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One of the largest stumbling blocks to switching to Linux permanently is gaming. While Steam is making things a lot easier, you may not want to pay again for a game you already own, and Steam may not accept the key. Getting Windows games working on Linux isn’t as easy as double clicking on setup.exe, but it can be done with Wine and Lutris. Fortunately, I’ve done all the hard work so that you don’t have to.
We will cover installing the original Command and Conquer 3, the Kane’s Wrath expansion, patches, no CD patches and mods with WrathEd.
Once you have the basics of installing a base game, patches and mods, this should give you an idea of how the process works, and how to do the same with other games in your collection.
It's important to remember that not all Linux installations are created equal This works on my setup, and should be fairly trouble free on many other distros, but it's never a guarantee.
Prerequisites
This tutorial assumes the following:
- You already own both the Command and Conquer 3 and Kane’s Wrath retail DVDs, with serial keys.
- You already have Lutris and Wine installed, with the ge-proton of Wine available.
- You have the necessary patches, for both games, downloaded and ready.
- You have downloaded a NoCD patch for both games.
- If you want to Mod, you have at least WrathEd and the mod of your choice downloaded. The instructions should be pretty similar for any mod that uses WrathEd.