I moved to Linux Mint fairly recently but still dual boot for a couple of programs that require Windows. I avoid Windows when I can but I like to play The Sims 4 and want to play it on Linux so I tried to install it on Steam (I own it on EA but it’s free on Steam right now and I haven’t been able to get Bottles to run the EA app without EA crashing before starting) but the EA app just blanks out when I run it. My EA account is linked to Steam (checked on EA’s website to confirm that they’re linked) and I can’t find any other reason for this issue online. Any ideas? Thanks!

Edit: tried again after relinking my EA and Steam accounts and waiting a while to let it boot and so far nothing. Looking at Steam, it seems like it stopped at loading “Microsoft DirectX” so I’ll have to go from there.

  • heartsofwar@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7·
    1 year ago

    I think you might be crossing the streams a little…

    • WINE is the base open source software that allows you to run Windows applications / games on Linux
    • Steam Proton is its own fork of WINE that has additional changes contributed from CodeWeavers, Valve, and other developers as well as integrating packages / libs like DXVK.
    • Steam is a Proton management sandbox which allows you to run multiple different Proton prefixes / environments
    • Lutris is a WINE or Proton management sandbox which allows you to run multiple different WINE / Proton environments with a gaming focus
    • Bottles is a WINE or Proton management sandbox which allows you to run multiple different WINE / Proton environments with a general focus

    To get the best compatibility, and run Sims 4 from Steam, you need to

    • Run Steam natively on your Linux computer which loads a Proton environment that will run the EA app and kick off Sims 4

    Do not use Bottles or Lutris; they’re not necessary and might only cause problems.

    According to ProtonDB, if you already linked your EA account, you might need to downgrade to Proton 8.0-2 to get Sims 4 to work…

    • Lord Goose@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      Thanks for the really detailed explanation! This is a really nice overview for me.

      I’ll try again to run the game on Steam on a few versions of Proton. If that doesn’t work, I might try relinking my accounts as another commenter suggested.