Need help trying to run FFR on an Ubuntu VM on an M3 Macbook

**MarioNintendo** · 08-16-2024, 09:31 PM

I realize this is kind of a niche use of FFR, but it would be so cool if I could get it to work...

I am running an M3 Macbook owner by my employer. They run Microsoft Security software on it that disallows me from running programs outside of a whitelist. However, they allow me to run VMs on this laptop using a program called UTM, so I am thinking: could I run FFR from an Ubuntu VM and bypass detection?

However, I cannot get it to work. Wine seems to think it needs wine32 to run the game. When I try to install that, it tells me this package has been deprecated by libwine, a package that I apparently already have installed by installing Wine in the first place!

StackOverflow couldn't save me on this one. I recorded a quick 2m20s second video that illustrates this issue in context for anyone interested in helping.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MivoonVhA9o

Thanks for reading! I hope I'll get to show off our game to my co-workers

Creosm · 08-17-2024, 08:29 AM

Not sure if this helps but if you can maybe switch to a different distro, probably an arch based distro. I run arch and ffr works fine from the wine package distributed from the package repository. Either that or find a way to install arch's wine package on ubuntu.

**MarioNintendo** · 08-17-2024, 07:19 PM

Thanks for the idea Creosm! I couldn't get Arch to work in desktop mode, but this made me realize... UTM supports running Windows 11, so I can use that instead of Wine.

And turns out, it works great! The framerate is not awesome, but it's certainly on par with the performance I could get out of my PC in 2015.

One thing I'll note for anyone who has trouble getting this to work, I had to use this section from the FAQ to get running. As soon as you start the Windows 11 VM under UTM, press a random key to launch the installer, otherwise you'll be stuck in the UEFI shell and will need to power off and try again.

Consider this problem solved.

**Rioku17** · 09-8-2024, 11:49 PM

Also not sure if this helps, but I just got ffr to work on my M1 Pro flawlessly with whisky and dropping the R3 engine file into it. though
I understand this is a work computer, good luck!

08-16-2024, 09:31 PM	#1
MarioNintendo Expect delays. Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Montreal, QC Age: 33 Posts: 4,177	Need help trying to run FFR on an Ubuntu VM on an M3 Macbook I realize this is kind of a niche use of FFR, but it would be so cool if I could get it to work... I am running an M3 Macbook owner by my employer. They run Microsoft Security software on it that disallows me from running programs outside of a whitelist. However, they allow me to run VMs on this laptop using a program called UTM, so I am thinking: could I run FFR from an Ubuntu VM and bypass detection? However, I cannot get it to work. Wine seems to think it needs wine32 to run the game. When I try to install that, it tells me this package has been deprecated by libwine, a package that I apparently already have installed by installing Wine in the first place! StackOverflow couldn't save me on this one. I recorded a quick 2m20s second video that illustrates this issue in context for anyone interested in helping. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MivoonVhA9o Thanks for reading! I hope I'll get to show off our game to my co-workers __________________

08-17-2024, 07:19 PM	#3
MarioNintendo Expect delays. Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Montreal, QC Age: 33 Posts: 4,177	Re: Need help trying to run FFR on an Ubuntu VM on an M3 Macbook Thanks for the idea Creosm! I couldn't get Arch to work in desktop mode, but this made me realize... UTM supports running Windows 11, so I can use that instead of Wine. And turns out, it works great! The framerate is not awesome, but it's certainly on par with the performance I could get out of my PC in 2015. One thing I'll note for anyone who has trouble getting this to work, I had to use this section from the FAQ to get running. As soon as you start the Windows 11 VM under UTM, press a random key to launch the installer, otherwise you'll be stuck in the UEFI shell and will need to power off and try again. Consider this problem solved. __________________ Last edited by MarioNintendo; 08-17-2024 at 09:16 PM..

09-8-2024, 11:49 PM	#4
Rioku17 FFR Veteran Join Date: Jul 2012 Posts: 2	Re: Need help trying to run FFR on an Ubuntu VM on an M3 Macbook Also not sure if this helps, but I just got ffr to work on my M1 Pro flawlessly with whisky and dropping the R3 engine file into it. though I understand this is a work computer, good luck!

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