AnarchistRaven Posted January 12 Report Posted January 12 Ubuntu 24.04, I've got the game installed and working, but I can't figure out how to install the script to run the game with the shortcut. Right now I have to go into the download files and startup from there. Brand new to Linux and surprised I got even got this far lol
Diff Posted January 12 Report Posted January 12 1 hour ago, AnarchistRaven said: Ubuntu 24.04, I've got the game installed and working, but I can't figure out how to install the script to run the game with the shortcut. Right now I have to go into the download files and startup from there. Brand new to Linux and surprised I got even got this far lol Nice work getting that far! Probably the easiest way would be to open a terminal, drag and drop the install.sh script into it, then hit enter.
AnarchistRaven Posted January 13 Author Report Posted January 13 2 hours ago, Diff said: Nice work getting that far! Probably the easiest way would be to open a terminal, drag and drop the install.sh script into it, then hit enter. Nope, I still get a "Failure to launch Vintage Story", and "Failure to change directory "run.sh""
Diff Posted January 13 Report Posted January 13 3 hours ago, AnarchistRaven said: Nope, I still get a "Failure to launch Vintage Story", and "Failure to change directory "run.sh"" Might need a screenshot of your terminal because that is not immediately obvious what's causing that or where those are even coming from
Foe Hammer Posted January 13 Report Posted January 13 21 hours ago, AnarchistRaven said: Ubuntu 24.04, I've got the game installed and working, but I can't figure out how to install the script to run the game with the shortcut. Right now I have to go into the download files and startup from there. Brand new to Linux and surprised I got even got this far lol Like @Diff said, congrats on getting that far! I am on basically the same journey as you, also Ubuntu. What I did is went and starred the executable in the download folder so I can just go to the starred tab in files and launch the game from there. I will report back here if I find a better solution and no one has given a better answer.
AnarchistRaven Posted January 17 Author Report Posted January 17 Not sure exactly what I did, but it finally installed itself properly
TJ Pepler Posted January 18 Report Posted January 18 There is an option to install the flatpack available on flathub it's so easy, there's no need to go in and do all the old extract and chmod +x and ./Vintagestory or whatever the file is... The flatpack installs the launcher icon right into your apps menu and just does everything, so it's easier than windows even
Sleeves Posted Sunday at 02:37 PM Report Posted Sunday at 02:37 PM (edited) Note to anyone else who encounters this issue in the future, flatpak or not: if all else fails, you can make a desktop entry yourself. It should look something like this: [Desktop Entry] Type=Application Categories=Game; Name=Vintage Story Comment=Uncompromising wilderness survival sandbox game Exec=/usr/bin/vintagestory Path=/opt/vintagestory Just replace Exec with your game's binary file and Path with your primary game folder, then save it to wherever your desktop files are. For me it's /usr/share/applications/vintagestory.desktop Edited Sunday at 02:38 PM by Sleeves Forgot to include filename / location
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