Linux Support - Limited

Before you start

• Bazzite is up to date and you’re on the desktop (on a handheld or in Game Mode, switch to Desktop Mode first).
• About 150 GB free on a Linux-formatted drive (ext4 or btrfs, which is what Bazzite uses). Not an NTFS drive shared with Windows, and ideally an SSD, not a hard drive.
• Your RSI account login, and your Bazzite password: the Helper asks for it when it changes system settings.

Download the LUG Helper AppImage

Open the latest LUG Helper release and download the .appimage file (for v4.17 it’s lug-helper-v4.17.appimage). Use the AppImage rather than the .tar.gz: it carries everything it needs, which is what you want on Bazzite, where the base system is read-only.

Let it run, then open it

File manager: right-click the file, choose Properties, and turn on the option that lets it run as a program (in Dolphin, Bazzite’s KDE file manager, it’s Permissions › Is executable). Then double-click it.

Or in a terminal (Konsole on KDE), with the file in Downloads:

cd ~/Downloads
chmod +x lug-helper-v4.17.appimage
./lug-helper-v4.17.appimage

Want it in your app menu? Bazzite comes with Gear Lever for managing AppImages: drop the file into Gear Lever and it adds a launcher.

Run the Preflight Check

In the main menu choose Preflight Check (System Optimization). It checks that vm.max_map_count is at least 1048576 and the open-files limit at least 524288; Star Citizen needs both higher than most distros ship. If anything fails it asks “Would you like these configuration issues to be fixed for you?” Say yes and enter your password, then run it again until it reports your system is optimized.

Install Star Citizen Launcher

Back in the main menu choose Install Star Citizen Launcher, then:

• It points you at the LUG Quick Start Guide and asks if you’re ready: continue.
• “Would you like to use the default install path? ~/Games/star-citizen” Say yes unless you want another Linux drive (then say no and pick the folder; it warns you if you pick NTFS).
• It downloads the LUG Wine runner, builds the Wine prefix (the folder that acts as the game’s C: drive) and installs the RSI Launcher. Leave it alone until it says “Installation has finished”.

Install the game in the RSI Launcher

Start RSI Launcher from your app menu (or run ~/Games/star-citizen/sc-launch.sh). Log in and click Install. The launcher offers C:\Program Files\Roberts Space Industries: don’t change it. On Linux that folder is ~/Games/star-citizen/drive_c/Program Files/Roberts Space Industries. The game download is large, so this is the long wait.

Finish with the LUG’s after-install list

Launch the game once to make sure it starts, then work through the after-install section of the LUG’s Quick-Start Guide: zram (memory compression), Wayland cursor fixes, Nvidia frame drops and non-US keyboards. Bazzite has Nvidia images with the driver built in. Stuck on an error? Maintenance and Troubleshooting › Show logs gives the LUG what it needs to help you.

Now set up your controller

Pick your controller below. Each page goes from plugging it in to flying: making sure Linux and Wine see it, installing our profile with one command, and checking it in the game.