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I managed to run The Sims 4 on Linux after over 6 hours (lemmings.world)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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At this point, making something that doesn't work using Wine or Proton is actually kind of an achievement, so congrats EA, you managed to fuck up both Origin and EA app. The actual game runs flawlessly, it's the launchers that are all kinds of broken.

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[–] [email protected] 43 points 3 months ago (3 children)

EA is garbage software, don't buy these games, always prefer used console versions or pirate.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 3 months ago

always prefer used console versions or pirate.

Or pirated console versions in an emulator ;)

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago

Wife likes modding Sims and already bought some expansions before we moved her to Linux. They actually still add some free content sometimes, so we keep the wifey happy, and hope to almighty Gaben that EA doesn't fuck things up too bad. Good news is that she knows that when things go wrong, it's 100% on EA

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

I have free access to ea play or whatever it’s called with my gamepass, luckily they have them in their own little “Ignore Me!!!” section.

[–] MrSoup 35 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Why don't you add some infos and steps you took for people who could need them?

[–] [email protected] 29 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Torrent edition worked flawlessly with no need to tinker at all. Just saying

[+] [email protected] -20 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Perhaps, not a fan of viruses though.

[+] [email protected] -11 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (3 children)

What viruses do you think you're going to catch on a Linux host? Nobody is packing Linux viruses into torrents so they might affect the < 1% of people who download it.

I mostly pay for games, but this is a really dumb take.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Virus is just a program that tries to whatever its malicious intent is while being as minimal and portable as it gets. It it’s a ransomeare to encrypt all your data or a program that looks for passwords in your files, it can still be fairly successful when running through Wine. There is a chance through, that it assumes typical paths where Windows keeps files and if it never tries other drives than C, it will only affect Wine prefix and not your actual files.

You can run Bottles in Flatpak and cut out access to any of your files if you’re afraid it can be malicious

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Right, agreed. I basically just said that last part to someone else.

The problem with seeing danger in every shadow is that you'll never feel safe is safe enough. There is only so much a person can do to protect themselves, but there comes a point where you've made everything so inconvenient for the sake of security that you can't just live your life. Take reasonable steps and don't worry beyond that.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The classical Windows viruses that run fairly well under Wine? Sure, the impact is not as high as on Windows but pretending there's no risk is extremely dumb. I do security for a living. Your "argument" is just plain wrong and I hope I never get your PC on any network I am part of.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

So then you should know how to scan for viruses before you execute anything.

Your argument is that torrents = viruses, which is also wrong.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

i'm of the same mindset when it comes to pirating any executable - it really is just not worth the effort to me to go through the steps to ensure the file isn't malicious, and a signature-based virus scan won't catch everything.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Perfect security is impossible. It's always a trade off between convenience and assurance. Can you be 100% certain that the official source of software hasn't been compromised? Remember CCleaner for Windows? It was distributing malware at one point.

I cannot purchase certain games any longer, for instance Outrun 2006. A downloaded copy is the only reasonable option. Purchasing a used copy doesn't benefit the rights holder, so I don't bother.

Take reasonable steps to limit any access the program would have - scan files, use a separate limited-rights user, a sandbox, etc. - and live your life.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

right - obviously when piracy is the only option then you get what you get and you need to do the legwork to make sure it's safe.

i do take proper security precautions (at least i hope i do, i have a degree in it lol)

i more meant that i'd rather not deal with an executable i don't trust at all since i'm lazy and generally trust the official sources more than the illegitimate ones.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

The idea that Linux is not susceptible to malware is a really dumb take, in my opinion. I work in security and see Linux machines get popped all the time. Also, wine is good enough that malware will run under it.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 3 months ago

The difference between Mass Effect Legendary edition working better than it did on my windows machine and hanging on the launcher forever is literally whether or not I have a controller turned on & connected. I don't know if I would have ever figured it out if it wasn't for a random poster on ProtonDB

[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I have a cracked version installed on my steam deck via proton and it worked just fine the last time I tried it.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago

Almost the same here. Cracked version, worked in wine experimental first try.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 months ago (1 children)

What distro are you on? I was able to run it with proton on Steam without much hassle.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Oh, I own it on EA, not on Steam.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

You can add it to steam, it's free and dlc bought from ea works with the steam version.

I find it's easier to get the ea version running though, so I usually just add the launcher as a non steam game, and that works fine too.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

I was having issues with Jedi Survivor and Steam Input apparently due to the latest EA launcher. Turning the controller on after the game loaded fixed the issue for me.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

I've had horrible times with EA and steam together. However launching EA from lutris works well for me

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I've played the Sims on Linux before and haven't had such severe issues with origin...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

I’ve played the Sims on Linux before and haven’t had such severe issues with origin…

Out of curiosity I've looked it up on ProtonDB and there it says that EA Launcher regularly breaks on updates.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Title is confusing... Did you get the game running for 6 hours or did it take you 6 hours to get it running? 🤔

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

6 hours to get it running. Not a native speaker.