[GUIDE] How to play SS13 on Linux with a simple script

[Dr. Chef]

Hello spacemen. Today I'm going to teach you how to play SS13 on linux properly or what Richard Stallman calls GNU/Linux or GNU + Linux. I was skeptical about this working, but it works flawlessly for me.

This guide was created by Xaltonon on the SS13 subreddit and I found it to work great.

I used the latest version of Ubuntu 18.04 but it should work for other linux distros.

Copy these commands into the terminal.

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sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386

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wget -nc https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/Release.key
sudo apt-add-repository https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu/
sudo apt update
sudo apt install wine-stable winehq-stable
sudo apt install winetricks

I was able to install Winetricks without using the extra commands, so if you want to add the repository you can, or you can just type

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sudo apt-get install winetricks

and that should work too. If you are using another distro that isn't based on Ubuntu or Debian, then use whatever package manager you have to install Winetricks.

Now, you need to create a directory, in your home directory. You can do this with the terminal or you can just create a new folder with your file manager of your choice. To create a new directory in the terminal, type

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mkdir filename_here

My folder is called SS13. Now, go into the folder by using the change directory command. Type cd filename here, or in my case, I typed cd SS13. Now you need to copy this command and use it in the terminal. This will install Byond, Internet Explorer, and all the other necessary things like Direct X.

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curl https://gist.githubusercontent.com/Xaltonon/8a70f057b263ab697c666619d753a5bc/raw | bash

If you don't have curl installed type

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sudo apt-get install curl

or use your package manager of choice.

ss13.sh does the following:

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sets up a 32 bit WINEPREFIX
installs the DLLs required for BYOND from winetricks
installs IE for BYOND
downloads the latest version of BYOND and updates old versions
installs gecko for better javascript
installs directx so you don't have flashing lights on servers with smooth lighting
installs corefonts so your eyes don't bleed
installs a desktop entry so you can launch BYOND from the comfort of your start menu

When you finish installing, you go into your file menu and click on Byond and log in. Someone said on the digg thread that using wine will get you banned/sticky banned from some servers because the CID (computer id) variable that byond uses doesn't work properly on wine, but I was able to connect to /tg/ without problems.

Everything works for me so far. I haven't found any glitches or items that aren't working. I haven't tried other codebases, but it works well on /tg/ station.

Thanks for /u/Xaltonon on digg for creating this guide. Have a good day.

I will post screenshots of it working when the round is over.

Edit: Here you go. Screenshots from a round.

The only thing I can't get to work is web links. I have to copy them and use them in my browser. I also was able to play Goonstation with the fancy lighting. There are some tiny issues with Goonstation, but the game is very playable, but /tg/ station runs a lot nicer under wine.

[Luke Cox]

Brainlet question: What do I do after I run the install script via curl? The ss13 folder is there, but I can't find where Byond installed.

Edit: Okay, I checked again and the script stops at "Setting up Windows DLLs". Also, it says that wine-gecko cannot be loaded. I'm using Arch if that makes any difference.

[Dr. Chef]

Brainlet question: What do I do after I run the install script via curl? The ss13 folder is there, but I can't find where Byond installed.

Edit: Okay, I checked again and the script stops at "Setting up Windows DLLs". Also, it says that wine-gecko cannot be loaded. I'm using Arch if that makes any difference.

I haven't ran Arch in like two years. This script might be created for debian based systems, but you could manually install all the stuff you need for it to work. You need to setup a 32 bit wineprefix, install the DLL's manually, install Internet Explorer 8, byond, gecko, and direct X. Installing the required fonts in the script should also be something you do.

I think someone else got it to work with Arch, but using a different version of wine. On the digg thread, someone else was having problems with it not working on Arch, but someone else said they got it to work by installing wine-gaming-nine from the aur instead of using wine.

[NikNakFlak]

"easily"

[Dr. Chef]

"easily"

Correction: Easy if you have a debian based system.

[pubby]

I used Arch.

I followed the directions here and it worked: https://www.digg.com/r/SS13/comments/ ... _on_linux/

[Dr. Chef]

I used Arch.

I followed the directions here and it worked: https://www.digg.com/r/SS13/comments/ ... _on_linux/

I think I tried that guide years ago with minor success, but sometimes it didn't work at all, but I used Ubuntu or Elementary OS (Ubuntu based). I would suggest adding gecko.

[Lazengann]

Now how do I get it on android

[Luke Cox]

Now how do I get it on android

Use a real linux distro you goddamn normie

[Luke Cox]

I used Arch.

I followed the directions here and it worked: https://www.digg.com/r/SS13/comments/ ... _on_linux/

Trying this, I get the following:
Note: command wine regedit C:\windows\Temp\_wsh57\override-dll.reg returned status 53. Aborting.