Install
Bring your own disc
The edition ships no game data and no crack. You supply your own copy of THUG2, and the installer builds a playable, modded edition from it, entirely on your machine.
Choose your device
One installer, tuned per platform. No account, no launcher, no telemetry. We host and bundle no game data; you point it at your own copy, and it can pull that from a folder, a disc image, or a link you supply.
On Linux or Mac, the one thing worth checking first is your graphics driver. Will it run? answers that in a minute, and saves you finding out the slow way.
Steam Deck
No terminal · fully turnkey20 to 30 minutes to installDownload the installer and double-click it. A wizard handles Wine, the controller, your game files, and the build, then points you back to Gaming Mode. No terminal at any point.
Or paste this into a terminal:
bash <(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/violetvandal/revert/main/install.sh)Prefer to watch someone do it? Here is the whole install, start to finish.
Notes and requirements
- Easiest path: download the installer and double-click it, then choose Launch when Dolphin asks. A graphical wizard does everything, with no terminal at any point.
- If your Deck has never had a password, it walks you through picking one and sets it up for you. Then it installs Wine and the controller, fetches your game, and builds the edition, keeping the Deck awake the whole time. When it finishes it points you back to Gaming Mode.
- You supply your own THUG2 files, as a folder, an ISO, or a link it downloads for you. Nothing licensed is bundled with the edition or hosted by us.
Linux desktop
Download or one command15 to 30 minutes to installDownload the installer and double-click it, or paste the one command into any terminal. It sets up Wine and your controller, installs the prerequisites for your distro, and builds the edition.
Or paste this into a terminal:
bash <(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/violetvandal/revert/main/install.sh)On Ubuntu or Debian? No curl
Ubuntu and Debian do not install curl by default, so the command above stops with “curl: command not found”. Use the wget form instead, which does exactly the same thing:
bash <(wget -qO- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/violetvandal/revert/main/install.sh)Prefer to watch someone do it? Here is the whole install, start to finish.
Notes and requirements
- Download the installer and double-click it for a graphical, no-terminal setup, or run the one-command install in any terminal.
- It detects your system, sets up Wine and the controller, installs the prerequisites for you (Fedora, Debian/Ubuntu, Arch, or the Steam Deck), and builds the edition. Built and tested on Fedora, Debian/Ubuntu, and SteamOS; it should run on most modern distros, and doctor tells you if anything is missing.
- You always supply your own copy of THUG2, as a folder, a disc image, or a link you paste for it to download. We host and bundle none of it.
Mac
Apple Silicon + Intel15 to 30 minutes to installDownload the installer for your Mac, unzip it, then right-click and Open it the first time. No Homebrew and no admin password: it keeps its own Wine and installs nothing system-wide.
Or paste this into a terminal:
bash <(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/violetvandal/revert/main/install.sh)Prefer to watch someone do it? Here is the whole install, start to finish.
Notes and requirements
- Run the one-command install in Terminal, or download the installer for your Mac (Apple Silicon or Intel) for the graphical wizard. Both do the same thing. The download is a .zip: unzip it to get Revert Installer, then right-click and Open the first time (it is unsigned, so this clears Gatekeeper; a normal double-click works after that).
- No Homebrew and no admin password. It downloads a checksum-verified Wine into its own folder and installs nothing system-wide. macOS may ask you to install Apple's Command Line Tools first, which is a normal system dialog.
- THUG2 is a Direct3D 9 game and Macs have no geometry shaders, so it ships a build of DXVK patched to work around that. The game is GPU-accelerated, not a software-rendered slideshow.
- It becomes a real app: launch “THUG2 Violet Vandal Edition” from Spotlight like anything else. For a controller, pair an Xbox pad in XInput mode.
Windows
Native · no Wine15 to 30 minutes to installDownload the zip, extract it anywhere you like, and double-click revert-gui.exe. THUG2 runs natively on Windows, so there is no Wine and no emulation.
Prefer to watch someone do it? Here is the whole install, start to finish.
Notes and requirements
- THUG2 runs natively on Windows, so there's no Wine and no emulation. Download the zip, extract it anywhere you like, and double-click revert-gui.exe.
- A one-button wizard installs the prerequisites, prepares your own game files, and builds the modded edition, then launches it. Xbox-style controllers work out of the box.
- You supply your own copy of THUG2, as a folder or a link you paste for it to download. Nothing licensed is bundled with the edition or hosted by us.
You must own THUG2. Revert ships no game data. If you give it a link, that link is fetched as-is, the same way curl would, and you are responsible for having the right to those files.
Prefer a terminal? Run the command with bash <(curl …), not curl … | bash, so the password prompt can read your keyboard. Power users can skip the wizard entirely with the manual CLI reference.
After the first run, that same installer becomes your everyday cockpit. Launch revert gui or the “THUG2: Violet Vandal Edition” entry in your app menu to rebuild, switch lanes, or update, each with a live console.
Then pick your lane
run vanillaVanilla
The faithful game: widescreen, correct controls, HQ Xbox audio & video. Nothing gameplay-altering.
run qolQOL-Modded
Every quality-of-life mod, each one a toggle in an in-game menu. Skip any goal, kill the traffic, max your stats, and more.
run onlineOnline
A THUG Pro lane for online play, complementary to the story/career/classic modes the edition preserves.
The whole edition is open source (MIT). revert on GitHub · Releases · All tools →