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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

Warning

(July 19, 2025) Latest Hotfix Breaks RSI Launcher

• We've identified an off-by-one bug in the latest hotfix that overwrites a critical part of memory, causing the launcher to freeze/fail. We've made CIG aware of the issue.
• While we wait for their fix, our EAC instructions have been updated with the appropriate workaround.

Important

(July 11, 2025) Easy Anticheat Enforcement has been Enabled on LIVE

• We're ready! Follow the instructions here to fix your existing install. New installs via the Helper handle it automagically.

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

General News

Note

(Jul 10, 2024) Star Citizen requires DirectX feature level of 11.1 as a minimum

• Wine staging + Latest DXVK can cause issues for nvidia users
• Switch to a non-staging wine OR downgrade DXVK following these instructions

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

none

Nvidia News

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.