Big Fish Games Manager Tips

This is a quick howto one how to use the Big Fish Game Manager (BFGM) in Crossover Games

Note: Do not use the Big Fish Game Manager's inbuilt links and buttons to purchase or
download game titles - this is currently broken in crossover. Instead, use your -system-
web browser to download the game installer to your harddrive, be it the demo or full
version of the game(s).


1 If you haven't done so already, install the  Big Fish Game Manager app first via the C4P on
   on this page - once that installation process is complete,  you should have a bottle named
   'Big Fish Games Manager'.

2. Using your system web-browser, login to your Big Fish Games account if you are going to
    purchase a game (or visit the site and download a demo installer).
 
    Note: Safari wasn't handling the login part very well -- I use firefox on the Mac a lot of the time.

    Note: If you go to 'PC Downloads' on the BFG site and click on a title to download, *if* a Mac port
    of that game exists, the site logic will detect your OS and redirect the download call to the Mac version.
    If an Mac port of a BFG title exists, it's probably advisable to use the Mac port in OSX instead of using  
    the win32 version via crossover.


Mac: 
         Once you have downloaded the installer, start crossover games, and then go Configure->Manage Bottles

         In the cxsetup GUI that appears, highlight the 'Big Fish Games Manager' bottle in the left panel, then click
         the Applications tab -> Install Software.

         In the cxinstaller GUI that appears, choose 'Other Application' then 'Select an installer', and navigate to  
         the installer file you downloaded above and click 'Use this installer' then click Install -- the BFGM should
         startup and begin downloading/installing the game itself.


linux:
          Once you have downloaded the installer, start cxsetup (Manage Bottles)

         In the cxsetup GUI that appears, highlight the 'Big Fish Games Manager' bottle in the left panel, then click
         the Applications tab -> Install Software.

         In the cxinstaller GUI that appears, choose 'Other Application' then 'Select an installer', the select 'Choose
         Installer File' and navigate to the installer file you downloaded above and click 'Open' then click Install -- the
         BFGM should startup and begin downloading/installing the game itself.
         


Known issues

*Can hang/stall on exit
*Sometimes can't restart game even though it worked before
*One user reports a hang/stall on a BFG install

Workaround;

Force Quit bottle/application

linux -- killall -9 :bfggameservices.exe   or   killall -9 :bfgclient.exe

If you need help getting a BFG title running, see the forum posting here.