Supreme Commander

What works

Everything else

What does not

1. Secondary monitor is not detected.
2. Interface locks up under the following conditions:
1. Someone connects to your match while you have the match options open
2. Connecting to a slow host
3. Sometimes it starts in a different resolution then the one set.

Workarounds

What was not tested

Playing as UEF was not tested, but is assumed to work beings other players used UEF in a multiplayer match.

Hardware tested

Graphics:

• GPU:
• Driver:

Additional Comments

Workaround for issue B.1: Wait for everyone to connect or close all open slots, tweak your match options, apply and close options, and then if you closed the slots reopen them. Workaround for issue C: Apply a different resolution and then apply your chosen resolution.

FAF COMMUNITY

The Forged Alliance Forever Community has some great ressources about running SC:FA and the multiplayer client under linux.

Wiki: https://wiki.faforever.com/ind...

Forum Megathread: http://forums.faforever.com/vi...

LINUX TRY FIRST

    $ winetricks d3dx9

- replace the resolution with the resolution of your screen and execute
    $ wine explorer /desktop=FA,1920x1080 ForgedAlliance.exe

LINUX EXTENDED
- you may need wine32 bit and winetricks:
    $ sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386 && apt-get update && apt-get install wine32 winetricks

- you may also need vcrun2010, dotnet40, corefonts, d3dx9, d3dx9_36
    $ export WINE=wine32
    $ winetricks vcrun2010 dotnet40 corefonts d3dx9 d3dx9_36

- on older wine versions, X3DAudio1_2.dll in wine/system32 is missing/empty using the one from windows does work

- set your vram size in winetricks if you are on integrated graphics (use 512 if in doubt)
    $ winetricks videomemorysize=$YOURVRAM

Summary of Common Errors on Linux

-   AudioDLL blablabla is missing -> wine for WHATEVER reasonsometimes creates an empty version of that dll in .wine/dosdevices/ if you try to start the game without that dll, you have to replace it with the correct dll and start again

-   videomemorysize might default to 256, that will cause the game hang  during intro sequence or lead to blackscreen as soon as the game started see Linux-Extended Section on how to fix that

-   cant compile carthographic.fx/cant load it -> you forgot to install d3dx9_36

-   wine asking for some XML microsoft parser -> just follow wine instructions

-   wine saying that .wine is a 64 bit installation -> delete .wine, move it or select different director (I suppose there is an option for that)

- general displaying problems -> try to emulate a virtual desktop, this will fix it for many windowmangers:        $ winecfg

- i recommend you set the resolution ingame,

Performance
If you know what you are doing you can try this to imrpove CPU-wise performance:
        $ taskset -cp 0 (pgrep ForgedAlliance); sudo renice -2 -p (pgrep ForgedAlliance)

Dual Screens
Depends on driver/card. If SupCom doesn't show you a second adapter, short and long answer is no.

Can I play online with linux?

Yes, but it might be a little tricky to get the FAForever-Client to run on linux.
An easy solution could be to use the inofficial java client:
    http://faforever.github.io/dow...
Check the main Linux Thread on FAF Forums for usefull information:
    http://forums.faforever.com/vi...