<cat>Play.Intro</cat> <title>Proton</title> # Proton All information regarding running and developing S&Box on Linux will described here. # Running Steam > Library > Right Click S&Box > Click Properties <upload src="9831e/8d9d38bda11273e.png" size="36050" name="asdf.png" /> Compatibility > Click Force the use of a specific Steam Play compatibility tool > Select Proton Experimental Currently `Proton Experimental` works best, if this doesn't work try a different version. <upload src="9831e/8d9d38c4b3de597.png" size="107372" name="image.png" /> ⤶ You will need to run this one of these methods to be able to fully play the game.⤶ ```⤶ Temporary method:⤶ sysctl -w vm.max_map_count=16777216⤶ Permanent method:⤶ sudo bash -c 'echo "\nvm.max_map_count = 16777216\n" > /etc/sysctl.d/20-sbox-max_map_count.conf && sysctl --system'⤶ ```⤶ # Developing ## Creating your first addon ``` cd ~/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/common/sbox/addons git clone https://github.com/Facepunch/sbox-minimal.git my-addon cd my-addon rm -rf .git ``` ## sbox-dev At the time of writing *(Jan 2022)* you can launch s&box development executable but it is very buggy and is known to crash randomly. Steam > Library > Right Click S&Box > Click Properties > General > Add `-tools` to Launch Options <upload src="9831e/8d9d38d29c48c70.png" size="146265" name="image.png" />