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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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[-] jawa21@startrek.website 4 points 10 months ago

Here's the issue. I don't play P99 and don't want to. I play on live servers.

[-] Speculater@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

This guy got it running on his Steam Deck in 2022, I imagine many of the steps are similar in Linux.

https://www.redguides.com/community/threads/everquest-on-a-steam-deck.84190/

[-] jawa21@startrek.website 2 points 10 months ago

This is helpful, but that's Debian based and I'm on Fedora. There will be... complications.

[-] M500@lemmy.ml 4 points 10 months ago

What complications will there be? I just read through the guide and don’t see anything that should cause a problem.

[-] jawa21@startrek.website 6 points 10 months ago

You are right. I am just frustrated and need to take a break and read it tomorrow.

[-] breakcore@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 10 months ago

Minor correction, Steam Deck is arch based.

The only thing specific to Steam Deck in the guide is the Discover Store. This "app store" is actually a part of KDE, which is the desktop Steam Deck uses, when one switches to desktop mode.

The Discover Store is a way to install flatpaks, which are a universal application format that runs on all linux distributions.

On Febora flatpaks should be enabled by default. You might have to enable the flathub repository, which is the main hub for finding and installing applications.

Read more here : https://www.flatpak.org/setup/Fedora

The application "protontricks" which the guide uses to set up the game, can be found here : https://flathub.org/en-GB/apps/com.github.Matoking.protontricks

The guide might be a bit long, but only because it is rather verbose.

Take a read through, it might solve your problem. Go ahead when you have read it through, I am sure you can do it :)

[-] Speculater@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Ah, I see. Then best of luck getting it running!

[-] jawa21@startrek.website 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Reply to your edit. Please let me know of the game will work correctly after the initial run. That is the whole issue. Works great... once

this post was submitted on 04 Feb 2024
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