I am running Ubuntu 13.04 on an iMac. I have all the specific requirements to play the game, as I have done on this mac before. I'm just wondering if it's possible to run it on Ubuntu?
First you need to follow this guide: How to install and configure Wine?
After that you need to look for the components The Sims 3 needs to install. I already posted a review for it in WineHQ DB. You also need to check if you have the hardware requirements for it. For information about this see: http://www.thesims3.com/game/systemreq
Lastly, the winetricks components I had installed when I tested to see if the Sims 3 was working (Not all of them are needed) were:
cyrex@cyrex:~$ winetricks list-installed
amstream
d3dcompiler_43
d3dx10
d3dx11_42
d3dx11_43
d3dx9_26
d3dx9_28
d3dx9_31
d3dx9_35
d3dx9_36
d3dx9_39
d3dx9_42
d3dx9_43
d3dx9
devenum
dirac
directmusic
directplay
directx9
dmsynth
dotnet20
dotnet40
dsound
ffdshow
icodecs
l3codecx
mfc42
mspatcha
msscript
msvcirt
physx
quartz
vcrun2008
vcrun2010
vcrun6sp6
vcrun6
winhttp
wininet
wsh56vb
wsh57
xact_jun2010
xact
xinput
xna40
The game works perfectly. I recommend running the game from the terminal first to see what the game needs (If there is anything it needs, it will tell you through the terminal, for example "Missing .NET Framework 4.0). The game also works best with Windows 7 selected on the winecfg application. It also works with Windows XP but I feel it looks or runs faster on Windows 7.
