The EASIEST way to run MapleLegends on Linux - Unofficial Linux Client

I tried to use Lutris, but I must've been doing something wrong. Maybe I'll try again and see what happens.

 

You could try running it in a gamescope session. If you have steam installed, add maplelegends.sh as a non-steam game, then in the steam shortcuts launch options add:
gamescope -W 1366 -H 768 --rt -S -- %command%

Changing -W and -H to what ever you have the resolution set in your .ini file. For more info on the options for gamescope check the github page https://github.com/ValveSoftware/gamescope

 

Has anyone tried this recently? I was gonna do it on my Ubuntu 24.04 but got lost looking for the extra files (that I dont think are needed anymore?), then ended up installing windows on a tiny ssd and getting that last year of updates. Dual-booting has slowed down my start-ups though. I assume even base wine could do it these days as long as you install the directx and libraries to the right spot?

 

Yeah this still works great, The two primary devices I play maplelegends on are my steamdeck running steam OS(arch) and my desktop running bazzite(fedora).

 

Looks like Dec 3rd update is available. Any ETA on getting the Linux one out for updating? Also, what are the reccomended steps to update?

 

So 100% all I should need to do is, get the windows version, install it into its wine directory, install all the directx shit to the legends wine directory and the binaries should be included? I'll give that a go next reboot! ty everyone.

 

You need the mac version to play on linux.

 

Yeah, I still dont really understand that either. Does the mac version include windows binaries or something?

 

I think they build it a little bit different and that task is for someone else on the team I guess.
For updating this script you have instructions from OP.

 

Howdy y'all! While I'm not the most tech savvy person around, I just successfully updated using the Wineskin and thought I'd share the steps I took (using Manjaro Arch linux) in as much detail as possible.

1. Download the Wineskin, titled "MapleLegends-MAC3DEC2025.pkg".
2. Navigate to the Downloads directory, and extract using 7zip as follows: ```7z x MapleLegends-MAC3DEC2025.pkg -o<output-directory-name>```
NOTE: No space after the '-o' flag; this will create a directory in the Downloads folder called <output-directory-name> containing the contents of extraction.
3. Inside <output-directory-name>/MapleLegends.pkg/ (yes, MapleLegends.pkg is now a directory) you'll find a file called "Payload".
4. To extract the Payload, ensure package "cpio" is installed and run ```cat Payload | gunzip -dc |cpio -i```.
5. This will create a new directory: "MapleLegends.app". Navigate to MapleLegends.app/drive_c/ to find a directory simply titled "MapleLegends". This is the juice right here.
6. Finally, replace the "MapleLegends" folder from /path/to/MapleLegends_LINUX_UNOFFICIAL_18AUG2025/ with the one in step [5].
7. Run as usual.

These steps have been more-or-less covered earlier in this thread. Nonetheless, I thought some more explicit instructions could help minimize downtime for those in a similar position to me.
I can attempt to answer questions but, like I said, not the most tech savvy... remember you can always wait for OP to repackage the linux client when they have time

Lastly -- big thanks to OP for putting this together! I'm new here and it's been good fun so far

 

Hi there.

First of all thank you for taking in the time to write this.

I got an error on step 4: Perhaps if you know anything or have seen anything like this?:


~/Downloads/MapleLegends-mac-new$ cat Payload | gunzip -dc | cpio -i

gzip: stdin: not in gzip format
cpio: premature end of archive

EDIT: you can use cpio -id < Payload directly.

 

FYI - Updated client running on Steam Deck, worked flawlessly. Great work.

 

I thank you and also Creative for the updates!
I do have the Gr2D problem when trying to play on the highest resolution, don't know if it works in your end.

 

Even though I've already mentioned it on Discord, thank you again for the updates and all your help.

After trying it out, I'm still having issues with FPS stuttering and what not as mentioned in this post. I've been getting assistance from Digi as well as using Ollama to use Gemini 3:12b. It's mentioned a few things, but wanted to share them. I'm using an AMD Radeon RX 6800 and a AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D on LMDE 7. If anyone else has any suggestions, please do let me know. I haven't tried all of these yet. I may try out some other distros to see if they work better (suggestions?).

Spoiler: What the AI said...

• Using d3dcompiler v43 (or a newer version)
• Using Visual C++ Runtimes of 2015, 2022, etc..
• Using the Vulkan runtime
• Trying out esync/fsync
• Installing corefonts since some fonts can cause rendering issues (makes sense, never heard of this or thought of it)
• Installing Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable packages v140 or v120.
• Update MESA drivers on Linux
• Override the Direct3D version with D9 or D11