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Minecraft Prism
I'm trying to play Liminal Minecraft on Prism, but it won't load. Error code 2 appears. Can anyone please help me? My Java is up to date.
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Do you know why every multiplayer game is solving the impossible problem?
Ever died behind cover when you definitely shouldn't have? That's not a bug. It's a deliberate trade-off.
Every competitive game wants three things:
→ Responsive (movement and shooting feel instant)
→ Fair (low-ping players don't dominate everyone)
→ Cheap (servers don't bankrupt the studio)
The problem? You can only pick two.
Valorant picked Responsive + Fair. They run 128-tick servers globally, targeting sub-35ms ping for 70% of players. The game feels tight. Peeker's advantage is minimal. But those servers cost serious money—hundreds running constantly.
Apex Legends picked Responsive + Cheap. They use 20-tick servers—one-sixth of Valorant's update rate. This lets them run a free battle royale for 100 million players. The trade-off? You're getting shot around corners more often. The netcode just isn't as tight.
Fair + Cheap? You'd sacrifice responsiveness entirely. That's how old-school RTS games worked—everyone's game pauses if one person lags. Fair and cheap, but miserable to play.
This is why someone is always complaining about netcode. It's not lazy devs. It's an impossible triangle, and no matter which two sides they choose, the third side frustrates somebody.
Watch Out How Multiplayer Games Actualy Do It
https://reddit.com/link/1p5gqbx/video/09oc43bxf73g1/player
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VR on Linux
I've been doing research on playing vr on linux recently, and pretty much all sources say it's impossible... but also all those sources are from like 3-4 years ago. So i just wanted to know if playing VR on Linux is plausible in 2025? If it changes anything, i have a Rift S and use CachyOS.
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Fallout 4 on Linux (sideloaded to Steam) - I release any of wasd, but character continues moving for some time
Hey guys,
I sideloaded Fallout to Steam on Linux (Ubuntu 25.10) and using Glorious Egg Roll Proton 10.25, [GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile / Max-Q], everything works fine except the character continues moving when I release any of WASD keys - this renders game unplayable really.
Google's AI Gemini advised to
disable V-Sync (fallout4.ini and fallout4prefs.ini): iPresentInterval=1 --> iPresentInterval=0
but that didn't help
any other potential fixes ?
any help is appreciated
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Issue with monitor sleep and wake
Hello there so i have an issue woth the monitor sleep and wake (monitor not pc) When i leave the device unattended and the monitor turns off one of two things might happen either I'm going to smash my head on the keyboard for a few minutes and it works normally or it works as in the video I tryed pressing ESC thought it might help and it didnt And tryed alr+ctr+t to surprise the pc and it didn't help I reinstalled the gpu driver and yet it didnt help
Fyi Gpu: rtx 4080 Cpu: 5800x3d Kde plasma Wayland
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How can I play Valorant on Arch Linux?
Hey everyone,
I’m running Arch Linux and was wondering if there’s any working way to play Valorant on Linux.
I know Riot’s kernel-level anti-cheat (Vanguard) has historically been the main blocker, but I’ve seen mixed posts online—some saying it’s impossible, others mentioning workarounds or future support.
Has anyone here actually gotten Valorant running on Arch (or any other distro)?
If so:
- What kernel / Wine / Proton version?
- Any special tweaks or patches?
- Is it even worth trying right now, or should I just dual-boot (don't like windows and offcourse secure boot issue with dual boot)?
Thanks in advance! I’d love to avoid installing Windows just for one game, but I’ll do it if that’s the only realistic option.
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Braving into Linux Gaming
I am/was seriously considering swapping into Linux for my next laptop but I admit that while I used it before it was very "cute" and small things. So I wanted to now what specs should I get/not get for a PC. Does it really change in terms of what you want in a good gaming PC.(Like say does a Lenovo LOQ actually a good idea for this?)
Thank you for your time and attention.
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Linux Gaming with Gamescope and NVIDIA
I recently played around with Gamescope on my Nvidia card PC and wanted to share my experience with you. That's why I wrote a little guide on how to use it correctly.
