vo-docker

Vendetta Online in a Docker container

Use case: Easy to install on systems that do not follow FHS (Filesystem Hierarchy Standard). Tested on NixOS. Guix users tell your experience.

Steps:

1. Download client installer into ~/.vendetta
2. Clone the repo
3. Build the container:

docker build -t vo .

4. Run xhost +local: to allow the container to use GUI.
5. Run the container:

docker run -it --rm -e DISPLAY=$DISPLAY -e ALSA_CARD=sofhdadsp --device /dev/snd --device /dev/dri/card0 -v /tmp/.X11-unix/:/tmp/.X11-unix/ -v /home/user/.vendetta:/root/.vendetta vo

First time only: Install the client

6. Play as usual.

Next time onwards you just need to follow steps 5 and 6 (and 4 if you shut down your computer).

Known issues:

1. You cannot write into ~/.vendetta as unprivileged user on host machine. This is by design. You can always place plugins as root or use the container to do the same.

Possible issues:

1. You might not get sound. To fix it, run aplay -l in the container and use whatever card it displays next time you run the container. Put the value in ALSA_CARD.
2. If you have a dedicated GPU, you might consider passing --gpus all to the docker run command. It should use dGPU. I have not tested it.