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# Star Citizen

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Note Star Citizen is still in active development and therefore currently in the alpha state. Any information in this article may be outdated after a game update.

Star Citizen is a crowdfunded MMO first person space flight simulator, developed by Cloud Imperium Games. The game does not natively support Linux, but there have been promises for a native version.

## Installation

Star Citizen can be installed using the community developed lug-helperAUR, which runs the game under a custom, Star Citizen tuned Wine runner.

### Alternatives

There are some alternative ways to install the game without using the LUG Helper:

Note "Frequently successful" rates if the install has a predictable success rate. Third party launchers are by default considered as "unstable".

Installation | Frequently successful | Managed by LUG
--- | --- | ---
Flatpack | Yes | Yes
Proton | Yes | No
Lutris | No | No
Heroic | No | No
Bottles | No | No
Fagus | No | No

## Usage

    $ lug-helper [ -options ]

The lug helper comes with both a graphical and terminal interface. By default, it will start with the graphical interface, prompting the user with a zenity selection menu.

The terminal based mode can be forced using the `--no-gui` or `-g` option. For a list of all available command-line options run:

    $ lug-helper --help

### Game installation

To install the game either select the corresponding options in the graphical interface or run:

    $ lug-helper --no-gui -i

### Post-installation

After installing the game, there are still some recommended options to modify:

- Non-US keyboard layout configuration
- Wayland issue workarounds
- NVIDIA

### Troubleshooting

Because Star Citizen does not have native Linux support, there are a number of issues that can arise during the installation or while running the game.

For any sort of issue with the LUG Helper or the game in general, refer to the corresponding section on the LUG Wiki

## Configuration

There are some ways to customize how the game is being run, as well as options to configure in-game behavior.

### Alternative wine runners

Although the standard LUG Wine Runner is preferred by most users, there may still be some who want to try out other runners. This is a small list of runners recommended by the LUG Wiki:

- RawFox
- Mactan

### Modifying launch script

The installation using the LUG Helper creates a Star Citizen launch scripts which can be easily modified by the user. An upstream version of this script can be found on the LUG Helper GitHub Page.

An example of this may be the addition of environment variables to active certain features, e.g. performance profilers:

    export DXVK_HUD=fps,compiler
    export MANGOHUD=1

### User configuration

Star Citizen supports user configuration files, which can specify graphics options, show debug displays and more.

To make use of this feature, create a file called `USER.cfg` in the Star Citizen LIVE directory. When using wine, this directory is commonly located under: `./drive_c/Program Files/Roberts Space Industries/StarCitizen/LIVE`. This also applies for custom installation directory names and alternative game version installations.

For available console commands, see the Console Commands page on the unofficial Star Citizen Wiki.

## See also

- The LUG Wiki
- The LUG GitHub Organization

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