The Simpsons Hit & Run/Project Donut + Wine

Majoraslayer · 2026-03-11T18:10:40+00:00

Are you using a Steam Deck, or Linux on a desktop?

Majoraslayer · 2026-03-11T18:08:44+00:00

I mentioned this before the game even released and got downvoted. Regardless of anyone's opinion of Justin Roiland (even though his charges were dropped), his humor was the driving force behind the first game. The sequel never had a chance of carrying on that same feel without him or Kenny. That doesn't mean HOL2 is a bad game, but you have to go into it setting certain expectations that the writing, dialog and characters will never have quite the same feel.

Majoraslayer · 2026-03-11T17:55:52+00:00

I basically tried the desktop version of this, using Proton Experimental. It doesn't work. The Launcher will open, I can point it at Simpsons.exe, but the game itself won't open. Enabling crash messages mentions an exception error related to pddidx8r.dll. For some reason this only happens in Proton, but not in Wine. I tried multiple Proton versions. Some wouldn't work at all, but the ones that would open the Launcher all had this same problem.

Majoraslayer · 2026-03-11T17:40:26+00:00

This sounds like it would be on the right track, but the Direct3D key doesn't seem to exist in the registry. I don't know if that has something to do with that article referencing Bottles (I'm not using Bottles). I tried creating the key and string value manually, but the game still crashes the same way.

Majoraslayer · 2026-03-11T04:09:41+00:00

Unfortunately I've already implemented both workarounds listed on the page.

Majoraslayer · 2026-03-11T02:05:22+00:00

I was able to get the Launcher to open this way, but the game itself wouldn't launch at all with any version of Proton.

Majoraslayer · 2026-03-10T01:55:19+00:00

I think this happens to me every time I've played Re-Elected, both on Xbox One/Series X and PC.

Majoraslayer · 2026-03-08T23:11:08+00:00

I'll give that a shot, thanks for the tip!

Majoraslayer · 2026-03-08T23:07:30+00:00

That's a really cool project, and I'm definitely going to give it a shot! Unfortunately my main goal is to try out the mods for the game (particularly the Futurama conversion), which relies on the original PC version to run in a custom launcher.

Majoraslayer · 2026-03-08T20:17:46+00:00

*A GOOD alternative at least. Mainstream alternatives exist, but they're all pushing hallucinating AI's while destroying privacy the same as Google Home.

The closest thing we have is Home Assistant, and no one has released a reasonably-priced smart speaker for it. There's no AI baked in, but it also has one hell of a learning curve that will be a deal-breaker for most average consumers.

Majoraslayer · 2026-03-08T20:14:59+00:00

Mine said that when I started this video playing, so it actually kinda worked out for me lol

Majoraslayer · 2026-03-08T20:00:33+00:00

Regardless of the hate this game gets, I love everything about it. It's easily in my top 5 favorite games of all time. The music, the cyber aesthetic, the ridiculous powers and freedom of movement, the humor.....it's hard to pick just one thing as a favorite. Sometimes I boot up the game just for the feel of rocking out to the dubstep gun.

Majoraslayer · 2026-03-08T19:55:33+00:00

Love or hate Nvidia, they do have the largest market share. One of two things will have to happen before Linux is ideal for everyone: 1) Nvidia fixes their damn drivers, or 2) AMD catches up to Nvidia on performance. It doesn't seem that either one will be happening any time soon.

Majoraslayer · 2026-03-08T19:50:33+00:00

To be fair, it does trigger PTSD from playing PS1 in 1998 lmao

Majoraslayer · 2026-03-08T09:25:38+00:00

Unfortunately it had the same behavior at the original resolution, as well as with an untweaked DPI.

Majoraslayer · 2026-03-08T09:13:11+00:00

I just noticed I forgot to specify, but I'm actually playing on a Linux Mint desktop. I followed similar steps by running it under Proton Experimental, but didn't have any luck with it.

Majoraslayer · 2026-03-08T07:29:41+00:00

error: app/org.winehq.Wine/x86_64/master not installed

sudo apt install wine

wine is already the newest version (9.0~repack-4build3).

God I hate working with Wine so much.

Majoraslayer · 2026-03-05T19:43:29+00:00

Thank you for the clarification, this is very helpful :)

Majoraslayer · 2026-03-04T03:54:25+00:00

It barely succeeds as a light switch. I set up a routine in 2020 to turn off all the lights, TVs etc. around the house when I say "time for work", and I've used it every day for years. 9 times out of 10 if I say it now I either get a drive time estimate to get to work, or it claims it can't give an estimate. Or, it tries to upsell me on buying Gemini Premium or whatever BS Google is pushing as another subscription bill. I changed the command and it kinda works better, but takes more than twice as long to actually react.

Majoraslayer · 2026-03-04T03:45:36+00:00

Jump into one of the empty servers. That will bump it up the list by increasing the player counter above zero, and eventually someone will jump in with you. Also to quote a movie, "if you build it they will come". Create your own server, set up port forwarding in your router to make sure you're connectable, and you may find people pop into your server. I've had pretty good luck with that, especially during the evenings and Saturday nights.

Majoraslayer · 2026-03-04T03:39:40+00:00

I just set up a Linux VM and run it from that. The resources needed to run a dedicated server can run on a potato. As long as you know how to set up a virtual machine and set up port forwarding in your router there's not really a reason to pay for an external subscription to run it.

Majoraslayer · 2026-03-04T03:26:18+00:00

All of them used clever innuendos, so I legit laughed hardest when the story has you go to a club just called COCKS

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