Once this is done Open Lutris and simply Add a New Game. This is also the same recommendation to install either Fallout of Nevada or Fallout Resurrection 1.5, these mods install themselves under a subfolder in Fallout 2.Īll you need is Fallout + the Mods installed, then copy them to any place in your HD that Linux can read. If you are fully in a Linux environment the best way to do this is to simply boot up a Virtual Machine with Windows 7 or if this goes beyond your technical knowledge then install Fallout 2 in Windows and then do a copy/paste of the game folder to a pendrive so you can use it later in Linux. Once Lutris is installed in your system, all you need to do now is install Fallout 2 first.

Lutris is a GUI Frontend for many emulators including WINE, which is the basis of playing Fallout 2 in Linux.īy downloading Lutris you will be making your life easier when trying to play Windows Based Games that require Wine, meaning that for all people not very tech savvy or not willing to use terminal commands it will be very easy to set up the game. To begin playing in Linux any kind of game with a high chance of success without doing much you need LUTRIS There are many out there and which one to choose goes beyond the scope of this small post, for ease of reference this guide should work with Linux Mint and any Ubuntu distro. Ok, first of all you need a Linux distro. So if you play in Linux already or are totally new to Linux and want to do the jump this is a small how to so you can start doing it without much hassle. I mostly play these days in Linux as I leave Windows behind more and more because Linux is getting much friendlier to game with. I decided this weekend to fool around a bit in Fallout 2 and specifically in Nevada and Resurrection 1.5, two great mods for Fallout 2 and since I had some hurdles and had to look around a bit for answers when trying to play in Linux under Lutris, I decided to do a small how to go guide for anyone else willing to try these in Linux.

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