What worked for me (Manjaro Linux + Nvidia + WOWS 0.9.7 + Wine: lutris-5.7-8-x86_64):
1. Use Lutris
2. Install Wargaming Game Center (EU+DXVK for me)
2.1. It will crash during installation. Just click "Terminate" and let the script finish
3. Launch WGC and install WOWS.
3.1. After installation running the game from the launcher will not work.
4. Back to Lutris
4.1. Find "Wargaming Game Center" and "Configure" it
4.2. Move the "Configure" window and click "Add Game" in main Lutris window.
4.3. Copy all fields from WGC to "Add a new game" window. In "Game info" set name to "World of Warships", in "Game Options" set "Executable" to "%path_to_wgc_drive_c%/Games/World_of_Warships_EU/WorldOfWarships.exe"
4.4. Save. Now you can launch wows.exe from directly from Lutris.
In order for WOWS to run properly you still need WGC running. You can use a simple script to automate this:
1. In Lutris "Create application menu shortcut" for both WGC and WOWS
2. Navigate to "~/.local/share/applications" and open WGC and WOWS *.desktop files in a text editor
3. Create a wows_launcher.sh file somewhere (your home directory will be OK)
#!/bin/bash
is_running=`ps -aux | grep wgc.exe | grep -v grep | grep -v python`
if [ -z "$is_running" ]; then
lutris lutris:rungameid/16 # WGC.exe - you can find it in net.lutris.wargaming-game-center-*.desktop
sleep 5
fi
lutris lutris:rungameid/17 # wows.exe - you can find it in net.lutris.world-of-warships-*.desktop
4. Make the file executable:
chmod +x wows_launcher.sh
5. Edit "~/.local/share/applications/net.lutris.world-of-warships-*.desktop" and change:
Exec=lutris lutris:rungameid/**
To:
Exec=%path_to_file%/wows_launcher.sh
6. Now WGC will automatically launch before WOWS
