Milliethegreat

im not using lutris not wine. is that any different? if so how do i proceed. mind you ime using the GOG account install method not the wine method in lutris

i use a copy from GOG as i use the download on multiple VMs at once and steam doesnt allow that unless i sign up for multiple (in my case 12) computers virtual or otherwise. and my setup doesnt play nicely with the cd version.

How do I install SimCity 4 mods and SimCity multiplayer mod on Ubuntu? My server doesn’t like windows 11 because of the raid controller also I’m running virtual machines so windows 11 + my RAID controller + VMs = epic nightmares and lots of late nights bashing my head into my desk.

I’d imagine if I went through GOG it would work as if I had the physical disk. One game on one account on multiple machines?

I’m thinking of the GOG version as I need a copy of it on multiple different virtual machines and steam would require an account for each one and I’m afraid if I did that I’d get flagged and banned for “suspicious activity” even though I’m just doing it on my home servers on LAN multiplayer just within my network for funsies. I’d imagine doing the GOG one installed from one GOG account on multiple computers wouldn’t be an issue if I used lutris on Ubuntu. Please correct me if I’m wrong

Yeah that makes sense. I actually use Ubuntu BECAUSE it’s windowzy. I’m normally a Windows user but like I said because of my craptastic RAID controller I can’t force windows onto my servers as the thing won’t detect my hard drives and the drivers are waaaaaay to old for windows 11. So here I am. I use Ubuntu on my my old core 2 quad gaming rig because nForce chipsets don’t like anything past windows 7 I’m still learning it but I’m improving my knowledge. Is Debian more difficult to learn?

lol i mean CDs. I misspoke. But yeah. I’m trying to use the SimCity 4 multiplayer mod on a series of VMs running on a pair of dell r710 servers using a LAN connection. I mean I COULD use windows 10 but that’s about to be EOL and I don’t want to open up my network and devices to hackers especially since the scare I had a few years back and while there are workarounds to install windows 11 on an older PC (I’ve done it with my gaming pc from the 2000s I dug up recently. It uses the same CPU socket as the dell servers I have) my servers’ RAID controller is prohibiting that as 11 doesn’t have drivers for it (the controller is a perc 6i or h710 I forget which mine has) and I don’t feel like shelling out $800-$2000 or whatever on new servers as I’m on a fixed income. Upgrading the raid controller IS an option but I’ve noticed that is hit or miss in my situation so I’m stuck using Ubuntu which I’d rather NOT as I’m a Windows user but this is a project for me and my friends to mess around with for experience and practice related reasons and I’m the only one who can afford and has server hardware and servers at all in the group of us and I know more about them then they do (I’m no expert but I know some things enough for this and a few other projects) so here I am. Do you think I’m essentially fighting a losing battle and should upgrade my raid controller or something like that or am i doing right(-ish)?

I don’t have steam but I have the dvd SimCity 4 deluxe. How do I run that on Linux?

I installed SimCity 4 deluxe edition via steam and tried also with the physical disks. It installed but apon loading the game it gives no display on start up or in region view however there is audio. I thought it was my gpu so I tried four different Nvidia gpus including an early 2000s gpu my Intel iGPU my Ryzen iGPU and my quadro k620. I tried numerous drivers including older ones different outputs different monitors and different resolution settings. No dice. HOWEVER windows 10 works fine but I’m not nor will I use any OS older than 11 for security reasons. No I’m not trying Linux. Anyone know a fix to this issue?