Installed Age of Empires on Ubuntu using Wine

Day: 2023-03-19
Time: 01:40 to 02:35
Project: Dev
Workspace: WP 2: Operational
Status: Completed
Priority: MEDIUM
Assignee: Matías Nehuen Iglesias
Tags: Wine, Steam, Ubuntu, Gaming, Installation

Description

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.

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