Question regarding winehq with Ubuntu 20.04

[Wesudoch]

Hello, I'm new to ubuntu os, I shifted from windows and don't wanna install windows on dual boot though I loved playing No Man's Sky and wondering if I can play with Wine? If yes can someone explain to me what's the best course of action and steps I should take? Thank you for reading.

[fargodwe]

The AppDB here on winehq is the first place to start to check if an app is know to work and to what degree. The entry for No Man's Sky is shown here, so i think that answers the first question,

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https://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=application&iId=17685

Clicking on the red GOG or the red Steam provides more information.

As to how? One of the entries there says Steam, the other says GOG. Since I don't know anything about thosr i searched the net using linux gog and also linux steam. You can find a lot of helpful information if you are specific in your search like that. There also appears to be a native linux app to try without the need to use wine:

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https://www.addictivetips.com/ubuntu-linux-tips/gog-galaxy-on-linux/

If you need to use steam or otherwise install it I would first follow the WineHQ main page Download link and follow the instructions for Ubuntu carefully. From there I don't know anything about steam but I would think a net search or even a WineHQ/Forums/Linux search might turn up what you need to install steam.

I am just a novice here so I hope this helps.

[spoon0042]

fyi there are url tags to make clickable links, or just paste the link and if it looks like a url the forum makes it a link, like this: https://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager. ... &iId=17685
Or you can get fancy and do link text like so

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[url=https://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=application&iId=17685]like so[/url]

Anyway. The recent test reports there seem to indicate No Man's Sky works but the testers needed to rename or override vulkan-1.dll to get it to work. This may or may not still be needed with current wine, it would be best to try without first. Reports for the Steam version mention getting out-of-memory errors after some time though. No way to know until you try, really.

And GOG is a... platform(?) similar to Steam, with the notable exception that the client is optional and games can be downloaded, uh, standalone if that makes sense. Steam (and GOG Galaxy, I think) have some issues with wine to be aware of, if you use either feel free to ask questions if you're having problems.