Wils Edison’s Way: LotRO on Linux without the stress

This guide is for those of you who want to get maximum performance out of older hardware (like the Samsung NP370R5E) by using "Naked Wine"

1. Preparing the system
   Open the terminal and prepare the machine for 32-bit architecture (required for LotRO) and install Wine
   - sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386
   - sudo apt update && sudo apt install wine-stable

2. Find your graphic IDs
   To force the game onto the Radeon card, we need to know which one it is:
   - Run vulkaninfo --summary and look for the "Vendor ID" and "Device ID" for your dedicated card.

3. Setting up the Edison script
   Create a file called lotro.sh paste the following to enable FSR and the correct GPU:

Bash
#!/bin/bash
export DRI_PRIME=1
export MESA_VK_DEVICE_SELECT=1002:6660 # Replace with your ID
export WINE_FULLSCREEN_FSR=1
wine-stable LotroLauncher.exe

- Make the file executable: chmod +x lotro.sh

1. In-game optimization
   - FPS lock:Set Max FPS to 40 to keep the temperature at 66-67°C.
   - The store: Check off for "External Store" so that it opens in Firefox.

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Hi,

I recently switched from Windows 11 to CachyOS (GNOME) and I'm struggling with performance consistency in The Witcher 3 (Next-Gen). While the game runs smoothly in CPU-heavy areas (Novigrad/Oxenfurt), I’m experiencing significant performance hits in GPU-bound scenarios like forests. (I'm playing on DX11 version with DXVK, bcs DX12 sucks even in windows)

What im using:

• Windows 11: Consistent 144 FPS (capped, capable of ~200 FPS).
• CachyOS: Drops below 90 FPS in dense forest areas.

My Specs:

• CPU: Ryzen 7 7800X3D
• GPU: Radeon RX 9070XT
• RAM: 32GB DDR5 6000MHz CL30
• Drivers: Mesa 25.3.2-arch1.2
• Kernel/Scheduler: scx_lavd

What I've tried so far:

• Runners: Proton Experimental, Proton-GE.
• Environment Variables: PROTON_USE_WAYLAND=1, PROTON_USE_NTSYNC=1.
• Sync methods: Tested with fsync, esync, and ntsync.
• Display: Tested on both native Wayland and XWayland.

Despite these tweaks, the GPU utilization in forests seems to result in much lower performance compared to Windows, while CPU-heavy cities perform as expected.

Is there anything specific to the RX 9070XT or Mesa 25.3 that I should look into? Or perhaps some additional RADV / vulkan environment variables that could help with performance overhead in DX12-to-Vulkan translation?

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Denne guiden er for deg som vil kjøre LOTRO uten Steam eller Lutris, med full kontroll over maskinvaren.

1. Fundamentet: Klargjør skrivebordet (Desktop først!)​

Før du i det hele tatt rører spillet, må Linux-systemet ditt settes opp riktig. Husk: Hvis det ikke virker på skrivebordet, er det ingen vits i å feilsøke inne i et spill.

• Installer Wine-Stable: Åpne terminalen og installer en ren versjon av Wine. Dette er "motoren" som kjører spillet direkte.
• Sett opp mus/trackball: Hvis du bruker Kensington SlimBlade Pro eller lignende, legg inn konfigurasjonen med en gang for korrekt rulling: xinput set-button-map "Kensington SlimBlade Pro Trackball" 1 3 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
• Grafikk-kontroll: Opprett dine egne aliaser som grafikk-på og sjekk-grafikk for å ha full kontroll over status på grafikkortet før start.

2. Installasjon av LOTRO​

1. Last ned den offisielle installasjonsfila (LotroLive.exe) fra lotro.com.
2. Opprett en egen mappe (Prefix) i hjemmemappa di, for eksempel ~/Spill/lotro_prefix.
3. Kjør installasjonen med kommandoen: WINEPREFIX=$HOME/Spill/lotro_prefix wine LotroLive.exe.
4. VIKTIG: Når installasjonen er ferdig, ikke start spillet fra installasjonsprogrammet.

3. Opprett "Edison-scriptet" (Din start-snarvei)​

Lag en fil som heter lotro-start.sh på skrivebordet. Dette scriptet er nøkkelen til ytelsen din. Lim inn følgende:

Bash

!/bin/bash Aktiver FSR og DXVK for maksimal flyt

export DXVK_HUD=compiler,fps
export WINE_FULLSCREEN_FSR=1
export WINE_FULLSCREEN_FSR_STRENGTH=2 , eller 1 enda mer detaljer i FSR oppskaleringa!

Start spillet fra riktig mappe

export WINEPREFIX=$HOME/Spill/lotro_prefix
cd "/sti/til/din/installasjon/The Lord of the Rings Online/"
wine-stable LotroLauncher.exe

4. Grafikk-revolusjonen: FSR og 40 FPS-låsen​

For å få "wow-fart" og lav temperatur på maskinvare som Intel 620, følg disse innstillingene inne i spillet:

• Screen Mode: Full Screen.
• Full Screen Resolution: Sett denne til skjermens faktiske oppløsning (f.eks. 2560x1440).
• Windowed Resolution: Sett denne til 1024x768 (Kvalitet) eller 800x600 (Ytelse). FSR vil nå magisk skalere dette opp til fullskjerm.
• FPS-lås: Sett Max FPS til 40. Dette holder temperaturen nede (ofte under 70°C) og fjerner hakking.

5. Butikken (The Store)​

Ved å bruke wine-stable i stedet for Proton, vil spillet sende forespørsler om butikken direkte til din standard nettleser (Chrome/Firefox) på desktopen. Dette fjerner alle krasj knyttet til den innebygde butikken.

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Question in text really. Everyone I know who does use Linux has Engineer Brain and enjoys problem solving and doing lots of manual fiddling with their OS. As someone who just wants to be able to plug in and play and not faff around with technical installation issues, is Linux gaming at a point where a computer casual can get on it? If so, what would be the OS and software to look at?

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I downloaded Heroic Games Launcher on my Chromebook through Linux (Debian) and when I click on the icon it doesn't do anything, what can i do to fix this?

I looked it up and it said to just type Heroic into Terminal and this is the results I got from doing that:

-bash: Heroic: command not found

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I'm going to switch to Linux because fuck windows 11, I never used linux so I asked and I've been recommended by many friends and youtubers to use bazzite/cachyos and I have no idea what to choose I just want my game to perform same or better than windows and do web development/video editing (it's like 20% of my time the other 80% is just gaming) what do you guys recommend?

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Hols chicos, bueno el caso es que jugamos al amigo invisible y me tocó una chica que es retrogamer, usa linux y le gusta todo eso. No tiene consolas. ¿Que podría regalarle? No la conozco mucho la verdad, asique no se me ocurre que puedo darle. Agradecería si me dan sus ideas.

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Suddenly I can't launch the game. it only launches the ea app and doesn't let me launch the game. Any workaround you found for NFS Unbound or any other EA game? How do you launch it (Proton/Wine version or steam, launch options)?

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