This guide is for getting FrostyModManager (FMM) to work on Debian-based operating systems, such as Ubuntu, though I'm doing it in Debian 12. We will be applying mods to StarWars Battlefront II (2), though it likely can be applied to other Frostbite games. This guide is not for installing Steam or Downloading the SWBF game. There are plenty of good guides for that, and for installing Linux. READY?

1. Download FrostyModManager.zip https://github.com/CadeEvs/FrostyToolsuite/releases , do not extract yet

2. It appears it's necessary to extract this somewhere within the Home/.var/app/com.valvesoftware.Steam/ folder for this to work correctly. I have tested extracting it in multiple locations. I specifically extracted to: home/.var/app/com.valvesoftware.Steam/.steam/steam/steamapps/common/ simply because it's close to folders I'm in regularly and makes it easier to navigate between them when modding.

3. Open Steam, select the menu option Games>Add a Non-Steam Game to My Library>Browse, then point to location of your extracted FMM folder and select FrostyModManager.exe (if after selecting the .exe file you see a file path like: /run/user/1000/doc/... it's not going to work. You must've extracted it somewhere else like the Download, Home, or Documents folder.)

4. FMM should now appear in your game library. (During my testing of this process several times, however, I occasionally experienced a weird glitch where it would add the game to my library but show up as a blank grey box. I had to reboot my system for it to show up, but you might get around this by using your System Monitor to End the steam application, then reopen the program.) If it does show up correctly, right click on it and select Properties. In the Shortcut menu that appears, you should see the file path for the FMM .exe in the TARGET box. If you do not see the path, paste it into the TARGET box (note: depending on how you setup your root file system during the installation of your operating system, this path might also include your operating system user name, like: home/user_name/.var/...), or select Browse and point to the FMM .exe file.

5. With the Shortcut window still open, verify the correct folder path that contains the .exe file is in the START IN box. If not, paste the same path without /FrostyModManager.exe at the end, or Browse and select the folder that contains the .exe file.

6. With the Shortcut window still open, switch to the Compatibility menu option. Check the box for: Force the use..., then select Proton 10 or other newer version from the dropdown menu (might be at the bottom of the list), then close that window

7. PLAY the FMM game you just installed.

8. Upon opening, Select the option Scan for games. You will likely see a message regarding Flatpak. This may apply to you or not. Read this, maybe take a screenshot. I'm running a Flathub version of Steam. I was able to just click OK and things worked. I should note, however, that while searching for months to mod on linux and trying different suggestions, I did end up installing Bottles and Flatseal, but the process I'm sharing here worked even after deleting bottles that I created and after reseting the options in Flatseal for steam. I have not yet tested this process with Bottles or Flatseal uninstalled. I clicked the x to close the scanning dialog box while the scan was still going after just a few seconds, and my game appeared in the list. Your computer might take longer to scan, but if it doesn't find it after 2 minutes, close the scan dialog. If your game isn't showing up at this point, select New and point to the SWBF .exe game file in the .../steamapps/common/ folder. If you only see the C: drive under My Computer, this might be why you would need Flatseal or Bottles to be able to see the drive your game is installed on. I'm not yet covering how to do that in this guide.

9. Once your game shows up in the list, select it. Doing so the first time starts a process that creates multiple files and folders for the game to be modded, like: .../common/FrostyModManager-1190-1-0-6-3-s-1753719610/Mod/starwarsbattlefrontii folder. This folder is where you will extract the individual .fbmod files. Make sure they're not in another folder, but be sure to exit FMM before adding files or it might freeze (which you can open your system monitor and "end" if it does)

10. Once all your desired mods are added into that folder, you can "play" the FMM again to see all your mods. Apply your desired mods, then select Install mods. It typically takes over two minutes for it to do so. When it's complete, it should give a message providing you with a file path like: WINEDLLOVERRIDES="winmm=n,b" %command% -dataPath "ModData/Default" (Copy that or type it manually into the LAUNCH OPTIONS found under Properties of the SWBF game in your steam library)

11. Close FMM, Play

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Greetings

Next week, the parts for my new ITX rig should be arriving. It is my wish to dual boot Linux and Windows, mainly so i have windows as backup, incase something really isn't working for me on Linux and i really want to make Linux my main system.

