Luxtorpeda

Compatibility tool to run games on Steam using native Linux engines; project overview.

This is a sister project of Boxtron.

Official mirrors: GitHub, GitLab.

Pre-requisites

Compatibility tool will work on any modern 64-bit Linux distribution. All packaged games are compiled for Steam Runtime environment and require no additional dependencies. Native Runtime is not supported.

Installation (using tarball)

This is pre-release quality software, expect bugs and missing features

1. Close Steam.

2. Download and unpack tarball to compatibilitytools.d directory (create one if it does not exist):

    $ cd ~/.local/share/Steam/compatibilitytools.d/ || cd ~/.steam/root/compatibilitytools.d/
    $ curl -L https://luxtorpeda.gitlab.io/luxtorpeda/master/luxtorpeda.tar.xz | tar xJf -
   

3. Start Steam.

4. In game properties window select "Force the use of a specific Steam Play compatibility tool" and select "Luxtorpeda".

Installation (debug build, from source)

0. Download the latest version of Rust: https://www.rust-lang.org/

1. Close Steam.

2. Clone the repository, then use makefile to trigger cargo build and install:

   $ git clone https://github.com/dreamer/luxtorpeda.git
   $ cd luxtorpeda
   $ make user-install
   

3. Start Steam.

4. In game properties window select "Force the use of a specific Steam Play compatibility tool" and select "Luxtorpeda (dev)".

Supported titles

Just click "Play" and Luxtorpeda will download and install the package for you. You need to select Luxtorpeda as a compatibility tool first, of course.

Game	Engine	Engine Version	Comments
Arx Fatalis	Arx Libertatis	db77aa	Textures issue: #27
Arx Fatalis (Demo)	Arx Libertatis	db77aa	(Free to play) Textures issue: #27
Quake III Arena	ioquake3	a96f32
Quake III: Team Arena	ioquake3	a96f32
Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast	OpenJK	e8b5c1	Single-player only for now
Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy (SP)	OpenJK	e8b5c1	Single-player
Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy (MP)	EternalJK	1.5.6-1	Multi-player
X-COM: UFO Defense	OpenXcom	1.0-2835
X-COM: Terror from the Deep	OpenXcom	1.0-2835
Return to Castle Wolfenstein	iortcw	1.51c	Both SP and MP
Doom (1993)	GZDoom	4.2.0	"The Ultimate DOOM"
Doom II: Hell on Earth	GZDoom	4.2.0
Final Doom	GZDoom	4.2.0
Doom 3	dhewm3	1.5.1-PRE1
Doom 3: Resurrection of Evil	dhewm3	1.5.1-PRE1
Heretic: Shadow of the Serpent Riders	GZDoom	4.2.0
Hexen: Beyond Heretic	GZDoom	4.2.0
Doki Doki Literature Club!	Ren'Py		Using Linux version bundled with Windows version

Want a specific game? Maybe we are already working on it. You can also make a package request, or create package yourself! :)

Development

You can use cargo as with any Rust project; make serves only as a convenient frontend for packaging and triggering longer cargo commands.

TODO: Add documentation about packaging games for Luxtorpeda.