therabbitt
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Where can I find information about installing trs22 on a Linux operating system?
installing trainz 22 on a Linux operating system
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sultan1966
Crazy Train Engineer
Are you wanting to spin up a Windows VM on a Linux box and then install TRS22 on that VM? Some kind of emulator from Steam or Wine? What exactly do you want to do? What Distro?
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johnwhelan
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Basically the GPU is the important bit and the windows drivers for the GPU normally ring out better performance. So yes it can be done but you can expect better performance with windows on the same hardware.
Cheerio John
Cheerio John
KotangaGirl
Pre-Grouping Railways Nut
Is your computer running Linux as its operating system? I'm asking this because I've been running Trainz in Debian Linux for some time now.
Check out this forum thread here: https://forums.auran.com/threads/trainz-on-linux-in-2022.168317/
Check out this forum thread here: https://forums.auran.com/threads/trainz-on-linux-in-2022.168317/
WestSideRailways
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Now have a dual boot system
Windows 10 & Linux Mint 22
After reading all the horror story's about what people had to do, I was expecting more of a battle then what I had.
It was very easy.... Install linux, install Wine, Install Trainz+
It is running a bit slower then windos10, But I think I can do some fiddling around for that.
Just have to work out the linux filing system. So that I can get all my routes up and running again from my Content Drive.
This will keep me busy for a while...
Windows 10 & Linux Mint 22
After reading all the horror story's about what people had to do, I was expecting more of a battle then what I had.
It was very easy.... Install linux, install Wine, Install Trainz+
It is running a bit slower then windos10, But I think I can do some fiddling around for that.
Just have to work out the linux filing system. So that I can get all my routes up and running again from my Content Drive.
This will keep me busy for a while...
KotangaGirl
Pre-Grouping Railways Nut
It's been a year and half since I gave Windows the push and took up with Debian Linux instead. I have absolutely no regrets over making the change. Trainz works perfectly fine in Linux.
Regarding speed, if you haven't already done so do ensure that your drivers are up to date. The likes of Mint has its own Driver Manager under Administration and its as easy to update a driver as it is to go back to the previous one.
Wine can be tweaked a little. Run winecfg in the terminal to open the Wine Configuration utility. Right click on the icon which appears on the task bar and select Create Shortcut to create a menu entry for the utility for future use. Under the Application tab you can select the version of Windows best suited for the version of Trainz you are running.
It's a 'mind set' thing but think, manage Windows programs under Wine not Linux. Again in the terminal run wine .wine/drive_c/windows/explorer.exe to open the Windows Explorer. Likewise right click on the icon on the task bar and select Create Shortcut to also add this to the menu. Using 'Windows' Explorer you now have the familiar setup of Windows on Drive C: and Linux out the way on Drive Z: Explorer can also be used as in Windows for installing other Windows software. As in Windows just right click on the installation file and select Open/Run as Administrator and follow the instructions as you have many times previously. Peter
Wine can be tweaked a little. Run winecfg in the terminal to open the Wine Configuration utility. Right click on the icon which appears on the task bar and select Create Shortcut to create a menu entry for the utility for future use. Under the Application tab you can select the version of Windows best suited for the version of Trainz you are running.
It's a 'mind set' thing but think, manage Windows programs under Wine not Linux. Again in the terminal run wine .wine/drive_c/windows/explorer.exe to open the Windows Explorer. Likewise right click on the icon on the task bar and select Create Shortcut to also add this to the menu. Using 'Windows' Explorer you now have the familiar setup of Windows on Drive C: and Linux out the way on Drive Z: Explorer can also be used as in Windows for installing other Windows software. As in Windows just right click on the installation file and select Open/Run as Administrator and follow the instructions as you have many times previously. Peter
WestSideRailways
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Thanks for the tips...
WestSideRailways
Active member
Is there any way to make Content Manager to run correctly, mine just seems to hang and do nothing??
I've tried to move it's window,but it still just sits there....
I've tried to move it's window,but it still just sits there....
KotangaGirl
Pre-Grouping Railways Nut
Unfortunately no. What you have to do is refresh the page after each selection. It's annoying, but you'll get used to it after a while.
WestSideRailways
Active member
How do you Start Trainz+ on your linux system.?
The only way i seem to be able to Trainz+ is by the link on my desktop. I have to right click and click on explorer.
The only way i seem to be able to Trainz+ is by the link on my desktop. I have to right click and click on explorer.
KotangaGirl
Pre-Grouping Railways Nut
I use Lutris. https://lutris.net/
Don't ask me for the technical details as all I know is that I loaded it in according to the instructions and it works every time. At various times I have tried Trainz versions from TC3 through to TRS22 and had no problems with it. These days I'm only running TANE and TRS19.
A couple of points. There is always the exception but generally when installing a program through Wine a program icon is placed under the Wine sub-menu of the Start Menu and sometime on the desktop when selected during the install options. However you can create your own menu entry either by opening the program, right clicking on the task bar icon and selecting create shortcut as explained earlier with Explorer for example, or by using the Mint Menu Editor. The later also allows you to rearrange the menus so TRS22+ for example could be moved/added to the Games sub-menu and would function with a single menu click.
