DCS Steam 2.7 Proton 6.20-GE-1 instructions

dcs_steam_27_proton_instructions.md

KNOWN ISSUSES

• Only free to play content works ("Failed to get authorization data. Error code is: 500")

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Download Proton 6.20-GE-1 (yes, it has to be this version AFAIK)
2. Go to ~/.local/share/Steam and create a folder named compatibilitytools.d
3. Extract the downloaded archive in the folder you just created
4. (Re)Launch Steam
5. Right click on DCS > Properties... > COMPATIBILITY
6. Make sure "Force the use of a specific Steam Play compatibility tool" is checked
7. Select Proton-6.20-GE-1 from the dropdown menu and close the window
8. Launch the game (Wait for it to crash) NOTE: a couple of authentication errors might pop up, make sure you close those or it won't load.
9. Go back to Steam > Right click on DCS > Properties... > LOCAL FILES > Browse...
10. Right click in the window that opens up > Open in Terminal (or equivalent for your file manager)
11. Run the following command ln -s bin/v8.dll && ln -s bin/v8_libbase.dll && ln -s bin/v8_libplatform.dll && ln -s bin/VRfreeC.dll && ln -s bin/webrtc_plugin.dll
12. Run the following command cd ../../compatdata/223750/pfx/drive_c && rm windows/Fonts/arial*.ttf
13. Install protontricks
14. Run this final command protontricks 223750 arial
15. Go back to Steam and launch the game! (Same auth errors will appear, close them to proceed)