I found a solution that allowed the Friends portion of EA App to function correctly and allow group play with friends (I tested using STAR WARS Battlefront II.)

 

First you need to get GE-Proton, which is an even more customized build of Proton (Valve's fork of Wine used by Steam on Linux.)

You can get it from: https://github.com/GloriousEggroll/proton-ge-custom/releases/

As of this writing (2025-03-18) the current release is: https://github.com/GloriousEggroll/proton-ge-custom/releases/download/GE-Proton9-26/GE-Proton9-26.tar.gz

Once it is downloaded, install it using this command: tar -xf GE-Proton9-26.tar.gz -C ~/.steam/root/compatibilitytools.d/

 

When that finishes, restart Stream.

 

For each EA game you want to use with the EA app:

• Go to your game Library in Steam and go to Properties, and the Compatibility section.

• Make sure "Force the use of a specific Steam Play compatibility tool" is checked, and then select "GE-Proton<VERSION>" from the list right below it. As of the time of writing, it will read "GE-Proton9-26"

• Start the game and the immediately close it. The reason for this is so the proton prefix get created first.

• Next winecfg needs to be run by way of a tool known as protontricks. If you don't yet have it, you can install it using the instructions at: https://github.com/Matoking/protontricks

• This is accomplished running protontricks <app-id> winecfg, where <app-id> is the numerical number for a game you see when you run either protontricks -l or protontricks -s <part-of-game-name>. For me, using STAR WARS Battlefront II, the appid is 1237950 and so I needed to run protontricks 1237950 winecfg

• Once winecfg is open, go to the "Staging" tab and check the box next for "Hide wine version from applications", then Apply and close the window.

 

Finally, run the game from your Steam library and enjoy.

 

NOTE:

I believe this procedure should be adaptable to running a game with Proton-GE directly if it was bought it outside of Steam (like directly in the EA App.)

It should be as simple as setting all the right environment variables, after unpacking Proton-GE somewhere, and running it in typical wine fashion:

WINE=/path/to/GE-Proton<VERSION>/bin/wine \ WINEDLLPATH=/path/to/GE-Proton<VERSION>/files/lib64/wine:/path/to/GE-Proton<VERSION>/files/lib/wine \ WINESERVER=/path/to/GE-Proton<VERSION>/bin/wineserver \ WINELOADER=/path/to/GE-Proton<VERSION>/bin/wine \ WINEPREFIX=/path/to/game-prefix \ /path/to/GE-Proton<VERSION>/bin/wine 'Z:/path/to/game/program.exe' submitted by /u/gordon-fish
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Proton log - https://pastebin.com/HPQ0rXkw

Reshade log - https://pastebin.com/2Db61rNi

I used https://github.com/kevinlekiller/reshade-steam-proton to install reshade, as my manual install methods for later directx games wasnt working properly for directx9 ones. I've noticed that reshade causes ctd's on dx9 games twice, in lego star wars complete saga and now in the game prototype. I'm not sure how to intreprit what the log is putting out, or if it's any useful info at all.

I'm on amd on garuda linux, i can provide more info if needed.

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System info

OS: ArcoLinux x86_64

Kernel: 6.12.17-1-lts

Resolution: 1366x768

WM: Xmonad

CPU: Intel Pentium G4560 (4) @ 3.500GHz

GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050

Steam info

Proton: GE-Proton9-26
Launch options: WINE_FULLSCREEN_FSR_CUSTOM_MODE=960x540 mangohud %command%

Issue

Tried using FSR with didn't notice any improvement in FPS while playing Elden ring, am I doing something wrong?
I've tried using WINE_FULLSCREEN_FSR_MODE=performance mangohud %command% as well but didn't notice anything either.

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i already posted this in a linux discord so imma just paste what i said there

error shown in screenshot, it was previously working fine but at some point it randomly stopped working and every time i try to record or turn on instant replay it shows this and automatically stops recording / turns instant replay off. the error message for when i try to record is slightly different and is in the second ss, but it seems to generally be caused by the same thing. I havent changed any settings since it was working besides the merge audio tracks settings, and i dont see how that could break it. any help is appreciated.

the error i get when i try to turn on instant replay

the error i get when i try to start a recording

i posted this 2 days ago and so far i havent gotten any help

im running linux mint cinnamon 22.1 and have the gpu screen recorder app downloaded via flathub

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I've been having this issue for several months now, and I have no idea what caused it. Most games run just fine on Proton, but the moment I try to launch anything without Proton, even something like CS2 or HL1, the game never starts at all. I also tried this with X-Plane 12, which I just got today, and while it fails to open via Steam, it launches just fine when I open it manually from the terminal (at least until it screams at me that I need to launch it through Steam).

I'm on Arch Linux with KDE, running a Ryzen 7 5700X3D and a Radeon 7700XT. This happens with both the Steam runtime and the native runtime. There's no error message, and the output from the Steam console is truncated, so I can't even rely on that. The Arch wiki was no help either, and I don't appear to be missing any libraries. Is there any way I can actually debug this?

