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

Options:

Preflight Check

Run a series of system optimization checks and offer to fix any issues.
- Checks that vm.max_map_count is set to at least 16777216 to give the game access to sufficient memory.
- Checks that the hard open file descriptors limit is set to at least 524288.

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

Delete my shaders only

Sometimes all you need to do between major version updates is delete your shaders directory.

Delete my DXVK cache

A troubleshooting step that sometimes helps fix various issues and crashes.

Get a random Penguin's Star Citizen referral code

Display a referral code for a random member of the Star Citizen Linux Users Group.

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.

Installation:

From Source:

Download it!
Run it!
If you want, move lug-logo.png to /usr/share/pixmaps/

Arch Linux: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/lug-helper/

Contributors:

https://github.com/Termuellinator
https://github.com/pstn
Runner Downloader inspired by https://github.com/richardtatum/sc-runner-updater