Its unfortunate that Content Manager isn't 100% compatible with Linux (or Linux with Content Manager) but as 'KontangaGirl' so rightly said it becomes tolerable. To update the display just double tap on the open window title bar. If you intend sticking with Linux though its worth polishing your skills on the Content Managers filters to optimize searches and reduce the number of pages you may have to wade through to find a particular asset. There are however other options. From the Trainz Start menu, both My Collection and More Content are both fully searchable just by selecting All and Installed/Download Station, admittedly they can be a bit sluggish but the graphics have advantages. Another option is to use the DLS directly and download the assets using FTP/FTPS. This method allows the easy selection for a particular version of Trainz, but the downside is the asset then needs importing into Trainz. Linux has many FTP clients, Filezilla is quite popular. As for backing up Trainz, importing content, etc. the windows associated with these work quite well anyway. Peter
Its unfortunate that Content Manager isn't 100% compatible with Linux (or Linux with Content Manager) but as 'KontangaGirl' so rightly said it becomes tolerable. To update the display just double tap on the open window title bar. If you intend sticking with Linux though its worth polishing your skills on the Content Managers filters to optimize searches and reduce the number of pages you may have to wade through to find a particular asset. There are however other options. From the Trainz Start menu, both My Collection and More Content are both fully searchable just by selecting All and Installed/Download Station, admittedly they can be a bit sluggish but the graphics have advantages. Another option is to use the DLS directly and download the assets using FTP/FTPS. This method allows the easy selection for a particular version of Trainz, but the downside is the asset then needs importing into Trainz. Linux has many FTP clients, Filezilla is quite popular. As for backing up Trainz, importing content, etc. the windows associated with these work quite well anyway. Peter
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WestSideRailways
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Thanks for your reply Peter
Found TRS22 wine sub-menu, right click on put it on the taskbar.
click on it and got the spinning wheel and then nothing.??
This means that there is something wrong??
Found TRS22 wine sub-menu, right click on put it on the taskbar.
click on it and got the spinning wheel and then nothing.??
This means that there is something wrong??
A spinning wheel like windows is just Mint saying I'm busy so I don't think you are doing anything wrong.
But back to basics. Open Trainz any way you can, if necessary using one of the file managers navigate to TRS22.exe and right clicking on it and selecting Open with Wine Windows Program Loader. Once open an icon should appear on the task bar, right click on it and select 'Pin to Panel' (Linux calls the task bar a panel). To remove it again right click and select 'Unpin....'
When you installed Trainz, Wine should have created a shortcut for it in the Wine sub-menu, if it didn't again with Trainz running, right click on the icon on the task bar and select Create Shortcut which should now place an icon in the Wine sub-menu. Left click on this sub-menu icon should like any other program open Trainz.
If it does not or the icon isn't there, right click on the Mint Start icon and select Edit Menu. From here you can either edit the existing icon (shortcut) or create a new one. To create a new one, while in your sub-menu of choice, Wine, Games etc. select New Item. Enter a program name them navigate to the programs run file i.e. TRS22.exe but remember you are using the Linux file manager and you may have to show hidden files first. That command line now needs to be edited because you want the program to run through Wine.
Left click on the command line and remove everything prior to the '/' before 'windows'. Now add wine C: so it should read something like wine C:/windows/............./TRS22.exe the whole thing being case sensitive. To edit an existing icon is a variation of the above process.
If you are not too confident and worried about wrecking Trainz which I'm sure you are unlikely to do perhaps first try a dry run with Windows Notepad. It can be found at: /home/your user name/.wine/drive_c/windows/notepad.exe and needs to be edited to: wine C:/windows/notepad.exe
Good luck, Peter
But back to basics. Open Trainz any way you can, if necessary using one of the file managers navigate to TRS22.exe and right clicking on it and selecting Open with Wine Windows Program Loader. Once open an icon should appear on the task bar, right click on it and select 'Pin to Panel' (Linux calls the task bar a panel). To remove it again right click and select 'Unpin....'
When you installed Trainz, Wine should have created a shortcut for it in the Wine sub-menu, if it didn't again with Trainz running, right click on the icon on the task bar and select Create Shortcut which should now place an icon in the Wine sub-menu. Left click on this sub-menu icon should like any other program open Trainz.
If it does not or the icon isn't there, right click on the Mint Start icon and select Edit Menu. From here you can either edit the existing icon (shortcut) or create a new one. To create a new one, while in your sub-menu of choice, Wine, Games etc. select New Item. Enter a program name them navigate to the programs run file i.e. TRS22.exe but remember you are using the Linux file manager and you may have to show hidden files first. That command line now needs to be edited because you want the program to run through Wine.
Left click on the command line and remove everything prior to the '/' before 'windows'. Now add wine C: so it should read something like wine C:/windows/............./TRS22.exe the whole thing being case sensitive. To edit an existing icon is a variation of the above process.
If you are not too confident and worried about wrecking Trainz which I'm sure you are unlikely to do perhaps first try a dry run with Windows Notepad. It can be found at: /home/your user name/.wine/drive_c/windows/notepad.exe and needs to be edited to: wine C:/windows/notepad.exe
Good luck, Peter
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