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Hello. I've done some of my own searching, but I can't seem to find answers about how to install GoG titles with two parts to the installer into Wine. Can anyone point me in the right direction, or give me some help?
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MindsEyeSplinter: snip
Shouldn't having all necessary files within the same folder be sufficient?
Post edited January 12, 2017 by mistermumbles
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MindsEyeSplinter: snip
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mistermumbles: Shouldn't having all necessary files within the same folder be sufficient?
Pretty much this. Once you have all of the files in the same location, just run the installer .exe as normal.
Put the files in the same folder, make sure not to change their names from what GOG named them. Use the Wine Explorer to browse to the relevant folder, and run the installer. That should work.
Thanks for the help, everyone. I'll try this tonight :)
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Maighstir: Put the files in the same folder, make sure not to change their names from what GOG named them. Use the Wine Explorer to browse to the relevant folder, and run the installer. That should work.
Hey. Thanks for the reply: I did do this, but Wine forced me to chose only one of the two files in the folder. What do I do now?
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Maighstir: Put the files in the same folder, make sure not to change their names from what GOG named them. Use the Wine Explorer to browse to the relevant folder, and run the installer. That should work.
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MindsEyeSplinter: Hey. Thanks for the reply: I did do this, but Wine forced me to chose only one of the two files in the folder. What do I do now?
Well, of course, it's one installer not two. You run the executable, and it reads the extra data file(s) when needed.
Post edited January 23, 2017 by Maighstir
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MindsEyeSplinter: Hey. Thanks for the reply: I did do this, but Wine forced me to chose only one of the two files in the folder. What do I do now?
This doesn't make much sense. Wine doesn't have you choose anything. Try being more verbose with what you are doing and noticeably more specific, e.g. what are you installing?
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MindsEyeSplinter: Hey. Thanks for the reply: I did do this, but Wine forced me to chose only one of the two files in the folder. What do I do now?
Please explain exactly what it is you are doing, and what it is you are trying to accomplish. It sounds like you have some fundamentally wrong assumptions about how the installation process is supposed to work.
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Maighstir: ... make sure not to change their names from what GOG named them ...
You can rename the files but you have to name the exe and the bin file with the same name.

For example if you name the exe "ABS.exe" the bin files have to be named as "ABS-1.bin", "ABS-2.bin" and so on.

I always rename my downloaded games because the way GOG named the files looks too cryptic for me. :)
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Maighstir: Put the files in the same folder, make sure not to change their names from what GOG named them. Use the Wine Explorer to browse to the relevant folder, and run the installer. That should work.
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MindsEyeSplinter: Hey. Thanks for the reply: I did do this, but Wine forced me to chose only one of the two files in the folder. What do I do now?
Only choose the exe file in Wine. The exe grabs what it needs automatically because of the dependencies. Only condition is that all fies are in one folder, named the right way.
Post edited January 24, 2017 by Silverhawk170485
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Maighstir: ... make sure not to change their names from what GOG named them ...
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Silverhawk170485: You can rename the files but you have to name the exe and the bin file with the same name.

For example if you name the exe "ABS.exe" the bin files have to be named as "ABS-1.bin", "ABS-2.bin" and so on.

I always rename my downloaded games because the way GOG named the files looks too cryptic for me. :)
All right, so the installer checks what its name is, and then looks for files named <name>-<number>.bin. Could be useful,as in your case. I instead make a folder with a non-cryptic name, and put relevant files therein.
Post edited January 24, 2017 by Maighstir
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MindsEyeSplinter: Hey. Thanks for the reply: I did do this, but Wine forced me to chose only one of the two files in the folder. What do I do now?
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Maighstir: Well, of course, it's one installer not two. You run the executable, and it reads the extra data file(s) when needed.
Thanks. I (sort) of figured that out when I was poking around the 'net a bit more. I think that the game (Gothic 2, to be specific) may just crash on my system for some reason.
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Maighstir: ... make sure not to change their names from what GOG named them ...
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Silverhawk170485: You can rename the files but you have to name the exe and the bin file with the same name.

For example if you name the exe "ABS.exe" the bin files have to be named as "ABS-1.bin", "ABS-2.bin" and so on.

I always rename my downloaded games because the way GOG named the files looks too cryptic for me. :)
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MindsEyeSplinter: Hey. Thanks for the reply: I did do this, but Wine forced me to chose only one of the two files in the folder. What do I do now?
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Silverhawk170485: Only choose the exe file in Wine. The exe grabs what it needs automatically because of the dependencies. Only condition is that all fies are in one folder, named the right way.
Got it, thanks! :)
Post edited January 25, 2017 by MindsEyeSplinter
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mistermumbles: Shouldn't having all necessary files within the same folder be sufficient?
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rampancy: Pretty much this. Once you have all of the files in the same location, just run the installer .exe as normal.
Thanks again for the help. I actually got a different game (Mark of the Ninja) to work with the same advice. I think the game I was trying to wrap earlier (Gothic II, oddly enough) just might not want to work on my system for whatever reason.