u/killerkeemstart123

[Age of Empires IV] "Steam must be running to play this game" error with DODI Repack on Fedora 44

[Age of Empires IV] "Steam must be running to play this game" error with DODI Repack on Fedora 44

**System Information:**

- CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 7900X

- GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER

- OS: Fedora Linux 44 (KDE Plasma Desktop Edition) x86_64

**Software Information:**

- Proton Version: Proton 10.0 (via Lutris/UMU)

- Game Launcher: Lutris

**Release Information:**

- Release: DODI Repack

- Crack: RUNE Steam Emulator (steamclient64.dll + steam_emu.ini)

**Issue:**

Getting "Steam must be running to play this game. Try again by launching game from Steam." error when launching RelicCardinal.exe through Lutris.

**Steps Already Taken:**

- Extracted RUNE.rar from the _Crack folder and copied all contents (steamclient64.dll, steam_emu.ini, amd_ags_x64.dll, etc.) into the main game directory alongside RelicCardinal.exe

- Added `-nosteamcheck` to launch arguments

- Added steamclient64 DLL override (n,b) in Lutris Runner options

- DXVK enabled, Esync/Fsync enabled

- Searched the sub and ProtonDB but couldn't find a Fedora-specific fix for this crack

**Logs (relevant lines):**

```

fsync: up and running.

gamemodeauto: dlopen failed - libgamemode.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

```

Game starts the Proton/UMU runtime successfully but then throws the Steam error before the window appears.

Any ideas on what I'm missing to get the RUNE crack working?

u/killerkeemstart123 — 4 days ago

[PRAGMATA] FitGirl Repack Extremely Slow Installation / Unpacking

[PRAGMATA] FitGirl Repack Extremely Slow Installation / Unpacking

**System Information:**

- CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 7900X

- GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER

- OS: Fedora Linux 44 (KDE Plasma Desktop Edition) x86_64

**Software Information:**

- Proton Version: GE-Proton34

- Game Launcher: Steam (added as Non-Steam Game)

**Release Information:**

- Release: FitGirl Repack

- Crack: Voices of the Void / SteamStub bypass (as included in FitGirl's Pragmata repack)

**Issue:**

The FitGirl installer is unpacking extremely slowly. It has been running for over 50 minutes and is only at 0.2% on re_chunk_000.pak. The timer shows ~14 minutes remaining but the progress bar barely moves.

**Steps Already Taken:**

- Added setup.exe as a Non-Steam game

- Set compatibility to GE-Proton34

- Clicked Yes when the installer warned about disk space (confirmed 1.1TB free via df -h, so space is not the issue)

- Searched the sub and found a similar thread but no specific fix for slow unpacking on Fedora

Is this normal for this repack on Linux, or is there something I can do to speed it up? Should I just leave it running? Also is there a good up to date guide for installing Fitgirl repack games.

EDIT: Thanks for the info guys. I used dodi repack + Bottle and wine 8.26 and it installed and opened flawlessly. Appreciate it.

SECOND EDIT: It black screened after and wasn’t working. I went back to Lutris and used proton 10 and it’s been working.

u/killerkeemstart123 — 5 days ago