lug-helper v3.5

Fixes & Improvements

• Updated RSI Setup version to 2.1.0
• Updated default wine runner version for non-lutris installs to 9.21
• Updated Lutris minimum required version to 0.5.18
• Removed deprecated GE runner source
• Removed wine node from Lutris json to work around issues with 0.5.18
• Added some referral codes

lug-helper v3.4

Improvements

• Redirect terminal output of non-Lutris installs to a log file. This removes the need to launch the game attached to a terminal!
• Fixed a missing 0 in the nvidia shader cache size. This sets it to the intended 10GB
• Clarified a winetricks dependency check message

lug-helper v3.3

Non-Lutris Launch Script Improvements

• New option to update the launch script under the Maintenance & Troubleshooting menu!
• When updating, your wine prefix and path variables will be preserved. Other modifications will be saved in a backup file.
• Drop into a debugging shell containing your custom wine runner environment: ./sc-launch.sh shell

Other changes

• Set nvidia and amd shader env var optimizations by default for new installs

lug-helper v3.2

Changes

• Fixes for using custom wine runners in the non-Lutris install
• Added checks for winetricks' dependencies
• Re-added the lug-logo file for use by packagers

lug-helper v3.1

Custom wine runners for non-lutris installs

• Detects system Wine versions that don't meet minimum requirements as well as currently broken wow64 builds
• Automatically fetches a known good wine runner from Kron4ek's releases and configures the game to install and run using it

RSI Launcher self-update fix

• Fix for the RSI Launcher not self-updating on non-Lutris installs
• Existing installs will need to manually edit the sc-launch.sh game launcher script to apply the fix
• See the announcement instructions on our discord or diff the updated file and manually merge the change

Other changes

• Mesa Shader options added to wine launch script
• XDG_DATA_DIRS is now used when searching for bundled files, with a fallback to /usr/share/
• Updated to latest RSI Setup version
• Unused lug-logo.png file removed from repo

Thanks to Synchro for contributing to this release!

lug-helper v3.0.1

Changes

• Icon fixes for packaged versions of the Helper

lug-helper v3.0

Non-Lutris installs!

• Easily install the game using just your system wine! 🍷
• Includes a launch script with options for mangohud, prelaunch/postexit scripts, gamemode, gamescope, custom runners, and more! 🚀
• The bundled launch script also gracefully terminates any lingering background wine processes when the game exits! 🚫 👻
• Install logs are written to /$TMPDIR/lughelper-install-XXX.log 📝
• It prevents wine from adding all those silly windows file associations! 🙅
• Easily manage custom wine runners for non-lutris installs with a new option on the main menu! 🙌

umu/Proton support for Lutris installs!

• uwu? umu! 🤪

RSI Launcher 2.0 support!

• New installs default the latest 2.0 launcher with all the configuration options that make it work 2️⃣
• PowerShell installation is handled automagically for new installs :star ✨
• Existing installs can quickly install PowerShell with the new option in the Maintenance menu 🐐

Support for multiple game installs!

• Switch between multiple wine prefixes in the Maintenance & Troubleshooting menu! ↩️↪️
• The currently targeted prefix is listed at the top of the Maintenance menu

Git Winetricks!

• The latest git winetricks will be auto-fetched to a temporary directory when needed 🛠️
• Non-Lutris installs and winetricks verbs such as powershell are no longer dependent on the system winetricks version! ✅

Other Improvements

• The Preflight Check is now run automatically before installing the game
• Updated minimum required Lutris version
• Lutris now installs the game with debug mode enabled by default and logs to a temp file /$TMPDIR/lughelper-install-XXX.log
• Better XDG Base Directories support: Define your localization options in $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/user-dirs.dirs and the Helper will now use it. This currently is only affected by the name of your Desktop directory when creating a game .desktop file for for non-Lutris installs
• Fix for when some 16GB RAM systems report 15GB
• Improved fallback from pkexec to sudo for Preflight Check auto-fixes
• Fixed broken zenity icons
• Menu sizing updated for new versions of libadwaita
• Code cleanup and reorganization

Breaking Changes

• Command line arguments have been adjusted to accommodate some of the new features

lug-helper v2.18

Improvements & Fixes

• Back up and restore custom characters when deleting user directories
• Support new user directory path names in LIVE 3.23
• Support clearing out Vulkan shaders in addition to dx11 shaders
• The global EAC workaround option has been removed
• Added interactive=never to all file/dir deletions for edge-cases that may interrupt Helper operations

Thanks to @mactan-sc for contributing to this release!

lug-helper v2.17

• Add Kron4ek wine runner source
• Environment variables to support Open Wine Components umu proton in Lutris 5.17+
• NVIDIA and AMD Environment variables for Star Citizen Vulkan renderer
• Remove un-needed winetricks steps and DLL overrides

lug-helper v2.16

Improvements & Fixes

• New EAC workaround: We now use the EOS_USE_ANTICHEATCLIENTNULL environment variable to disable EAC. SteamGameId and other workarounds are no longer necessary. The EAC directories no longer have to be deleted either.
• Fix for integer errors when running the Preflight Check on systems with very low amounts of RAM
• Removed some outdated Runners and DXVKs
• Prefer System Libraries now defaults to true for new installs