Fellow Penguin Tankers,
Your experience may vary, but I'm pretty happy that WoT (~95%) and Aslain's (~90%) work so well for me in Linux (Manjaro + Lutris)
But I can't help but want to make that other 5-10% of the functionality work.
DISCLAIMER: I am not asking for support from Aslain or WG or for changes to be made to WoT or the Modpack to accomodate linux. I am only asking to create an ongoing discussion of what doesn't work and how (using only what we can do to Linux and the config files / mods / etc after release) we can make it work with linux.
So I'd like to start a discussion. Please reply with: Distro, Wine-method (vanilla/PlayOnLinux/Lutris/etc), GPU (AMD/Nvidia) and what doesn't work about Aslain's mod for you. If you fixed it, let us know how. If you had an issue someone else brought up, but fixed it, let us know how.
So that said, I'll start with a few:
In all cases, I run the aslain's installer via lutris via "run an exe inside wine prefix" side command.
1: Manjaro/Lutris/Nvidia - After clicking next after selecting the install directory, I get a "An error occured! Unknown method" dialog. Appears harmless but may relate to other install issues.
2: Manjaro/Lutris/Nvidia - After completing an install, I get the following error "Exception EAccessViolation in module Aslains_Wot_Modpack_Installer_v.1.9.0.3_06.tmp at 021F2E38. Access violation at address 021F3E38. Write of address 021F3E38." Appears harmless but may relate to other install issues. Memory address changes with every iteration. Interestingly this only appears if I install anything other than the Aslain's choices setup.
3: Manjaro/Lutris/Nvidia - Custom Contour Icons never show up, no matter what icon set. I tried a different modpack and this was not a problem. So it's definitely nothing inherently wrong with linux and CCI's but rather with Linux and the Aslain's process for installing CCI's. Issues 1 and 2 may relate.
Inspection of files in the CCI .7z file and files installed in the res_mods directory shows that the files never make it. This indicates the 7zip process being used by the Aslain installer is not working as intended. I tried to use the custom install folder and the cached .7z from the DL cache. Just dropping it in doesn't work. extracting then re-zipping as .zip doesn't seem to work. Manually installing absolutely works.
4: Manjaro/Lutris/Nvidia - Aslain colored tech tree icons don't show up. Same T/S as #3, manual install from DL cache works fine.
Again, not asking for support, more looking to build a knowledge base and help linux users bootstrap their way towards making what we get work with what we have.
But I will say, if we could get some insight into how .7z files are processed into the res_mods folder, this would help as this seems to be one of the biggest hurdles.
