e-m-h / TES-tools

Tools for TES: Arena and Daggerfall that I wrote for fun and convenience. The older Elder Scrolls (© Microsoft) games were lacking in Linux support, so these scripts were intended to help in that regard. If you want to play the original games then these scripts are still a good option, otherwise check out Daggerfall Unity!

TES-tools

Tools for TES: Arena and Daggerfall that I wrote for fun and convenience. The older Elder Scrolls (© Microsoft) games were lacking in Linux support, so these scripts were intended to help in that regard.If you would like to play an updated version of Daggerfall with graphical enhancements, modding capability, and more, you should check out Daggerfall Unity.

ArenaInstaller.sh

This is a makeself archive that will install DOSBox (if necessary), download the Arena game files from Bethesda, and set up the DOSBox configuration as well as a desktop icon (if desired). It is completely self-contained and can be used on its own just by following the instructions directly below.

To install, execute the following (assuming ArenaInstaller.sh is in the user's "Downloads" directory):

chmod 755 ~/Downloads/ArenaInstaller.sh
sh ~/Downloads/ArenaInstaller.sh

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arena_install.sh

This is the makeself script for the installation of The Elder Scrolls I: Arena (used in the above ArenaInstaller.sh. To create the self-extracting shell script:

1. Place the necessary files (looks for arena.conf DOSBox config and a *.png icon) and arena_install.sh in the same directory (~/project/files in this example).
2. Make sure arena_install.sh is executable: chmod 755 arena_install.sh
3. From ~/project, execute the following: makeself files/ ArenaInstaller.sh "Arena Installer for Linux" ./arena_install.sh

You should now have an executable, self-extracting archive called ArenaInstaller.sh.

dagger.sh

This is a makeself script for the installation of The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall. To create the self-extracting shell script:

1. Place the Daggerfall archive and dagger.sh in the same directory (~/project/files in this example).
2. Make sure dagger.sh is executable. chmod 755 dagger.sh
3. From ~/project, execute the following: makeself files/ daggerInstall.sh "Daggerfall Installer for Linux" ./dfsetup.sh

You should now have an executable, self-extracting archive called daggerInstall.sh.