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drauxling

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Turns out that when you upgrade to a Jagex Account, you can no longer use the Linux native RuneScape 3 launcher, it just fails to authenticate your credentials. You have to install Jagex Launcher.

I got this working on my Linux Mint 20 machine in a very satisfactory way. I'm posting for the community because I took some steps that aren't mentioned elsewhere.

First, you need to understand that the only way you can get the Jagex Launcher running on Linux is with Wine. The options listed on the support page (below) all use Wine. Suck it up.

https://help.jagex.com/hc/en-gb/articles/13413514881937-Downloading-the-Jagex-Launcher-on-Linux

However, that's just for the Jagex launcher. It turns out that in the background, the Jagex Launcher installs and uses the old Runescape launcher. It just starts it up and automatically logs you in using your Jagex Account. So don't uninstall your existing Runescape launcher. We'll make use of it later.

I found c00k's guide (Youtube link below) to be the the best of the three options on that support page. The other options involve a Flatpak installation that didn't work for me, and an old, long Reddit thread that's just a mess to try and get through. c00k gives you a clean install with the least amount of software.

https://youtu.be/izLxF_Wwinw

While following c00k's steps, I had trouble installing .NET 4.8. It gave me a 'does not apply to this operating system' error. Turns out this is because Linux Mint 20 is a bit out of date and winetricks needed to be updated. To update winetricks:

https://github.com/Winetricks/winetricks/blob/master/README.md

Finally, my own twist: using the Linux native Runescape client instead of the one that runs on Wine. The one Jagex Launcher installs for you works, but performance is worse because it's a .exe running on wine. Open your terminal in the Games folder and run:

mv RuneScape.exe RuneScape.exe.old
ln -s /usr/share/games/runescape-launcher/runescape ./RuneScape.exe

And you're done!

30-May-2023 23:46:13 - Last edited on 31-May-2023 15:10:54 by drauxling

drauxling

drauxling

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Once you've used the Jagex Launcher to start up the native Runescape client, you can close the Jagex Launcher from your task tray, and continue playing Runescape without anything actually running on Wine. Which is awesome, because not only does it give you much better game performance, it also means you don't have to worry about Wine glitches when you're playing.

Please note that this is kind-of-sort-of a hack. I don't know if/when it'll stop working, or if the native Linux Runescape client will eventually fall out of support. That said, it's a hack in the sense of "this is an awesome way to make your life better" and not "this is how to bypass someone's security". I don't think this will cause any problems for Jagex.

31-May-2023 00:09:34 - Last edited on 31-May-2023 00:09:47 by drauxling

Rerandomized
Feb Member 2023

Rerandomized

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Thanks for this! I didn't even considering trying to symlink an exe with the linux binary. You made my day after realizing the "Stream accounts still work" didn't imply the linux client would get the same treatment. This is a good enough stop-gap. Let's pray it doesn't break :)

05-Jun-2023 11:14:39

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