Other News about gaming on Linux
Linux at a LAN Party
My friends and I have a LAN party every year. It's something we've been doing for the last 20 years, and we're lucky enough that one of us has a house big enough to host 15 middle-aged nerds and their gaming rigs while they drink beer, shout abuse at each other, and generally get worse at videogames with every passing season.
This year, I decided to throw caution to the wind and took my Linux ThinkPad. Pure Fedora 40, no back-up Windows partition, just good old Steam and a bit of wishful thinking...
To my surprise and delight, it all pretty much just worked.
It was able to run every game I threw at it without too many problems. It was able to join games with the "real" gaming PCs. It happily downloaded large install files from other machines when needed. It even hosted a five player game of Shredder's Revenge, complete with a precarious web of USB hubs and controllers of different types.
It never at any point felt hamstrung or compromised as a gaming choice.
In fact, the only real issues I encountered were when I accidentally installed a Linux version of a game instead of the Windows one. Certain titles had controller issues, scaling issues, and various other things. Easy to solve - just force compatibility and use the Windows version, which, in every case, worked flawlessly. Bit of a counterintuitive result though...
Highlight was a co-op game of Vampire Survivors (played via Steam Remote-Play-Together, which was a mess of artifacts by the end of the game) and rediscovering how bad I am at FPS games in Quake Champions.
Steam... it's kind of crazy good, isn't it?
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Has anyone gotten Doom Eternal Mod Beta working on Linux?
I've tried forcing the use of Proton 7 through to the latest experimental and none have worked. Has anyone had luck getting Doom Eternal Mod Beta to launch?
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New Ross New Ross upload: Giant FAQ on The European Initiative to Stop Destroying Games!upload: Giant FAQ on The European Initiative to Stop Destroying Games!
How is Wayland for Linux Gaming?
Do you think it's ready yet, or should we wait about two more years?
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Delta Force: Hawk Ops. Has anyone gotten it to work?
So people have gotten it working on Steam Deck and I got it running on my Steam Deck but it looks like it will not run on any desktop Linux. Has anyone got it working yet or know why it won't run on desktop? Is this another Dungeonborne situation?
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Switching to linux for better battery life and thermals
I have a Asus TUF 15 inch laptop (2019) with Ryzen 5 3550h, 16Gb RAM, 2TB sata SSD, Gtx 1650 dedicated GPU. I had bought for gaming but now my priorities are document editing, presentations and mostly indie gaming. The laptop barely lasts 1-2 hours on battery even if Im using the iGPU with 50% brightness and both the fans jump to full speed just after booting in windows 11. Will switching to a lighter linux distro help (especially since I have a Nvidia GPU)?
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Error running latest version of Arctium Launcher on Linux
I am trying to run Arctium Launcher, the latest version, on Linux. I get this error:
Unsupported Windows version!!!
These are the minimum supported Windows versions:
Windows 10: 19044 (21H2 - LTSC), 19045 (22H2)
Windows 11: 22621 (22H2), 22631 (23H2)
Note that older versions of Arctium work for me. This version is needed to support newer versions of the WoW Launcher.
I also tried to change:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion
CurrentBuild and CurrentBuildNumber to 19044
But same error. Anyone know how to resolve?
submitted by /u/StableMayor8684[link] [comments]
No audio for windows game on lutris
Hi all,
So recently I installed Spiderman web of shadows on my arch machine with lutris and it works just fine. Except that there is no audio whatsoever!
I'm using pipewire on my system. I'd really appreciate any help on this. Thanks!
submitted by /u/kn0xchad[link] [comments]
Does anyone here have experience running Wabbajack or Vortex modlists on Linux?
I want to play modded Skyrim, Enderal, Fallout 4 and Fallout New Vegas, using Wabbajack or Vortex to install mod lists. I have read a guide on how to make Wabbajack/MO2 work on Linux but it seems like a bit of a hassle.
I also wonder how modding works with Morrowind, considering OpenMW runs natively on Linux.
submitted by /u/HoneyGlobeMelonCake[link] [comments]
GTA 5 mods won’t load with port proton (they load normally on windows)
I play pirated GTA 5 on PC for modding purposes (I already bought the game on console) but mods simply won’t load when using port proton on Linux (Ubuntu based distro), on windows they all load fine
Mods: Menyoo mod menu and intro skipper
Specs: I5 1135g7, 16GB ddr4 ram, MX350 Distro: ZorinOS
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Why can't I turn on raytracing in my games?
