• FINAL FANTASY XIV ¹⁾
• 64-bit
• WineHQ AppDB

• Fedora Workstation
• Wine

• Install to default directory when prompted ²⁾
• After install is finished, wait about 1-2 minutes for the Terminal to finish up

mkdir -p ~/'Wine Prefixes' && wget -O ~/'Downloads/ffxivsetup.exe' 'http://gdl.square-enix.com/ffxiv/inst/ffxivsetup.exe' && WINEPREFIX=~/'Wine Prefixes/FINAL FANTASY XIV' WINEARCH='win64' wine ~/'Downloads/ffxivsetup.exe'

• Removes the entire FINAL FANTASY XIV - A Realm Reborn folder from the Wine prefix, and copies an existing one from ~/Downloads
• If not restoring a back-up, or are downloading the game from scratch, ignore this

rm -Rf ~/'Wine Prefixes/FINAL FANTASY XIV/drive_c/Program Files (x86)/SquareEnix/FINAL FANTASY XIV - A Realm Reborn' && mv -f ~/'Downloads/FINAL FANTASY XIV - A Realm Reborn' ~/'Wine Prefixes/FINAL FANTASY XIV/drive_c/Program Files (x86)/SquareEnix' && sync

• Staging → [x] Hide Wine version from applications ^{3) 4)}

WINEPREFIX=~/'Wine Prefixes/FINAL FANTASY XIV' winecfg

rm -f ~/'Downloads/ffxivsetup.exe' ~/'Desktop/FINAL FANTASY XIV - A Realm Reborn.desktop' ~/'Desktop/FINAL FANTASY XIV ONLINE.desktop' && sync

• https://github.com/doitsujin/dxvk

• D3D11 to Vulkan

• https://github.com/doitsujin/dxvk/releases
• https://github.com/Sporif/dxvk-async/releases

rm -rf '/tmp/dxvk-'* && cd '/tmp' && tar -xvzf ~/'Downloads/dxvk-'*'.tar.gz' && chmod +x '/tmp/dxvk-'*'/setup_dxvk.sh' && cd ~ && WINEPREFIX=~/'Wine Prefixes/FINAL FANTASY XIV' '/tmp/dxvk-'*'/setup_dxvk.sh' install && rm -rf '/tmp/dxvk-'* && mkdir -p ~/'Wine Prefixes/FINAL FANTASY XIV/dxvk_state_cache' && sync

• Sets Browser to 1 in FFXIV_BOOT.cfg to revert to the old launcher
• This needs to be done before first-launch

mkdir -p ~/'Documents/My Games/FINAL FANTASY XIV - A Realm Reborn' && echo "Browser 1" | tee ~/'Documents/My Games/FINAL FANTASY XIV - A Realm Reborn/FFXIV_BOOT.cfg' > '/dev/null'

nano ~/'Documents/My Games/FINAL FANTASY XIV - A Realm Reborn/FFXIV_BOOT.cfg'

• Sets CutsceneMovieOpening to 1 in FFXIV.cfg to workaround a blackscreen issue after selecting the datacenter and before the character-select screen
• This needs to be done before first-launch

mkdir -p ~/'Documents/My Games/FINAL FANTASY XIV - A Realm Reborn' && echo "CutsceneMovieOpening 1" | tee ~/'Documents/My Games/FINAL FANTASY XIV - A Realm Reborn/FFXIV.cfg' > '/dev/null'

nano ~/'Documents/My Games/FINAL FANTASY XIV - A Realm Reborn/FFXIV.cfg'

rm -Rf ~/'.local/share/applications/wine/Programs/SQUARE ENIX' && mkdir -p ~/'.local/share/applications/wine/Programs/FINAL FANTASY XIV'

nano ~/'.local/share/applications/wine/Programs/FINAL FANTASY XIV/FINAL FANTASY XIV.desktop'

[Desktop Entry]
Name=FINAL FANTASY XIV
Comment=Hydaelyn, a vibrant planet blessed by the Light of the Cyrstal. Amid azure seas, encompassing the westernmost of the Three Great Continents, there lies a realm embraced by gods and forged by heroes. Her name - Eorzea. It is here that your tale unfolds. Beckoned by the Mothercrystal, the source of all life, you must embark upon a quest to deliver the land from an eternity of Darkness.
Categories=Game;AdventureGame;RolePlaying
Exec=env DXVK_LOG_LEVEL='none' DXVK_STATE_CACHE_PATH='/home/CHANGEME/Wine Prefixes/FINAL FANTASY XIV/dxvk_state_cache' MESA_GLSL_CACHE_DIR='/home/CHANGEME/Wine Prefixes/FINAL FANTASY XIV' WINEDEBUG=-all WINEPREFIX='/home/CHANGEME/Wine Prefixes/FINAL FANTASY XIV' wine '/home/CHANGEME/Wine Prefixes/FINAL FANTASY XIV/drive_c/Program Files (x86)/SquareEnix/FINAL FANTASY XIV - A Realm Reborn/boot/ffxivboot64.exe'
Type=Application
StartupNotify=true
Path=/home/CHANGEME/Wine Prefixes/FINAL FANTASY XIV/drive_c/Program Files (x86)/SquareEnix/FINAL FANTASY XIV - A Realm Reborn/boot
Icon=420A_FFXIV.0
StartupWMClass=ffxivlauncher64.exe
Actions=Kill;Backup;Cache;

