[Linux] Installing Mission Commander on Linux (Ubuntu 18.04 / Linux Mint 19)

[hoover]

Wine Version (winehq-stable) wine-3.0.4

requires 7z & winetricks installed

create a new wineprefix, adapt path as necessary

export WINEPREFIX=“/mnt/hp1tb/games/wine_prefixes/mission_commander/”
export WINEARCH=“win32”
wine wineboot
winetricks vcrun2015
winetricks dotnet45

download & install mission commander (latest version as of 2018/12/24)

cd $WINEPREFIX/drive_c
mkdir mission_commander
cd mission_commander
wget http://www.weapondeliveryplanner.nl/files/mc/Mission_Commander_0.5.7.349.7z
7z x Mission_Commander_0.5.7.349.7z

run Mission Commander

ignore the first couple of exceptions that will occur until you point MC to your BMS installation (can live either on your windows partition or your wine install on Linux)

wine Mission\ Commander.exe

shell script template to use as a launcher for your desktop / task bar / panel / menu / whatever, ADJUST INSTALL DIR ACCORDINGLY

#!/bin/bash
export WINEPREFIX="/mnt/hp1tb/games/wine_prefixes/mission_commander/"
export WINEARCH="win32"
cd $WINEPREFIX/drive_c/mission_commander

wine Mission\ Commander.exe 
exit 0

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Enjoy,

Uwe

[Jackal]

Great news once again by you, Uwe!

Step by step you’re making us finding more than one single ‘affinity’ and a new future for BMS.

With best compliments and regards. And warmest season wishes too!

Gianni.

[white_fang]

Hmm. Uwe, you’ve solved so much stuff for BMS on Linux, I think you need to do something as Arty, collect all the stuff in one thread , as a list.

Maybe it will help the others trying to go Linux way.

Cheers

[hoover]

I’d like to see a proper “Linux / Other” subforum here… a single giant thread won’t be of much use I’m afraid.

All the best,

Uwe

[Arty]

Nice one m8.

How about running linux on a separate machine and target the other pc falcon folder?

I mean as I, some will-might have a spare old pc that can’t handle windows very well, so running linux would be faster and provide more resources making it easy to run MC WDP TacEdit and maybe some display extraction…

For example I have an old P4 17" laptop with no SATA hdd and it takes ages to boot, Windows 10 can’t be installed on it cause of HW compatibility issues. I have a spare IDE hdd and since the laptop can take 2 hdd’s I’m thinking of using linux as a secondary OS and why not and display extraction to use it for my Cougar MFD’s.
Though I will have to solve the actual desk space issue it would greatly help out I believe.

I must look and update in the hotlist the Linux section to get the whole picture of your achievements of which apps actually work on linux. I hope it will help and others.

Once again thank you for your time and effort… and to be on the community spirit: “bahhh since you don’t come at my home to set it up for me, you didn’t do anything…” :rofl:

[Jackal]

True what all Arty stated above…

except for the last one: I’d say instead “Don’t dare to come at my home and installing your stuff on my machine, you know well why”

Just joking, of course. Keep on this way, Uwe!

Gianni.

[hoover]

@Arty:

Nice one m8.

For example I have an old P4 17" laptop with no SATA hdd and it takes ages to boot, Windows 10 can’t be installed on it cause of HW compatibility issues. I have a spare IDE hdd and since the laptop can take 2 hdd’s I’m thinking of using linux as a secondary OS and why not and display extraction to use it for my Cougar MFD’s.
Though I will have to solve the actual desk space issue it would greatly help out I believe.

Hello Arty,

yes, this should work fine. Actually I run several older laptops with small-footprint Linux installations like CrunchBang++ or Xubuntu / Lubuntu, and as long as you stay in BMS “2d” view everything should work as expected.
I use these mostly for editing TEs or similar tasks and that works great.

During my recent MC installation I had some problems because I installed MC into a different “WINE bottle” (basically a stand-alone MC installation) and of course it had problems finding the BMS install because there was none

In your case however you should be able to install everything (BMS, Falcon 4.0, MC, WDP, ….) into a single win32 WINEARCH bottle so the tools should be able fo find your BMS install without any problems.

All the best, Uwe

PS: the upside of this is you can then “zip” your wine bottle (basically a directory in your home directory) and put it on some network drive or upload it to the cloud then then all you’ll have to do on a new laptop is install WINE and unzip the backup directory and everything should be there again.

[Arty]

@hoover:

PS: the upside of this is you can then “zip” your wine bottle (basically a directory in your home directory) and put it on some network drive or upload it to the cloud then then all you’ll have to do on a new laptop is install WINE and unzip the backup directory and everything should be there again.

well I recall this and I have it on the back of my head…

But I see what you did there naughty boy…

A fine way to avoid the coming to my home and install all this… but I exposed your terrain masking!!! :lol:

[hoover]

@Arty:

A fine way to avoid the coming to my home and install all this… but I exposed your terrain masking!!! :lol:

An tha echis poli nostimo Raki kai “Mythos” sto spiti sou… tha se vo argothera

All the best,

Uwe

PS: I hope this translates as "if you will have very delicious raki and “Mythos” beer at your house… I will see you later.

[Arty]

And not only…

those two must accompany the plethora of delicacies “mezedes” which I believe you must have an idea about it…

NOTAM:
Pants belts are forbidden… and driving afterwards…

:lol:

[white_fang]

… we want some pictures … (preferably with pants down)

:cheer2: :bdance:

Happy new Falcon? year…

[Arty]

With so much food and drink if you can take our pants off, be our guest… [emoji38]

Belts are forbidden to leave more room for food and drink, oh and there must be left and some room for dessert afterwards… [emoji38]

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[hoover]

@white_fang:

… we want some pictures … (preferably with pants down)

:cheer2: :bdance:

Happy new Falcon? year…

Be careful what you wish for mate.

Happy new year to the BMS community!

Don’t forget to check on “New Horizons” today after its Ultima Thule flyby.

All the best, Uwe

[white_fang]

@hoover:

Be careful what you wish for mate.

https://i.imgur.com/u6YMrlP.png

Happy new year to the BMS community!

Don’t forget to check on “New Horizons” today after its Ultima Thule flyby.

All the best, Uwe

OH… I’ve seen it !!!