In some cases, the game may freeze, hang, crash or otherwise fail to progress past the loading screen after mission launch.

Run protontricks 107410 winecfg in the terminal to configure the game and install xaudio2_7.

Add WINEDLLOVERRIDES='xaudio2_7=n' %command% to the Steam launch options (e.g WINEDLLOVERRIDES='xaudio2_7=n' %command% -noLauncher).

When certain loud sounds play in-game, the audio may crackle. To open winecfg, run protontricks 107410 winecfg in the terminal. The solution is to enable 'Automatically capture the mouse in full screen windows' in winecfg. This often happens with multi-monitor setups. In some cases, the mouse may leave the fullscreen application. Note that for every fix using %command%, the -noLauncher option should be used after it in order to be considered. Avoid Proton Experimental as that can change overtime.Ī recommended version of Proton is Proton 7.0-1. Open Steam client, click on 'Steam' on the top-left, click on 'Settings' then click on 'Steam Play' at the bottom of the list.Ĭheck the box for 'Enable Steam Play for all other titles' and select a version of Proton. To use Proton, it has to be enabled for all Steam library titles. This means the game requires tweaking on Linux to run smoothly. On the ProtonDB page, Arma 3 is ranked 'Gold' in compatibility. Proton is a tool that enables compatibility with Windows-exclusive games on Linux. To setup Arma 3 on a Linux server see Arma Dedicated Server. To run the Linux port of Arma 3 see Arma 3: Experimental Ports.

Using Proton, it is possible to run the latest version of Arma 3 on a Linux client. This article covers the basic setup and troubleshooting of Arma 3 on Proton.

Proton linux install