Supreme Commander Forged Alliance Forever 
HOWOTO install at Linux



Steam guide
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enable steamplay
set compability: proton 5.0-10
launch options: ROTON_NO_ESYNC=1 PROTON_DUMP_DEBUG_COMMANDS=1 %command%

install java e.g. openjre etc. (repository)
install winetricks (repository)
install protontricks (repository and run command: pipx install protontricks
run command: protontricks 9420 dlls d3dx9
run command: protontricks 9420 dlls xact

check java path: ls /usr/lib/jvm    and copy path   /usr/lib/jvm/java-17-openjdk/   into desktop run script

copy proton run file to main faf folder /tmp/proton_x/run.sh  to  /home/x/Games/faf/run.sh

create a run file in /home/x/.local/share/applications/   named    faforever.desktop


start client





content of desktop run file "faforever.desktop"
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#!/usr/bin/env xdg-open
[Desktop Entry]
Version=v2021.11.0
Type=Application
Exec=bash -c "cd /home/x/Games/faf/faf-client-2022.4.0-alpha-2/; export INSTALL4J_JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-17-openjdk/; ./faf-client"
Name=FAF
Comment=Forged Alliance Forever Client
Icon=~/.local/share/icons/faf.png
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( important command integrated above (set java export path:)   export INSTALL4J_JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-17-openjdk/    )


content of run file in faf main folder
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#!/bin/bash
#Run game or given command in environment

cd "/home/x/Steam-2TB/SteamLibrary/steamapps/common/Supreme Commander Forged Alliance"
DEF_CMD=("/home/x/Steam-2TB/SteamLibrary/steamapps/common/Supreme Commander Forged Alliance/bin/SupremeCommander.exe")
PATH="/home/x/Steam-2TB/SteamLibrary/steamapps/common/Proton 5.0/dist/bin/:/home/x/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/steam-runtime/amd64/bin:/home/x/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/steam-runtime/amd64/usr/bin:/home/x/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/steam-runtime/usr/bin:/home/x/.local/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/bin/site_perl:/usr/bin/vendor_perl:/usr/bin/core_perl:/var/lib/snapd/snap/bin" \
	TERM="xterm" \
	WINEDEBUG="-all" \
	WINEDLLPATH="/home/x/Steam-2TB/SteamLibrary/steamapps/common/Proton 5.0/dist/lib64//wine:/home/x/Steam-2TB/SteamLibrary/steamapps/common/Proton 5.0/dist/lib//wine" \
	LD_LIBRARY_PATH="/home/x/Steam-2TB/SteamLibrary/steamapps/common/Proton 5.0/dist/lib64/:/home/x/Steam-2TB/SteamLibrary/steamapps/common/Proton 5.0/dist/lib/:/home/x/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/steam-runtime/pinned_libs_32:/home/x/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/steam-runtime/pinned_libs_64:/usr/lib/libfakeroot:/usr/lib32:/usr/lib/openmpi:/usr/lib:/home/x/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/steam-runtime/lib/i386-linux-gnu:/home/x/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/steam-runtime/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu:/home/x/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/steam-runtime/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu:/home/x/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/steam-runtime/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu:/home/x/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/steam-runtime/lib:/home/x/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/steam-runtime/usr/lib:/home/x/Steam-2TB/SteamLibrary/steamapps/common/Supreme Commander Forged Alliance" \
	WINEPREFIX="/home/x/Steam-2TB/SteamLibrary/steamapps/compatdata/9420/pfx/" \
	WINEFSYNC="1" \
	SteamGameId="9420" \
	SteamAppId="9420" \
	WINEDLLOVERRIDES="steam.exe=b;mfplay=n;dxvk_config=n" \
	STEAM_COMPAT_CLIENT_INSTALL_PATH="/home/x/.local/share/Steam" \
	WINE_LARGE_ADDRESS_AWARE="1" \
	"/home/x/Steam-2TB/SteamLibrary/steamapps/common/Proton 5.0/dist/bin/wine" steam.exe "${@:-${DEF_CMD[@]}}"
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