PotBS Linux Launcher

Script to simplify wine environment creation, download, run game and check for updates.

Dependencies

• wine
• wget
• winetrics
• zenity (optional for GUI)

Install

1. Customize the script as you wish. Main settings:
   • potbs_wineprefix = path to wineprefix directory (default: "${HOME}/.local/winepfx/PotBS")
   • potbs_dir = path to game directory (default: "${HOME}/Games/PotBS")
   • POTBSLEGACY = set to 1 if you want to load legacy game. (default: 0)
2. Grant execution rights for files: chmod +x launcher.sh bin/jq-linux64 bin/potbs_hash
3. Run ./launcher.sh

Usage

launcher.sh [command] <args>

command:

• r - run game
• v - display the currently installed version of the game
• n - create new wineprefix and installing dependencies (need winetrics)
• d - dowload game
• u - check for updates and install it
• c - check local files for compliance
• dxvk - install dxvk
• desc - create desktop entry
• cfg - launch winecfg
• gui - launch GUI mode

Example clean install:

1. Create new wineprefix and installing dependencies: ./launcher.sh n
2. Download Game: ./launcher.sh d
3. Run game: ./launcher.sh r or ./launcher.sh

Wine

To successfully launch the game for wine, install:

• d3dx9, d3dcompiler_43 from WineTricks
• PhysX legacy (winetricks -q PhysxLegacy.verb)

ERROR Memory: memory allocation failed for pool Main.Default

Try lowering the [MemoryPools] preSize_* settings in the pirates.ini file.
It is better to create an additional settings file pirates_local.ini and add to it:

[MemoryPools]
;; size in MB
preSize_Bootstrap=2
preSize_Default=256
preSize_Image=486
preSize_Vertex=128
preSize_Audio=64
preSize_Room=486
preSize_UI=64
preSize_Anim=486