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Reddit Linux_Gaming - 10 Sep 2025 - 2:19am

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Finished an AI certification class I've been taking the last six months, so finally got this all done over the weekend. So far so good with Windows 11.

Not a Linux noobie, been dual booting my main rigs for a decade now. I had the 5090 and 4090 in an i9-13900KS build just prior to this 9950x3d. Didn't have a lot of luck with Bazzite, Fedora or Endevour. Pop seemed to be the most reliable, but it's been six months since I've push Linux on this class of hardware.

Looking for a perspective on what would be good distro. I get it, tried question but for this class of hardware, I know there are better options than others, would like to hear experience from those running 5000 series nVidia, lots of RGB and any VR experience.

TIA!

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EAC "Failed to load anti-cheat module" on CachyOS (Arch) for Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodhunt

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 10 Sep 2025 - 1:48am

I'm trying to get Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodhunt running on my CachyOS system, but I'm consistently running into an EAC error. I've been troubleshooting for a while and have tried several common fixes, but nothing has worked so far. I'm hoping someone here might have a solution or can point me in the right direction. I've tried all the fixes I have mentioned below in both Desktop mode and Gaming mode.

My System: • OS: CachyOS Handheld Edition • Game: Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodhunt (Installed via Steam) • Device: Lenovo Legion Go • CPU: AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme(16) @ 5.13GHz • GPU: AMD Phoenix1 (Integrated)

The Problem: When I launch the game from Steam, I get the error: "Failed to load the anti-cheat module."

What I've Already Tried:

  1. CPU Core Topology: • I saw a comment on Reddit suggesting that some versions of EAC have issues with a high number of CPU cores. • I added the WINE_CPU_TOPOLOGY environment variable to the game's launch options in Steam. • I tried WINE_CPU_TOPOLOGY=16 %command% and WINE_CPU_TOPOLOGY=12 %command%. Neither of these changed the error.

  2. Kernel Security Settings (ptrace_scope): • I learned that EAC uses ptrace and that the kernel.yama.ptrace_scope setting can interfere with it. • I checked my current setting using cat /proc/sys/kernel/yama/ptrace_scope. It was set to 1. • Since 1 is the recommended default for compatibility, I did not make any changes to this setting.

  3. Proton Version and Runtime: • I have Proton EasyAntiCheat Runtime installed via Steam. I have also verified its integrity. • I've tried forcing the game to use different Proton versions, including: • Proton Experimental • Proton 9.0 • Proton 8.0 • Proton 7.0 • Proton GE (GloriousEggroll) from protonup-qt. • The error persists across all versions.

  4. Game Installation and Integrity: • I have verified the integrity of the game files multiple times through Steam. It reports no issues.

  5. With the existing Launch Options I've added gamemoderun also, still am getting same result.

I've exhausted the most common solutions I could find. It seems the problem might be more specific to CachyOS or an underlying library like glibc, as others on Arch-based distros have reported similar issues with older versions of EAC. Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodhunt is no longer being actively developed, so I don't expect a dev fix.

Has anyone with a CachyOS/Arch system successfully managed to get this game working recently? What other troubleshooting steps could I take? I'm open to any suggestions. Thanks in advance!

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JDM: Japanese Drift Master settings issues

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 10 Sep 2025 - 1:10am

I decided to try playing JDM on my Bazzite OS Deck Edition Desktop PC because it was on sale looked like a Street racing game I might like as I'm not touching the NFS games by EA on PC until I can buy it on steam & not need a third party launcher like their EA app. Anyway looked on ProtonDB nobody mentioned not being able to not select a different graphics preset or not being able to change anything beyond resolution,going froom full screen,borderless window or bordered window & anything that isn't in the others sections of the graphics & quality settings. Anyone who owns this game know how to fix this problem or is this a problem the developers have to fix & I'm just stuck with the game using the settings it auto selects for Steam Deck despite not playing on a Steam Deck.

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anyone know how to solve this?

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 10 Sep 2025 - 12:13am

so i wanted to pre-install genshin update and I get that error. the disk have more than enough space like 500 gb or something. but the virtual Z drive has only that 7.76 gb, how can i change that? some winecfg or anything like that? otherwise the game and launcher and everything works perfectly, just need a little more space on z.

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Which non gaming Distro is up to date with the latest nVidia drivers and worth to install for gaming with AAA games (too) on an nVidia RTX 5080 videocard?

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 10 Sep 2025 - 12:13am

I don't really like gaming distros because there are a tons of things that I don't neccesarily need. I'm still a beginner Linux user but I'm confident enough that with the help of wikis and asking questions I am able to built up from the ground my own gaming Linux. Which Linux do you recommend?

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Minecraft Bedrock Win10 is now a Win32/GDK app (possible Wine/Proton support?)

