https://github.com/bbc2/space-linux
Experiment with Space Engineers in Wine
https://github.com/bbc2/space-linux
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Experiment with Space Engineers in Wine
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/bbc2/space-linux
- Owner: bbc2
- Created: 2023-08-02T19:54:40.000Z (almost 2 years ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2023-08-03T20:50:04.000Z (almost 2 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-01-26T00:23:41.267Z (4 months ago)
- Language: Shell
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- Size: 7.81 KB
- Stars: 1
- Watchers: 1
- Forks: 0
- Open Issues: 0
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- Readme: README.md
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# Space Engineers server on Linux (actually with Wine in a Docker container)
This is yet another experiment to run Space Engineers on Linux. It kind of works but
performance is not very good, especially during autosaving.
## Features
- The container image built by Docker Compose is self-contained except for the three
mounted directories (see instructions below).
- The Torch Server GUI is displayed locally by Xpra over SSH (no need for VNC, remote
desktop or X forwarding).
## Runtime Requirements
- Ability to run container images (e.g. Podman or Docker).
- Enough storage space for the container image (about 5 GiB) and the data directory (about
6 GiB).
## Usage
Build the container image with Docker Compose:
```sh
make build
```
Export and upload the image to the host that will run it. Then create the directories to
be mounted:
```sh
mkdir --parents /path/to/data/{ssh_admin,ssh_etc,torch}
```
In `/path/to/data/ssh_admin`, create an `authorized_keys` file with the SSH public keys
you want to accept for the authentication of administrators.
Create a container with the following parameters:
- Mounted directories:
- `/path/to/data/torch` to `/home/admin/torch`
- `/path/to/data/ssh_etc` to `/etc/ssh`
- `/path/to/data/ssh_admin` to `/home/admin/.ssh`
- Published ports:
- TCP 22 for SSH (and the Torch Server GUI via Xpra).
- UDP 27016 for the game server.
Make sure those ports are not blocked by the host's firewall.
Connect to the container with SSH or Xpra:
```sh
SL_REMOTE_HOST=foo.example.net make connect-remote-xpra
```
Note that this Makefile target is only an example. Feel free to modify the actual
connection command. For example, you may need to adjust the SSH command with `--ssh`.
The Torch Server can crash for many reasons, for example if you start the server without a
world. In such a case, the server will restart automatically and you'll have to try again
with a different configuration.
## Acknowledgments
I got ideas from the following:
- https://github.com/soyasoya5/se-torchapi-linux
- https://github.com/mmmaxwwwell/wine6
- https://github.com/TorchAPI/Torch/issues/514