Run DayZ Standalone on Linux/SteamOS and MacOS

[Tikilou]

I think we are many players expect the arrival of DayZ on Linux / MacOS and SteamOS, especially with the partnership between Bohemia and Steam.
Pending a native port, a temporary solution is already possible, the standalone version works under wine through the use PlayOnLinux.

For that, simply install Steam with PlayOnLinux, and modify the startup script to correct a problem with textures.


Edit /home/$USER/.PlayOnLinux/shortcuts/Steam with gedit or nano (or other text editor)

#!/bin/bash
[ "$PLAYONLINUX" = "" ] && exit 0
source "$PLAYONLINUX/lib/sources"
export WINEPREFIX="/home/$USER/.PlayOnLinux//wineprefix/Steam"
export WINEDEBUG="-all"
#ScriptID=Steam
cd "/home/$USER/.PlayOnLinux//wineprefix/Steam/drive_c/./Program Files/Steam"
# Launch Game
POL_Wine Steam.exe "$@"

becomes

#!/bin/bash
[ "$PLAYONLINUX" = "" ] && exit 0
source "$PLAYONLINUX/lib/sources"
export WINEPREFIX="/home/$USER/.PlayOnLinux//wineprefix/Steam"
export WINEDEBUG="-all"
#ScriptID=Steam
cd "/home/$USER/.PlayOnLinux//wineprefix/Steam/drive_c/./Program Files/Steam"
# Fix moire flashes in smoke and dirt
POL_Wine_Direct3D "StrictDrawOrdering" "enabled"
# Launch Game
POL_Wine Steam.exe "$@"

Just ADD :

# Fix moire flashes in smoke and dirt
POL_Wine_Direct3D "StrictDrawOrdering" "enabled"

Don't forget to configure the Steam Container on PlayOnLinux for use the last version of WIne ! (Actually 1.7.9)

Now your can run Steam with PlayOnLinux, download DayZ, and play it.

don't forget to use the last drivers of AMD (Catalyst/FGLRX) or NVIDIA (nvdia-drivers or bumblebee and run command "primusrun" if your use OPTIMUS solution on laptop.) :)


Performance is not terrible, so you need to configure graphic settings for that, but this is a temporary solution before a native port.

[Vortex]

I managed to join a test server (which is like lottery already) without Battleye using the experimental branch.. So getting stuck at the loading screen on normal servers must be correlated with Battleye..

[pyy]

Messaggio originale di Tikilou:

Messaggio originale di odin.reese:

I have playonlinux wine 1.7.11 but crashes when connect to server. The 'Dayz: Stable Branch' screen. I installed tahoma, vcrun2005, vcrun2008, vcrun2010, and directx was installed when starting dayz for the first time. Are there any packages that I am missing?

Messaggio originale di pyy:

same issue here. no one got a idea how to fix?

What is your GPU ? With Nvidia, no problem for me, but with my AMD Radeon HD 7850, game start, freeze, and crash popup windows...

Catalyst AMD drivers maybe ?

ive got a i7 920 2,67ghz with a geforce gtx 570.
dayz worked before the latest patch, so maybe they have messed something up, i dont know.

[craankd]

Messaggio originale di Tikilou:

What is your GPU ? With Nvidia, no problem for me, but with my AMD Radeon HD 7850, game start, freeze, and crash popup windows...

Catalyst AMD drivers maybe ?

I am using i7 nvidia 710m with bumblebee.
There seems to be two errors in playonlinux debugger but I am not sure if this is steam related or dayz:

[0130/102651:ERROR:resource_bundle.cc(417)] Failed to load C:\Program Files\Steam\bin\chrome.pak
ERROR:network_change_notifier_win.cc(126)] WSALookupServiceBegin failed with: 8

Edit: I also had dayz working previously but I ended up installing windows because my character was rendering black and the flickering was bad. Could have kept windows but we all know what windows is compared to linux, that is why we are here. Anyway I found this on reddit http://www.reddit.com/r/linux_gaming/comments/1u5c5t/dayz_alpha_ubuntu_1310_wine_172_configuration/ and I fixed the rendering by enabling StrictDrawOrdering. But now dayz keeps getting stuck at that point previously stated.

I am using Crunchbang Debian amd64 sid. I will install ubuntu 13.10 and see what i can come up with and see what i am missing.

[JamesRamone]

Messaggio originale di killergurke:

I managed to join a test server (which is like lottery already) without Battleye using the experimental branch.. So getting stuck at the loading screen on normal servers must be correlated with Battleye..

Yes it is, Battleye now calls a function which is yet unimplemented in wine, so until someone does it, testing servers are the only ones we can play on.

[PootisSpencer]

I'm waiting for offical port.

[TheDark]

I don't mean to burst any bubbles, but that's very unlikely. The Arma engine in general has never made an appearance on Linux, and I don't expect the DayZ team at Bohemia to change that - as cool as it would be.

EDIT: I want so badly to be wrong.

[rags]

I also stuck at loading screen "DayZ: Stable Branch". Currently I used PlayOnLinux with 1.7.11 and 1.7.13. Only with version 1.7.11 I got one time a InGame voice chat and a player list, after that the window freezed.

Any updates for Day Z under Linux?

[OtherWorldlyEnigma]

ok so i am having alittle trouble please help me i have a intel hd 4000 right? so i don't know how to enable CSMT is there something i have to download or what because everything is fine till i click on a server then the Dayz picture comes up and RIGHT before i enter the game it freezes on the thing that says stable branch 110577 can someone please help me...

[Zenobius]

Messaggio originale di Duck Commander:

im gonna say, use parrarels 9 for mac, works MUCH better than wine

1. Parrallels is a virtualisation hypervisor, just like vmware, virtualbox, kvm and qemu
2. wine on mac must suck.
3. if you're going to boot into windows inside a virtualisation hypervisor you may as well use bootcamp and reboot the whole machine into windows.

Messaggio originale di The Gang Plays Video Games:

I don't mean to burst any bubbles, but that's very unlikely. The Arma engine in general has never made an appearance on Linux, and I don't expect the DayZ team at Bohemia to change that - as cool as it would be.

EDIT: I want so badly to be wrong.

I wouldn't expect anything even remotely approaching workable or stable on Linux, they aren't even capable of creating anything stable on windows where bad habits are hidden.

I mean, you just have to look at their "modding api" (i use the term loosely), to get any kind of useful functionality you're expected to distribute dll files? wtf.

[_Gregy_]

Reasonable. Apart from the fact that running things through WINE will make it slow as hell. Somebody shoots at you? You're already dead. I'll wait for the port thanks.

[Reagle]

I have Imac mid 2011 running lion and im contemplating getting this game but does it work on mac and if so how would you get it to work... i tried doing this tutorial but i used playonmac.. does anyone know if it would run at all using playonmac?

[DocSlippers]

So if you already have the Linux Steam client you need to install the Windows one again through WINE? Or, would you be ok with the Linux client?

[Tikilou]

Just need wine/playonlinux.
I hope bohemia work with valve for a native port on SteamOS...

[Isaibed]

Messaggio originale di Tikilou:

Just need wine/playonlinux.
I hope bohemia work with valve for a native port on SteamOS...

i hope to :)

[DocSlippers]

Messaggio originale di eBc | The Joker™:

Messaggio originale di Tikilou:

Just need wine/playonlinux.
I hope bohemia work with valve for a native port on SteamOS...

i hope to :)

Agreed