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=== General ===

For the Steam and Lutris setup on this page ~~assumes~~ Linux Mint 22.2. Everything might be a bit different in your specific ~~distro~~, but the ~~setups~~ are always very similiar. ~~You can easily~~ play EVE on Steam. Lutris is a bit more work but doable.<br~~>Note: By default not all game files are downloaded and the client can download when it does not have the file/part.~~

For the Steam and Lutris setup shown on this page we assume Linux Mint 22.2, but every (?) distro will work. Everything might be a bit different in your specific setup, but the steps are always very similiar. In our experience the easiest is to play EVE Online on Steam. Lutris is a bit more work but doable. Multiboxing (running multiple clients) also works great.

The launcher can download all files en cache them, update when needed and removes parts when no longer needed. This behaviour can be changed in the launcher and we recommend to do so in order to prevent any lag due to loading.

=== Steam ===

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* Right click EVE Online in steam and chose "Properties":

** in General copy the following launcher options: PROTON_NO_ESYNC=1 PROTON_NO_FSYNC=1 LD_PRELOAD= %command%

** in Compatibility check "Force the use of a specific Steam Play compability tool" and chose "Proton Experimental"

** in Compatibility check "''Force the use of a specific Steam Play compability tool''" and chose "''Proton Experimental''"

* Launch EVE Online in steam which then starts the EVE launcher

* Open the settings of the launcher (gear icon top right):

** in EVE Launcher disable hardware acceleration

** in EVE Online I suggest you chose "Download the full EVE game client"

** in EVE Online we suggest you chose "''Download the full EVE game client''" By default not all game files are downloaded and the client can download when it does not have the file/part. The launcher can download all files and cache them, update when needed and removes parts when no longer needed. This behaviour can be changed in the launcher and we recommend to do so in order to prevent any lag due to loading.

** in EVE Online select DirectX version "DirectX 11"

And you are all set. Easy, right?

By standard your settings will be in /home/$USER/.steam/steam/steamapps/compatadata/8500/pfx/drive_c/users/steamuser/AppData/Local/CCP/EVE/c_ccp_eve_tq_tranquility/ and can manipulated the same as in windows.

By standard your settings will be in /home/$USER/.steam/steam/steamapps/compatadata/8500/pfx/drive_c/users/steamuser/AppData/Local/CCP/EVE/c_ccp_eve_tq_tranquility/ and can manipulated the same as in windows if the ingame options are not enough or you want to copy settings.

Credit to cloroken who also made a very recent [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFVWKN2h2-Y&t=91s video guide]

In case you are encountering problems, first thing to try is switching your used proton build. You can try any version that comes with steam by selecting a different version in "Force the use of a specific Steam Play compability tool" in the properties, or you can switch eg. to the popular Proton-GE (Glorious Eggroll). In order to do so you can eg. install ProtonPlus via the software manager which lists many Proton projects in multiple versions. Downloading and installing them in ProtonPlus makes them available ~~as a selection~~ in Steam after a Steam restart.

In case you are encountering any problems, first thing to try is switching your used proton build. You can try any version that comes with steam by selecting a different version in "''Force the use of a specific Steam Play compability tool''" in the properties, or you can switch eg. to the popular Proton-GE (Glorious Eggroll). In order to do so you can eg. install ProtonPlus via the software manager which lists many Proton projects in multiple versions. Downloading and installing them in ProtonPlus makes them available in Steam after a Steam restart.

=== Lutris ===

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Download [https://launcher.ccpgames.com/eve-online/release/win32/x64/eve-online-1.9.4-full.nupkg eve-online-1.9.4-full.nupkg] - EVE Online NUPKG

One should always be careful with executables, make sure these are ~~from~~ ccp games directly. Install Lutris via your package manager, and ProtonPlus. Start Lutris briefly so ProtonPlus knows about it and then start ProtonPlus and chose Lutris in the top left corner. Chose Proton-GE-latest as version and download it. Now back to Lutris:

One should always be careful with executables, make sure these links are (still) pointing to ccp games directly. Install Lutris via your package manager, and then ProtonPlus. Start Lutris briefly so ProtonPlus knows about it and then start ProtonPlus and chose Lutris in the top left corner. Chose Proton-GE-latest as version and download it. Now back to Lutris:

Add a new game with the + sign:

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* SAVE

Now start the newly created item in Lutris and it will start the launcher asking you where to install. CLOSE THAT INSTALLATION. DO NOT PROCEED.

Now start the newly created item in Lutris and it will start the launcher asking you where to install. CLOSE THAT INSTALLATION PROCESS. DO NOT PROCEED.

Instead, after closing right click the EVE item in Lutris and chose configure.

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=== Discord Server: EVE on Linux ===

Join the growing community that plays on Linux. You can get ~~even~~ ditro specific help there easily.

Join the growing community that plays on Linux. You can get eg. ditro-specific help there easily.

https://discord.com/invite/eKMEVeC7SQ

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Behavior like lagging is reported, a solution for this behavior is to disable '''Esync''' & '''Fsync'''. In the installation steps given above we already took care of that.

* Steam: Start the launcher with the launch options

* Lutris: In the runner options disable '''Esync''' & '''Fsync'''

* Steam: Start the launcher with the launch options

PROTON_NO_ESYNC=1 PROTON_NO_FSYNC=1 LD_PRELOAD= %command%

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* ~~Lutris: In~~ the ~~runner options disable '''Esync''' & '''Fsync'''~~

* Try switching the Proton build you are currently using

* As of now (09/2025) our recommendation is that you are using DirectX11. Its being emulated and this is just very stable by now, DirectX12 not so much. But both can work and results might differ, feel free to experiment.