[Desktop Action Kill]
Exec=env WINEPREFIX='/home/CHANGEME/Wine Prefixes/FINAL FANTASY XIV' wineserver -k
Name=Force-close FINAL FANTASY XIV

[Desktop Action Backup]
Exec=env WINEDEBUG=-all WINEPREFIX='/home/CHANGEME/Wine Prefixes/FINAL FANTASY XIV' wine '/home/CHANGEME/Wine Prefixes/FINAL FANTASY XIV/drive_c/Program Files (x86)/SquareEnix/FINAL FANTASY XIV - A Realm Reborn/boot/ffxivconfig64.exe'
Name=UI Backup Tool

[Desktop Action Cache]
Exec=bash -c "rm -Rf ~/'Wine Prefixes/FINAL FANTASY XIV/dxvk_state_cache/'* ~/'Wine Prefixes/FINAL FANTASY XIV/mesa_shader_cache/'* ~/'Documents/My Games/FINAL FANTASY XIV - A Realm Reborn/downloads/'* ~/'Documents/My Games/FINAL FANTASY XIV - A Realm Reborn/FFXIV_'*'/log/'* ~/'Wine Prefixes/FINAL FANTASY XIV/drive_c/Program Files (x86)/SquareEnix/FINAL FANTASY XIV - A Realm Reborn/boot/ffxiv'*'.log' ~/'Wine Prefixes/FINAL FANTASY XIV/drive_c/Program Files (x86)/SquareEnix/FINAL FANTASY XIV - A Realm Reborn/boot/ffxiv'*'.dxvk-cache' ~/'Wine Prefixes/FINAL FANTASY XIV/drive_c/windows/temp/'* ~/'Wine Prefixes/FINAL FANTASY XIV/drive_c/users/'$USER'/Temp/'* && sync && notify-send 'The cache for FFXIV has been cleaned.'"
Name=Cache Clean-up

sed -i 's/'CHANGEME'/'$USER'/g' ~/'.local/share/applications/wine/Programs/FINAL FANTASY XIV/FINAL FANTASY XIV.desktop'

WINEPREFIX=~/'Wine Prefixes/FINAL FANTASY XIV' winecfg

WINEPREFIX=~/'Wine Prefixes/FINAL FANTASY XIV' winetricks

WINEPREFIX=~/'Wine Prefixes/FINAL FANTASY XIV' regedit

WINEPREFIX=~/'Wine Prefixes/FINAL FANTASY XIV' wineserver -k

• More Environment Variables

cd ~/'Wine Prefixes/FINAL FANTASY XIV/drive_c/Program Files (x86)/SquareEnix/FINAL FANTASY XIV - A Realm Reborn/boot' && 

__NV_PRIME_RENDER_OFFLOAD='1' __VK_LAYER_NV_optimus='NVIDIA_only'

__NV_PRIME_RENDER_OFFLOAD='1' __VK_LAYER_NV_optimus='non_NVIDIA_only'

DXVK_HUD='full'

WINEDEBUG='-all'

WINEPREFIX=~/'Wine Prefixes/FINAL FANTASY XIV' wine ~/'Wine Prefixes/FINAL FANTASY XIV/drive_c/Program Files (x86)/SquareEnix/FINAL FANTASY XIV - A Realm Reborn/boot/ffxivboot64.exe'

cd ~/'Wine Prefixes/FINAL FANTASY XIV/drive_c/Program Files (x86)/SquareEnix/FINAL FANTASY XIV - A Realm Reborn/boot' && WINEPREFIX=~/'Wine Prefixes/FINAL FANTASY XIV' wine ~/'Wine Prefixes/FINAL FANTASY XIV/drive_c/Program Files (x86)/SquareEnix/FINAL FANTASY XIV - A Realm Reborn/boot/ffxivsysinfo64.exe'

cd ~/'Wine Prefixes/FINAL FANTASY XIV/drive_c/Program Files (x86)/SquareEnix/FINAL FANTASY XIV - A Realm Reborn/boot' && WINEPREFIX=~/'Wine Prefixes/FINAL FANTASY XIV' wine ~/'Wine Prefixes/FINAL FANTASY XIV/drive_c/Program Files (x86)/SquareEnix/FINAL FANTASY XIV - A Realm Reborn/boot/ffxivconfig64.exe'

gio open ~/'Wine Prefixes/FINAL FANTASY XIV/drive_c/Program Files (x86)/SquareEnix/FINAL FANTASY XIV - A Realm Reborn'