Echo Nightmare
Published
The game will run with run in a few methods, but the way i did it was to find the "EAappInstaller.exe" installer in the game files and back it up, then download the originsthinsetup file from the web and place it in the same directory as the EAappInstaller and rename the origins installer to EAappInstaller.exe, delete the games prefix and launch the game in gamemode. the game will set itself up like before and launch. make sure you backup all your game saves just incase first. This will work with all EA games. I tested on a few others also. Enjoy.
remove EAappInstaller.exe in game files and download origins light installer from the web and place in the same folder. rename it to EAappInstaller.exe and remove game prefix. launch the game like usually and complete the origin setup again. The game will work like before. This applies to all EA games.
The only tweak needed for the game to work was to set there WINEPREFIX to the location of the game, install "mf" from winetricks and download this script "https://github.com/tonix64/python-installcab" then edit the file "installcab.py" and uncomment lines 129-137 and then run "./install-mf-64.sh" (If the user is using ARCH based OS like manjaro chances are they will need to edit the top line of installcab.py to use python2 or the script will fail) when it's finished, get the Microsoft "mfplat.dll" version 12.0.7601.23471 and paste it in the games exe directory. That's all. The game basically needs "Microsoft Media Foundation" to play the video clips. Make sure you mention the user needs to get the mfplat.dll from a windows 7 installation they own and that same version.
Performance is perfect quick video can be seen here of my demonstration. Completed the game twice already. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCPgIyZTHA0
Default proton, game will not start. Proton 5.0-5 and 4.11-13
With steamPlay proton version the game would not start. Only show a black box as if it is going to start but gets stuck. Had to use proton-tkg or GE version to play the game. When you do that the game runs fine.
Crash when entering S.T.A.R.S office.
some stutter and one big crash on STARS office