Hope it's helpful to some Linux Gamers who are struggling with it.
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Modding games
Want to start Gaming on linux.
I have a gaming laptop ASUS TUFF A17 Ryzen 4 4600H processor, 16GB DDR4 RAM, 528gb NVME GEN4 SSD, RTX3050 4GB GPU. I want to switch to Linux ever since I started useing Arch linux in my workplace. I am also a cybersecurity student so I have used kali linux and might need related softwares in the distro as well. But at home in majority I play games and do live streams some times. The games I play are 1. Genshin Impact 2. Wuthering waves 3. Combat master 4. Warframe 5. God of war
And some other titles in all these genshin and combat master are my top priority.
So with that in mind which distro should I choose ??? And how to play games on it smoothly??
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Is the Raspberry Pi 500 worth it for trying gaming on ARM?
Hello! Thinking of getting a Pi 500 for trying gaming on ARM before the Steam Frame is out. Does anyone have any experience with Steam+FEX on it?
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I'm trying to connect my PS3 Rock Band 1 drum kit to my Bazzite desktop PC, but the game controller settings doesn't recognize all of the buttons
Help wanted: Can not get a constant 60fps in any steam/proton game
\"Chained Together\" loading screen with MangoHUD overlay
I am running games with command `MANGOHUD=1 prime-run gamemoderun %command%` on steam. `gamemoded -t` passes all its tests and everything works as expected. but in-game performance is not steady at all. I tried so many different things until I managed to offload games onto my Nvidia GPU using the mentioned command.
The game runs but the fps drops drastically when moving the camera around. it is fine when you stand still in the game.
I'm lost, I don't even know what to look into at this stage.
I'm running the game with "Proton Experimental" on:
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How to play strinova on linux full guide with fixes (STEAM)
Someone implements a native DirectX support for Linux?
https://github.com/EduApps-CDG/OpenDX
So what is this? What's your opinion on it?
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Key code equivalence question
I'm playing kcd 1 and can't open my console, I thought it would be an issue with what key that's bound to in the game. It worked on windows, but I don't know what the code/reference us for the tilde / ² key on linux to rebind it. I'm using Fedora.
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How Wayland Turns Your PC into a $2000 Paperweight
https://reddit.com/link/1p5awn7/video/u25btsbdr53g1/player
Pay attention, dude. Pay attention, dude. Wayland folds under real GPU load, which is why I've always referred to it as a little toy project. Every time I say that, a chorus of "WorksOnMyMachine" warriors who have never used more than 5% of their GPU respond. I tell them to go render something in Blender, but I don't think any of them have the processing capacity to comprehend the instruction.
Are you curious about what happens to this "protocol" when your GPU is operating at full capacity? Allow me to instruct you. Hey, it's a slideshow. A side show. A circus. I can switch windows and press the hotkeys, but what about my mouse cursor? It's on vacation. It is taking a 24-hour vacation. Congratulations! Your $2000 rig is now a very costly and warm paperweight for the next 24 hours after you begin a 24-hour render. It appears that a new GPU is the true cost of Wayland. It's getting really pricey, dude.
I'm not familiar with the technical jargon that goes on behind the scenes, but I am aware that it has "atomic frames." My cursor is being synchronized with nonexistent frames. It is awaiting a bus that was transported to the shadow realm. And why? Because your desktop is not a priority on Linux. Wayland just sits there, courteously attempting to sync your frozen cursor with a framebuffer that has given up on life, while a background render can mug your entire GUI in a back alley and consume all the GPU juice. The outcome is obvious: this dumpster fire just does not occur on X11, though I may be mistaken about the specifics.
What's the worst part? The horde of fanboys that emerge from the woodwork is the worst part. Every. Just once. They begin yelling that the DE is to blame! Your distribution is to blame! Your hardware is to blame! It's a skill problem! Everyone is to blame, but it's their flawless little toy project. Everything is so... boring.
The same thing on any DE, but slightly tweaked it to make it better on Hyprland...
I will always use X11/Xorg forever!
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tf2 hud help
so i installed tf2 darhud, pasted everything in the correct spot but somehow i still get default hud????
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