Fix for Scrivener's DPI Problem

The newest Lutris version makes Scrivener launch in 96 DPI, which is unreadable on a modern monitor.

To fix this, go to Wine in the left-menu (not within your Scrivener installation):

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Then, toggle “advanced”

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Finally, adjust the DPI to taste. I found 240 works on a 1920x1080 monitor:

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Issues that remain:

  • fixing the path to the Documents directory
  • removing the ugly-ass blue Windows banner at the top

The newest Lutris version makes Scrivener launch in 96 DPI, which is unreadable on a modern monitor.

It’s not Lutris but Wine that use 96 dpi by default and it is a normal behavior.
Effectively you can change dpi in Lutris interface.

What do you mean by:

fixing the path to the Documents directory

and

removing the ugly-ass blue Windows banner at the top

?

You used to be able to adjust the DPI via WineTricks inside the Scrivener installation. That no longer saves correctly (ie, no matter how many times I adjust the slider in “Graphics,” it stays at 96). This fix adjusts the Wine preferences in the Lutris menu and is presumably a global change. I suspect most Scrivener users of Lutris won’t care since it’s the only thing we use it for.

  • Path Issue

After the upgrade, my Scrivener instance couldn’t find the directory or the files I’ve been using for a year. To locate them now, I had to comb through several virtual directories until I found it under "S:" as well as "X:"

  • Windows Bar

Scrivener now has a blue Windows 3-style bar at the top. It takes up space unnecessarily and also is ugly IMO.

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After the upgrade, my Scrivener instance couldn’t find the directory or the files I’ve been using for a year. To locate them now, I had to comb through several virtual directories until I found it under “S:” as well as “X:”

Proton no more saves user files in your HOME user folder.
Workaround: move your saves files from your HOME user folder to your wineprefix, in same location (documents?).

That’s workable.