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= Usage =
= Usage =
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== General ==
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Use <code>heroic</code> to start the launcher.<br>
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== Purchasing Games ==
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Purchase games from epic's online store https://www.epicgames.com/store/en-US/
To purchase games from linux, You'll need to override your browser's user-agent string to report yourself as using windows.<br>
See [[firefox]] for instructions.
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== Steam Proton ==
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<syntaxhighlight lang="yaml">
- choose a game:
  - settings:
    - wine version: 'Proton - Proton 5.0'
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debugging, or winetricks
<syntaxhighlight lang="yaml">
- install winetricks
- choose a game:
  - settings:
    - help:      # prints all wine paths, winetricks etc
    - winetricks: # launch winetricks within this wine prefix
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using the indicated <code>WINEPREFIX</code>
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heroic
 
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Latest revision as of 22:56, 25 September 2021

epic games launcher for linux/macos/windows.
builtin support for running games in wine.

Documentation

github https://github.com/Heroic-Games-Launcher/HeroicGamesLauncher

Install

aura -A heroic-games-launcher-bin

Usage

General

Use heroic to start the launcher.

Purchasing Games

Purchase games from epic's online store https://www.epicgames.com/store/en-US/

To purchase games from linux, You'll need to override your browser's user-agent string to report yourself as using windows.
See firefox for instructions.

Steam Proton

- choose a game:
  - settings:
    - wine version: 'Proton - Proton 5.0'

debugging, or winetricks

- install winetricks
- choose a game:
  - settings:
    - help:       # prints all wine paths, winetricks etc
    - winetricks: # launch winetricks within this wine prefix

using the indicated WINEPREFIX