Dofus

(64bit supported)
Tested: Ubuntu 7.10 • 8.04 64bit - Gnome


Dofus is a Massive Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game (MMORPG). In the province of Amakna, dragon eggs called Dofus have just disappeared and with them the quiet daily life that the population used to live. While strange phenomena keep on arising in the forests of the eternal province, hundreds of adventurers go off in search of these eggs with magic powers.

A long time ago a dragon named Bolgrot arrived in the eternal Province of Amakna. The young Rykke Errel was the only one to be courageous enough to face the terrible creature. Instead of reducing him to dust as it could easily have done it, the dragon bowed down before the young knight and swore loyalty to him.

Months passed by and Rykke met Helsephine, a young enchantress, and fell madly in love with her. When he introduced Helsephine to Bolgrot, Rykke would never have guessed what was about to happen. The dragon, mad with rage, killed the sweet Helsephine and flew away, destroying everything on its way.

Rykke chased the dragon. When he found it, the old friends confronted each other in a titanic fight. Using his weapons and his magic, Rykke succeeded to bring Bolgrot down. But fatally injured, the young hero died short after.

Looking for an explanation about the sudden violence of Bolgrot, the wise men of Amakna discovered within the entrails of the dragon six unusually colored eggs that were called DOFUS. Later on, it was discovered that when these eggs were reunited their power was absolute. Absolute, but also unstable. The wise men decided to conceal those terrible relics from the rest of the world.

During the following centuries, the secret of the existence of the DOFUS was so well kept that people eventually forgot all about them. But a cursed day among others, the guardians of the secret discovered that the DOFUS had disappeared. The news quickly spread, arousing terror and covetousness. It didn't take long for adventurers to show up in Amakna, attracted by the prospect of glory or plunder. The destiny of Amakna was from then on uncertain and the appearance of numerous creatures as terrifying as they're unknown added to the confusion.

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Before Installation

Make sure that the driver to your 3D graphic card is proper installed and working.
Check if your sourcelist is fully enable (universe and multiverse).

Flash is needed for Dofus;

Code:

sudo aptitude update && sudo aptitude upgrade
sudo aptitude install flashplugin-nonfree


NOTE: The flash package in gutsy is broken, instead check this thread: Ubuntu forums



Installation

Download the linux client to your Desktop;

Download

To the terminal;

Code:

mkdir -p ~/.Games/Dofus 
cd ~/Desktop 
unzip -o Dofus_v1_21_0.zip -d ~/.Games/Dofus




Launcher

Save dofus.png to your Desktop;

Code:

cd ~/Desktop 
mv dofus.png ~/.Games/Dofus
nano ~/.Games/Dofus-launch.sh



add the following;

#!/bin/bash

cd ~/.Games/Dofus
firefox Dofus.html

Save [ctrl] + [o] and exit [ctrl] + [x].

NOTE: You might change firefox command with your favorite browser application.

Next;

Code:

chmod +x ~/.Games/Dofus/Dofus.html
chmod +x ~/.Games/Dofus-launch.sh
alacarte



Go to the Game section in Alacarte and push the New Item button. Fill in;

Name: Dofus
Command: sh /home/USERNAME/.Games/Dofus-launch.sh
Comment: Dofus is a Massive Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game (MMORPG). In the province of Amakna, dragon eggs called Dofus have just disappeared and with them the quiet daily life that the population used to live.

Icon: ~/.Games/Dofus/dofus.png

You can now launch Dofus by Applications tab —> Games —> Dofus

Enjoy! ^_^


Flash Security Settings

Go here and click the Global security tab.
Add /home/USERNAME/.Games/Dofus (the whole dofus folder) to always allow.


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