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How to install and run SWTOR on a Linux machine through wine
Welcome to this guide on how to install and run Star Wars: The OldRepublic on a Linux distribution. This guide is written for Ubuntu, butit should be easy enough to adapt the instructions for your distributionif you know the proper commands.
Contents
- Installation
- Running SWTOR
Installation
The istallation of SWTOR on a Linux system is a bit more complicatedthan just opening an executable installer, but not by too much. Justfollow these steps and you should be up and running in no-time!
Before you start
Before you get started on installing SWTOR, please note the following:
- SWTOR runs very badly on an nVidia GPU when using the standard
nouveau
drivers. To install thenvidia
drivers, simply installthem in the Ubuntu driver settings. There are plently of guides onlineexplaining in more detail. - Wine bottles cannot be installed on a Fuse file-system, and it is notpossible to use the copy of SWTOR located on a Windows-partition ifyou are using a dual-boot.
- It is not required to download the whole SWTOR game data again. Ifyou already have a copy (even if on a Fuse file-system), check theTips.
- Official game discs will not work for installation anymore.
Installing Wine
First you need to install
wine
, a compatibility layer between Windowsapplications and Linux. The default version of wine
is not quitesuitable if you want a high level of performance though. For that,wine-staging
is required. wine-staging
contains more features thanthe stable release of wine
, but it might not work with all programs.If you are already using other Wine Bottles1.For Ubuntu, the installation of
wine-staging
is given below. For otherdistributions, please consult the official instructions.Setting up a Bottle
It is possible to use the default Wine installation directory (
~/.wine
) toinstall SWTOR, but personally I prefer to put it in a different directory,because it is such a huge installation. First, choose a directory that suitsyour needs. Consider if you want to put the game on your main drive, or ona separate drive. As said [before](#before you start), Fuse file-systems willnot work!For this guide, I will use the location
~/Bottles/SWTOR
. Remember to replacethat path with the location of your choosing if you want to use a differentdirectory.![Swtor download stuck at -100% Swtor download stuck at -100%](/uploads/1/2/6/0/126050391/797099371.jpg)
First, create the directory, and then run
winecfg
to set it up as Bottle.While the Wine Configuration Utility is still open, got to the tab Stagingand make sure to select
Enable_CSMT
. This will improve the multi-threadingof the Windows-API-translation and can improve performance significantly.In the Applications tab, make sure that the Windows version is set toWindows 7.SWTOR setup
Now that you have correctly setup your Bottle, you are ready to install SWTORinto it. First, download the official game installer from here.If you changed your downloads-folder, then make sure to change the path to theinstaller file appropriately in the commands below.Now run the setup file and install SWTOR with these commands:
Now follow the installer instructions. Do not change the default installationdirectory to another folder. Make sure to immediately startSWTOR after the installation is complete by not unchecking the checkbox.Upon first run, SWTOR will create an important file named
launcher.settings
in its installation directory. Do not log in and close the launcherafter is done starting.Removing BitRaider
Use a text editor to open the following file:
WINE_BOTTLE_PATH/drive_c/ Program Files/Electronic Arts/Bioware/Star Wars - The Old Republic/launcher.settings
.Now change the following values, and pay attention to the quotes:Running SWTOR
Starting SWTOR from your Bottle is a bit more complicated than it may seem.Wine will probably create a program entry during the installation, but ifyou use this, your performance might be lower than if you use the methoddescribed here.
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Script
By using a special script, is is possible to start SWTOR with options thatlower the performance impact of using Wine to run SWTOR. Put the scriptbelow in a folder that you find convenient. I have put it in
~/Bottles
,so I have a central place to start Wine programs from.Open your favourite text editor (nano SWTOR.sh
) and save the script as SWTOR.sh
.Then make the script executable by using:
Now you can use
./SWTOR.sh
to open SWTOR. Or, if you would rathernot change directory each time before starting use:![Download swtor for xbox one Download swtor for xbox one](/uploads/1/2/6/0/126050391/668122701.jpg)
Desktop Entry
Now that you have a special script to start SWTOR, it would be niceif you could start it from the normal Ubuntu menu by typing
SWTOR
,right? Adding this functionality is really easy. Note that this sectionis meant to be used on distributions with the GNOME desktop environment(Ubuntu 17.10 and later).Create a new file in your favourite text editor:
/usr/share/applications/SWTOR.desktop
,and add the following contents:After closing and saving, when you search for
Star Wars - The Old Republic
,an entry without an icon should come up. This is the entry that will runthe special start-up script.Tips
- Remove BitRaider as described. Seriously, spare yourself loads ofwasted time and system resources.
- If you would like to record the SWTOR sound separately, it is possibleto redirect the sound to a sound sink under Ubuntu (or another distrousing
pulseaudio
). First, create a virtual audio cable using thiscommand:This will create a new audio output device namedVirtual_Cable
thatcan be selected in the Audio tab ofwinecfg
. Then you can selectthe automatically created monitor of this device as audio source inthe recording software of your choosing.If you do not hear anything anymore after running this command,simply go into the Ubuntu sound settings and select your speakersas default output again.To make the setup permament use:If you would also like to hear the sound of the game through the speakers(which I can imagine you do), then you also need to add a loopback of themonitor to your default audio device (speakers):Again, to make it permanent:
Definitions
- A Wine Bottle is a folder that contains a separate Wine-configurationfor (usually) a single program.