S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky

What works

• Installation from DVD
• Menus / Graphical mouse cursor
• Audio (including EAX support)
• DirectX 9.0c graphics options (including full dynamic lighting)
• Single-Player
• Multi-Player

What does not

• DirectX 10.x support (was disabled)

Workarounds

What was not tested

• Patching / Updating
• Installation of any mods

Hardware tested

Graphics:

• GPU:
• Driver:

Additional Comments

DLL overrides =========== winetricks d3dx9 directplay System Software ============== emerge -pv app-emulation/wine x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers kde-plasma/plasma-desktop [ebuild R ~] kde-plasma/plasma-desktop-5.8.4:5::gentoo USE="debug fontconfig gtk2 handbook legacy-systray pulseaudio semantic-desktop -gtk3 -ibus (-packagekit) -qt4 -scim {-test}" INPUT_DEVICES="evdev synaptics" 6,285 KiB [ebuild R #] x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-375.10-r2:0/375::bobwya USE="X acpi driver kms multilib tools uvm -compat -gtk3 -pax_kernel -static-libs -wayland" 0 KiB [ebuild R *] app-emulation/wine-9999::bobwya USE="X alsa capi cups fontconfig gecko gphoto2 gsm gstreamer jpeg lcms mono mp3 ncurses nls openal opencl opengl osmesa pipelight png pulseaudio realtime run-exes s3tc samba scanner ssl staging threads truetype udev udisks xcomposite xinerama xml -custom-cflags -dos -ldap -netapi -odbc -oss -pcap -perl -prelink (-selinux) {-test} -themes -v4l -vaapi" ABI_X86="32 64 (-x32)" LINGUAS="en en_US -ar -bg -ca -cs -da -de -el -eo -es -fa -fi -fr -he -hi -hr -hu -it -ja -ko -lt -ml -nb_NO -nl -or -pa -pl -pt_BR -pt_PT -rm -ro -ru -sk -sl -sr_RS@cyrillic -sr_RS@latin -sv -te -th -tr -uk -wa -zh_CN -zh_TW" 142,373 KiB uname -r 4.8.11-gentoo System Hardware ============== H/W path Device Class Description ========================================================= system G751JT (ASUS-NotebookSKU) /0 bus G751JT /0/0 memory 64KiB BIOS /0/8 processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4710HQ CPU @ 2.50GHz /0/8/9 memory 1MiB L2 cache /0/8/a memory 256KiB L1 cache /0/8/b memory 6MiB L3 cache /0/c memory 32GiB System Memory /0/c/0 memory 8GiB SODIMM DDR3 Synchronous 1600 MHz (0.6 ns) /0/c/1 memory 8GiB SODIMM DDR3 Synchronous 1600 MHz (0.6 ns) /0/c/2 memory 8GiB SODIMM DDR3 Synchronous 1600 MHz (0.6 ns) /0/c/3 memory 8GiB SODIMM DDR3 Synchronous 1600 MHz (0.6 ns) /0/100/1/0 display GM204M [GeForce GTX 970M] /0/100/1/0.1 multimedia GM204 High Definition Audio Controller /0/100/14 bus 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family USB xHCI /0/100/14/0 usb1 bus xHCI Host Controller /0/100/14/0/3 bus USB 2.0 Hub /0/100/14/0/3/2 bus USB2.0 Hub /0/100/14/0/3/2/1 input USB Receiver /0/100/14/0/3/2/3 input Corsair K65 Gaming Keyboard /0/100/14/0/4 multimedia Corsair Gaming H2100 Headset /0/100/14/0/5 communication Bluetooth wireless interface /0/100/14/0/7 multimedia USB2.0 HD UVC WebCam /0/100/14/0/a input ASUS ROG Macrokey /0/100/14/1 usb2 bus xHCI Host Controller /0/100/16 communication 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family MEI Controller #1 /0/100/1b multimedia 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset High Definition Audio Controller /0/100/1c.2/0 wls1 network Wireless 7260 /0/100/1c.3/0 p3p1 network RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller /0/100/1f.3 bus 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family SMBus Controller

These notes were last updated: 3 December 2016

Follow these guidelines to avoid embarrassment - caused by having your Test Submission immediately rejected!!

• Put your PC specs in the Extra Comments section e.g. like your CPU and system memory.¹
  
• When adding test results please specify video card and driver version you are using.²
• It's also useful to mention what desktop environment you are using (e.g. KDE, Gnome, Xfce, Unity...)
• Specify what version of the Windows emulation you use in your Wineprefix (e.g. Windows XP, Windows 7).
• Add a comment about what is not working for you.
• Specify if you made any other changes to S.T.A.L.K.E.R: Clear Sky e.g. installing a game "Mod", an .exe patch or details of any other modifications you made to the stock configuration files for the game.
• Please indicate if your using Wine Staging and/or any additional patches applied - to the version of Wine you are using.
  
• Please, don't submit test results like "Everything is working" or "Everything isn't working".
  

These guidelines ensure your submitted test results are actually relevant to other users of Wine and WineHQ.

