Welcome, Space Penguins!

This wiki is a collection of information on how to run Star Citizen on Linux, as well as our tips and tricks!
We welcome contributions. Feel free to fork this repo and submit a PR.

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Contents

• Quick-Start Guide
• Alternative Installations
• Troubleshooting
• Performance Tuning
• Tips and Tricks
• Sticks, Throttles, & Pedals
• Head Tracking

News

Game Updates

[!note] (March 1, 2025) 30K errors

• 30K the first time you try to join a server. The solution is to return to the menu and try again

[!note] (Oct 28, 2024) You're trying to run the game on an unsupported Windows OS

• Just click OK.

[!warning] (Oct 25, 2024) Vulkan crashes

• Black screen, crash
• Possible error similar to: Fatal Error: Acquire Next Image Failed or Main thread considered to be deadlocked
• If you experience this, we recommend using DX11 for now

[!important] (Oct 4, 2024) Easy Anticheat Enforcement

• CIG has enabled EAC enforcement on the PTU. We have an experimental fix that also works on LIVE and it needs testing.
• Please follow our migration instructions and report back on our Discord's #tech-support channel.

General News

[!warning] (April 17, 2025) Game fails to launch with Wine 10.1 and newer

• Wine 10.x made changes that break Easy Anti-Cheat when the Z: path workaround is applied.
• Using the Helper switch to any 9.22 runner or Raw wine 10.3 or newer

[!note] (Nov 30, 2024) Joysticks not detected on Wine 9.22 and newer

• Wine 9.22+ has enabled HIDRAW by default for VKB and Virpil devices.
• If your joystick/throttle is no longer being detected by the game, follow our instructions to enable hidraw access.

AMD News

Nvidia News

[!warning] (Apr 29, 2024) Vulkan Beta: Game fails to launch

• There is an issue with LibCUDA that prevents vulkan and DLSS from working on linux.

[!caution] (Oct 9, 2023) Crash when taking shield damage in-game

• There is a shield rendering bug that causes the game to crash. It seems to affect 1000 series cards.
• There is currently no known workaround other than switching cards. We recommend AMD.