Hello guys. I have an RTX 2060 with a Ryzen 5 2600. I am planning to upgrade it to an RX 7800Xt with a 5700x3d in the next couple of days, so this post will probably be outdated by then. I don't know if changing the GPU will change anything, though?
Either way, it seems like I can't turn on raytracing in my games?
In the GOG version of Cyberpunk 2077, running via Heroic Games Launcher, I can't turn on raytracing. Like I click on it and it doesn't turn on.
In the GOG version of the Witcher 3, running via Heroic Games Launcher, I also can't turn on raytracing. The option to do so is greyed out. I can't click on it. It is briefly turned on when I click on the RT Ultra preset in the graphics menu, but is instantly turned off the moment I close the window.
The question being, why? Why is this happening?
Latest Ubuntu version
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Generic Nintendo Swtich Pro controller not working
Hi,
I've recently switched to EndeavourOS I'm having trouble getting my Nintendo Switch Afterglow Wireless controller to work. The controller has worked in the past when I used NixOS and Linux Mint. And it works flawlessly on my laptop with Pop!_OS.
Here's what happends when I connect it to bluetooth.
- The main LEDs light up signifying it's connected. But the pairing leds don't turn off
- The controller does not show up in Steam or any other game, despite being connected in bluetooth.
There's also the fact that if I start steam in steam deck mode. It does connect via bluetooth and works. But only through the steam deck UI. Keep in mind this is a normal desktop pc and not a steam deck.
submitted by /u/BonnieToGamer[link] [comments]
Bevy's Game Engine Fourth Birthday (thats supports Linux as a key platform)
AMD CPU Sinkclose vulnerability
This seems to be relevant to desktop processors as well as other lines, so I thought I'd share:
Summary
Researchers from IOActive have reported that it may be possible for an attacker with ring 0 access to modify the configuration of System Management Mode (SMM) even when SMM Lock is enabled.
CVE-2023-31315
7.5 (High) AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Improper validation in a model specific register (MSR) could allow a malicious program with ring0 access to modify SMM configuration while SMI lock is enabled, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution.
Link here.
Tom's Hardware report here.
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SteamOS could see a general distribution release, work with other handheld gaming PCs soon
Phasmophobia voice recognition
Hey. I've recently picked up Phasmophobia again, and I haven't gotten the voice recognition of the spirit box and ouija board to work. Has anyone else gotten it to work?
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Fallout London installation error
I tried to install Fallout London through the installer on the Heroic Games Launcher, both flatpak and native, on Fedora Linux, and got this error. How can it be resolved?
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Intel uhd 620 for linux gaming?
Moving from intel hd 4000 to intel uhd 620 GPU laptop
would it support better gaming with vulkan since intel hd 4000 gives off errors of ivy bridge not supported or smt like that
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I can't get Raceroom running
Hi, I've been trying to get Raceroom to run on Linux for a long time now, I tried Proton GE but it didn't work. Not even with normal Proton Could someone help me? I need it to run only then I am willing to uninstall windows from my dual boot setup
Specs: Model: HP Pavilion Laptop 15-cs3134TX CPU: Intel Core i5 gen-10 GPU: NVIDIA Geforce MX250 RAM: 4GB + 10GB swap OS: Feren OS
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G29 problems
Hi I’m having problems with my g29, specially with force feedback randomly dropping out. I’ve tried running dmesg nothing abnormal showed up, however when I ran fftes it failed everything but one.
I’m unsure whether it’s a driver issue or I have a faulty wheel so I’m hoping to find someone who had the same problems.
The first thing I noticed was on start up it calibrates but doesn’t fully return to the centre, instead it stops a full turn to the left.
In game play the force feedback will randomly stop working normally after about 20 minutes but sometimes longer and sometimes it won’t work at all.
Occasionally the wheel will fully turn to the left and stay there this only happens in f1 23
And more recently I’ve noticed that sometimes the pedals aren’t detected.
The issues happen in every game I try and I’m unsure if it’s because I’m on Linux even though everyone has reported it being plug and play or if it’s the wheel.
submitted by /u/Lucilla_Inepta[link] [comments]