How to run Eve Online with Wine?

Issues, Workarounds & Localization General Issues
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Hello!
Trying to install EvE Online on Ubuntu 24.04 using Wine. I have the Wine 10 stable version installed and also have the latest Winetricks. Searched the internet which led me to install the following with Winetricks: Dotnet 7, vcrun2022 and vkd3d for DX12 support. When trying to install the game from the terminal it stops after half a minute into the installation. Can someone please help me with what to install or maybe even remove to make the game run with Wine please :slightly_smiling_face:?

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Isn’t using wine a bit dodgy for the electrics? :wink:

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I’m guessing you don’t fancy using Steam then? Cos it would be done by now if you did.

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I found that the best setup is 2 wines and followed by a coffee. It gives you the most appropriate Eve Online mood.

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It is not that I do not like Steam. I used Steam before the renstallation of the OS that I just did. Moved to PortProton actually after failing with Wine. Just used the 10.11 develop and got a black box after seeing a EvE logo. Now I just need to know what I am doing wrong…

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Wine 10.0 will not do. You need at least above 10.9 of devel or staging. I currently use wine devel 10.11 on debian 12 with nvidia drivers.

As for installation i last used - and i still run until it fails:
./winetricks corefonts msdelta vkd3d vcrun2022 dxvk2030

But this is outdated. Adapt to latest versions as you see in winetricks maybe.

I start eve like this - including workaround for DirectX12…possibly not needed on the latest vkd3d:
env WINEPREFIX=“/home/user/.wine” WINEESYNC=0 WINEFSYNC=0 VKD3D_CONFIG=force_raw_va_cbv wine C:\users\user\AppData\Local\eve-online\eve-online.exe

This is just the launch string from the EVE icon on the desktop with 3 options added.

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Meybe the dev team create automatic & optimized installer in the future for lutris or another way.

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The Eve Online Linux Client was discontinued New launcher... new Linux error? - #104 by CCP_Bartender .

As for running it under wine, there is a recommendation to use Proton:

However when troubleshooting my own attempt, I see many people stating they successfully use Wine as well.

But all I ever see for DX12 is “don’t”, that goes for both Windows and Linux, its just crashes Eve Online everywhere.

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EVE is a daily moving target, so relying on unchanged info from 2019 will not cut it.

Have you even read the post above yours completely? I have no problem with EVE and DirectX12 on wine.

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Then why do you need workarounds?

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Because it is not windows? EVE is a moving target. Daily updates. Daily possibility to break stuff. Then someone needs to figure out how to get it running again. In this case it can be done by reconfiguring vkd3d-proton. Or to go to DirectX11 like if you have the same problem on windows.

If you are uncomfortable with the term workaround, it is just an option to be set to prevent the crash introduced by CCPs new upgraded GPU pipeline. If you experience the crash, then use it. If not, then great. Newer vkd3d-proton might not crash. Haven’t tested it.

Don’t expect a forever problem free experience on linux. But these days you are not getting a problem free experience on windows either… :slight_smile: