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How can I run BattleStar Galactica Online on Linux?

I am aware that BattleStar Galactica Online requires the Unity 3D browser plug-in to play. It is currently only available to Windows. I installed the windows version of Firefox 20 using Wine 1.4.1. It ran beautifully and smoothly. Then I installed the United 3D browser plugin version 4.1.2f1 using Wine. I registered for the game and went to play it. However, it gave me this error when the game started to load:

Failed to update    Unity web player
Error Details       Install Manually

This is the newest version of the Unity player. Also, selecting Error details produces a pop up that says:

A New version of the Unity Web Player is required, but the auto-update download failed.
Was trying to download http://webplayer.unity3d.com//Channels/795a449bc926/UnityPlayer3.x.x-win32.zip

Does anyone know what is causing the problem? Has anyone figured out a work around?


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As per suggestion, I tried following the link given in the error details. The url changed since the problem started, it is now http://webplayer.unity3d.com//Channels/911c7369eeac/UnityPlayer3.x.x-win32.zip. It opened in Ubuntu's Archive Manager and I extracted the contents to .../Local Settings/Application Data/Unity/WebPlayer/player/3.x.x/ in my user folder within my .wine folder. I placed the old files in a new folder in case I needed to revert back. When I reloaded firefox and went to Battlestar Galactica Online, I had the identical error message as above. This idea was a dead end.


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To avoid an extended conversation with myself, I'll add the following information which may or may not be helpful as an edit. The Unity forums, which is a clone of a stack exchange site, offers little help to people with issues. I found multiple posts by Windows users who have had the same problem. The answers were either vague or irrelevant in most cases with a few of them just plain out-of-date.

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