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Hello, I have Linux Ubuntu and I have tried installing epic games in Lutris and Heroic games, on the part of Lutris it does not open epic games and on the part of Heroic games it does open and I can install my games but when playing Payday2 it appears as a new account without any progress and the reality is that I already have an advanced account, I do not know how I can synchronize the game from the cloud, if someone can help me I would appreciate it very much, thank you

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I've used to think that if i had to play games on Linux, i had to choose a distro that was entirely gaming-focused with a lot of optimizations and modifications, and thought that was a mandatory thing to do in this aspect.

Now that i am using Arch Linux and installing my own stuff with my own pace and learning how the system works, i do not have as many instability issues and conflicts as i had with Nobara Linux previously, and i finally understood that if you have any Linux distro with the mainline kernel that is updated enough for gaming purposes, and just works for you on everything else, that's all you need. So i am here making this post based on my own experiences, just in case people had similar thoughts like me.

If you wanna tinker up your system, try different environments, get a less bloated experience, everything that should fit better in your own personal view, there is not even a single issue if you might need to drop off your favorite gaming distro, at least if you know what are you doing. For people that just wants to sit down and play games without thinking about anything else, just keep it as you like.

But i seriously do recommend trying different and/or minimal distros in case you wanna learn how the Linux environment works and make your daily work on it more comfortable to you. Building your own desktop experience gets a bigger reward and knowledge to you with less risks: way less instability issues, it is easier to know what is causing certain problems to you, less package conflicts, and less things to deal with in general.

Not saying that all gaming-focused distros are worse in general, they are great for NVIDIA users that might have to add workarounds for a lot of things they wanna do (i know how it feels), people that are generally newbies in the Linux environment, or even handheld users. But it comes with a risk and you will get more issues to deal with if you don't know what are you doing with your system, so i'd highly recommend just checking how it works.

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Been using Linux for gaming for a week or so and not having VRR working is my biggest complaint. I miss how smooth it looked on Windows.

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I've been using Arch Linux for about a month now, and I can’t praise the experience enough. Before switching, I was a long-time LOL addict (S3-S10) and also enjoyed playing Battlefield games—neither of which work on Linux. However, I have around 100 games on Steam, and surprisingly, I had only completed a few of them before.

Moving to Linux has completely changed how I experience gaming. Instead of mindlessly sinking hours into LOL, I now enjoy single-player games in a much more meaningful way. It feels great to actually pause a game instead of being locked into endless matches.

I won’t say I’m fully cured of my LOL addiction just yet, but switching to Linux seems to be a big step in the right direction. Right now, I’m happy with my decision, and I honestly don’t see myself going back.

For anyone thinking about making the switch—give it a shot! You might end up not just with a better OS, but also a healthier gaming mindset.

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Linux guys be like :

Hell yea guys im a arch user and have no problem playing games on linux.... Linux gaming is so fun

Meanwhile their rig is 64 gb of ram High end amd gpu Gen 12 intel i7

Ofc you have no performance issues I really want to see those guys say the same when they play the games on a a mid to low end hardware

Playing games on linux with is low to mid tier hardware in this days is impossible While the same game on windows runs much better

Why im talking about this ? Because i spend my whole day installing arch and set up all requirements for gaming and then games that would play normally under windows play like hot garbage on linux

Please stop guys i love you and have nothing against your taste in open source but please stop saying linux is so optimized for gaming its not

(Oh boy i can't wait for people to start typing a whole book to prove me weong)

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Hi, I upgraded to the Death Stranding directors cut on my steam deck recently but it will not load to the menu screen. I've tried multiple different proton/protonGE and still no luck, even re-downloading original version which works fine but DC still not loading up. Is the best bet just waiting for a new protonGE to be released?

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Hi hoping for some help. I’m running Debian 11 that came with Atari vcs. I’m a windows guy so really struggling with Debian but I’m trying to learn. Got retroarch running well and dolphin. But I just got a sinden light gun and really hoping to get it working. I downloaded the software from sinden website and have that in my download folder. Made it executable . But it won’t run when I double click it. Just opens up like a note pad text editor. Any advice? Looks like they are sh type files.

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Just trying to find the communities favorite Internet Download Managers to speed up downloads.

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It seems that kernel level anti cheat is becomimg mainstream and none of them have support with Linux. I know it might be difficult with the variety of distros that exist but maybe if a standard is followed then it could be possible? I'd love to play League or Fortnite in Linux OOTB without any problems just like how I do it with Bayonetta

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Is it just me or is FragPunk a GPU friendly game in general? I'm running a Ryzen 3600, 32gb of budget ram, a used RX 580 8gb all smashed into a budget mobo with the cheapest Nvme I could find. (I didn't break $300 on this whole budget build).

I'm getting 120+ fps on epic/ultra settings at 1080 running Arch. I'm using the latest ProtonGE compatibility. I didn't think this cheap little potato could hang with any newer release games.

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I try the command gamemoded -t ans have no error but when i lauch a game mangohud show me gamemode OFF. Anyone has an idea ? (I have try different game and it's the same)

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