Star Citizen's Linux Users Group Helper Script
https://robertsspaceindustries.com/orgs/LUG
This script is designed to help you manage and optimize Star Citizen on Linux.
Zenity menus are used for a GUI experience with a fallback to terminal-based menus where Zenity is unavailable.
Command line arguments are available for quickly launching functions from the terminal.
Configuration is saved in $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/starcitizen-lug/.
Keybinds are backed up to $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/starcitizen-lug/keybinds/
Preflight Check
- Runs a series of system optimization checks and offers to fix any issues.
- Checks that vm.max_map_count is set to at least 16777216.
- This sets the maxmimum number of "memory map areas" a process can have. While most applications need less than a thousand maps, Star Citizen requires access to more.
- Checks that the hard open file descriptors limit is set to at least 524288.
- This limits the maximum number of open files on your system. On some Linux distributions, the default is set too low for Star Citizen.
- Checks that vm.max_map_count is set to at least 16777216.
Install Star Citizen
- Launches Lutris and uses the bundled json to install Star Citizen
Manage Lutris Runners
- Quickly install and delete Lutris wine runners
Manage DXVK Versions
- Quickly install and delete DXVK versions for Lutris
Maintenance and Troubleshooting
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Switch the helper between LIVE and PTU
- Toggle between targeting LIVE or PTU for all of the above options. Defaults to LIVE on each run.
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Delete my Star Citizen USER folder and preserve my keybinds
- The helper will make backups of any exported keybinds, delete your Star Citizen USER folder, then restore your keybind files.
- To export your keybinds from within the game, go to:
- Options->Keybindings->Control Profiles->Save Control Settings
- To re-import your keybinds from within the game, select them from the list:
- Options->Keybindings->Control Profiles
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Delete my shaders folder only
- Sometimes all you need to do between major version updates is delete your shaders directory.
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Delete my DXVK cache
- A troubleshooting step that sometimes helps fix various issues and crashes.
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Display Helper and Star Citizen directories
- Show all the directories currently in use by both the Helper and Star Citizen.
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Reset Helper configs
- Delete the configs saved by the helper in $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/starcitizen-lug/
Get a random Penguin's Star Citizen referral code
- Display a referral code for a random member of the Star Citizen Linux Users Group.
From Source:
- Download it!
- Run it!
- If you want, move lug-logo.png to /usr/share/pixmaps/
Arch Linux: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/lug-helper/