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How To Use Lutris To Play Windows Games On

Linux (Quick Start Guide)
 Logix  Updated on September 3, 2019  apps, dxvk, games, how-to, lutris, wine

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Install Lutris and its requirements for playing Windows-only

games on Linux

The first thing you need to do is install Lutris - see its official installation page for
exact instructions.

If you plan on installing games that use Direct3D 10 or 11, you'll need to install some extra
packages. That's because for D3D11 and D3D10 games, Lutris makes use of DXVK, a
Vulkan-based compatibility layer.

Requirements for using DXVK with Lutris:

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Also, the radeon driver is not supported (you can check if you're using the radeon driver
using lspci -k | grep radeon ).

2. Vulkan. To be able to use DXVK, you need to install the Vulkan libraries/drivers.

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On Ubuntu or Linux Mint you can install this using:

 for AMD graphics:

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sudo apt install mesa-vulkan-drivers mesa-vulkan-drivers:i386

 for Nvidia graphics:

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sudo apt install libvulkan1 libvulkan1:i386

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On other Linux distributions, make sure you install the Mesa Vulkan Drivers for both 32bit
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graphics.

3. Wine (not required but highly recommended).

Lutris downloads Wine binaries itself, so you don't need to install Wine separately to use
this application. But it's recommended you install Wine by using your Linux distribution's
package manager so that all Wine dependencies are installed. Without this you may run
into issues. For how to install Wine on your Linux distribution, see the WineHQ installation
page. On Ubuntu, Linux Mint or Debian 10 I recommend visiting this page instead and
following the Wine installation instructions from there.

How to install games using Lutris

To install games using Lutris 0.5.0 and newer, all you have to do is search for the
game you want to install from the Lutris right sidebar (with no game selected):

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Once you find the game, click the Install button to begin its installation:

You'll also want to read the game description, as it may contain important information like
what extra dependencies you may need to install, or any known issues that may occur
when playing this game.

Once you click Install , Lutris will now begin downloading the Wine game runner and
creating the Wine prefix. In my case, I've used Overwatch in the screenshots, so the
installer downloads Blizzard's Battlenet application and begins its installation, just like on
Microsoft Windows. After it's installed, Lutris automatically closes the Blizzard app
(Battle.net).

It's important to note that initially you may not see a newly installed game listed in

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Lutris. To get the game to show up, restart Lutris. At least that was the case for me.

In Overwatch's case, to actually install the game you'll now need to double click the
Overwatch entry in Lutris to start Battle.net, login and use Blizzard's application to install
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Configuring Lutris

The default Lutris settings are usually enough to be able to play Windows-only games on
Linux, but in some cases you may want to change some of the game runner settings.
Either because some game no longer works after an update and you want to use a
different Wine version with it, because of some important performance improvements in
some new version of Wine or DXVK, or to simply enable DXVK for a game.

How to use a different Wine version for particular games in Lutris.

To be able to use a different Wine version than the one used by a game by default, click the
gear icon next to Runners, then scroll down to Wine and click the green (Manage versions)
button next to it:

To install a particular Wine version, click the checkbox next to it. The box won't appear to
be checked immediately - the download should begin when the checkbox is first clicked

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and once the download completes, the box next to that Wine version will appear as
checked:

After that particular Wine version is downloaded, right click a game in Lutris and select
Configure , then click on the Runner options tab, and change the Wine version from
there:
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How to manage DXVK versions with Lutris.

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To use a particular DXVK version with a game in Lutris, right click the game and select
Configure , then click on the Runner options tab. Check the Show advanced
options box at the bottom of the window, and you should see a new DXVK version

field. Make sure the Enable DXVK option is ON.

Select the DXVK version you want to use from the DXVK version drop-down.

Lutris will automatically download and use the DXVK version you select here for that game.
The latest Lutris 0.4.19 (and newer) automatically detects the available DXVK versions by
checking its GitHub page so you should have all the DXVK versions listed in Lutris. But you
can also enter the DXVK version manually and Lutris will automatically download and use
that version (if it exists of course).

How to set environment variables with Lutris.

For some games you may need to add or modify environment variables. For example, the
Overwatch Lutris installer description says to set PBA_DISABLE=1 - this needs to be done
in the Lutris game environment variables section.

To add or modify environment variables in Lutris, right click a game and select
Configure , then switch to the System options tab, scroll down and you'll find the

Environment variables section:

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Modify or add environment variables here.

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