 2 prefix. Easiest way to do this is as follows:
Head here https://modthesims.info/d/409950/sims2pack-clean-installer-v1-6-22-updated-aug-2-2014.html/ and download the "Sims2PackInstaller_NoInstall" file
Place the folder into Program Files (x86) in your Sims 2 prefix - e.g. Home/Games/the-sims-2/Drive_C/ProgramFiles(x86)
Go into Lutris, right-click The Sims 2 and select "duplicate"
Right click the new duplicate and select "configure", go to "Game Options" and change the executable path to point to Clean Installer, aka Home/Games/the-sims-2/Drive_C/ProgramFiles(x86)/Sims2Pack Clean Installer/Sims2Pack Clean Installer.exe
Once that's done you need to close Lutris, and follow these steps:
Download this file and put it anywhere on your Linux system.
Make sure the script is executable: in the directory that you downloaded the script to, right click on the script, select "properties", then under "permissions" make sure "allow executing file as a program" is ticked
(Double) click on the script to run it, you will probably get a message that says something like Do you want to run "clean-installer-install.sh" click 'run' to run it
Follow the prompts that the script gives you
Done!
For troubleshooting, detailed help and instructions, etc, please pop into my Discord and look for the running-on-linux-tech-chat channel. There is a thread on that channel called 'Clean Installer Trials' where we worked all of this out lol.
Hey, I have a problem with Lutris on Linux Mint and thought if you could help: I just updated Lutris via Update Manager and after that I can't launch any game, I get a xalia.exe .NET Framework Initialization error that says I need to install v4.0 version of .NET Framework. Also Winetricks doesn't work properly anymore. Do you know how this can be fixed?
Hey Anon, yeah I just saw literally 2 hours ago that Lutris had received a major update.
Unfortunately the only fix for the errors you're getting that I know of is to backup all your Sims files, delete and then re-create your Sims 2 prefix. It's a real PITA I know; for me I updated Lutris and everything was fine but someone else on Discord had a broken prefix similar to you.
Someone more knowledgeable than me might know a better way to fix it but yeah, unfortunately that's my best advice!
If you need more help with it, my Discord is the best place to reach me x ... but in the morning... Cos it's nearly midnight here lol
**edit: @lavenderlight on Discord said they just rolled back their update and that fixed things for them - sorry, that probably would have been an easier solution!
AllMenus cheat on Linux
Hey Linux Sims 2 friends, has anyone been able to get the allMenus cheat working on Linux?
I have entered the required cheat line into my GlobalProps.xml file within FunWithPets / SP9 / TSdata / Res / Config but my game refuses to load with the cheat on. Send help?
@brandinotbroke tagging you cos you are fount of Linux wisdom
