CrossOver Games *should* let you run Sins on Linux and (intel)Mac

...for those of you for whom wine wasn't cutting it.

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Heya -- just came to my attention that the CrossOver guys have setup a separate "games" group, and among their mentioned games...


http://www.codeweavers.com/compatibility/browse/group/?app_id=4030

Sins! :)

It's not officially supported, but it's been tested to at least run, so it might be worth installing the demo to give it a shot.

Not going to do it myself (like I really need Sins installed on the same OS I'm trying to get work done on ;) ), but I'm definitely curious how it goes for others.  Enjoy.

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Reply #1 from Sins Forums Top
I'd also be interested in how well it runs. Playing on Linux would be great, I hate all the re-booting.
Reply #2 from Sins Forums Top
I tried it... it started up and I was able to start a new game, but the game crashes within the first five minutes, plus the regular launcher simply doesn't work at all for me -- I had to directly run Sins of a Solar Empire.exe to get it to work.
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Reply #3 from Sins Forums Top
Heya -- just came to my attention that the CrossOver guys have setup a separate "games" group, and among their mentioned games...http://www.codeweavers.com/compatibility/browse/group/?app_id=4030Sins! It's not officially supported, but it's been tested to at least run, so it might be worth installing the demo to give it a shot.Not going to do it myself (like I really need Sins installed on the same OS I'm trying to get work done on ), but I'm definitely curious how it goes for others. Enjoy.

Look over to the right and it says, "This application has been minimally tested and found to install and run, or has been reported by others to install and run." It also has a rating of "Honorable Mention" which means they have no plans to support the game in the current release of CrossOver Games. Not to mention CrossOver Games looks to still be quite an immature product.

I wish we could somehow convince Stardock to start supporting Linux. Then we wouldn't have to futz around with compatibility layers and whatnot.