How to install ED on Linux using Wine [EXPERIMENTAL, NOT OFFICIALLY SUPPORTED]

Jack Winter

Jack Winter
FWIW, I just upgraded nvidia to 430.14 and I seem to get slightly better FPS where there is fog, something I had the impression slowed down the fps before. The other nice thing is that it appears I can now alt-tab without ED crashing. My desktop still runs like a dog and xorg is still at 100%. Hopefully I'm not premature with my report :)
 

lowranker

lowranker
Jack Winter said:
FWIW, I just upgraded nvidia to 430.14 and I seem to get slightly better FPS where there is fog, something I had the impression slowed down the fps before. The other nice thing is that it appears I can now alt-tab without ED crashing. My desktop still runs like a dog and xorg is still at 100%. Hopefully I'm not premature with my report :)
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Same, performance is indeed slightly better, though not having xorg at full here, seems normal with 30-60%. Everything still runs like a dog regardless :c
But instead of alt-tab issues now I get fails during game startup and heavy freezing once an hour or so, doesn't seem like it's triggered by anything particular, may happen in a station or during combat or in plain supercruise. VRAM and GPU usage is still stuck at 100% so idk. Oh well
 
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EdVaessen

E
Genar-Hofoen said:
What wine version are you using?
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Settings:
wine64 --version: wine-4.8 (Staging)
winetricks --version: 20190310-next - sha256sum: 807a351b05cecd07c8488ad0f22d0e88c7f5569d86212ee06a1e236e35f81d21
uname -a: Linux vaessen-MS-7B48 5.0.0-15-generic #16-Ubuntu SMP Mon May 6 17:41:33 UTC 2019 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Installation of Elite Horizons via Steam Overlay Enabled, Proton 4.2-4 enabled and use of Steam Beta Update.
I did not use protontricks.
Steam sees my Joystick under Controller Configuration.

I followed these instructions: https://github.com/redmcg/wine/wiki/Wine


New edit: things changed for the better. I copied the file Custom.3.0.binds from the Bindings folder on OpenSuSE Leap 15.0, where I have a properly working version of ED. Then I opened it in the text editor, changed the line with 'Custom' to 'MS_Sidewinder_Precision_2' and saved the file as MS_Sidewinder_Precision_2.binds. When starting ED, the joystick worked, even though I did not choose MS_Sidewinder_Precision_2 but stuck to Custom.
Beats me.
 
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Stukjes

Stukjes
I've found it is far to easy for a game (and/or wine) to mess up the resolution and (multi-)screen layout.
Because of this I always set the "UseXVidMode" and "UseXRandR" registry keys to "N" in the wineprefix (see: winehq wiki).
With this, for me, Elite runs fine in a borderless (primary screen sized) window, no need to use the wine virtual-desktop.
I'm also not experiencing any problems with alt-tabbing or switching virtual desktops.

And I also want to say a quick thank you to the people here.
I don't use or have windows so I was rejoiced when I read the success stories. That was around last Christmas.
At that time Elite was on sale so decided to give it a try. I have been playing it almost daily since then.
Thank you! o7 cmdrs!
 

Unknown Zombie

Unknown Zombie
Pro tip: Don't un-check the "Enable Steam Play for other titles" option thinking that will be a way to hide all of the other Windows software that isn't installed as a way to de-clutter your library view. It will instantly delete Elite (and anything else not a "supported" title), and you'll have to download the whole 20 GB again...
 

danteuk

danteuk
Nice tip :)
Unknown Zombie said:
Pro tip: Don't un-check the "Enable Steam Play for other titles" option thinking that will be a way to hide all of the other Windows software that isn't installed as a way to de-clutter your library view. It will instantly delete Elite (and anything else not a "supported" title), and you'll have to download the whole 20 GB again...
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Great tip!
 

Newt Loranas

Newt Loranas
Just want to say how fantastic it is to have Elite: Dangerous - Horizons running in Linux.

I'm using Mint19 with the XFCE desktop and I'm playing more or less issue free - as in the app crashes occasionally ( only ever on launch ) but never any more than for windows players.

It was really not hard to get working in the end too.

Thank you Wine. Thank you Valve. Thank you DXVK
 

alejandor

alejandor
Hello all, coming back for help. Everything runs fine but today I decided to change the Elite game to my secondary monitor and, oh surprise, the Adapter and Monitor options in Graphics have grey background and cannot be changed.
I have a single Nvidia card (primary connected to HDMI and secondary to VGA) and multi-monitor works normally in Ubuntu.
Any ideas? Thanks!
 

alejandor

alejandor
Newt Loranas said:
I'd never checked before but it's greyed out for me too. The only thing I can think of it set your secondary monitor to be primary in Linux Display Settings.
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I don't see an obvious setting about this in Ubuntu but I guess it's hidden somewhere in X settings. I'll report back if I succeed. Thanks!
 

alejandor

alejandor
I'm still in Unity. It turns out that the primary monitor is the one that you set to have the vertical launcher.
A bit of a nuisance to change it every time, but at least it's simple and it works without issues.
 

Newt Loranas

Newt Loranas
alejandor said:
I'm still in Unity. It turns out that the primary monitor is the one that you set to have the vertical launcher.
A bit of a nuisance to change it every time, but at least it's simple and it works without issues.
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Crazy idea - could you switch the primary monitor to the one you want the game on, launch the game, and then set the primary monitor back to your normal one - hopefully leaving the game locked to the other monitor?
 

alejandor

alejandor
Newt Loranas said:
Crazy idea - could you switch the primary monitor to the one you want the game on, launch the game, and then set the primary monitor back to your normal one - hopefully leaving the game locked to the other monitor?
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Mmm, that works with the game still running. Still will have to redo it every time I launch the game, I guess...
 

Noobilite

Noobilite
Has anyone noticed that the new rawhide drivers only release the a version the day the next version comes out and that it's always the previous version. Why would they keep up exactly one version behind the official release?!
 
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