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Battlefield 4 on Linux

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This guide shows how to setup Battlefield 4 with the newest Version of Punkbuster on Linux.

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カテゴリー: MOD制作または設定変更, ウォークスルー

Languages: 英語

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概要

Installing Battlefield 4

Update PunkBuster

Troubleshooting

Wrap up

Installing Battlefield 4

Installing Battlefield 4 on Linux is easy. Right click the game in your library and go to "Properties...".
Then under the compatibility section enable "Force the use of a specific Steam Play compatibility tool". Choose the latest Proton Version.
After closing the properties menu you will be able to download and install Battlefield 4 over the normal "Install" button.

Don't forget the DLC Operations

There are 3 free DLCs that contain more maps:

Legacy Operations
Night Operations
Community Operations

Go to the DLC Page of BF4 and add/download them to play all maps.

Update PunkBuster

We now need to update PunkBuster to make sure we don't get kicked from online games.
Since we're on Linux this can be a bit tricky but following this guide should make it easy.

Protontricks

Protontricks is a utility tool that makes launching external Windows executables inside Steam game environments easy.
Make sure it is installed on your Linux System.
You can find how to install it for your distro on the Protontricks github.

Download PBSetup

Now we need to download the newest Windows version of PunkBuster. This is important, because Protontricks uses the Windows version of PunkBuster to run Battlefield.
To download PunkBuster go to their website.
Unzip the downloaded file to access pbsetup.exe.

Start pbetup.exe with Protontricks

Make sure you have started Battlefield 4 at least once!
To start the installation use the following protontricks command:
protontricks-launch --appid 1238860 ./pbsetup.exe

With this we tell Protontricks to launch pbsetup.exe inside the Battlefield 4 environment. The AppId of 1238860 corresponds to Battlefield 4. The location of pbsetup.exe is the last parameter. Make sure it matches to where you saved the file!

Configure PunkBuster

After a moment the PunkBuster Installer Windows should open.
Here you have to accept the License Agreement.
You will see the configuration menu next. Select the "Add Game" Button (marked with red).

Add Battlefied 4 from the dropdown menu. The file location should be found automatically.

Now it will update PunkBuster for your game installation. After this, Battlefield 4 shows up in the menu.

You can now close out of the menu by pressing the "Quit" button.

Troubleshooting

If you're having trouble with running Protontricks this section might help you by detailing common errors.

Protontricks - Using the newest Proton version

When starting Protontricks you might get the Error "SyntaxError: Invalid file magic number".
Make sure Protontricks uses the newest (experimental) version by setting the PROTON_VERSION variable:
export PROTON_VERSION="Proton Experimental"

Protontricks - Set Steam directory explicitly

If Protontricks does not find your Steam directory directly you can set the STEAM_DIR variable:
export STEAM_DIR=/path/to/steamdir

Wrap up

Future Improvements

If you have any suggestions or have specific problems (with or without solution) please let me know in the comment.
I will add it to the guide.

Thanks

The main section of the guide was first written by Yagato on the protondb entry for battlefield 4.

Thank you for reading!

13 件のコメント

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Vasyash 5月22日 9時52分

Just install Windows

Tirso 4月22日 8時11分

Bf4 works and punk buster has been updated. Do you have any suggestions on getting the ping to show in game? I just have a dash and some servers will kick.

LA. 3月29日 15時29分

Been a long time since I played BF4, glad you managed to find a fix or atleast shared it. Downloading BF4 on my ubuntu right now. However, maybe you know if there is a similar fix for other battlefield games?

wizzim 3月23日 12時07分

@Schneider regarding the list of friends not loading in the EA App overlay, this trick did it for me:
https://www.reddit.com/r/linux_gaming/comments/1jegtfo/found_a_solution_to_the_ea_app_friends_connection/

Schneider(9er) Zero 3月15日 6時53分

This got me going on bf4 under linux mint! Exciting stuff. The only problem I have is that the EA app says it couldn't connect and therefore my entire friends list is offline.

Leading up to this, I tried so many things with Lutris to no avail. I re-purchased the game through steam for 2$ on sale so I could try your method. In this case, I was able to keep my progress, as I signed in with the same EA account.

AJKI11A 3月6日 20時37分

## BF4 Non-Steam Setup on Lutris

1. Install EA App through Lutris (Far Left Menu Click Play Button)
2. Install Battlefield 4
3. Download Windows PunkBuster from official site
4. Unzip pbsetup.exe to EA App folder
5. Install PunkBuster, add BF4 path

Add new game in Lutris:
- Name: BF4 (or any name)
- Executable: /pathtoEAApp/EALauncher.exe
- Wine Prefix: /pathtoEAApp
- Arguments: pbservice.exe

Runner Options: Wine-ge (latest) in my case

This launches PBService when game runs. Verify PunkbusterA is running & appears in Wine Task Manager(Bottom Left Menu) after starting EA App.

If experiencing ping kicks, run: not all of these will apply to your system
sudo setcap cap_net_raw=epi /bin/wine-preloader
sudo setcap cap_net_raw=epi /bin/wine64-preloader
sudo setcap cap_net_raw=epi /bin/wineserver

Dimitrion 3月1日 11時04分

@bol
Thanks for the last advice, this made it run on my laptop! Great. No all i need is some tinkering to make it stop freezing randomly. :-D

bol [作成者] 2月24日 13時13分

@Dimitrion,
I recommend checking the protondb website for battlefield 4 and searching for mint.
I found a user "A Button" that got it to run on mint.
He wrote:
"EA Launcher doesn't work on both Steam and Lutris without changing GE Proton back to 7-43. Changing to this version allows EA app to be properly installed. Changing to Proton Experimental makes the game still work but in the next launch, EA app refuses to launch the game, even returning to GE Proton 7-43. Had to reverify it. I never changed this compatibility again ever since. EA app has to be the worst launcher that I've ever dealt with, even in Windows."

Dimitrion 2月20日 12時54分

Thanks for replying @bol.
I tried proton 8.0-5. Didn't work.
Steam downloads the proton version, at clicking start; EA screen shortly pops up, Vulkan shaders load up and after that it just stops.

bol [作成者] 2月18日 11時21分

Hi @Dimitrion, I can confirm it still works for me with proton 8.0-5 on my arch linux install.
I had to start it twice because the EA App wanted me to log in again. But once i did that the game started into the main menu.

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