EBII in linux!

**z3n** · May 18, 2016, 11:35 AM

You won't be able to play mods like EBII properly on Linux (you will likely encounter CTD's with settlements/field battles) without borking your installation for windows however you should be able to do it via steam using this tutorial.

**M3m3nt0** · May 18, 2016, 12:09 PM

Originally Posted by z3n

You won't be able to play mods like EBII properly on Linux (you will likely encounter CTD's with settlements/field battles) without borking your installation for windows however you should be able to do it via steam using this tutorial.

This is the part I have to follow?

Code:

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Right click on Medieval 2 Total War from the Steam Game Library and select Properties
Click on “SET LAUNCH OPTIONS…”
Insert --features.mod=mods/name_of_the_mod_folder (i.e. --features.mod=mods/RedUnitsMod)
Click on OK
Close the Properties window
Start MED II (select “Play Medieval II: Total War")

**z3n** · May 18, 2016, 12:13 PM

Right.

**M3m3nt0** · June 10, 2016, 05:03 PM

My first (I can say positive) try to run EBII Steam version on Linux: HERE

**TwigV** · June 12, 2016, 02:46 AM

I just want to make a note, as I cant seem to easily edit my initial post. When I wrote this, there was no Native Linux version. To be clearer: This thread concerns running EB2 on WINE (which is a windows emulator (but its not an emulator!

)), NOT the native Linux version that was released recently. I am downloading version 2.2 now, I expect it to be just fine (2.1b was). These days I run WINE version 1.9.12. I will not be able to test it for a while as I'm too buried with teaching at the moment to play games. Installing the mod actually makes desktop shortcuts that you can use (if you don't run GNOME desktop environment), so making a functional shortcut as I have outline may not be required these days. However I will be using the non-installer version, and using my launching script as its a much cleaner way of managing the mod in linux (thank you mod publisher for releasing it this way for this version).

**Käpt'n Blaubär** · October 04, 2016, 11:30 AM

Hi there

I try to run Tatw Dac on Linux and opened a thread for it. Please check it out, and i would be really thankfull for any advise. REALLY. So far i have no clue, but somebody of you could help me.

http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showt...w-DAC-on-Linux

Best regards

**Käpt'n Blaubär** · October 05, 2016, 10:12 AM

If somebody could help me, i try to run Tatw Dac on Linux, and it seams that DAC and EBII have the same problem.
I have as well siege crashes in some areas, and the problem is as well custum settlements.

I tried to move the settlement folder from the mod folder to the data/data folder. But it didnt worked. Do i have to move everything? OR just some parts?

Any help would be great.

Thanks

**Tuuvi** · October 06, 2016, 12:53 AM

The settlements folder has to be deleted. You should also move no_banner.mesh from the mod folder to share/data/data/banners.

**Käpt'n Blaubär** · October 06, 2016, 09:31 AM

But then you play on the vanilla settlements, right? The custom settlements are not playable at all?

Because in Tatw Dac, some custome settlements work, and some dont. I want to find out why. Maybe i can fix it. I try at least. Thanks for the respond

**Tuuvi** · October 06, 2016, 09:29 PM

But then you play on the vanilla settlements, right? The custom settlements are not playable at all?

Yea, which is a bummer.

In this thread they're saying that the difference between custom settlements that work and those that don't has something to do with the gates, if I remember right. I think there's also some sort of pathing issue at play, because for mac users deleting the settlements folder still crashes the game, they have to place the settlements folder on the desktop to get it to work.

I hope you can figure something out, good luck

**Käpt'n Blaubär** · October 08, 2016, 05:37 AM

Hmm, sound like i thought. The Question is, isnt it possible to change the pathing manually? Isnt there a file, were the Pathing is written down? Im looking for this file, but havent found it.

**Tuuvi** · October 21, 2016, 12:43 AM

Has anyone else tried playing the mod using PlayOnLinux? I'm trying it and at first it was great, custom settlements worked and my turn times were much faster than when playing on the feral interactive port. But now after a week of playing the game is getting more and more unstable, it crashes constantly and in order to load a save or start a new campaign I have to start a custom battle and then quit, otherwise the game will crash before it can load up the campaign.

Is this typical when playing using Wine/PlayOnLinux or is it just me?

**Tuuvi** · October 31, 2016, 08:50 PM

The crashes I was complaining about haven't happened since so I guess that was just a fluke (however I do crash during battles semi-frequently but I think that's a problem with my GPU). Like I said before custom settlements are working for me and my turn times are much faster, so I'd recommend installing the mod through Play On Linux instead of the Feral Interactives port.

**z3n** · November 10, 2016, 02:54 PM

That's great to hear! And slightly ironic that works better than an actual port... Not to deride their work.

Keep us posted if you can, I may have to include a suggestion to use Play On Linux instead of using Feral Interactives port directly.

**Tuuvi** · December 07, 2016, 10:04 PM

I've made it 120 turns into my Bosporos campaign so far without too many problems besides the occasional CTD. I'll post a guide later on how to install the mod with Play On Linux as it's slightly complicated.