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SPT installation using Lutris

Warning

This guide is currently not compatible with the Steam version of Escape From Tarkov

Warning

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

What you need

- ~150GB free disk space

- Lutris

  • Make sure GPU and vulkan drivers are installed and working.
  • SPT Cover art (Optional)
  • SPT mod (*.7z archive)
    • Make sure to update to the latest EFT version and follow the downpatching guide if needed.

- ASP.NET Runtime 9.0 (How to install)

Installation

Details

TL;DR version

  1. Install EFT in Lutris using the installer script
  2. Install game in BSG Launcher
  3. Run winetricks --self-update via the Lutris bash terminal
  4. Run winetricks -q arial times vcrun2022 dotnetdesktop6 dotnetdesktop8 dotnetdesktop9
  5. Copy EFT game files somewhere else inside the prefix and downpatch if needed
  6. Unpack the RELEASE-SPT-x.x.x.zip archive into the copied directory
  7. Duplicate config, new profile SPTarkov - Launcher
  8. Change executable to SPT.Launcher.exe in Configure → Game Settings
  9. In Runner options, add winhttp=n,b in the DLL overrides section
  10. Add DOTNET_ROOT and DOTNET_BUNDLE_EXTRACT_BASE_DIR environment variables in Configure → System options
  11. Run SPT.Server.Linux, then SPTarkov - Launcher

1. Installing Escape from Tarkov

  • First off, you need to install the game. Open Lutris and navigate to the + symbol in the top left corner. Select Search for installer on Lutris website and search for the game:

  • Follow the steps shown inside the application, wait until the installation is finished

  • Install the game client as usual.

2. Preparing the prefix

  • Now we need to install some dependencies to the prefix. To do so, click on the wine glass on the bottom of the main Lutris window while the EFT game shortcut is selected → Open Bash terminal, and use the following commands:

    winetricks --self-update
winetricks -q arial times vcrun2022 dotnetdesktop6 dotnetdesktop8 dotnetdesktop9

3. Downpatching & mod installation

  • Make a copy of your live EFT game files. You need to place it inside the same prefix, e.g at /home/USER/Games/escape-from-tarkov/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.

4. Configure SPT Launcher

  • Back in Lutris, right-click the Escape From Tarkov shortcut and select Duplicate. We recommend renaming the duplicate to something like "SPTarkov - Launcher".

  • Now you'll need to select the correct executable e.g located at YOUR_PREFIX/drive_c/SPTarkov/SPT/SPT.Launcher.exe.

  • Next in the Runner options → DLL overrides section, add the key winhttp with the value n,b and → Save.

  • And lastly, add the keys for DOTNET_ROOT and DOTNET_BUNDLE_EXTRACT_BASE_DIR without setting a value in System options → Environment variables & save the changes.

6. Running SPT

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

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

Tip

You also can add the server to Lutris by selecting Add locally installed game. Set Linux as runner & navigate to the SPT.Server.Linux executable in the Game options. You need to enable CLI mode in the System options to run the server in a terminal.

  • To run the launcher, double click the SPTarkov - Launcher shortcut in Lutris or press the Play button at the bottom.

Have fun!

Still having issues? Visit our issues section.

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