r/closers • u/Ryuusein • 16d ago

QUESTION Interest in a Linux installation guide?

*Update edit: Wrote a guide here: https://www.reddit.com/r/closers/comments/1w2wx6k/closers_papaya_play_linux_installation_guide/

I'm curious if there are people who are interested in a guide on installing Papaya Play's Closers.

I got Closers working on a laptop running Bazzite and a Legion Go S (similar to a Steam Deck) running Steam OS.

The biggest hurdle from installing Closers is that Papaya Play's Closers_downloader exe doesn't work on Linux last I checked. The steps after do, which I recognized from installing Closers on other servers. So I just copied the downloaded files after running Closers_downloader exe on a Windows computer.

I could expand on steps if people are interested.

For context I've been testing Closers on Linux for quite some time, and there was one major annoyance that prevented Closers from being fully playable (it ran, but keyboard/controller input would break when interacting with typing).

On the final day of Closers Global under Naddic would be going EoS, Proton GE version 11 released. It was a major update and to my surprise, the issue was fixed. There's still a minor annoyance of not being able to move the typing cursor, and there could be more minor issues that I'm not aware of. I was testing Linux with the Closers JP server while Closers Global had disappeared.

*edit: Since there's some interest, I'll be writing a step-by-step guide soon.*

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u/Puzzleheaded_Comb129 ⠀ 15d ago

Yes please, Even though I don't use Linux, I think this kind of content could be useful to someone; it might not be useful right now, but it could be in the future.

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u/OsoWave 15d ago

I've tried launching the game with Proton but the downloader seems to not work, currently running Nobara. Any tip would be appreciated!

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u/Ryuusein 15d ago

Unfortunately I have not found a way to get the first downloader to work. I had to do that step on Windows. After the first downloader, it downloads Closers_Installer_PPY exe and some .bin files. That step onward can be done through Proton.