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[-] [email protected] 14 points 9 months ago

Blaming myself because I put the CD in upside down

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[-] [email protected] 13 points 9 months ago

I've had issue with Stray not detecting my game controller. Went to the customer service and they told me it only runs on Windows...

I've successfully run it, only missing the controller support. Turns out I needed to install the udev support to solve it.

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[-] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago
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[-] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I'm blaming companies making a windows and linux version of a software while the linux version is wastly inferior, full of bugs and unstable. I do love the OS but the software experience sometimes ruining it.

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[-] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago

Paladins is a pain for this. Game runs fine on proton, and all it needs is some work with EAC to enable linux on multiplayer but despite all the requests they've yet to bother.

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[-] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago

If a game cant be run on linux, thats usually intentional. Microshit at least gives discounts to the developer if the game runs only on their shit. Also m$ have some of components that ultimately lock things to wincrap, for example d3d is meant to do this. Microsoft is a cancerm just like google become one

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[-] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago

This is the way.

[-] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago

I was just thinking about this the other day...like games are optized for windows usually, but windows is not optimized for games. A fresh Windows 10 runs at 2gb ram on idle. It all went down hill for gamers when Microsoft killed xp

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[-] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago

I had a heck of a time trying to get It Takes Two to work on my machine. Apparently every game that launches the EA App from Steam is broken now and needs a custom fix using ProtonTricks.

After a while of searching, I found this guide and it was a lifesaver.
https://steamdeckhq.com/tips-and-guides/fixing-ea-play-blank-screen-for-ea-games-on-steam/

These are sadly the kind of issues that scare people away from Linux gaming. The stuff that works, works great. But when something is not supported, it can be a real pain to find a fix.

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[-] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago

As a GOG customer, I'll take anything they are giving away, even if I can't run it.

I can always install it in someone's computer for them to enjoy.

[-] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago

Gaming on Linux has evolved by leaps and bounds. We're now at the point where only a select few Windows games (usually due to the anti cheat) won't run.

[-] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Does "plays on linux" mean native , or just 'works fine with WINE (edit: or proton, apparently)'?

[-] [email protected] 12 points 9 months ago

There are plenty of games that are very specifically targeting Proton compatibility at a very minimum thanks to the Steam Deck, so I'm perfectly happy with any game that's developed with that in mind.

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[-] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago

Proton* Proton is the way. Granted, proton uses wine... but, makes getting games running nearly effortless is the majority of cases.

Also, has a nice website, protondb.com, which tells you how well / if a game works on linux.

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[-] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago

I'll buy Windows games at full price only if the developer has made efforts to better support Linux users (say by fixing a bug that only affects Linux users).

[-] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)
  • Be me, jobless in early 20s
  • Owns a decently old ultra-book, can't run any post-2010 games
  • Can't afford or play Baldur's Gate 3
  • Realizes Baldur's Gate EE is also available on Linux
  • Pirates the game (Linux edition)
  • Main setup dependency unmaintained and not available on any distro?
  • Sigh, pirates the game yet again (Windows edition)
  • Setup Bottles
  • All hail the almighty Tux
[-] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago

Steam version of BG2 EE worked flawlessly for me. It's been discounted down to like 3€ a few times

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