Wine Launcher, a new tool to launch games through Wine

Wine without a doubt it is a project that since its inception It has served as the basis for the creation of other quite good projects and that just to mention a popular one, "PlayOnLinux" that even though its development is practically stranded, the project has not died. Another well-known project that is recent (compared to others) is Proton, which has been used for steam and that many use to be able to enjoy their favorite titles on their favorite Linux distribution.

We could mention a few others, but at the end of the day the base of all of them is Wine. And it is thatone that Wine developers have worked hard During the last years, There is something that many people have overlooked and it is to make it a little more friendly and I introduce its use. And in this part it is the reason why other projects have gained greater preference.

The reason why I talk about this is because browsing the net I came across a rather peculiar project and which I found to be excellent, because the idea and the work behind it has great potential.

About Wine Launcher

Wine Launcher is the project I am talking about and this, as its name indicates, is a Wine launcher that is oriented towards video games. Wine Launcher is a project that if you have tried PlayOnLinux, Lutris and / or Crossover you will immediately have the feeling that you are with an application that takes something of each one.

This project It is characterized by being developed as a container for Windows games based on Wine.

Among the characteristics of the project stand out the modern style of the initiator, the isolation and independence of the system, plus provide each game with Wine and Prefix separately, which ensures that the game does not crash when updating Wine on the system and will always work.

Of the main characteristics that stand out from the project:

  • Separate the wine and the prefix for each game.
  • Ability to transparently compress Wine and Games into squashfs images to save space.
  • The ability to easily update Wine and rebuild Prefix without interrupting the game.
  • Integration with DXVK, MangoHud, VkBasalt, Winetricks, all of this is installed automatically within the sandbox and does not require a separate installation.
  • Support for multiple applications in one container.
  • There are 6 built-in wine repositories.
  • Diagnostic system, checking the correct configuration of the system and installed libraries.
  • Automatically create patches when installing the game, for the ability to get rid of Prefix.
  • Create shortcuts with various game launch modes.
  • The ability to beautifully design a game launch card within Wine Launcher.
  • Counting the time spent in the game.
  • Restore monitor resolution.
  • Automatically disable desktop effects before starting the game.
  • There is support for CSMT, ESYNC, FSYNC, ACO, GameMode optimizations.
  • The application is translated into languages: Russian and English.
  • Automatic update of DXVK and launcher.
  • Sound effects when navigating the launcher.
  • FPS mapping.
  • Install a game from a disk image.

Currently the project has a lot of activity because practically in a day it receives two updates (it is not a rule), but it shows that it is still improving a lot than it already offers.

How to install Wine Launcher on Ubuntu and derivatives?

This application does not have compiled packages for each distribution, but rather a single package is generally distributed To which we only have to give execution permissions to be able to launch it, with which basically in almost any Linux distribution the package is functional.

The only dependency it requires is to have Wine installed.

To obtain the package, simply obtain the most recent package (we can obtain this from the following link).

O from the terminal by typing:

wget https://github.com/hitman249/wine-launcher/releases/download/v1.4.19/start

We give permissions and execute with:

chmod +x ./start && ./start

To add a game, just click on "add new game" and the following window will open where we will place information about the game:

  • Name
  • Version
  • description (optional)
  • Game path
  • launcher name
  • arguments to the launcher (optional)
  • Add an icon (size)
  • And some additional options

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  1.   rafa said

    and if i want to uninstall it, how do i?