MTG Arena Installation for october 4th new release

I tried the newer recommended version (edited 6 hours ago, see JSON), and it failed again after “Checking for updates…” with “Oops! Something went wrong while updating. […]” (see log output).

Hi there,

Update for january 16th is : https://mtgarena.downloads.wizards.com/Live/Windows32/versions/2086.755750/MTGAInstaller_0.1.2086.755750.msi

Can be used for lutris .json file install.

Good game

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Failed to retrieve wine (tkg-unity-4.1-x86_64) information

I guess it works for @bascobug and @traffiq because that old version of wine has been installed in the past, but it won’t work for newbies.

Here is an updated JSON install file with wine (tkg-unity-4.5-x86_64) and january 16th MTGA:

{
  "count": 1,
  "next": null,
  "previous": null,
  "results": [
    {
      "id": 8306,
      "game_id": 17988,
      "game_slug": "magic-the-gathering-arena",
      "name": "Magic: The Gathering - Arena",
      "year": 2017,
      "user": "alexsim92",
      "runner": "wine",
      "slug": "magic-the-gathering-arena-latest",
      "version": "Latest",
      "description": null,
      "notes": "IMPORTANT: <i>Silent install no longer works so you must make sure to close out MTGA for the installer to finish. Do not attempt to play when the installer is running or your install might be deleted.</i>\r\n\r\nKnown issues: <a href=\"https://forums.mtgarena.com/forums/threads/37048\">https://forums.mtgarena.com/forums/threads/37048</a>\r\n\r\nMTGA Pro Tracker does not work.",
      "created_at": "2018-05-16T21:55:30.514000Z",
      "updated_at": "2019-05-09T00:14:45.920817Z",
      "draft": false,
      "published": true,
      "published_by": 19464,
      "rating": "4",
      "steamid": null,
      "gogid": null,
      "gogslug": "",
      "humblestoreid": "",
      "script": {
        "game": {
          "exe": "drive_c/Program Files/Wizards of the Coast/MTGA/MTGA.exe",
          "arch": "win32",
          "prefix": "$GAMEDIR"
        },
        "wine": {
          "WineDesktop": "1920x1080",
          "esync": true,
          "version": "tkg-unity-4.5-x86_64",
          "Desktop": true
        },
        "files": [
          {
            "setup": "https://mtgarena.downloads.wizards.com/Live/Windows32/versions/2086.755750/MTGAInstaller_0.1.2086.755750.msi"
          }
        ],
        "installer": [
          {
            "task": {
              "arch": "win32",
              "name": "create_prefix",
              "prefix": "$GAMEDIR",
              "description": "Creating Wine prefix"
            }
          },
          {
            "task": {
              "arch": "win32",
              "path": "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Wine\\X11 Driver",
              "value": "Y",
              "name": "set_regedit",
              "key": "GrabFullscreen",
              "prefix": "$GAMEDIR"
            }
          },
          {
            "task": {
              "arch": "win32",
              "path": "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Wine\\X11 Driver",
              "value": "N",
              "name": "set_regedit",
              "key": "UseTakeFocus",
              "prefix": "$GAMEDIR"
            }
          },
          {
            "task": {
              "arch": "win32",
              "name": "winetricks",
              "prefix": "$GAMEDIR",
              "description": "Installing .NET 4.7.2. This will take a while...",
              "app": "dotnet472"
            }
          },
          {
            "task": {
              "arch": "win32",
              "name": "winetricks",
              "prefix": "$GAMEDIR",
              "app": "xact arial win10"
            }
          },
          {
            "task": {
              "name": "winekill",
              "prefix": "$GAMEDIR"
            }
          },
          {
            "task": {
              "arch": "win32",
              "description": "Installing Magic the Gathering Arena",
              "exclude_processes": "mscorsvw.exe rundll32.exe MTGA.exe UnityCrashHandler32.exe",
              "executable": "setup",
              "name": "wineexec",
              "prefix": "$GAMEDIR"
            }
          },
          {
            "task": {
              "name": "winekill",
              "prefix": "$GAMEDIR"
            }
          }
        ]
      },
      "content": "files:\n- setup: https://mtgarena.downloads.wizards.com/Live/Windows32/MTGAInstaller.exe\ngame:\n arch: win32\n exe: drive_c/Program Files/Wizards of the Coast/MTGA/MtgaLauncher.exe\n prefix: $GAMEDIR\ninstaller:\n- task:\n arch: win32\n description: Creating Wine prefix\n name: create_prefix\n prefix: $GAMEDIR\n- task:\n arch: win32\n key: GrabFullscreen\n name: set_regedit\n path: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Wine\\X11 Driver\n prefix: $GAMEDIR\n value: Y\n- task:\n arch: win32\n key: UseTakeFocus\n name: set_regedit\n path: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Wine\\X11 Driver\n prefix: $GAMEDIR\n value: N\n- task:\n app: dotnet472\n arch: win32\n description: Installing .NET 4.7.2. This will take a while...\n name: winetricks\n prefix: $GAMEDIR\n- task:\n app: xact arial win10\n arch: win32\n name: winetricks\n prefix: $GAMEDIR\n- task:\n name: winekill\n prefix: $GAMEDIR\n- task:\n arch: win32\n description: Installing Magic the Gathering Arena\n exclude_processes: mscorsvw.exe rundll32.exe MTGA.exe UnityCrashHandler32.exe\n executable: setup\n name: wineexec\n prefix: $GAMEDIR\n- task:\n name: winekill\n prefix: $GAMEDIR\nwine:\n Desktop: true\n WineDesktop: 1920x1080\n esync: true\n version: tkg-unity-4.5-x86_64\n"
    }
  ]
}

Edit: that install script works for me at least, but game is still unstable…