📅 2023-03-19 — Session: Installed Age of Empires on Ubuntu using Wine
🕒 01:40–02:35
🏷️ Labels: Wine, Steam, Ubuntu, Gaming, Installation
📂 Project: Dev
⭐ Priority: MEDIUM
Session Goal: The session aimed to successfully install and run Age of Empires on an Ubuntu 22 system using Wine and Steam.
Key Activities:
- Installed and configured Wine and Steam to facilitate the game installation.
- Launched Steam and addressed potential troubleshooting issues.
- Resolved a grayed-out ‘Install’ button in Steam by checking existing installations, restarting Steam, verifying game files, and ensuring sufficient disk space.
- Attempted to run Age of Empires using Wine, performing compatibility checks and necessary configurations.
- Installed AoE2Tools to manage the game installation.
- Installed Age of Empires: Definitive Edition using Wine, including dependencies like .NET Framework and Visual C++ Redistributable.
- Troubleshooted issues with Winetricks during the Visual C++ Redistributable installation.
Achievements:
- Successfully installed Age of Empires and its tools on Ubuntu 22.
- Resolved multiple installation and configuration issues, ensuring the game runs smoothly.
Pending Tasks:
- Further testing of game performance and configuration adjustments may be needed to optimize gameplay.