Install OG LEGO games in Bottles on CachyOS

After installing Manic Miners, I wanted to explore some of the era-defining classic PC LEGO titles from the late 90s to early 2000s. This guide covers LEGO Rock Raiders, LEGO Racers, LEGOLAND, and LEGO Island, all of which now run reliably. I also attempted LEGO Stunt Rally but could not get it to work, so it is not covered here.

Tested environment:

• OS: CachyOS 7.2.6-1
• Bottles: 67.3
• Wine runner: soda 11.0-10

Install Prerequisites

1. Open your terminal and run:

sudo pacman -S bchunk dolphin-plugins flatpak
flatpak install flathub com.usebottles.bottles
flatpak install flathub com.github.tchx84.Flatseal

Fix Flatpak Permissions

1. Open Flatseal
2. Select Bottles from the sidebar
3. Scroll down to the Filesystem section
4. Add /run/media:ro to Other files

Note: If Bottles is open while making the change, it must be restarted

Create Your Bottle

1. Open Bottles
2. Click Add, then Create a Bottle
3. Name it LEGO, select Gaming as the purpose, click Create
4. Click Close

Configure Your Bottle

These settings apply to every game installed in this bottle, so you only need to set them once.

Set DLL Overrides

1. In Bottles, navigate to Options > Settings
2. Click Compatibility > DLL Overrides
3. Add each of the following, clicking Apply after each:
   1. d3drm.dll
   2. D3D8.dll
   3. D3D9.dll
   4. D3DImm.dll
   5. DDraw.dll

Configure D7VK, DXVK and VKD3D

1. In Bottles, navigate to Options > Settings
2. Under Performance, disable D7VK
3. Ensure DXVK and VKD3D are enabled
4. Click Back

dgVoodoo2 outputs Direct3D 11, which is handled by DXVK. If DXVK and VKD3D are disabled, dgVoodoo2 falls back to WineD3D and OpenGL, which caused LEGO Rock Raiders to silently fail when launched from Bottles. With DXVK enabled, dgVoodoo2 runs through Vulkan and the game launches without issue.

D7VK must be disabled to run LEGO Island.

Install LEGO Rock Raiders

Components:

1. In Dolphin, right-click LEGO-Rock-Raiders_Win_EN_ISO-Version.zip, click Extract > Extract here
2. Right-click LEGO Rock Raiders, click Open Terminal Here
3. Run: bchunk ROCKRAIDERS.bin ROCKRAIDERS.cue ROCKRAIDERS.iso
4. In Dolphin, right-click ROCKRAIDERS.iso01.iso, click Mount
5. In your LEGO bottle, click Quick actions > Run Executable...
6. Select LEGO-Rock-Raiders-Alternate-Installer-1.1.1.exe, click Run
7. Follow the installer:
   1. Select I accept the agreement, click Next
   2. Click Next
   3. Click Next
   4. Click Next
   5. Click Install
   6. Uncheck Launch LEGO Rock Raiders, click Finish
8. In Bottles, click the three-dot menu next to LegoRR, click Rename
9. Type LEGO Rock Raiders, click Save

Install dgVoodoo2 and update Direct3D Retained Mode

1. In Bottles, click Quick actions > Browse
2. Browse to Program Files (x86)/LEGO Media/Games/LEGO Rock Raiders
3. Extract dgVoodoo2_79_3.zip/MS/x86 contents to LEGO Rock Raiders
4. Extract dgVoodoo2_79_3.zip/dgVoodoo.conf to LEGO Rock Raiders
5. Extract dgVoodoo2_79_3.zip/dgVoodooCpl.exe to LEGO Rock Raiders
6. Right-click d3drm.dll, click Rename
7. Type d3drm.dll.bak, press Enter, click Rename
8. Extract D3DRM.zip/d3drm.dll to LEGO Rock Raiders

The DLL overrides were configured earlier in the bottle configuration section.

Add Masterpiece Executable, Music Fix, and Music Collection

1. Right-click LegoRR.exe, click Rename
2. Type LegoRR.exe.bak, press Enter, click Rename
3. Right-click LegoRR.icd, click Rename
4. Type LegoRR.icd.bak, press Enter, click Rename
5. Extract LRR_MasterPieceExecutable.zip to LEGO Rock Raiders
6. Extract LRR_Music_Fix.zip to LEGO Rock Raiders
7. Extract LRR_Music_Collection_ogg.zip to LEGO Rock Raiders/Music
8. Overwrite existing files

Verification

1. Launch LEGO Rock Raiders
2. Confirm a small dgVoodoo2 watermark is visible in the corner of the screen
3. Once confirmed, open dgVoodooCpl.exe and disable the watermark

Install LEGO Racers

Components:

1. In Dolphin, right-click LEGO-Racers_Win_EN_ISO-Version.zip, click Extract > Extract here
2. In Dolphin, right-click LegoRacers.iso, click Mount
3. In your LEGO bottle, click Quick actions > Run Executable...
4. Select LEGO-Racers-Alternate-Installer-1.0.2.exe, click Run
5. Follow the installer:
   1. Click Next
   2. Select I accept the agreement, click Next
   3. Click Next
   4. Select Full Installation (With Movies), click Next
   5. Click Next
   6. Click Next
   7. Click Install
   8. Uncheck Launch LEGO Racers, click Finish
6. When it finishes, confirm LEGORacers appears in your bottle's program list
7. In Bottles, click the three-dot menu next to LEGORacers, click Rename
8. Type LEGO Racers, click Save

Install dgVoodoo2

1. In Bottles, click Quick actions > Browse
2. Browse to Program Files (x86)/LEGO Media/Games/LEGO Racers
3. Extract dgVoodoo2_79_3.zip/MS/x86 contents to LEGO Racers
4. Extract dgVoodoo2_79_3.zip/dgVoodoo.conf to LEGO Racers
5. Extract dgVoodoo2_79_3.zip/dgVoodooCpl.exe to LEGO Racers

The DLL overrides were configured earlier in the bottle configuration section.

