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SPT installation using Bottles

Important

The .NET 4.8 dependency installation is broken at the moment, resulting in the BSG Launcher to not launch. Here you can find a workaround!

Warning

Never install SPT into your live EFT's game directory!

What you need

- ~120GB free disk space

- Bottles

  • Make sure GPU and vulkan drivers are installed and working.

- SPT mod (*.7z archive)

  • Make sure to update to the latest EFT version and follow the downpatching guide if needed.

- BSG Launcher (*.exe installer)

- ASP.NET Runtime 9.0 (How to install)

Installation

Details

TL;DR version

  1. Install new runner wine-ge-proton
  2. Create new bottle using the Gaming preset
  3. Install dotnet48, dotnetcoredesktop6, dotnetcoredesktop8, dotnetcoredesktop9 and vcredist2022 from the Dependencies section
  4. In Settings, select wine-ge-proton as runner for the bottle
  5. In Settings → DLL Overrides, add winhttp as Native, then Builtin
  6. In Settings, set Windows Version to Windows 8.1
  7. Run Executable and install the launcher
  8. Install the game
  9. Click on the three dots at the top right, then Browse files
  10. Copy EFT game files somewhere else inside the bottle and downpatch if needed
  11. Unpack the RELEASE-SPT-x.x.x.zip archive into the copied directory
  12. In bottles click Add Shortcuts for SPT.Launcher
  13. Run SPT.Server.Linux in a terminal, then the SPT.Launcher

1. Install Runner

  • First thing on the menu is to install a new runner. To do so open Bottles and select the Main Menu button in the top right and navigate to the Runners tab. Here you can install the latest wine-ge-proton runner.

2. New Bottle

  • Now we need to set up a new bottle to install EFT. Click on the + symbol at the top left. In the Environment section select Gaming, give it a name and click Create at the top right of the window.

3. Setting the bottle up

  • Once your bottle is done, we have to configure it. Navigate to the Settings tab and select wine-ge-proton as Runner for the bottle.

  • Then go to the Dependencies tab and install the following dependencies:

    dotnet48 vcredist2022 dotnetcoredesktop8 dotnetcoredesktop9

  • look for the DLL Overrides section and add winhttp - make sure it's as Native, then Builtin.

  • And to finish up, select Windows 8.1 as Windows Version to use for the bottle.

4. Installing EFT

  • On your bottles main menu, click on Run Executable and look for the EFT launcher you downloaded earlier, keep in mind that bottles flatpak doesn't have permissions to read all your files, by default it'll only allow you to look in your downloads directory.

  • Run through the installer as normal, log in and install the game.

  • After you reach the Play button, you're free to close the launcher, and proceed with a regular manual SPT installation. (To browse the files inside your bottle go to the bottle main menu and click on the three dots at the top right, then Browse files).

5. SPT directory / down-patching

  • Make a copy of your live EFT game files. You need to place it inside the same prefix, e.g at ~/.var/app/com.usebottles.bottles/data/bottles/bottles/SPTarkov/drive_c/SPTarkov.

  • If needed, downpatch EFT to the correct version e.g. by running the downgrade patcher inside the game directory. Check out our downpatching guide.

  • When it's done, extract the contents of the RELEASE-SPT-x.x.x.zip into your copied SPT game directory.

6. Setting the shortcuts

  • Once you installed SPT, go to your bottle main menu and click Add Shortcuts.

  • Look for the directory you installed SPT in (Reminder that you can click on the three dots at the top right and then Browse files to find the location of your bottle's C: directory) and add SPT.Launcher.exe.

7. Running SPT

Everything now is pretty much done, so now to run the game we need to run the server and the launcher.

  • To run the server, run the SPT.Server.Linux executable in a terminal.

  • To run the launcher, click on the play icon at the right side of the SPT.Launcher shortcut.

Have fun!

Still having issues? Visit our issues section.

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