How to install ED on Linux using Wine [EXPERIMENTAL, NOT OFFICIALLY SUPPORTED]
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The image did not display correctly and I cannot edit my posts, so here is the image. It has the info from the dxvk hud which I thought might help someone notice if there is still something off with my installation.
The image did not display correctly and I cannot edit my posts, so here is the image. It has the info from the dxvk hud which I thought might help someone notice if there is still something off with my installation.
Widget on side is a good place to check status if you don't trust launcher, I'll be updating my install via steam hopefully:
https://community.elitedangerous.com/en
Now you've dumped Mac OSX support (which was a stretch goal), why not transfer that effort to Linux instead? At least compute shaders will be supported
Now you've dumped Mac OSX support (which was a stretch goal), why not transfer that effort to Linux instead? At least compute shaders will be supported
We should be able to support running on MacOS via Wine, once MoltenVK supports DXVK: https://github.com/KhronosGroup/MoltenVK/issues/203
Dunno how long that'll take, but it seems a plausible route for those that don't want to bootcamp to winderp just for their ED fix.
Does anyone know where the keybinds are on linux to back them up. I can't find them in the folder in my wine directory in ed-wine like in windows. Everyone keeps saying to backup keybinds.
https://support.frontier.co.uk/kb/faq.php?id=424
I have frontier development folders in:
drive_c/users/%user%/Application Data
drive_c/users/%user%/Saved Games
And I think a few other places. What file are we looking for?
Edit: I think I found it in:
drive_c/users/%user%/Local Settings/Application Data/Frontier Developments/Elite Dangerous/Options/Bindings
And it's a file called 'Custom.3.0.binds'.
Do we need to back anything else up before updating?
Has anyone else gotten the game to update. I installed the new launcher but it says my game is up to date.
Edit: Apparently hitting the update button is very useful.
https://support.frontier.co.uk/kb/faq.php?id=424
I have frontier development folders in:
drive_c/users/%user%/Application Data
drive_c/users/%user%/Saved Games
And I think a few other places. What file are we looking for?
Edit: I think I found it in:
drive_c/users/%user%/Local Settings/Application Data/Frontier Developments/Elite Dangerous/Options/Bindings
And it's a file called 'Custom.3.0.binds'.
Do we need to back anything else up before updating?
Has anyone else gotten the game to update. I installed the new launcher but it says my game is up to date.
Edit: Apparently hitting the update button is very useful.
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OK, a brand new prefix, following the exact same guidelines as previously, and working fine until today's client update, has confirmed breaking Linux.
Edit: it looks like the new installer has created an additional machine guid that wasn't previously present and matches neither of the existing machine guid values in the registry. I think they may be using a new cryptography API to get this machine Guid and it's not matching either of the existing ones.
Edit2: There's been a fundamental crypto change for the launcher. Even if the current login problems are not a result of that, it has me worried that Ed/team tested this and didn't bother telling anyone.
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I'm getting the same, but bear in mind login failures etc. are quite typical when a new version of the game is released, so it might, might be related to that. I know of some CMDR's on IRC who are having login problems on Winduhs.
EDIT: I am also checking the MachineGuid keys and finding the same.
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Yeah, I noticed that as well, so it's possible that's the problem. I noticed that I now had 3 different guids for MachineGuid after setting up a new prefix. Harmonizing them all to the same value did not have any effect.
Yea, it may not be on our end. The main website also says this: https://community.elitedangerous.com/en
A little relief. We may be in the clear after this. Hopefully.
A little relief. We may be in the clear after this. Hopefully.
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Side Project:
I found a fun behavior with the launcher. Mine still flashes and looses most of the visuals besides the play button. If you left click on a part of the launcher that doesn't have buttons or links and drag as if selecting text it will start to select things and temporarily make everything visible.
If you scroll over the play button or press things like the options menu button it will all vanish again.
I also have to scroll down the options menu to make those highlight and visible. I assume this may tell what is causing it as it's very distinct as to which things are causing the text to vanish again.
So far, after making the text appear by draging and highlighting things on the launcher page these actions make it disapear again:
Hovering over the play button
Selecting a game mode(ED64/ED/EDArena/etc)
Selecting any of the menu bar options(Myaccount/options/etc.)
When the stuff on the launcher disapears moving the mouse over things also makes it come back but it's annoying to try to move the mouse over everything.
And, as said, I can click on something like options, which seemingly has no menu drop down, and move the mouse over where the menu would be and they appear one by one as I move the mouse over them.This is for things like the check for updates and other options settings.
When I click options after left click dragging to make everything visible, the background text and area directly behind the options drop down menu is also visible as it should be. But only the parts directly behind the drop down menu.
Did somebody say this fixed this issue at some point or is it still unresolved? I'm only using the latest version of wine supplied by Fedoras updater.
I found a fun behavior with the launcher. Mine still flashes and looses most of the visuals besides the play button. If you left click on a part of the launcher that doesn't have buttons or links and drag as if selecting text it will start to select things and temporarily make everything visible.
If you scroll over the play button or press things like the options menu button it will all vanish again.
I also have to scroll down the options menu to make those highlight and visible. I assume this may tell what is causing it as it's very distinct as to which things are causing the text to vanish again.
So far, after making the text appear by draging and highlighting things on the launcher page these actions make it disapear again:
Hovering over the play button
Selecting a game mode(ED64/ED/EDArena/etc)
Selecting any of the menu bar options(Myaccount/options/etc.)
When the stuff on the launcher disapears moving the mouse over things also makes it come back but it's annoying to try to move the mouse over everything.
And, as said, I can click on something like options, which seemingly has no menu drop down, and move the mouse over where the menu would be and they appear one by one as I move the mouse over them.This is for things like the check for updates and other options settings.
When I click options after left click dragging to make everything visible, the background text and area directly behind the options drop down menu is also visible as it should be. But only the parts directly behind the drop down menu.
Did somebody say this fixed this issue at some point or is it still unresolved? I'm only using the latest version of wine supplied by Fedoras updater.
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https://community.elitedangerous.com/en
They main page is now down. It had previously stated: Server Status: Issues Detected
It may be their servers atm.
I think the problem is a new change gives credit for scanning whole systems now or something and people are rushing to get their name on things. Or something like that.
They main page is now down. It had previously stated: Server Status: Issues Detected
It may be their servers atm.
I think the problem is a new change gives credit for scanning whole systems now or something and people are rushing to get their name on things. Or something like that.
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Give the server(s) time to settle down.
It's like this at every new large update, Winduhs or not.
It's like this at every new large update, Winduhs or not.
Actually I'm changing my thoughts on this.
It looks like the game client .exe thinks it has not been started via the launcher.
It looks like this is being caused by a change in how the game client sees it has been started by the launcher (or not), in such a manner that the game client thinks it hasn't been started via the launcher when launched via Wine. :/
It looks like the game client .exe thinks it has not been started via the launcher.
It looks like this is being caused by a change in how the game client sees it has been started by the launcher (or not), in such a manner that the game client thinks it hasn't been started via the launcher when launched via Wine. :/