New to linux - Can't figure out why watch dogs won't launch
i'm using the appimage of heroic and installed the latest drivers through my driver manager, made sure to install ubisoft connect and run it as an exe on prefix. i'm still faced with the issue of nothing launching though. clicking the play button shows that it's playing but ubisoft connect won't launch or anything
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rival-black•3y ago
Post logs of your attempt
fair-roseOP•3y ago
how do i do that, sorry?
rival-black•3y ago
#:pushpin: Read Me First | Frequently Asked Questions
Game issue
fair-roseOP•3y ago
fair-roseOP•3y ago
i'm assuming this is it
rival-black•3y ago
Change the wine version to Wine-GE. Change the wine prefix folder to
/home/encrypt/Games/Heroic/Prefixes/Watch Dogs
You’ll need to reinstall Ubisoft Connect afterfair-roseOP•3y ago
fair-roseOP•3y ago
just reinstalled ubisoft connect. it's launching now but i'm getting this error
do i need to install a .net framework or something?
xenial-black•3y ago
you MUST use wine-ge 7.37 (or newer) or Proton-GE 7.49 (or newer), those versions include a fix for ubisoft connect
xenial-black•3y ago
check the guide https://github.com/Heroic-Games-Launcher/HeroicGamesLauncher/wiki/How-to-install-Ubisoft-Connect-on-Linux-and-Mac
GitHub
How to install Ubisoft Connect on Linux and Mac
A Native GOG and Epic Games Launcher for Linux, Windows and Mac. - Heroic-Games-Launcher/HeroicGamesLauncher
xenial-black•3y ago
make sure you installed the arial font too
fair-roseOP•3y ago
i've followed all the steps and ubisoft connect now runs
how do i run watch dogs? running it through heroic doesn't do anything so do i have to reinstall it through ubisoft connect?
xenial-black•3y ago
did you install ubisoft in the wineprefix of the watchdogs installation (option 2 on that guide) or you installed ubisoft connect as a standalone app (option 1)
if you install ubisoft in the game prefix, then it should run from heroic
if you installed ubisoft connect with option 1 (as a new app with Add Game) then watchdogs doesn't know that
fair-roseOP•3y ago
i did install with option 1
does that mean that i need to reinstall it through ubisoft?
xenial-black•3y ago
you can still use option 2 an install the ubisoft connect launcher in the watchdogs prefix
just follow the steps of option 2 and it should be good without reinstallation
fair-roseOP•3y ago
wintricks is sort of stuck in a loop where it's constantly loading and nothing comes up, so idk if i'll be able to use option 2
did i mess it up by going with option 1?
xenial-black•3y ago
make sure no wine process is running in the background
usually ubisoft stays open after closing things, try running
pkill -9 -f Ubisoft for example
or run ps ax | grep "wine" and or use the task monitor of your OS to kill any wine process
that should unblock winetricks