Create a directory where you want the MTGA wine prefix to live (I use /home/my_username/Games/mtg/)
In Lutris, press + to add a new game, and set the following:
Name: “Magic The Gathering Arena”
Runner: Wine
Click Game Options, set the following:
Executable: /path/to/MTGAInstaller.exe
Wine prefix: /path/to/your/wine/prefix/location/ (As I mentioned above, I use /home/my_username/Games/mtg/)
Click Save
Optional, if the game art doesn’t auto-populate:
Click Lutris under “Sources” on the left -> Community Installers
Search for “magic arena”, and wait for results to populate (the search downloads the art)
Exit the community installer section
Click Play in Lutris
From here it should set up the Wine prefix and install the game. Once that is done then quit the game (if it auto-launches).
Set Lutris to the game’s launch executable: right-click on the MTGA icon -> Configure -> Game Options
Executable: /installed/path/to/MTGALauncher.exe (for me it is /home/my_username/Games/mtg/drive_c/ProgramFiles/Wizards of the Coast/MTGA/MTGALauncher/MTGALauncher.exe)
Click Save and you should be good to go!
Good luck! If the game doesn’t work following these instructions then you can try running with different versions of Wine (I’m using lutris-GE-Proton8-x86_64). And if it still doesn’t work then I’d expect your issue might be with your GPU drivers.
I play mtga often on Debian-based. Wouldn’t expect arch to be different.
I am having trouble installing with Lutris, Do you remember how did you install it?
Yeah, I install all of my Lutris games “manually”. The process goes something like this:
/home/my_username/Games/mtg/)+to add a new game, and set the following:Game Options, set the following:/path/to/MTGAInstaller.exe/path/to/your/wine/prefix/location/(As I mentioned above, I use/home/my_username/Games/mtg/)SaveLutrisunder “Sources” on the left ->Community InstallersPlayin LutrisConfigure->Game Options/installed/path/to/MTGALauncher.exe(for me it is/home/my_username/Games/mtg/drive_c/Program Files/Wizards of the Coast/MTGA/MTGALauncher/MTGALauncher.exe)Saveand you should be good to go!Good luck! If the game doesn’t work following these instructions then you can try running with different versions of Wine (I’m using
lutris-GE-Proton8-x86_64). And if it still doesn’t work then I’d expect your issue might be with your GPU drivers.Awesome! Thank you very much, I will try that!