HorizonXI Linux Installer

Welcome to the Unofficial HorizonXI Linux Installer

How to Install

Download the latest HorizonXI Linux Installer here

Once downloaded, you need to mark it as executable. Open a terminal and run the following command:

chmod +x Downloads/horizonxi-installer

Finally, you can run the installer from the terminal as well:

./Downloads/horizonxi-installer

Once it is done installing, you can run the game from the terminal with the following command:

$HOME/HorizonXI/horizonxi

Provide your own data file

Optionally, if you already have HorizonXI.zip downloaded via a different method, you can supply it as an argument to the installer so that you do not need to download it again:

./horizonxi-installer -d /path/to/HorizonXI.zip

Troubleshooting

If you run into a problem while installing, you can try removing the install directory and running the installer again:

rm -rf $HOME/HorizonXI

Then:

./Downloads/horizonxi-installer

Installer Details

I thought it might be helpful to explain exactly what the installer is doing so that steps can be replicated by hand if necessary.

1. Download HorizonXI

The HorizonXI data files (HorizonXI.zip) are downlaoded via bittorrent. This is the current magnet link:

https://github.com/sheik/horizonxi-linux/blob/4c455018030d6bffe6f7cc7db273355616ffa8f7/cmd/horizonxi-installer/main.go#L30-L32

2. Verify Files

After download (or if files are supplied by user), the data files are run through an integrity check using SHA256.

Step 3. Unzip HorizonXI.zip into the install directory (default is ~/HorizonXI)

Step 4. Install wine-ge-custom

wine-ge-custom is a version of wine that is built from the most recent bleeding-edge proton experimental wine repo.

Step 5. Install D8VK (Direct3D 8 -> Vulkan)

D8VK is a translation layer that translates Direct3D API calls to Vulkan API calls.

This will allow HorizonXI to run better on Linux.

Step 6. Patch HorizonXI bootloader to support large address spaces

https://github.com/sheik/horizonxi-linux/blob/4c455018030d6bffe6f7cc7db273355616ffa8f7/cmd/horizonxi-installer/main.go#L264

This will prevent blackscreens when zoning in-game.

Step 8. Enable 60 FPS by default

This sets the FPS divisor to 1, which allows a max of 60FPS by default instead of 30FPS.

Step 9. Install launcher script