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Lovot Tux's lil' helper
Joined: 04 Aug 2015 Posts: 84
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Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2018 2:23 am Post subject: how to install free games on steam running through wine |
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I am attempting to install free games on steam that is running on wine, the obvious problem is the store doesn't work, and likely won't ever work again, and free games don't show up in the steam library unless they are actually installed, so the game cannot simply be purchased in order to force steam to put it in the library.
the only clue I have is this:
Quote: | You can however still install games if you have their game ID. In your case, you'd go into the Windows Steam directory and run steam://rungameid/11020 ( you can see the ID of any game by looking at the URL of the store page, e.g. |
How exactly would one do this? I can't seem to find any sort of actual instructions anywhere as the search engines are not being helpful today. |
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Jormangeud n00b
Joined: 05 Jul 2004 Posts: 24 Location: Finland
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Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2018 9:02 am Post subject: |
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Start steam with -console command line option.
Then in the console window, you can type Code: | open steam://rungameid/11020 |
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Lovot Tux's lil' helper
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Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2018 5:36 am Post subject: |
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Jormangeud wrote: | Start steam with -console command line option.
Then in the console window, you can type Code: | open steam://rungameid/11020 |
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Code: | wine '/path/to/Steam.exe' -console |
starts steam, but there is no console |
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Ant P. Watchman
Joined: 18 Apr 2009 Posts: 6920
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Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2018 9:26 am Post subject: |
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Run steam.exe in Windows XP mode. Vista might work too. |
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Lovot Tux's lil' helper
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Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2018 4:34 am Post subject: |
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Ant P. wrote: | Run steam.exe in Windows XP mode. Vista might work too. |
I switched to XP, I am still not getting a console, do you have an example command that works? |
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Ant P. Watchman
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Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2018 1:26 pm Post subject: |
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Console mode isn't needed; the store should run fine. |
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Chiitoo Administrator
Joined: 28 Feb 2010 Posts: 2550 Location: Here and Away Again
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Lovot Tux's lil' helper
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Posted: Sat Jan 06, 2018 2:06 am Post subject: Re: ><)))°€ |
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I tried that first, and it didn't work, now I try it again, and it works. Obviously aliens are screwing with me. |
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BobWya Apprentice
Joined: 12 Aug 2012 Posts: 228 Location: Cambridge,UK
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Posted: Sat Jan 06, 2018 11:45 pm Post subject: Re: how to install free games on steam running through wine |
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Lovot wrote: | ...
How exactly would one do this? I can't seem to find any sort of actual instructions anywhere as the search engines are not being helpful today. |
@Lovot
I keep the Steam Client AppDB page up-to-date with issues like this one...
See: WineHQ AppDB: Game Tools / Steam / Official Release ...
Take a look at the Installation section - which includes the current recommended workarounds for the CEF sandboxing issue.
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