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# LUG-Helper
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**Star Citizen's Linux Users Group Helper Script**
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https://robertsspaceindustries.com/orgs/LUG
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*Greetings, fellow Penguin!*
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This script is designed to help you manage and optimize Star Citizen on Linux.
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Zenity menus are used for a GUI experience with a fallback to terminal-based menus where Zenity is unavailable. The game directory paths provided by the user on first run are saved in *$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/starcitizen-lug* . Keybinds are backed up to *$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/starcitizen-lug/keybinds*
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## Options:
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`Manage Lutris Runners`
- Quickly install and delete Lutris wine runners
`Delete my Star Citizen USER folder and preserve my keybinds`
- The helper will make backups of any exported keybinds, delete your Star Citizen USER folder, then restore your keybind files.
- To export your keybinds from within the game, go to:
- *Options->Keybindings->Control Profiles->Save Control Settings*
- To re-import your keybinds from within the game, select them from the list:
- *Options->Keybindings->Control Profiles*
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`Check vm.max_map_count for optimal performance`
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- We recommend setting this to at least 16777216 to give the game access to sufficient memory.
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- The helper will offer to set it for you or show you the commands to do it yourself.
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`Check my open file descriptors limit`
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- We recommend setting the hard open files limit to at least 524288.
- The helper will offer to set it for you and try to auto-detect the correct method to do so.
- It is able to update either */etc/systemd/system.conf* or */etc/security/limits.conf*
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`Delete my shaders only`
- Sometimes all you need to do between major version updates is delete your shaders directory.
`Delete my DXVK cache`
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- A troubleshooting step that sometimes helps fix various issues and crashes.
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`Get a random Penguin's Star Citizen referral code`
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- Display a referral code for a random member of the Star Citizen Linux Users Group.
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`Switch the helper between LIVE and PTU`
- Toggle between targeting LIVE or PTU for all of the above options. Defaults to LIVE on each run.
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## Installation:
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From Source:
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1. Download it!
2. Run it!
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3. If you want, move *lug-logo.png* to */usr/share/pixmaps/*
Arch Linux: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/lug-helper/
