Flatpak for Mids on Linux

[Krogoth]

I have created a Flatpak for running Mids on linux,

 

It can be found at:

https://github.com/Krogoth2787/mids-flatpak

 

I have only testing it on PCs where I already had Mids running, but it should work on any Linux distro.

[Krogoth]

I have updated the Flatpak a few times since I initially made this thread.

The most recent release (v0.6) now uses the MidsReborn 3.7.11.2 archive.

Releases can be found at https://github.com/Krogoth2787/mids-flatpak/releases

[nico198X]

awesome thanks so much for this!

[Snokle]

Thanks for the work on this, but I was wondering for the 8.0 Net support is this primarily needed in Wine? or can it be through Linux?

 

I was able to have setup 8.0.17 for Core and Net on my system, and it is not recognizing that I have the required .Net set I have installed.

[Aironfaar]

18 hours ago, Snokle said:

Thanks for the work on this, but I was wondering for the 8.0 Net support is this primarily needed in Wine? or can it be through Linux?

 

I was able to have setup 8.0.17 for Core and Net on my system, and it is not recognizing that I have the required .Net set I have installed.

Did you install the .NET8 Desktop Runtime? That's the one you need, and it is distinct from the .NET8 Runtime.

[Krogoth]

On 6/18/2025 at 7:13 PM, Snokle said:

Thanks for the work on this, but I was wondering for the 8.0 Net support is this primarily needed in Wine? or can it be through Linux?

 

I was able to have setup 8.0.17 for Core and Net on my system, and it is not recognizing that I have the required .Net set I have installed.

It has to be the Windows .Net8 Desktop runtime. There are required files from it that are not part of the Linux .Net Runtime or SDK

[Krogoth]

As it currently stands the flatpak cannot update to 3.7.14.3. The in-app updater does nothing through wine.

 

I do know how to manually install the 3.7.14.3 update, however doing this in the flatpak causes mids to permanently freeze upon opening.

I have been exploring solutions to this issue but have not found one yet.

 

If anyone needs help with setting up the system wine mids install or installing through bottles feel free to reach out to me.

Edited Saturday at 08:15 PM by Krogoth

[TG BrainFog]

5 hours ago, Krogoth said:

As it currently stands the flatpak cannot update to 3.7.14.3. The in-app updater does nothing through wine.

 

I do know how to manually install the 3.7.14.3 update, however doing this in the flatpak causes mids to permanently freeze upon opening.

I have been exploring solutions to this issue but have not found one yet.

 

If anyone needs help with setting up the system wine mids install or installing through bottles feel free to reach out to me.

 

I spent over 3 hours trying on Ubuntu 24.04.2 LTS. I tried posts about Lutris, Wine, and via Bottles. One time the app kinda opened, and even looked more visible on my gigantic TV that it did before. But, I just ended up in a loop of it crashing over and over. Hopefully a solution that I can wrap my foggy brain around will come along soon. As it is, I just reinstalled the flatpak version from before so I can at least see the builds I had. I know the numbers won't make sense anymore, but there's comfort in following a plan, even not a great one. 

[Krogoth]

26 minutes ago, TG BrainFog said:

 

I spent over 3 hours trying on Ubuntu 24.04.2 LTS. I tried posts about Lutris, Wine, and via Bottles. One time the app kinda opened, and even looked more visible on my gigantic TV that it did before. But, I just ended up in a loop of it crashing over and over. Hopefully a solution that I can wrap my foggy brain around will come along soon. As it is, I just reinstalled the flatpak version from before so I can at least see the builds I had. I know the numbers won't make sense anymore, but there's comfort in following a plan, even not a great one. 

If you want to try bottles again, 

Here is the step by step process I used for bottles:

For bottles:
flatpak install bottles
Open Bottles
Create New Bottle
Name it MidsReborn
Leave it as application
Switch the Runner to sys-wine-10.0 (if it does not show up in your terminal flatpak install wine, choose 24.08)
Click Create
After the Bottle is created Go to Settings, Switch the Windows Version to 11
Hit the Back Arrow to get back to the MidsReborn Bottle Screen
Go to Dependencies:
Click the Download Arrow on dotnetcoredesktop8
Click the Download Arrow on vcredist2022
Download the latest MRB zip file from midsreborn.com
Extract it to ~/.var/app/com.userbottles.bottles/data/bottles/bottles/MidsReborn/drive_c/users/yourusername/AppData/Roaming/LoadedCamel/MidsReborn You will need to create the LoadedCamel and MidsReborn Folders
In Bottles click Add Shorcuts
Browse to ~/.var/app/com.userbottles.bottles/data/bottles/bottles/MidsReborn/drive_c/users/yourusername/AppData/Roaming/LoadedCamel/MidsReborn select MidsReborn.exe
Click the Play Icon to launch MidsReborn
It should launch and will probably need to update a few times. If it doesn't relaunch after an update just launch it again.

If you want a launch option for mids in your main menu, click on the 3 dots and Add Desktop Entry. It may pop up a webpage with instructions on how to allow permission to do this. They are very straight forward.

 

If you want to save build files into your Linux home directory you will need to install flatseal flatpak install flatseal
Run it and in Bottles scroll down to Filesystems and either click the toggle next to All user files or the folder icon next to Other files and type in the path to where you want access. (for example I save all my build files to my dropbox which is at ~/Dropbox)

 

If you already have bottles installed you can skip down to create a new bottle.

Edited Sunday at 12:50 AM by Krogoth

[TG BrainFog]

Thank you for this. I managed to get it set up, updated, and running. I wasn't able to locate Filesystems in Bottles to add the access to my existing files, but I dropped copies into the C drive to get to them. I even was able to get decent enough scaling on my comically huge TV to see them decently well. 

 

Your effort is hugely appreciated.  

[Phrehya]

The fallback option of running in a Virtual Machine is present, but truly sucks. I don't understand why this has to keep being an issue and why they, the MidsReborn team, can't stop using features that aren't compatible with Wine, but HERE WE ARE. Oh well. If they had a Linux build, I'd donate to their development just as I donate for Homecoming and the homecoming.wiki website. I'm not above paying for effort, far from it. As it stands, if I have to jump through hoops to get something to work and I don't have to pay for it, then I've paid for it by jumping through hoops, IMHO.

 

Edit to add:

I wrote this as I was installing files for MidsReborn in the Virtual Machine. Running it, it requires some kind of OpenGL passthrough that my VM wasn't doing properly. I was using virt-manager on Ubuntu 25.04. I don't know how to move forward now, and I'm just giving up on Mids for now. Maybe Wine will advance to support this some day soon.

Edited 23 hours ago by Phrehya