Spore GOG runs but never shows a window on Linux (Intel HD 5300)
Hey, I've been trying to get Spore GOG working on Linux for 5 days and I'm losing my mind. Here are my specs:
OS: EndeavourOS (Arch-based)
DE: KDE Plasma X11 / Hyprland
CPU: Intel Core M-5Y71
GPU: Intel HD Graphics 5300 (no Vulkan 1.3 support)
RAM: 8GB
Wine: lutris-fshack-6.21-6
What happens: SporeApp.exe actually launches and runs at high CPU usage with no errors, uses ~2GB RAM, but never shows any window.
xdotool search --pid finds nothing. The process just runs forever with no display.
What I've tried:
GE-Proton (DXVK fails, no Vulkan 1.3)
Wine-GE-latest
wine-staging 11.11
lutris-fshack-6.21
DXVK off, VKD3D off
VK_ICD_FILENAMES=/dev/null WINED3D=opengl
LIBGL_ALWAYS_SOFTWARE=1 GALLIUM_DRIVER=softpipe
Bottles, Heroic, Lutris, direct Wine commands
Fresh prefixes multiple times
winetricks d3dx9 vcrun2005 vcrun2008
Launch command that gets furthest:
WINEPREFIX=~/.wine_spore DISPLAY=:0 VK_ICD_FILENAMES=/dev/null WINED3D=opengl ~/.local/share/lutris/runners/wine/lutris-fshack-6.21-6-x86_64/bin/wine ~/Games/SporeCollection/SporebinEP1/SporeApp.exe -windowed -nomovie -safe
Process runs but no window ever appears. Anyone with an old Intel iGPU gotten this working?
Posted Jun 29, 2026, 11:33 PM UTC