Any DDO on linux folks here? Need help.

[GlitchTMG]

Well, I needed some assistance from one of my friends who -is- fairly familiar with Linux to get Lutris installed and going, and then he helped me with a command to copy all the huge .dat files from my PlayOnLinux attempt into the new Lutris attempt so I didn't have to spend 10 hours redownloading all of them...

And it works! It totally works! Logged in fine, loaded up character fine, entered into the game properly fine, it's all good! Lutris was the answer!

 

[Okay_Chr1s]

For anyone who finds this thread in the future - I installed the latest (as of this post) Bazzite distro on an old laptop recently (i7-7700HQ, Nvidia GTX 1050), and using the Steam Proton compatibility layer (install DDO via steam basically) I can launch and play DDO normally. The store even opens and loads seemingly normal, which I didn't expect it to based on the DDOwiki post in the OG post.

 

[Everbright]

And it works! It totally works! Logged in fine, loaded up character fine, entered into the game properly fine, it's all good! Lutris was the answer!

Huzzah! Thanks for making this thread, bookmarked for later!

using the Steam Proton compatibility layer (install DDO via steam basically) I can launch and play DDO normally.

Also huzzah! If (when) I switch over to Linux, this is probably what I'll do. Also I think some Linux gamers use Heroic/Legendary to use Proton without the rest of Steam, but I have no idea if that would work for the OP.

 

[SlipperyPete]

Gotta admit, I would have cheated and went Steam with the Proton layer. I'm going to have to resurrect this project considering the success stories I'm reading.

 

[Frazzledrip]

I have just been forced (don't ask) to move from my Windows OS to a Linux OS (Linux Mint 22.1 Cinnamon), and I am trying to get DDO to work. I have little to no experience with Linux, though I have a couple friends who do use it and they have been trying to help.

I followed the PlayOnLinux instructions on this page: https://ddowiki.com/page/DDO_On_Linux
(needed help from friend just to get PlayOnLinux installed, though none of them have experience with PlayOnLinux specifically)

The Wine version I selected in the first few steps, on recommendation from friend helping me through the process, was the most recent non-suffixed one available, Wine 9.0

Every other instruction I followed exactly as it was presented, everything proceeded as explained in the instructions.

Downloading the actual files once the launcher was set up in the POL Wine took all day, and had to be babysit to restart it frequently due to frequent stalling out, but everything downloaded in the end.

Everything appears to be set, the game is verified, I can log in and select server, but when I go to click "play" in the launcher after selecting a server...the game fails to fire up. The launcher just gets stuck at "Initializing..." and does nothing. I left it going for an hour, and still nothing.

Other things I have since tried, suggested by my Linux friends;
--created a separate shortcut to "DNDLauncher.exe" instead of "DDO" in the POL virtual drive in order to pass the "-skiprawdownload" argument into it. Still stuck at initializing.
--went through and installed the extra POL components of all versions of "vcrun", that includes vcrun2005, vcrun2008, vcrun2010, vcrun2012, vcrun2013, vcrun2015, vcrun2019 (these were all the ones that were available) and tried running DDO after each one. Still stuck at initializing.
--switching the drivers for my nvidia graphics card from open-source drivers to the recommended proprietary drivers. Still stuck at initializing.

Nothing I've tried so far has had any effect on the problem, or any discernible effect period.

Anyone have any ideas, or any resources I can be pointed towards to try and resolve this? I've been doing a lot of searching around on my own and found some reddit threads about DDO on linux and also wineHQ's DDO page, but nothing describing the problem I'm having.

I just switched to Linux Mint with Cinnamon and I have no trouble at all. You can play DDO for free on Steam and all the games work on Linux.
Steam made pretty much everything work on Linux because the Steam Deck runs Linux.

 

[Argente]

Suddenly when I launch it from steam it loads the splash screen but never loads the launcher. Anyone knows how to fix? Already tried changing proton versions

 

[Argente]

For anyone with the same problem delete ~/.steam/steam/steamapps/compatdata/206480 and launch again with proton experimental

 

[Everbright]

For gaming and media editing on the same device, is there much difference between Ubuntu Studio and SteamOS?