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 9 Sep 2025 - 11:50pm

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Since Preview 1.21.120.21 MC Bedrock on Windows 10 has switched to the GDK (Win32) platform from UWP. This goes along with other modern games being developed with GDK as M$ is slowly moving from UWP in general.

Posting this here because GDK, unlike UWP, is possible to run under Wine/Proton as far as I understand. GDK uses a lot of new shiny things (GameInput for example), but Proton already has stubs for this.

After some hacking and dumping game exe (it's encrypted by default and decrypted/secured by the Windows kernel on-the-fly) I managed to run it under Proton, however, MS Store is not present and this causes an early crash:

013c:fixme:ntdll:EtwEventSetInformation (deadbeef, 2, 000000014000EDE2, 49) stub 013c:fixme:ver:GetCurrentPackageFullName (000000000011F854 000000000011FBF0): stub 013c:err:ole:com_get_class_object class {834366da-2d43-4fe3-8dcd-42ff2274bd0d} not registered 013c:err:ole:create_server class {834366da-2d43-4fe3-8dcd-42ff2274bd0d} not registered 013c:err:ole:com_get_class_object no class object {834366da-2d43-4fe3-8dcd-42ff2274bd0d} could be created for context 0x5 013c:err:ole:com_get_class_object class {834366da-2d43-4fe3-8dcd-42ff2274bd0d} not registered 013c:err:ole:create_server class {834366da-2d43-4fe3-8dcd-42ff2274bd0d} not registered 013c:err:ole:com_get_class_object no class object {834366da-2d43-4fe3-8dcd-42ff2274bd0d} could be created for context 0x5 0120:fixme:combase:RoGetActivationFactory (L"Windows.Gaming.Input.RawGameController", {eb8d0792-e95a-4b19-afc7-0a59f8bf759e}, 00006FFFFD538960): semi-stub

Hope this can be resolved

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Disgusted long time Windows user`s cry for help !

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 9 Sep 2025 - 11:41pm

Hello,

since the latest Version of Windows 11 completely ruined my System and failed to install itself (now my SSD is taking minutes to boot instead of seconds and my other HDD isn`t recognized anymore) i finally had enough and after 30 Years of Windows using i want to switch to Linux. My Problem is i know 0 about it and i am pretty much an IT Analphabet. i use my pc for open office, you tube, internet browsing, and for gaming with steam mostly.

What Version of Linux would you recommend to me for that kind of usage and if i try to install it myself? (or would you rather send me to an it professional for starters straight up ?) and can i still play Steam Games on it or do i need to install a virtual machine with windows for this ?

here my specs: intel i7 10700 CPU 2,90gHZ, Bios Modus:UEFO, Board: AS Rock Z490 Extreme, 32 GB Ram, 1GB SSD, 1GB HDD, RTX 3080.

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Sonic X Shadow Generations on Ubuntu - AMD System

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 9 Sep 2025 - 11:16pm

Hi everybody!

I'm stuck trying to get Sonic X Shadow Generations to run on my Ubuntu system (Steam, Proton). I'm currently stuck on this dilemma:

If I try to start it with the default proton, without any Launch options, I get a black screen that won't go away, and after a while linux kindly asks if it should end it. I tried leaving it open for a long time, but it didn't change.

Now if I force proton 10.0-2 beta and give it the launch options "PROTON_USE_WINED3D=1 %command%" the game actually starts! But only the sonic generations portion of the game works, when I try to start the first shadow level, my screen shows only the particle effects and a general hue. It looks like very heavy fog with bright colored lights. Actually unplayable, I can't even see shadow, or what he's standing on.

I tried changing many different in-game options for the graphics, and tried some proton launch options, but it either does the fog thing or doesn't start at all.

Help, ideas, suggestions very welcome!

Thanks!

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Control stuttering, any fix ?

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 9 Sep 2025 - 10:46pm

Hi

Control ultimate edition is stuttering on my setup.

Is there any fix ?

My setup

9800x3D

9070XT

Fedora KDE, everything updated to the very newest version, MESA included.

ProtonGE 10-15 (newest version)

Steam Launch options: PROTON_ENABLE_WAYLAND=1 DXVK_HDR=1 %command%

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PSA: Change your CPU Topology

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 9 Sep 2025 - 10:36pm

Tl;dr: If you use a windows vm for gaming, make sure to manually set the cpu topology so that all your vCPUs are cores instead of sockets. Otherwise windows will only use 2 cores.

I use a windows vm for vr gaming because all the linux solutions are still too janky for me and Virtual Desktop is magic. It's worked pretty well but I've had some mildly disappointing performance which I figured was just the cost of the VM overhead.

Anyways, I just noticed in task manager that windows was reporting almost 60% cpu usage while idle, and when I looked closer it said I had 2 cpu sockets. I was confused for a bit, but then I tried changing the cpu topology in virt-manager and suddenly windows could see all 12 cores I had assigned it.

