Let the testing begin
The #launcher-beta channel on the EVE Online Discord also has a thread called βLinux thread - here be dragonsβ, for those of you who prefer Discord.
Update from CCP Stroopwafel 18.October 2023: Linux users: Uninstalling the game in Steam might cause the entire client to be removed because of proton/wine
So if you value your EVE files and client settings, make a backup.
Current state of the launcher as far as I tested it (running under Kubuntu 23.04)
Steam: It just works
Wine 8.18 staging/develop: A lot of βfixmeβ messages, but I can not get the launcher to run/install. Either I am missing libraries or something else is broken.
Update for v0.4.5 and Kubuntu 23.10
Steam: Launcher did update on itβs own and continues to work (including dx12)
Wine 8.18 staging: First install on a new prefix worked all the way including logging into a character (only dx11 though), starting the launcher again caused the javascript error message popup box and then starting the launcher only gets you the icon in the system tray, but no displayed launcher
Update for v0.4.8
Steam: Launcher did update on itβs own and continues to work (including dx12)
Wine 8.18 staging: I started the launcher via wineconsole and it worked
Will update in a bit to see if I get dx12 working as well
New launcher wonβt run with Wine Staging 8.19 - I get the javascript errors.
It runs via Steam, then the client crashes not long after - 2 clients will kill one client almost immediately.
Old launcher via Wine runs like a dream.
The beta launcher worked after installing with a vanilla 8.19 Wine install, but the graphics were poor, and then installed DXVK via Winetricks and the launcher crashed with the java errors.
So what do I need to do to a Wine 8.19 staging install to get the new launcher working?
Can confirm, tried to install the new version 0.4.5, which worked fine with vanilla 8.19 Wine staging, minimum graphics were 60 fps (still did not run under dx12, unlike steam though).
When I closed the launcher and started again I also got the javascript errors and now starting the launcher only causes an icon in the taskbar to appear
I actually got Steam running on my Slackware 15, which was a chore due to the multilib requirement, but while EVE ran nothing but a blank black window displayed.
Iβll have another crack at it later as I think I read somewhere that photon 7 works better than the photon 8 I selected in Steam.
New prefix, launcher asked for .NET, which I installed with winetricks
Installer works just fine, letβs me also grab my existing EVE install
Launched client
Closed the launcher, now starting the launcher from the desktop link shows the known javascript error.
Whatβs interesting: Running the installer again just launches the launcher without any problems, so might be a way to play EVE after the beta is no longer beta?
When you start the new launcher
~/.wine/drive_c/users/USER/AppData/Local/SquirrelTemp/
A directory called [tempb] will be created below.
This increases over time
Maximum size of one piece is 336.2MiB
If you check the contents, you will see file names such as eve-online.
I consumed more than 70 GiB in 2 days and noticed this abnormality.
The cause is unknown
I will report on the current situation.
When i delete the SquirrelTemp folder, each time i start the launcher it will create a new tempa, tempb folder and a tempc file. All having around 350MB
That looks just like the launcher files that should end up in /AppData/Local/eve-online/app-0.4.6/ (with 0.4.6 being the launcher version)
My SquirrelTemp folder is empty except for a single Squirrel-Install.log file.
So it looks your launchers never get to the cleaning up part or fail during it.
I got javascript errors when tried to run the launcher with proton 7.2-2, the one needed to install the launcher. So after install switch to a newer version, i use proton 8.21
Even if the relevant directory is deleted, a new one will no longer be created.
However, the cause has not been identified
The problem disappeared when the launcher was updated to Launcher 0.4.6.
I havenβt reinstalled the launcher
Currently running on Lutris+GE-Proton7-47
I thought it might happen again if I didnβt use Lutris or ran it on wine8, but I havenβt tested it.
I have been using it without touching it since the files stopped growing.
After that, when the launcher updater was sent to 0.4.7, the file proliferation started again.
By the time I noticed it, it had increased by over 70GB.
I donβt know the details, but something seems to happen at that timing.
Iβm currently using the internally propagated directory as read-only
Was fine for a few days after i installed 0.4.6. Now Iβm still on 0.4.6 but getting this issue, the game update or launcher update triggered the issue again.