(I think this is the right subforum for this post.)
So here's a little backstory: I'm on Linux. My first attempt at getting Finmer running via WINE never really worked (it'd crash immediately after the character creation screen), so I ended up playing Finmer using a Windows VM (it was great by the way -- Finmer that is, the VM was a pretty ordinary experience).
However, a few days ago I made another attempt (and tried harder this time), and managed to get it running perfectly! Both the game and the editor work fine. (I tested creating a new game, all the way up to the first actual save point. I also tested unpacking Core using the editor, as well as repacking it. I did notice that occasionally some of the text in the "log" gets blurred slightly, but I'm not sure if that's a WINE problem, a Finmer problem, or not a problem at all.)
For anyone else looking to get Finmer running on Linux (although I don't expect there to be many of these such people -- I'm possibly the only one), here's a series of steps to follow:
- Download and install Lutris.
- Download a copy of Finmer, specifically the "WithEditor" one.
- Download the Lutris installation script I created for Finmer.
- Open Lutris and click the plus in the top left corner of the window, which will open an "Add games to Lutris" dialog.
- Choose "Install from a local install script".
- Select the script file you downloaded in step 3.
- Click "Install".
- It'll allow you to configure the installation directory and whether to create shortcuts. You can change these if you want. Once you're done, click "Continue".
- Select the copy of Finmer you downloaded in step 2 and then click "Install".
- The script will now install Finmer automatically. This will take a while, mostly because it has to install .NET 4.8.
- Once it finishes, you can close the dialog and click "Play" to launch Finmer (or its editor). Finmer itself will have been installed in a "Finmer-WithEditor" folder inside your installation directory, in case you want to add custom furballs or update Finmer.