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HOWTO: EVE Online on FreeBSD.
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dabbtech
STRATA Operations
#1 - 2013-10-04 23:59:40 UTC
Linux getting a bit too mainstream for you?
Do you want to tell people "Oh that's nice, I run EVE Online on FreeBSD, you've probably never heard of it."?
Then come on down to neckbeard land. The ladytypes will be all up ons!

Tested on:
FreeBSD 9.1-RELEASE-p7 amd64
nvidia-driver-319.32
i386-wine-1.7.3,1

Intel i5-2500K
Nvidia Geforce 580 GTX 3GB


This howto assumes you have an:
Xorg desktop with 3D acceleration.
A newer Nvidia card.
64 bit FreeBSD installation.


Wine installation:

64 bit systems require a prebuilt wine package.

Install latest pkgng version 1.1.4 or newer, wget and cabextract.
# cd /usr/ports/ports-mgmt/pkg/ && make install clean
# cd /usr/ports/archivers/cabextract/ && make install clean
# cd /usr/ports/ftp/wget/ && make install clean

Convert to new pkgng format.
# pkg2ng

Add custom wine repo for pkgng.
# mkdir -p /usr/local/etc/pkg/repos
# fetch -o /usr/local/etc/pkg/repos http://people.freebsd.org/~dbn/repos/wine.conf
# fetch -o /usr/local/etc/pkg/repos http://people.freebsd.org/~dbn/repos/wine.cert
# pkg update
# pkg install -r wine i386-wine

Patch nvidia-driver to enable 2D/3D acceleration in Wine if you are using a Nvidia card.
# sh /usr/local/share/wine/patch-nvidia.sh

Reboot to activate patched nvidia driver, or kill X and reload nvidia module.
# reboot

Run winecfg and select -> Libraries -> [New override for library: ] d3d11 -> Add -> Edit... -> Disable.

Fetch winetricks and install the usual packages.
$ wget http://winetricks.org/winetricks
$ chmod +x winetricks
$ ./winetricks corefonts d3dx9_36 vcrun2005 vcrun2008 vcrun2010

Install EvE Online as you would.
$ wine EVE_Online_Installer_XXXXXX.exe


The usual things don't work, like Captain's Quarters.


Cor! That sure looks playable!

My system installation notes.
Kismeteer
Bat Country
Pandemic Horde
#2 - 2013-10-08 22:06:31 UTC
Good luck with this thread! But you might get pretty lonely in here!
Powers Sa
#3 - 2013-10-10 07:29:29 UTC
Yeah I play eve on OS X, too. Blink

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Elmore Jones
New Eden Mining Organisation
The Craftsmen
#4 - 2013-10-10 09:13:42 UTC
You could also use PC-BSD 9.2 and install wine from the gui :)

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Zaraa
Hrodersvitne
#5 - 2013-10-12 14:21:37 UTC
Good writeup.
I also run Eve through wine on FreeBSD 9.1-RELEASE-p7 am64.
I prefer to build pkg myself, but it's still nice to see there's an (easier) option.
Neltharak Idrissil
Native Freshfood
Minmatar Republic
#6 - 2013-10-14 16:36:58 UTC
WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU
WHAT IS WRONG WITH ALL OF US


Thanks, good writeup. :)
Katrina Bekers
A Blessed Bean
Pandemic Horde
#7 - 2013-10-16 16:49:55 UTC
Wake me when you'll write a tutorial for QNX! :D

<< THE RABBLE BRIGADE >>
Kismeteer
Bat Country
Pandemic Horde
#8 - 2013-10-17 15:10:36 UTC
Katrina Bekers wrote:
Wake me when you'll write a tutorial for QNX! :D


:frogout:
Gislin D'ahl
Perkone
Caldari State
#9 - 2013-11-06 14:19:59 UTC
dabbtech wrote:
Linux getting a bit too mainstream for you?
Do you want to tell people "Oh that's nice, I run EVE Online on FreeBSD, you've probably never heard of it."?
Then come on down to neckbeard land. The ladytypes will be all up ons!



As a ladytype, I would definitely be all up ons any neckbeard running Eve through FreeBSD.

Thanks for the writeup, I just can't tear myself away from Fedora's Shadowman. He and I have had a friends with benefits thing going on for almost 20 years.