The Version sold through Origin.
SimCity is updated automatically, so it makes no sense to maintain separate versions.
Application Details:
Version: | Latest |
License: | Retail |
URL: | http://www.simcity.com/ |
Votes: | 5 |
Latest Rating: | Silver |
Latest Wine Version Tested: | 6.4 |
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What works
Game play
Online Play
What does not
Graphics very slow, Low FPS
Workarounds
What was not tested
Hardware tested
Graphics:
Additional Comments
Needs working updated EA Origin Client and must be run from a virtual desktop. Graphics seem to be very slow compared to windows
Operating system | Test date | Wine version | Installs? | Runs? | Used Workaround? | Rating | Submitter | ||
Show | Ubuntu 20.04 "Focal" (+ variants like Kubuntu) | Apr 28 2021 | 6.4 | Yes | Yes | No | Silver | Luciano | |
Show | Ubuntu 20.04 "Focal" (+ variants like Kubuntu) | Apr 30 2020 | 5.5-staging | Yes | No | No | Garbage | Miko?aj | |
Show | Unknown | Sep 23 2018 | 3.0.3 | Yes | Yes | No | Platinum | User | |
Show | Ubuntu 18.04 "Bionic" amd64 (+variants like Kubuntu) | Sep 02 2018 | 3.0.2 | Yes | Yes | No | Platinum | Akati | |
Show | Fedora 28 x86_64 | Jul 01 2018 | 3.11-staging | Yes | Yes | No | Platinum | Desperalaw |
Download and install Origin:
cd ~ |
... and follow the graphical Origin installer process.
Do not login, yet.
Just click away the login window.
Only for wine version 1.7.34 or older: Patch Origin's Qt5Network.dll to buffer the QTcpSocket again
This is needed for a smooth download. Otherwise the download rate will drop to zero within a few seconds, or even hang on "Preparing ...". See bug #31438, which was fixed in wine 1.7.35.
cd ~ |
Above commands download the python patch script to your home directory, make it executable and then execute it in the correct folder. In case the lines are wrapped on your display: the lines start with "cd", "wget", "chmod", "cd" and the last line with "~/patch_qt5network_wine.py".
This script is quite flexible in finding the correct byte to patch, even if Origin comes with a new version of the dll. If it fails anyway check the bug report for news.
Start Origin:
cd ~/.wine/drive_c/Program\ Files/Origin |
... and download & install SimCity in there.
Force the installation to finish:
If the SimCity installer gets stuck after downloading on "Installing..." for more than 5 minutes do a
killall EAProxyInstaller.exe |
See bug #33723 (this symptom was described in its duplicate #29876).
Disable Origin in Game:
Otherwise SimCity.exe will crash shortly after starting it.
In the Origin window go to "Origin - Application Settings - Origin In Game" and untick "Enable Origin In Game".
(In the past it was recommended to remove IGO32.dll instead. But this doesn't work anymore.)
Start SimCity in Origin:
cd ~/.wine/drive_c/Program\ Files/Origin wine Origin.exe |
In Origin hover over SimCity and click "Play".
If SimCity freezes in fullscreen and you can't get back to your desktop hit "Control" + "Alt" + "F1", this will bring you to a text terminal. There login and type:
killall SimCity.exe |
If you started the game, can hear the sounds of the intro, but the actual SimCity game is not visible, then try to bring it to the foreground by cycling through your windows with "Alt" + "Tab" several times. If this doesn't work, quit everything, start winecfg, choose the "Graphics" rider and select "Emulate a virtual desktop" (choose a resolution just a littlebit smaller than your display's resolution). Then start SimCity again.
If you get an error message in the login prompt of Origin that the EA servers are currently not available, enable the insecure GTE CyberTrust Global Root certificate. (See bug #35828). Note that this certificate is not secure because its key length is only 1024 bits. Check in /etc/ca-certificates.conf which certificates are installed.
Check your distribution's help to learn how to enable this cerificate. E.g. in Debian do a
sudo dpkg-reconfigure ca-certificates |
Origin is not aware of what is happening in SimCity.
After quitting SimCity it will complain that it is still running. Further the "Last Played" is not updated. Just ignore it. Or use a patched version of wine, see bug #33723.
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