Star Citizen Linux Users Group Wiki

Welcome, Space Penguins!

This wiki is a collection of information on how to run Star Citizen on Linux. If you’re just getting started, head over to our Quick-Start Guide!

To contribute updates/information, please open an issue report or pull request. Thanks!

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🐧 Star Citizen Org: https://robertsspaceindustries.com/orgs/LUG
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😎 Matrix space: https://matrix.to/#/#SCLUG:matrix.org

News

Game Updates

(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.

General News

(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

(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

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Nvidia News

(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.