Here is the build, so i don't have to list all the specs: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/qtYgMC

First, i'm a bit undecided on the distro. I hope to just install it and have most things just work on the gaming end. I understand that for some games some tuning will be needed, i mean in general.

I'm eyeing Ubuntu or Fedora, to be my main OS. For Windows i might just stick to my Windows 10 Pro. Since i'm doing an all AMD build, what exactly will i need to install myself driver wise? I assume i can just grab this https://www.amd.com/en/support/download/linux-drivers.html for ubuntu but no idea regarding Ryzen Masters.

It's worth noting that i wasn't happy with Bazzite because most help topics online asked to execute command prompts, but bazzite only had a certain selection of commands you could do. I noticed that when i first wanted to install NordVPN and the guide offered a command that just didn't work on bazzite. Would like to have access to those really cool features of linux.

I've seen that Brother has drivers (rpm and deb) for both my printer and scanner, so that is taken care off. My SteelSeries keyboard and Razer mouse only ever use one config, so i don't even need to have access to the software/driver on linux and can leave that on Windows. BUT, if i would want to, is there an open source way to configure my pheriperials? List of stuff and what i'd optionaly like to configure without windows:

Mouse: Razer Naga Hex (Keybinds)

KB: SteelSeries Apex Pro TKL (Keybinds and RapidTrigger settings)

HeadSet: Epos GSX 300 + H6Pro (Sound Profiles)

Now, when i find the Distro i wish to go with, how do i proceed setting up dual boot with windows 10/11? Do i first install my Distro, then with Windows? I plan to have my Distro on the 990 Pro and Windows on the SX8200Pro, with my trusty sata SSD being a universal use drive, like game backups and what not.

Now a bonus question, i have a few heavily modded "japanese" games, that are portable installs. I asume i can just drag em in but have to run the .exe launcher trouch wine?

Thanks for any help offered!

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Hey, I am new to this game after Riot forced out Linux users with Vanguard.

I am fiddling with the options and hotkeys and saw that it changed from QWERTZ to QWERTY, only ingame, not when tabbed out while I am typing this.

All I found was a 7 year old post but no fix.

Game runs on Runtime 3.0 Sniper as current versions don't let me play which I think is due to VAC.

Let me know if I have to add more info.

edit: uhm, I think I am stupid, I looked at it again and it displays just fine.

If I want to change keybind and press Z, it displays Y in the "Bind hotkey" windows but as soon as this window is gone, it shows a Z. Sorry.

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Hello, recently I encountered this kind of problem with my CachyOS distro and Arc A770, game install with no problems, starts up, everything looks okay but then when first intro cinematic playa, game freezes up and entire system also, can't do anything and have to button reset PC. Anyone know why is that and some solution for that ??

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Still windows user for some games but right now i'm using ubuntu for my older laptop; Decided to install x-plane 11 and it's running FABULOUS which i was not expecting,it's almost running better than the windows version i got on a newer pc.

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There was a couple games I wanted to get on Steam to play on my Ubuntu machine until I saw they use kernel level anti-cheat:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1268750/Starship_Troopers_Extermination/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/553850/HELLDIVERS_2/

However, someone told me that the anticheat is only kernel-level on Windows... not Linux. Does anyone know if that's true?

Should I still avoid them? They have good ratings on ProtonDB

I've heard kernel-level anticheat creates vulnerabilities in your PC, invades your privacy, etc... things I don't want.

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A small update to Proton Experimental landed with a few fixes for some nuisances for Windows games on Linux / SteamOS and Steam Deck. Here's what's changed.

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PVKK: Planetenverteidigungskanonenkommandant really rolls off the tongue doesn't it? Is it basically Dome Keeper in 3D? Well, sort-of but not quite.

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Nightdive Studios announced they're doing Outlaws + Handful of Missions: Remaster, reviving the 1997 classic from LucasArts.