¹ The console version of the lshw utility is your friend. This command will dump your System hardware specification in a clean format. Post command and output in the Extra Comments section:

lshw -short

² glxinfo can be used to display your OpenGL and graphics driver versions. Post the command and output in the Extra Comments section:

glxinfo | grep version

This guide was created - using the newer Revival S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Clear Sky retail DVD (which is pre-patch to version 1.5.10). The disc was scanned for copy protection - none was detected. A no-CD/DVD crack or patch may be necessary for different copies of the retail disc, or for different locales.

Setup either a 32-bit Wineprefix or a 64-bit Wineprefix.

Although a 32-bit Wineprefix is generally recommended for maximum compatibility, a 64-bit Wineprefix might be beneficial in certain, restricted circumstances.
E.g. to support the transfer of S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky saved games between a native 64-bit Windows install of S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky and your Wine Wineprefix (see Saved Games note below).

32-bit Wineprefix:

export WINEPREFIX="❚❚❚❚❚❚" ¹
export WINEARCH=win32
wineboot -u

export WINEPREFIX="❚❚❚❚❚❚" ¹
export WINEARCH=win64
wineboot -u

Wine hooks into the Linux udisks-2 hardware manager to auto-populate system drives. Mount your optical media drive using your Desktop Environment file manager (dolphin, nautilus, caja, etc.) Locate the symbolic link / virtual Windows drive letter Wine has setup for your install media as follows:

ls -hl "${WINEPREFIX}/dosdevices"

    total 0
    lrwxrwxrwx 1 ❚❚❚❚❚❚ ❚❚❚❚ 10 Oct 11 19:31 c: -> ../drive_c
    lrwxrwxrwx 1 ❚❚❚❚❚❚ ❚❚❚❚ 25 Oct 11 19:31 d: -> /run/media/❚❚❚❚❚❚/StalkerCS
    lrwxrwxrwx 1 ❚❚❚❚❚❚ ❚❚❚❚  8 Oct 11 19:31 d:: -> /dev/sr0
    lrwxrwxrwx 1 ❚❚❚❚❚❚ ❚❚❚❚  1 Oct 11 19:31 z: -> /

Then proceed to install the game, using the allocated Windows drive letter of your optical drive:

wine 'D:\AutoStarter.exe' ²
winetricks d3dx9 ³

The default Unix install location (change as required).

32-bit Wineprefix:

"${WINEPREFIX}/drive_c/Program Files/Deep Silver/S.T.A.L.K.E.R. - Clear Sky"

64-bit Wineprefix:

"${WINEPREFIX}/drive_c/Program Files (x86)/Deep Silver/S.T.A.L.K.E.R. - Clear Sky"

¹ Specify full path; folder, may pre-exist, and will be created if it does not.
² The virtual Windows drive letter assigned to your optical drive mount path may vary from system to system.
³ It is necessary to override 3 specific DirectX extension dll libraries:

• d3dx9_31
• d3dx9_36
• d3dx9_37

winetricks d3dx9

After installing the retail game...

If required... Update S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky ­using the ­final patch revision (1.5.10):

• English Retail version: STALKER: Clear Sky v1.5.10 (English) Patch: stkcs-for-pack-efigspcjh-patch-any-10.exe
• English Download version: STALKER: Clear Sky v1.5.10 (English) Patch: stkcs-tol-pack-efigspcjh-patch-any-10.exe
• Russian version: STALKER: Clear Sky v1.5.10 (Russian) Patch: stkcs-rus-pack-r-patch-any-10-fixed.exe

The Revival S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Clear Sky retail DVD being tested - had the 15.10 patch pre-applied.

Non-US versions might have problems with copy-protection and may require the use of a no-CD/DVD patch.

To enable multiplayer support for S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky - use the following override:

winetricks directplay

Tested with Wine (Staging) 1.9.23.
Browsing S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky Server is supported, with a number of servers still online, and online play appears to work without any noticeable issues.

DirectX 10.x Support

As of Wine version 1.7.53(+) there are tests enabled to see if your graphics hardware supports DirectX 10.x... Unfortunately a significant amount of the DirectX 10.x support has still to be implemented in Wine. The symptom for this issue is that Wine will crash immediately after you launch S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky.

The workaround is to disable support for the DirectX Graphics Infrastructure (DXGI) in Wine:

wine reg.exe ADD "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Wine\DllOverrides" "/v" "dxgi" "/t" "REG_SZ" "/d" ""

This guide was created - using the Revival S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Clear Sky retail DVD.

export WINEPREFIX="❚❚❚❚❚❚"
cd "${WINEPREFIX}/drive_c/Program Files/Deep Silver/S.T.A.L.K.E.R. - Clear Sky"
wine "bin/xrEngine.exe"

export WINEPREFIX="❚❚❚❚❚❚"
cd "${WINEPREFIX}/drive_c/Program Files (x86)/Deep Silver/S.T.A.L.K.E.R. - Clear Sky"
wine "bin/xrEngine.exe"