Using Proton 5.9 GE-8-ST gives double the framerate of the default installation runner lutris-5.7-10. Although It doesn’t open the launcher it will open the game. This is an issue with Proton 5.9 GE-8-ST and not Lutris.
The workaround I use is to manually create a launcher for the Launcher that uses the runner Lutris-5.7-10. The actual game launcher is using the runner Proton 5.9 GE-8-ST downloaded manually from github.
I think it’s worth all the hassle for the near native performance I’m getting in PVE and PVP areas. 2020 sucked overall but Linux/Lutris has made things a little better.
Here is are my notes.
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The Game
- cd ~/
- wget https://github.com/GloriousEggroll/proton-ge-custom/releases/download/5.9-GE-8-ST/Proton-5.9-GE-8-ST.tar.gz -O - | tar -xz
- mkdir -p .var/app/com.valvesoftware.Steam/data/Steam/compatibilitytools.d/
- ln -s ~/Proton-5.9-GE-8-ST/ .var/app/com.valvesoftware.Steam/data/Steam/compatibilitytools.d/Proton-5.9-GE-8-ST
- Open Lutris
- Install The Elderscrolls Online (ESO)
- Select the new launcher and configure it
- Click the “Runner options” tab
- Switch the runner to Proton-5.9-GE-8-ST
- Select the “Game options” tab and copy the paths to an editor.
- Click the “Browse” button on the “Executable” field
- Navigate to the actual game executable
- For instances: “/ESO/drive_c/Program Files (x86)/Zenimax Online/The Elder Scrolls Online/game/client/eso64.exe”
The Launcher
- From the top-left, click the + (plus) and select “Add Game”
- For “Game info” Name type “ESO Launcher”
- For “Runner” select “Wine …”
- Select the “Game options” tab
- Click the “Browse button” and navigate to the “Bethesda.net_Launcher.exe”
- For example: /ESO/drive_c/Program Files (x86)/Zenimax Online/Launcher/Bethesda.net_Launcher.exe
- For “Wine prefix” this will be the same as the normal installed launcher.