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It's so frustrating how little effort NVIDIA puts into supporting Linux. Drivers are unstable, sub-optimally tuned, and far behind their Windows counterparts. For a company that dominates the GPU market, it feels like Linux users get left out. Open-source solutions like Nouveau are worse because they don't even have good support from NVIDIA directly. If NVIDIA really cared about its community, it would take time and effort to make Linux drivers first-class and not an afterthought.

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I can't claim to have found most of this out on my own, but I wanted to compile it for any others who might have issues with it down the line, since ProtonDB is often unreliable.

All of my time spent playing MHWilds has been on Linux. And it's been... a bit of a shitshow.

Notable (solvable) issues I wanted to address:

- "Vertex explosions" on Nvidia hardware

- Sometimes forcing a full shader recompilation when you crash.

- Massive stutters relating to the shader cache not loading properly on relaunches.

My current launch options to remedy these are:

PROTON_HIDE_NVIDIA_GPU=1 - This prevents the vertex explosions. I have... no idea why. AFAICT, something about how the game uses Nvidia cards is not how Proton expects it.

VKD3D_DISABLE_EXTENSIONS=VK_NV_low_latency2 - Supposed to prevent a Wine crash. I have no experience with this crash in particular, but it doesn't seem to hurt... so... omit if you want to test?

__GL_SHADER_DISK_CACHE_SKIP_CLEANUP=1 - This prevents the cleanup of the Proton's cached shaders. Relevant to the next two options.

__GL_SHADER_DISK_CACHE_PATH=/home/<USERNAME>/.cache/games/mhwilds/ - This allows you to specify a path for Proton's shader cache. You can point this anywhere you want (within reason), but MAKE SURE TO CREATE THE FOLDER IT IS POINTED AT. IT DOES NOT CREATE THE PATH AUTOMATICALLY.

__GL_SHADER_DISK_CACHE_SIZE=10737418240 - specifies the maximum size of the shader cache on disk, so your disk doesn't get filled up. The value must be in bytes. The value shown is 10 gigabytes, which is probably more than enough for Wilds.

WINEDLLOVERRIDES="dinput8=n,b" - [OPTIONAL] If you have installed REFramework, this is necessary. Otherwise, ignore this.

%command% - This will be replaced with the launch command for the game. It needs to be here for the game to launch. Duh.

&& rm -f shader.cache2 - This deletes the games' shader cache when the game closes. This means that the game will load to the shader build screen on every boot, **BUT** it should be pretty fast (<20 seconds) after the first one because Proton already has them cached. This should also properly "warm" your shaders on each launch, and shouldn't require actual lengthy rebuilds unless there's an update to the game, your graphics driver, or your Proton version. I recommend using a stable version of Proton, i.e. Proton 9, so you're not getting forced to rebuild from updates to Proton Experimental or Proton Hotfix.

A copyable version of these launch options: `PROTON_HIDE_NVIDIA_GPU=1 VKD3D_DISABLE_EXTENSIONS=VK_NV_low_latency2 __GL_SHADER_DISK_CACHE_PATH=/home/<USERNAME>/.cache/games/mhwilds/ __GL_SHADER_DISK_CACHE_SKIP_CLEANUP=1 __GL_SHADER_DISK_CACHE_SIZE=10737418240 WINEDLLOVERRIDES="dinput8=n,b" %command% && rm -f shader.cache2 - REMEMBER TO EDIT __GL_SHADER_DISK_CACHE_PATH TO POINT WHEREVER YOU WANT IT.

Shoutout to Drovolon and KALUNA on ProtonDB for sharing their cache solution, and the many posters on the Proton GitHub and this subreddit for the others.

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Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Definitive Edition released recently and it works great on Linux, even better now the online works properly too.

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iRacing have announced iRacing Arcade made in partnership with Original Fire Games the developers of Circuit Superstars.

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Ive tried a few different ways of dowloading it with steam and wine and others, but when ever I launch it and it asks to log in, it sais "request can't be granted right now" or allong the lines of that. Any help appreciated, running cinnamon if that helps at all

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MicroProse Software are on a bit of a roll lately for their publishing, now they've announced Death By Scrolling from Ron Gilbert of Terrible Toybox.

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