AoE2:HD Linux (Ubuntu) and Mac.md

AoE2:HD Works like a charm (24.05.2018)

First Install Wine

! This removes any previous versions of wine !

rm -R ~/.wine
sudo apt remove --purge wine*
wget https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/Release.key
sudo apt-key add Release.key
sudo apt-add-repository -y 'https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu/'
rm Release.key
sudo apt update
sudo apt full-upgrade -y
sudo apt install -y winehq-devel
wine --version

Or follow https://wiki.winehq.org/MacOS for Mac.

Install Steam

• Download SteamSetup.exe https://store.steampowered.com/about/
• Install it.

Install AoE2:HD

Small Fix

• cd to "~/.wine/drive_c/Program\ Files/Steam/steamapps/common/Age2HD/"
• Rename the "Launcher.exe" to "Launcher.bak" and "AoK HD.exe" to "Launcher.exe"
• Inside of steam, add "-nostartup" to the launch options.
• If your cpu automatically downclocks, disable that. For me, it was "sudo cpupower frequency-set -g performance"
• Run the game, note that it will take several minutes to start up as the VS2012 redistributal and the directx fail to install, but it will run.

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