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Thinking of getting into space engineers on (playing on Linux) (lemmy.world)

submitted 5 days ago by MrNesser@lemmy.world to c/spaceengineers@lemmy.zip

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As per title it's on my list of games to play. I'm running Linux are there any changes I need to do to get it to work Also what's a good channel for tutorials

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[–] Winthrowe@lemmy.ca 6 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (2 children)

I would be surprised if you had to do anything special for Linux, but don’t know for sure. Splitsie is my go-to for specific tutorial, but Engineered Coffee’s let’s play is also fairly informative, although not structured as pure tutorials.

[–] Ludicrous0251@piefed.zip 7 points 5 days ago

Also unsure, but adding:

If you installed through Steam, gaming on Linux is pretty seamless and should work out of the box. If you purchased it through another store or acquired through other means, you may have to jump through a hurdle or two to get proton set up and dialed in.

ProtonDB for SE: https://www.protondb.com/app/244850

ProtonDB for SE2: https://www.protondb.com/app/1133870

[–] Vikthor@piefed.world 2 points 4 days ago

Splitsie has recently released released a new tutorial series for the Apex survival update, I second the recommendation.

[–] Grntrenchman@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 days ago

I tried different guides, and eventually went to the source, this worked great for me.

From SE Discord, posted by "lord.of.woe":

Space Engineers Linux Installation Guide Last Updated 2025-07-24

Prerequisite Packages

git

wget

WINE

Step 1: Install GE-Proton9-25 and GE-Proton10-X. There are several methods you can use to install this, but this guide uses only common terminal commands. (Edit: I used Protonplus for this)

wget -qO- https://github.com/GloriousEggroll/proton-ge-custom/releases/download/GE-Proton9-25/GE-Proton9-25.tar.gz | tar xzvf - -C "${HOME}/.steam/steam/compatibilitytools.d"
wget -qO- "$(curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/GloriousEggroll/proton-ge-custom/releases/latest | grep "\"browser_download_url\": \".*\.tar\.gz\"" | cut -d'"' -f4)" | tar xzvf - -C "${HOME}/.steam/steam/compatibilitytools.d"

Step 2: Remove local Space Engineers data. ‼️ WARNING: THIS WILL PERMANENTLY DELETE ALL SAVES, GAME DATA, ETC. THAT ARE NOT BACKED UP TO THE STEAM CLOUD OR ELSEWHERE. ‼️

export STEAMAPPS_PATH=${HOME}/.steam/steam/steamapps # edit as necessary
rm -rf ${STEAMAPPS_PATH}/compatdata/244850

Step 3: Restart Steam

Step 4: Change the compatibility layer in Steam to GE-Proton9-25.

Step 5: Launch Space Engineers in Steam and close the game upon reaching the main menu.

Step 6: Install dotnet48. DO NOT USE PROTONTRICKS.

WINEPREFIX=${STEAMAPPS_PATH}/compatdata/244850/pfx winetricks --force -q dotnet48

or experimentally

WINE=${HOME}/.steam/steam/compatibilitytools.d/GE-Proton9-25/files/bin/wine64 
WINEPREFIX=${STEAMAPPS_PATH}/compatdata/244850/pfx ${HOME}/.steam/steam/compatibilitytools.d/GE-Proton9-25/protonfixes/winetricks --force -q dotnet48

Step 7: Change the compatibility layer in Steam to GE-Proton10-X, where X is the minor version.

Step 8: Launch the game and hope everything worked.

[–] StrawberryPigtails@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Space Engineers 1 mostly just worked. Not great sim speed, even on a decently powerful system, but as long as the world didn’t get too complicated it was fine. Restarting the game from time to time helped.

SE2 on the other hand, I was unable to get to run.

Edit: I got my copy through Steam.