It turns out that virt-manager defaults to exposing each core as a separate socket, and the consumer versions of windows are limited to only using 2 cpu sockets. Now Half-Life: Alyx runs flawlessly.

I hope this helps at least 1 other person.

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I"m new to gaming on linux. What are things I need to know or look out for?

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 9 Sep 2025 - 10:30pm

I think I have things set up and the games I've tried seem to work. What are some things I should know about gaming on linux in 2025?

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Help with vr stuttering/flicking weird issue (Valve Index)

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 9 Sep 2025 - 10:04pm

I am at my wits end trying to fix this issue, and I haven't seen anyone else with this same issue I have. It's hard to describe but it's like, the fps is good, however the display seems like it's almost losing track of where stuff is in vr so it flickers all over the place and tries to re-center it, but the tracking seems fine for the controllers and full body, and it only flickers everywhere when it's a little bit laggy or maybe certain shaders? It flicks everywhere on any game, it does it on the vr home screen, vrchat, half life, every single game.

I'm using CatchyOS, everything is up to date, Ryzen 7 3700X cpu, RX 7800 XT gpu, 16gb ram, I've tried using CoreCtrl and following guides and reinstalling everything, but nothing works. I did have some lag issues when I was on windows but nothing near this bad, I just recently switch to Catchy maybe a month ago so I'm a bit new to linux.

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[Proton] Lethal Company launches with graphical artifacts

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 9 Sep 2025 - 9:44pm

Used Proton Hotfix/Experemental/10.0(beta)

System:

Kernel: 6.8.0-79-generic arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.3.0 clocksource: tsc

Desktop: Cinnamon v: 6.4.8 tk: GTK v: 3.24.41 wm: Muffin v: 6.4.1 vt: 7 dm: LightDM v: 1.30.0

Distro: Linux Mint 22.1 Xia base: Ubuntu 24.04 noble

Machine:

Type: Desktop Mobo: ASRock model: A320M-DVS R4.0 serial: <superuser required>

uuid: <superuser required> UEFI: American Megatrends v: P4.10 date: 11/27/2020

CPU:

Info: quad core model: AMD PRO A10-8770 R7 10 COMPUTE CORES 4C+6G bits: 64 type: MT MCP

smt: enabled arch: Excavator rev: 1 cache: L1: 320 KiB L2: 2 MiB

Speed (MHz): avg: 2794 high: 3693 min/max: 1400/3500 boost: enabled cores: 1: 3693 2: 1896

3: 3693 4: 1896 bogomips: 27946

Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm

Graphics:

Device-1: AMD Wani [Radeon R5/R6/R7 Graphics] driver: amdgpu v: kernel arch: GCN-3 ports:

active: DP-1 empty: HDMI-A-1,HDMI-A-2 bus-ID: 00:01.0 chip-ID: 1002:9874 class-ID: 0300

Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.11 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.6 driver: X: loaded: amdgpu

unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa dri: radeonsi gpu: amdgpu display-ID: :0 screens: 1

Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1600x900 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 423x238mm (16.65x9.37") s-diag: 485mm (19.11")

Monitor-1: DP-1 mapped: DisplayPort-0 model: AOC 2070W serial: <filter> res: 1600x900 hz: 60

dpi: 94 size: 434x236mm (17.09x9.29") diag: 494mm (19.4") modes: max: 1600x900 min: 720x400

API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: amd radeonsi platforms: device: 0 drv: radeonsi device: 1 drv: swrast

gbm: drv: kms_swrast surfaceless: drv: radeonsi x11: drv: radeonsi inactive: wayland

API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: amd mesa v: 25.0.7-0ubuntu0.24.04.2 glx-v: 1.4

direct-render: yes renderer: AMD Radeon R7 Graphics (radeonsi carrizo ACO DRM 3.57

6.8.0-79-generic) device-ID: 1002:9874

API: Vulkan v: 1.3.275 layers: 8 surfaces: xcb,xlib device: 0 type: integrated-gpu driver: N/A

device-ID: 1002:9874 device: 1 type: cpu driver: N/A device-ID: 10005:0000

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Might and Magic 678 Merge Mod using Steam

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 9 Sep 2025 - 9:26pm

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Im trying to setup Might and Magic 678 merge mod using steam it seems to work but I get this warning, how do I change the compatibility mode ?

I tried protontricks and winecfg but I didn't find Windows XP SP2.

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Need help figuring out controllers

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 9 Sep 2025 - 9:06pm

Hi everyone. I'm using a generic no brand controller that was working fine on Windows. On both Nobara and Fedora, the controller is recognised by the system, but doesn't function fully. Half the keys aren't recognized by the game and the in game protagonist is defaulted to looking upwards, while in motion. I've updated my system and it's drivers, and installed packages mentioned on Linux forums to no avail. Please help me figure this out! Thank you.

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