howeird on 14/11/2019 at 15:44
Does anyone use NewDark with Linux ? I can play with DarkLoader but have no luck with NewDark. If someone is using it successfully with Linux please post a reply.
voodoo47 on 14/11/2019 at 16:10
just to make it perfectly clear, if you have patched up with any patcher that has been released in the last half a dozen years, you are using NewDark - that's the game engine/executable in your folder. what you are having trouble with (as far as I can tell), is using a modern fan mission loader (FMselect, which comes integrated into NewDark).
Dahenjo on 14/11/2019 at 16:33
I had both T2 & TG with NewDark (installed from my old CDs not on Steam/Proton) running well on Linux Mint 19.1 using Wine 6.0 with the built-in FMSel working normally but unfortunately not AngelLoader which had UI issues. Was a while back and I use Windows 10 (have dual-boot w/Linux) to regularly play Thief but wanted to test it out to see. Performance was just as good as under Windows. The Linux distro might matter as well as your video card, I have an AMD RX 580 which has native kernel support rather than needing proprietary drivers which might matter too.
The easiest setup is to copy your working Thief installs from Windows into your Linux user folder (I made a /Games subfolder to match my Windows path) and also your /FM archives folder (although you can also point to your Windows FM archive drive if available & it'll work), then if Wine is working correctly the games should run, and you can even scale the FMSel window larger in Wine settings which you can't do in Windows.
Marecki on 14/11/2019 at 16:39
I have successfully played through the whole of SS2, TG and T:MA, with the latest NewDark patches for all 3 as of a few months ago, under Linux using wine-4.0. Mind you, I switched to a Wine version with native Direct3D 9 support quite early on so I don't know how well the vanilla version would work. Moreover, I haven't played any fan missions on this set-up yet so I haven't tried any FM loaders on it.
howeird on 14/11/2019 at 17:51
I have a program called NewDarkLoader that does not work with wine. There is no FMSel in my file. I have fmsel.dll and FMSelector.bat
voodoo47 on 14/11/2019 at 18:00
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fortuni on 14/11/2019 at 18:12
In your cam_mod folder edit this line by removing the semi-colon on the 2nd line, then save. Then run the Thief.exe in your T2 folder and FMsel interface box will load
; always start the FM Selector (if one is present)
;fm
to
; always start the FM Selector (if one is present)
fm
FenPhoenix on 14/11/2019 at 18:15
For the record, Dahenjo and I discussed Linux support during AngelLoader's testing and as far as we know, FMSel is the only loader that works with Wine. NewDarkLoader and AngelLoader both run on the .NET Framework which we think is what causes them not to work, whereas FMSel is written in native C++ so it does.
howeird on 14/11/2019 at 18:22
I got it working in Thief Gold but it's called FMselect.lnk . Works fine
Ok. I got it working now in Thief 2 thanks, fortuni. Didn't know what enable it meant
voodoo47 on 15/11/2019 at 08:46
well, it's only been mentioned about five times.
but good to know that wine is capable of using windows links (lnk), that will make things simpler in the future (TFix creates the link in the TG root, so any linux user can be directed to just launch that to open the FMsel window).
