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Created October 22, 2020 19:56
Final Fantasy XIV Online Workaround for Ubuntu 20.04
I tried to follow @Proton Girl, and other people instructions here, and also some youtube videos, and almost all of them worked, except for the intro video lock.
Here's what I did to get it working:
1: Installed the LAUNCHER only through steam;
2: Hit "Play" once, so it would process the vulkan shaders (but the launcher won't work already)
3: I already had the game downloaded, on a Windows version, so i copied the contents of the Windows version, to my Ubuntu version folder (merged, and replaced everything)
4: Then i followed other people instructions here, about the FFXIV_BOOT.cfg file
4.1: The quoted: "Set "Browser" to "1" instead of "2" in "FFXIV_BOOT.cfg" or the launcher will crash." instruction from @Proton Girl, worked to open the launcher.
4.2: The quoted: "Set "StartupCompleted" to "1" in "FFXIV_BOOT.cfg" if the launcher gives a java error when updating the game."from @Proton Girl also "must have" worked, cause I didn't experience any Java error.
4.3: The quoted: "Set "Cutscene