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I'm running nobara currently as my distro, but these issues persist after trying Pop!_OS and several other distros with help from forums etc. Be it pure WINE, Proton, or Lutris installs across multiple distros and drivers, the game will work perfectly for the first run. Afterwards, the game will immediately crash after character selection.

I'm at an in-between level of experience with Linux, so I'm not inept but far from a guru. I suspect the issues might be caused by the recent half integration of DX11. As far as that goes, let me explain - this game is old and ran on DX9 up until 2023. I'm not sure if that weird hybrid combo kills compatibility or not.

There is an intall that almost works here. It would be a lot of work to get this to work on my current Fedora based install vs. what it is meant for, but the install methods should be the same. The issue is that with that install textures are garbage and most are just jet black.

I can provide specs etc. If there is some kind of known bug on Proton that will prevent me from launching on Steam that can be fixed with Protontrix please let me know.

I know that I'm likely to be the only one to post about this issue here, ever, but I don't know a better place to ask than here! Also, the game is free on steam if someone can get it going correctly.

I'm at a loss. I have to completely wipe an install to get it working again which is a pain because my UI gets reset.

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[–] raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)
[–] jawa21@startrek.website 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Yep. I got it. The guide got me most of the way. Some things that I'm guessing are related to DX11 are still broken (mostly textures), but at least the game runs reliably now. Thanks for all the help!

[–] raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

Great to hear you got it working - I didn't do much but point you to a good source for wine + EQ ;) Have fun in Norrath!