Install playonlinux from your distribution. Then, through playonlinux, install Windows Steam.
Only a few tweaks need to be made in order to run SoaSE:R. Open the configuration
- In Video, set Offscreen Render Mode to
backbuffer(NOTE: This is not required in windowed mode, as far as I know). - Install d3dx9 and dotnet45
- Paste
export PULSE_LATENCY_MSEC=60into Misc -> Command to execute before running the program
You can now play Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion. To install Sins of the Prophets, simply install the mod as normal.
Some CPUs will fail to run Large Address Aware.exe in WINE; that's fine, just install Mono (package mono-complete) and run it with that. The Sins EXE will be in ~/.PlayOnLinux/wineprefix/<prefix name>/drive_c/<normal windows path>
Run the game once. Try to start a match. The game WILL crash; this is fine. Kill the zombie'd process (xkill and then click on the game or killall "Sins of a Solar Empire") and start it again; it should run fine.
If your game has black/missing textures: run the EXE directly from the command line or from your file manager.
Have fun!
Works for me on Ubuntu 15.10 64 bit, as of right now!
The first skirmish game I set up didn't crash though. Haven't tried a multiplayer game yet though, if that's what you meant.
But everything seemed to work! (Not that I tested it for long).