Playing on Linux

To play on an Arch-based Linux distribution you will still need to install a JRE. Doing so is quite easy with your default package manager (pacman on Arch distros).

Simply navigate to your console and run the command:

sudo pacman -S jre

This will by default install the latest version of Java 21. If you wish to install a different version of Java you will have to install that versions package instead.

Now to run the game open your console in the directory the .jar file is located in and run the command:

java -jar Mirage.jar

As long as you are in the right directory this will start the game and you are ready to play!

No Network Adapter

Linux can sometimes present an issue where the client is unable to resolve the local network adapter. This is caused by the OS presenting multiple mappings for localhost. To fix this you will have to edit your hosts file and comment out the second time your loopback IP is assigned. To find your host file type the following into your console (instead of Micro you can use any other file-editing software you have, e.g. vim or vi):

sudo micro /etc/hosts

Now comment out (put a hash at the start of the line) the second time your loopback IP (127.0.0.1 or 127.0.1.1) is mentioned.