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 === General ===
 <!-- Is there a name for this new launcher? -->
-For the Steam and Lutris setup on this page assumes Linux Mint 22.2. Everything might be a bit different in your specific distro, but the setups are always very similiar. You can easily play EVE on Steam. Lutris is a bit more work but doable.<br><small>Note: By default not all game files are downloaded and the client can download when it does not have the file/part.
+For the Steam and Lutris setup shown on this page we assume Linux Mint 22.2, but every (?) distro will work. Everything might be a bit different in your specific setup, but the steps are always very similiar. In our experience the easiest is to play EVE Online on Steam. Lutris is a bit more work but doable. Multiboxing (running multiple clients) also works great.<br>
-The launcher can download all files en cache them, update when needed and removes parts when no longer needed. This behaviour can be changed in the launcher and we recommend to do so in order to prevent any lag due to loading.</small>
 === Steam ===
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 * Right click EVE Online in steam and chose "Properties":
 ** in General copy the following launcher options: PROTON_NO_ESYNC=1 PROTON_NO_FSYNC=1 LD_PRELOAD= %command%
-** in Compatibility check "Force the use of a specific Steam Play compability tool" and chose "Proton Experimental"
+** in Compatibility check "''Force the use of a specific Steam Play compability tool''" and chose "''Proton Experimental''"
 * Launch EVE Online in steam which then starts the EVE launcher
 * Open the settings of the launcher (gear icon top right):
 ** in EVE Launcher disable hardware acceleration
-** in EVE Online I suggest you chose "Download the full EVE game client"
+** in EVE Online we suggest you chose "''Download the full EVE game client''" <small>By default not all game files are downloaded and the client can download when it does not have the file/part.  The launcher can download all files and cache them, update when needed and removes parts when no longer needed. This behaviour can be changed in the launcher and we recommend to do so in order to prevent any lag due to loading.</small>
 ** in EVE Online select DirectX version "DirectX 11"
 And you are all set. Easy, right?
-By standard your settings will be in /home/$USER/.steam/steam/steamapps/compatadata/8500/pfx/drive_c/users/steamuser/AppData/Local/CCP/EVE/c_ccp_eve_tq_tranquility/ and can manipulated the same as in windows.
+By standard your settings will be in /home/$USER/.steam/steam/steamapps/compatadata/8500/pfx/drive_c/users/steamuser/AppData/Local/CCP/EVE/c_ccp_eve_tq_tranquility/ and can manipulated the same as in windows if the ingame options are not enough or you want to copy settings.
 Credit to cloroken who also made a very recent [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFVWKN2h2-Y&t=91s video guide]
-In case you are encountering problems, first thing to try is switching your used proton build. You can try any version that comes with steam by selecting a different version in "Force the use of a specific Steam Play compability tool" in the properties, or you can switch eg. to the popular Proton-GE (Glorious Eggroll). In order to do so you can eg. install ProtonPlus via the software manager which lists many Proton projects in multiple versions. Downloading and installing them in ProtonPlus makes them available as a selection in Steam after a Steam restart.
+In case you are encountering any problems, first thing to try is switching your used proton build. You can try any version that comes with steam by selecting a different version in "''Force the use of a specific Steam Play compability tool''" in the properties, or you can switch eg. to the popular Proton-GE (Glorious Eggroll). In order to do so you can eg. install ProtonPlus via the software manager which lists many Proton projects in multiple versions. Downloading and installing them in ProtonPlus makes them available in Steam after a Steam restart.
 === Lutris ===
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 Download [https://launcher.ccpgames.com/eve-online/release/win32/x64/eve-online-1.9.4-full.nupkg eve-online-1.9.4-full.nupkg] - EVE Online NUPKG
-One should always be careful with executables, make sure these are from ccp games directly. Install Lutris via your package manager, and ProtonPlus. Start Lutris briefly so ProtonPlus knows about it and then start ProtonPlus and chose Lutris in the top left corner. Chose Proton-GE-latest as version and download it. Now back to Lutris:
+One should always be careful with executables, make sure these links are (still) pointing to ccp games directly. Install Lutris via your package manager, and then ProtonPlus. Start Lutris briefly so ProtonPlus knows about it and then start ProtonPlus and chose Lutris in the top left corner. Chose Proton-GE-latest as version and download it. Now back to Lutris:
 Add a new game with the + sign:
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 * SAVE
-Now start the newly created item in Lutris and it will start the launcher asking you where to install. CLOSE THAT INSTALLATION. DO NOT PROCEED.
+Now start the newly created item in Lutris and it will start the launcher asking you where to install. CLOSE THAT INSTALLATION PROCESS. DO NOT PROCEED.
 Instead, after closing right click the EVE item in Lutris and chose configure.
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 === Discord Server: EVE on Linux ===
-Join the growing community that plays on Linux. You can get even ditro specific help there easily.
+Join the growing community that plays on Linux. You can get eg. ditro-specific help there easily.
 https://discord.com/invite/eKMEVeC7SQ
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 Behavior like lagging is reported, a solution for this behavior is to disable '''Esync''' & '''Fsync'''. In the installation steps given above we already took care of that.
-* Steam: Start the launcher with the launch options
+* Lutris: In the runner options disable '''Esync''' & '''Fsync'''
+* Steam: Start the launcher with the launch options
 <syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
 PROTON_NO_ESYNC=1 PROTON_NO_FSYNC=1 LD_PRELOAD= %command%
 </syntaxhighlight>
-* Lutris: In the runner options disable '''Esync''' & '''Fsync'''
+* Try switching the Proton build you are currently using
+* As of now (09/2025) our recommendation is that you are using DirectX11. Its being emulated and this is just very stable by now, DirectX12 not so much. But both can work and results might differ, feel free to experiment.
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 [[Category:Guides]]
 [[Category:Applications]]