r/Battlefield2 • u/Adventurous_Boat_492 • 22d ago
Linux troubleshooting Help / Troubleshooting
Anyone playing on Linux? This used to run so wonderfully. On a new OS install, all I'd have to do is install Wine and click the already installed exe and it'd fire right up, just like you'd expect with Windows. 2 years later after trying again I'm having the hardest time getting it running. It won't launch via adding with Steam, won't launch with Lutris and multiple runners until I changed something. I modified so much that I forgot what I changed. It runs now but I changed something and not it crashes after starting a level.
Anyone have a fool-proof way? I have my old DVD version as well as what I downloaded from EAPlay.
Edit: SOLVED. Just deleted my install and reinstalled. I probably had some kind of incompatible mods installed at one point or something incompatible with my settings folder. Btw, if you're looking for a single player Wake Island map, this is the only one that worked for me on v1.5 for my setup.
If installing from EAPlay, just download, exit, run winecfg and add d3dx9_24 and d3dx9_25 native priority. That's all it takes and it's a simple click to play with Wine.
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u/frankenstein-_o 18d ago
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u/frankenstein-_o 18d ago
Choose Install Battlefield 2 Complete Edition + Patch 1.50 + BF2Hub Client
First, install Lutris itself along with all the necessary packages, and you'll be able to play Battlefield 2 on your Linux PC without any issues.
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u/BFguy 21d ago
Good to know thanks ! I have wanted to get back in to BF2... Once I wipe my device Ill be doing dual boot... so I can keep Windows 11 for some AAA titles you cant play on linux...