Fix the main menu crash

The game plays its intro video fine, then disappears at the main menu while the music keeps playing. The splash video transition crashes the game. The fix is a launch argument that skips the videos entirely.

1. In Bottles, click the three-dot menu next to LEGO Racers, click Change Launch Options...
2. Add -novideo to the Command Arguments field
3. Click Save, then launch the game
4. Confirm the main menu appears

Verification

1. Launch LEGO Racers
2. Confirm the dgVoodoo2 watermark is visible in the corner of the screen
3. Once confirmed, open dgVoodooCpl.exe and disable the watermark

Install LEGOLAND

Components:

1. In Dolphin, right-click LEGOLAND_Win_EN_ISO-Version.zip, click Extract > Extract here
2. In Dolphin, right-click LEGOLAND.iso, click Mount
3. In your LEGO bottle, click Quick actions > Run Executable...
4. Select LEGO.LEGOLAND.Alternate.Installer.1.0.exe, click Run
5. Follow the installer:
   1. Click Next
   2. Select I accept the agreement, click Next
   3. Click Next
   4. Click Next
   5. Click Next
   6. Click Install
   7. Uncheck Launch LEGO LEGOLAND, click Finish
6. When it finishes, confirm legoland appears in your bottle's program list
7. In Bottles, click the three-dot menu next to legoland, click Rename
8. Type LEGOLAND, click Save

Note: This game may require the ISO to be mounted or a No-CD crack

Install dgVoodoo2

1. In Bottles, click Quick actions > Browse
2. Browse to Program Files (x86)/LEGO Media/Games/LEGOLAND
3. Extract dgVoodoo2_79_3.zip/MS/x86 contents to LEGOLAND
4. Extract dgVoodoo2_79_3.zip/dgVoodoo.conf to LEGOLAND
5. Extract dgVoodoo2_79_3.zip/dgVoodooCpl.exe to LEGOLAND

The DLL overrides were configured earlier in the bottle configuration section.

Install INDEO video codec

1. In Dolphin, right-click INDEO_IV50_Codec.zip, click Extract > Extract here
2. In your LEGO bottle, click Quick actions > Run Executable...
3. Select iv5setup.exe, click Run
4. Follow the installer:
   1. Click Next
   2. Click Next
   3. Click Yes
   4. Click Next
   5. Select Custom, click Next
   6. Deselect Indeo Video 5 Web Browser Plugin, click Next
   7. Click Next
   8. If you get a Self Registration Failure popup, click OK (safe to ignore, the core codec still installs correctly)
   9. Click Finish
   10. If a file browser opens, close it

Verification

1. Launch LEGOLAND
2. Confirm the dgVoodoo2 watermark is visible in the corner of the screen
3. Once confirmed, open dgVoodooCpl.exe and disable the watermark

Install LEGO Island

Components:

1. In Dolphin, right-click LEGO-Island_Win_EN_ISO-Version-11.zip, click Extract > Extract here
2. In Dolphin, right-click Lego Island English [v1.1].iso, click Mount
3. In your LEGO bottle, click Quick actions > Run Executable...
4. Select LEGO.Island.Alternate.Installer.1.1.0.exe, click Run
5. Follow the installer:
   1. Click Next
   2. Select I accept the agreement, click Next
   3. Click Next
   4. Select Full Installation (Does Not Require CD), click Next
   5. Click Next
   6. Click Next
   7. Click Install
   8. Click Finish
6. When it finishes, confirm LEGOISLE appears in your bottle's program list
7. In Bottles, click the three-dot menu next to LEGOISLE, click Rename
8. Type LEGO Island, click Save
9. In Bottles, click the three-dot menu next to CONFIG, click Rename
10. Type Configure LEGO Island, click Save
11. In Bottles, click the three-dot menu next to Msrun, click Hide Program

Install dgVoodoo2 and update Direct3D Retained Mode

1. In Bottles, click Quick actions > Browse
2. Browse to Program Files (x86)/LEGO Island
3. Extract dgVoodoo2_79_3.zip/MS/x86 contents to LEGO Island
4. Extract dgVoodoo2_79_3.zip/dgVoodoo.conf to LEGO Island
5. Extract dgVoodoo2_79_3.zip/dgVoodooCpl.exe to LEGO Island
6. Right-click d3drm.dll, click Rename
7. Type d3drm.dll.bak, press Enter, click Rename
8. Extract D3DRM.zip/d3drm.dll to LEGO Island

The DLL overrides were configured earlier in the bottle configuration section.

Add LEGO Island Rebuilder

1. In Bottles, click Quick actions > Browse
2. Browse to Program Files (x86)/LEGO Island
3. Copy Rebuilder.exe to LEGO Island
4. In Bottles, click Programs > Add Shortcuts...
5. Select drive_c/Program Files (x86)/LEGO Island/Rebuilder.exe, click Add
6. In Bottles, click the three-dot menu next to Rebuilder, click Rename
7. Type LEGO Island Rebuilder, click Save

Recommended Rebuilder settings

1. Launch LEGO Island Rebuilder from your bottle's program list
2. Set the following patches, then click Run to start the game

The -r / --run command line can be added to the LEGO Island Rebuilder program entry in Bottles to skip the Rebuilder UI and launch directly with saved settings.

Verification

1. Launch LEGO Island
2. Confirm the dgVoodoo2 watermark is visible in the corner of the screen
3. Once confirmed, open dgVoodooCpl.exe and disable the watermark

Troubleshooting