The newest version of the launcher.
Application Details:
Version: | Latest Version |
License: | Free to use |
URL: | https://epicgames.com/ |
Votes: | 6 |
Latest Rating: | Platinum |
Latest Wine Version Tested: | 8.3 |
Maintainers: About Maintainership
What works
Installation using:
$ winetricks corefonts # install fonts which are required for the login screen
$ wine msiexec /i ./EpicInstaller-6.3.0.msi /q
Run with:
$ wine .wine/drive_c/Program\ Files\ \(x86\)/Epic\ Games/Launcher/Portal/Binaries/Win32/EpicGamesLauncher.exe -SkipBuildPatchPrereq
Using the -OpenGL Argument as described in other tutorials causes the Launcher to exit because of an Assertion
What does not
Probably because running the launcher using DirectX, some graphical changes like hovering over an input causes the window to disappear for a second before it comes back updated (especially noticeable in the login screen). Getting a Friend Request ensure using of the application is no longer possible (the popup-box causes continuous flickering).
Some Hover-Effects (like changing tab / install game) works, other ones causes flickering like on the login page.
Workarounds
You can login using Tab to navigate to the text inputs instead of clicking onto them. As long as you don't get friend requests the launcher is at least usable enough to install and run games.
What was not tested
* playing a game
Hardware tested
Graphics:
Additional Comments
Launcher Version: EpicInstaller-6.3.0.msi
Operating system | Test date | Wine version | Installs? | Runs? | Used Workaround? | Rating | Submitter | ||
Show | Arch Linux x86_64 | Mar 08 2023 | 8.3 | Yes | Yes | No | Platinum | E. Y. | |
Show | Arch Linux x86_64 | Jun 07 2022 | 7.10-staging | Yes | Yes | Yes | Silver | Ihor Yemaiev | |
Show | Debian GNU/Linux 9.x "Stretch" x86_64 | May 27 2022 | 7.9 | Yes | No | No | Garbage | Stephen Paul Weber | |
Show | Ubuntu 22.04 "Jammy" (+ variants like Kubuntu) | May 23 2022 | 7.9 | N/A | No | No | Garbage | Niklas Petersen | |
Show | Manjaro 21.2.5 | Apr 16 2022 | 7.5 | Yes | Yes | No | Platinum | Rui Francisco |
Bug # | Description | Status | Resolution | Other apps affected |
3548 | .lnk file is created on the desktop together with the program icon... | NEW | View | |
32342 | Multiple applications and games using 'Webkit', 'Blink' or 'CEF' (libcef) web browser engine crash on startup ('Arial' and 'Times New Roman' font face name validation) | STAGED | View | |
40376 | Black window in Epic Games Launcher caused by d3d11 | NEW | View | |
43680 | Epic Games Launcher crashes if tool-tip is shown in D3D11 mode | NEEDINFO | View | |
48406 | Epic Games Store fails to install prerequisites with Wine Mono | UNCONFIRMED | View | |
49990 | Multiple applications display empty windows (Minecraft Dungeons Launcher; Riot Client; StarCitizen; QQ Games) | NEW | View | |
50055 | Epic games update crashes | RESOLVED | WORKSFORME | View |
51162 | Xfce systray icons have a background of a next icon | NEW | View | |
54915 | Some applications refuse to open if "emulate virtual desktop" and "NVIDIA PRIME render offload" is used | UNCONFIRMED | View |
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by Ken Sharp on Sunday August 25th 2024, 5:53
I'll keep an eye on it.
by Ken Sharp on Sunday August 25th 2024, 7:49
by mirh on Monday January 15th 2024, 19:14
by Ken Sharp on Sunday August 25th 2024, 5:40
by Andrey K on Wednesday January 27th 2021, 15:42
IShellLinkW interface is not yet supported by InternetShortcut
So I found a way to create desktop entries manually:
1. Open C:\ProgramData\Epic\EpicGamesLauncher\Data\Manifests directory
2. Search/grep through *.item files and find one for wanted game, then copy its AppName field. For example, to find Rocket League:
$ jq 'select(.DisplayName | contains("Rocket League")) | .AppName' *.item
"Sugar"
3. Create/edit .desktop file for EpicGamesLauncher.exe and add "-com.epicgames.apps/${AppName}?action=launch&silent=true" to command line, for example:
wine "C:/Epic Games/Launcher/Engine/Binaries/Win64/EpicGamesLauncher.exe" -SkipBuildPatchPrereq -opengl "-com.epicgames.apps/Sugar?action=launch&silent=true"
by Andrey K on Wednesday January 27th 2021, 15:49
com.epicgames.launcher :// apps/
(without spaces. too lazy to fight the markup, sorry).
by Dominik Adrian Grzywak on Sunday October 11th 2020, 6:32
All the Visual C++ Redistributables and dotnet35 are installed.
Wine-staging 5.18.
Manjaro Linux.
Intel HD Graphics 520.
by Darren Wilkinson on Sunday November 17th 2019, 16:26
Unfortunately the .NET installation procedure fails under wine and installing DirectX messes with wine's own implementation. It is better to click cancel on these installers, and install .NET and DirectX/D3D libraries as needed via winetricks.
This is only needed the first time you click to launch a game.
by John Porterfield on Tuesday October 2nd 2018, 3:01