Editor on Linux

Flax Editor on Linux with Vulkan

Download

You can get Flax from your Download page, or compile it manually from the official source code repository.

The Editor executable is located in folder Binaries/Editor/Linux/Development/FlaxEditor (you can use also Debug or Release configuration if you want).

Third Party Launchers

Seed - Seed is a cross-platform launcher for Flax that manages multiple engine versions and projects.

Requirements

For developers using Flax Editor on Linux platforms the requirements are:

	Recommended
Tested operating systems	Ubuntu 24 or above
Processor	Quad-core or more, 2 GHz or faster
RAM	4 GB or more
Hard drive space	1 GB minimum
GPU	Vulkan required

Flax Editor needs:

curl lib on the system:

sudo apt-get install -y curl libcurl4-gnutls-dev

.Net 8 SDK (https://dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/download/dotnet/8.0). sudo apt install dotnet-sdk-8.0

.Net version can be verified with:

dotnet --version

Note: On Fedora you might need additional fix for invalid lib linkage:

sudo ln -s /usr/lib64/libcurl.so.4 /usr/lib64/libcurl-gnutls.so.4

GPU Drivers

Please ensure to have the latest GPU drivers installed. Helper links:

For information about supported platforms, see Platforms.

Command line access

If you're using laptop with integrated GPU, and you want Flax to run on dedicated GPU for more power, you can use command line switches to instruct engine to select a desire GPU based on the manufacturer:

Option	Description
`-nvidia`	Selects Nvidia GPU.
`-amd`	Selects AMD GPU.
`-intel`	Selects Intel GPU.

To learn more about command line switches see the command line access page.

Example command line to run Editor with custom options:

./FlaxEditor -project "<project-path>" -std -nvidia

Run the Editor

The Editor is located in Binaries/Editor/Linux/Development/FlaxEditor.

To run the editor, Flax needs to know the path of the folder that contains the project files:

./FlaxEditor -project <"project-path">

In case you don't specify a project path, a windows will appear asking you to indicate where the flax-proj file is located.

./FlaxEditor

You can start by using a Sample project or creating a new project.

Sample projects

To help you start using Flax pick the latest Flax Samples from https://github.com/FlaxEngine/FlaxSamples. This collection contains various example projects that showcase the engine features and can be used as a foundation for your future Flax projects. Have fun!

Flax Editor Play Mode on Linux with Vulkan

New project

To create a new project, first you need to create a new folder that will contain the project files. Then, run Flax Editor executable as follows:

./FlaxEditor -new -project <"new_project_path">

This will create a new project inside the specified folder. The Editor will generate a project template and open it.

From here, you'll probably want to know how to create a Scene , or take the first steps on the Flax Editor.

Note: When creating a new project, if the Editor informs that a script compilation failure has ocurred, is because Flax.Build file needs to be set as an executable. In folder Binaries/Tools right-click on the file, select "Properties", and check the box that says "Allow executing file as program". Or use the command line:

chmod a+x Flax.Build