Starting G.A.M.M.A. .NET Launcher is not possible on GNU/Linux because of .NET / powershell scripts
This is a reimplementation of G.AM.M.A. launcher used for the first setup. You will need to follow DravenusRex's guide to have a working game.
By downloading gamma-launcher from the latest release, you can use it without any installation. Everything is self contained in an executable. Release built with Ubuntu.
Use the --cache-directory option to re-use previously downloaded files.
On Arch Linux and Arch-based operating systems, you can download package from AUR:
yay -S gamma-launcher
Or you can build it by yourself:
git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/gamma-launcher.git
cd gamma-launcher
makepkg -sri
It's strongly advised to install this in a venv (Python Virtual Environment)
A quick guide on how to do this is to open your terminal/command prompt and navigating to the downloaded folder containing gamma-launcher, and typing python3 -m venv env on Linux, or py -m venv env on Windows.
You will then have to enter the virtual environment by typing source env/bin/activate on Linux, or .\env\Scripts\activate on Windows.
To confirm that you're in the right place, type which python on Linux, or where python on Windows. It should print out either .../env/bin/python or ...\env\Scripts\python.exe, respectively.
You may first have to upgrade pip for the installation to work. (If it's complaining about a 'bad interpreter', for example.) If this is the case, type pip install --upgrade pip.
If currently in your gamma-launcher folder, you can simply type pip install . OR pip install directory. Replace 'directory' with the actual path of said directory. The specificed directory must contain the gamma-launcher setup.py file.
If all went well, you can now use the gamma-launcher command as intended.
(Type deactivate to leave the virtual environment. Use the previous source command to re-enter it.)
Create an usable Anomaly installation is target directory
To setup Anomaly: gamma-launcher anomaly-install --anomaly <Anomaly path>
Verify Anomaly installation with: gamma-launcher check-anomaly --anomaly <Anomaly path>
This will perform a MD5 check for all ModDB addons
To run it: gamma-launcher check-md5 --gamma <GAMMA path>
This will install/update all mods based on Stalker_GAMMA
To setup/update your GAMMA folder: gamma-launcher full-install --anomaly <Anomaly path> --gamma <GAMMA path>
Afterwards, you will need to start Mod Organizer and set Anomaly Path (launcher can't do that ... yet.)
This will do remove ReShade based on this guide
To use it: gamma-launcher remove-reshade --anomaly <Anomaly path>
This will delete cached shaders
To use it: gamma-launcher purge-shader-cache --anomaly <Anomaly path>
This will create a usable GAMMA installation without ModOrganizer.
DO NOT USE IT if wine is compatible with ModOrganizer, this will remove all mods flexibility.
To use it: gamma-launcher usvfs-workaround --anomaly <Anomaly path> --gamma <GAMMA path> --final <Final Install path>
This command will verify if additonal installation directives are valid (aka folder is in the archive)
To use it: gamma-launcher test-mod-maker --gamma <GAMMA path>
Install gamma launcher in a venv. See the Using pip (from source) section above.
Try prepending MAGIC=/usr/share/file/misc/magic or LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libmagic.so to the ./gamma-launcher command.
Otherwise, attempt to run in a venv.
Remove ReShade with: gamma-launcher remove-reshade --anomaly <Anomaly path>
Also remove some shaders mods:
- 188- Enhanced Shaders - KennShade
- 189- Beef's NVG - theRealBeef
- 190- Screen Space Shaders - Ascii1457
- 290- Atmospherics Shaders Weathers and Reshade - Hippobot
The distutils module is required to install Python packages but it was removed in Python 3.12. You can still use it by installing setuptools (inside the venv): pip install setuptools
You are missing a tool that extracts RAR files. You can use something like unrar on Linux. To install it run the following command:
- On Ubuntu/Debian:
sudo apt install unrar - On Fedora (RPM Fusion required):
sudo dnf install unrar. Note that before the installation you will need to enable the non-free RPM Fusion repository since the default package provided by Fedora will cause problems. Instructions on how to enable it here. - On Arch/Manjaro:
sudo pacman -S unrar
7zip seems to have trouble with this archive, if this is a rar file, make sure to install 7z with rar capabilities.
- On Ubuntu/Debian:
sudo apt install 7zip-rar
You can use rarfile module for decompressing by setting GAMMA_LAUNCHER_USE_RARFILE env.
Warning: This may be slow for some archive
You are missing a library that extracts RAR files. You can use something like libunrar on Linux. To install it run the following command:
- On Ubuntu/Debian:
sudo apt install libunrar5t64orsudo apt install libunrar5 - On Fedora (RPM Fusion required):
sudo dnf install libunrar. Note that before the installation you will need to enable the non-free RPM Fusion repository since the default package provided by Fedora will cause problems. Instructions on how to enable it here. - On Arch/Manjaro:
sudo pacman -S libunrar
Well .... you're alone kid. Good luck. Try downgrading DirectX version or looking at log file.
You can do a PR but make sure you respect flake8 coding style.
Also, avoid OS specific code. I plan to build it with pyinstaller for Windows users.
I did not have access to the official launcher so, I can only guess how it's done.
Miraculously, it works on my side. Feel free to contribute if something is wrong.
