An unofficial launcher for Robocraft 2 built with tauri
For windows users or for the official launcher download, click here
A linux launcher for downloading and running Robocraft 2 using proton and dxvk
This launcher was built to make installing and running Robocraft 2 under proton as close to one-click as possible and handles downloading runtimes like wine/proton, DXVK and EAC, setting up the wine prefix, downloading game files, etc.
Also the first unofficial launcher/script to implement game file verification
Currently, a .deb and a .AppImage are provided
First, download the latest .deb file from the releases page
Navigate to the directory in which the deb file is saved
Run the command
sudo apt install ./robo-launcher_X.X.X_amd64.deb
And then launch from your app launcher
For all other distributions, simply download the AppImage bundle from the releases page and set the correct permission for execution:
chmod +x ./robo-launcher_X.X.X_amd64.AppImage
Then run the appimage;
./robo-launcher_X.X.X_amd64.AppImage
You may want to use something like AppImageLauncher to integrate appimages into the system and not have to find the file every time Flatpak is currently being considered
First set an install directory in the settings page, clicking either the "OPEN SETTINGS" in the warning banner or by clicking ⋮ > Settings
It is recommended to create a new directory, such as /home/user/robocraft
Everything required to run is self-contained inside the install directory like so:
installDirectory
├ game
├ gameconfig.json
├ prefix
└ runtimes
Afterwards, you may edit any other settings, click "SAVE" in the top right and navigate back to the main page
The main button should then be enabled, prompting you to install, update or play
The menu button also has options for reistalling the game/runtimes, re-creating the wine prefix and re-verifying game files
This is a tauri project and therefore requires the tauri prerequisites
Ensure you also have bun installed.
Next, clone the repo and install dependencies
git clone https://github.com/TurtleIdiot/RoboLauncher.git
cd RoboLauncher
bun install
Finally, run a debugging build with
bun run tauri dev
If you're building for your own system, you can simply use
bun run tauri build
However, it is recommended to use an older system for building if you plan on distributing your build (read more here)
Debian 10 (Buster)/Ubuntu 18.04 (Bionic) is the recommended build system
This is the recommended build workflow using docker
Create a new buster container configured with rust
docker run -d -t --name robolauncherbuild rust:buster
Enter a shell inside the container
docker exec -it robolauncherbuild bash
Install bun
curl -fsSL https://bun.sh/install | bash
Setup dev environment
git clone https://github.com/TurtleIdiot/RoboLauncher.git
cd RoboLauncher
bun install
Build and exit container
bun run tauri build
(Wait for build to fully finish...)
exit
Copy files and stop container
docker cp robolauncherbuild:/RoboLauncher/src-tauri/target/release/bundle ./bundle
docker stop robolauncherbuild
These are the people that made running Robocraft 2 on linux possible and I highly recommend you check them out and maybe donate to them for their amazing work
- https://github.com/GloriousEggroll
- https://github.com/GloriousEggroll/wine-ge-custom GloriousEggroll is the creator of proton-GE which is know to improve performance and compatibility of many various windows games running on linux
- https://github.com/doitsujin
- https://github.com/doitsujin/dxvk Creator of DXVK, which is responsible for translating DirectX graphics calls into Vulkan commands, making GPU-intensive windows games on linux possible