I regularly play Rocket League using Lutris and Proton, but today it no longer boots up. I tried with Proton Hotfix, Proton 8.0, Proton-GE, Wine 10, and Lutris' default Wine version, but each time a black rectangle appears for a couple seconds then disappears; the game never successfully launches.

My Linux distro is OpenSUSE Tumbleweed.

I tried using wine to run the .exe directly, and got this output:
002c:err:winediag:getaddrinfo Failed to resolve your host name IP
00f0:fixme:ntdll:NtQuerySystemInformation info_class SYSTEM_PERFORMANCE_INFORMATION
00f0:fixme:dxgi:DXGID3D10CreateDevice Ignoring flags 0x1.
01dc:fixme:ole:CoInitializeSecurity 0000000000000000, -1, 0000000000000000, 0000000000000000, 0, 3, 0000000000000000, 0, 0000000000000000 stub
01dc:fixme:wbemprox:client_security_SetBlanket 00006FFFFC4E1680, 00007FFFFEB978E0, 10, 0, (null), 3, 3, 0000000000000000, 0
01dc:fixme:wbemprox:client_security_Release 00006FFFFC4E1680
00f0:fixme:system:NtUserSystemParametersInfo Unimplemented action: 59 (SPI_SETSTICKYKEYS)
00f0:fixme:system:NtUserSystemParametersInfo Unimplemented action: 53 (SPI_SETTOGGLEKEYS)
00f0:fixme:system:NtUserSystemParametersInfo Unimplemented action: 51 (SPI_SETFILTERKEYS)
00f0:fixme:dxgi:dxgi_output_GetDisplayModeList iface 00007F2F19D81AD0, format DXGI_FORMAT_R8G8B8A8_UNORM, flags 0, mode_count 00007FFFFE5CD790, modes 0000000000000000 partial stub!
00f0:fixme:dxgi:dxgi_output_GetDisplayModeList iface 00007F2F19D81AD0, format DXGI_FORMAT_R8G8B8A8_UNORM, flags 0, mode_count 00007FFFFE5CD790, modes 00007F2EE85B6B00 partial stub!
00f0:fixme:dxgi:DXGID3D10CreateDevice Ignoring flags 0x81.
00f0:fixme:d3d11:d3d11_device_CheckFormatSupport iface 00007F2F159EB740, format 61, format_support 00007FFFFE5CD568 partial-stub!
0058:fixme:mountmgr:harddisk_ioctl The DISK_PARTITION_INFO and DISK_DETECTION_INFO structures will not be filled
00f0:fixme:dbghelp:elf_search_auxv can't find symbol in module
020c:fixme:dbghelp:elf_search_auxv can't find symbol in module
00f0:fixme:dbghelp:elf_search_auxv can't find symbol in module
00f0:fixme:faultrep:ReportFault 00007FFFFE5CC260 0x0 stub

The "failed to resolve host name IP" is completely normal and hasn't caused any problems before.

I have no idea how much of the rest of it is normal and where the crash details actually begin, however. Any help is appreciated!

Hello!

I have recently (this morning) installed Arch / KDE wayland on my 7900X3D / 7900XTX system

I have weird artifacts in deadbydaylight (UE5)

I have tried the following steps:

• Adding vm.max_map_count = 2147483642 within /etc/sysctl.d/80-gamecompatibility.conf
  • As advised by Arch Wiki
• Installing the packages vulkan-radeon lib32-vulkan-radeon lib32-mesa lib32-vulkan-icd-loader vulkan-tools llvm lib32-llvm lib32-llvm-libs llvm-libs
  • As advised by ProtonDB

I also have tried to install mesa-git lib32-mesa-git vulkan-radeon-git lib32-vulkan-radeon-gitfrom the AUR but it would not compile 😅

the artifacts in question

One thing that did fix it though is PROTON_USE_WINED3D11=1 %command%

What I don't like about the fix is that I might have to use it through trial and error on other games, and it means that in case of a fix -- should there be a bug causing this -- I would miss said fix unless through some more troubleshooting...

Also, I did not have that issue yesterday before my clean reinstall (no hardware changed in between).

So my question is, did I miss some additional tweaks which could fix this? Has a bug newly been introduced which would explain this issue (in which case I just need to wait for an update)?

Bonus problem: Without using Proton-GE I do not have a steam overlay. Using the default latest proton does not work, using proton experimental does work though

Edit: Sorry for the title, this was supposed to be a placeholder but I forgot to change it before publishing the draft 💀

Have any of yall had any major issues with modding games on Linux? Whether it be something from Nexus mods or something like R2Modman. I usually can figure out what I need to get the mods working but I feel like there is not a lot of mod support for games on Linux. I want to be wrong so please direct me in the right direction for modding on Linux. Particularly want advice on using R2Modman. thank you!

I've recently found [this](https://anbernic.com/products/anbernic-rg353p), and that got me thinking. I've been wanting a small, but powerful console for a while now. Steam Deck is great, but the one thing holding it back is its cumbersome size.

Basically, I'm just looking for a small Linux console. PSP or 3DSXL-sized, for comparison. Wouldn't need to be NASA supercomputer levels, nor would I expect it to be. Just something that could run most low-to mid-range games. 4-8GB RAM would be all you would need for that, I would think. Or really, just as much as you could cram into it at that size. Maybe even SteamOS-capable, if that's even possible. If not, Linux would do just fine for my purposes.

Are there any out there like that? And if this isn't the right place to ask, please point me to the correct place.

Thank you very much.

First, my specs:

• AMD Ryzen 5 5600x
• 32 GB DDR4 RAM
• Intel Arc A770 16GB
• Ubuntu 25.04
• 6.14.0-15-generic kernel
• Mesa 25.1-rc3

Let's get one thing out of the way real quick; no, the GPU isn't dying. Oblivion Remastered is the only game this glitches happen in.

I've taken these screenshots in the Imperial City as that's where the artefacting happens most drastically, however it still happened in the starter dungeon/sewers and outside. I know that AMD GPUs had some weird visual bugs, but the ones I'm experiencing are not the same, and I can't seem to find anyone else experiencing these problems (after days of searching. It sometimes seems like I'm the only one with an Intel card in the world).

I've tried running with Proton 9.0-4, ProtonGE 9.27, and the newest Proton 10, but I don't think it's an issue that can be fixed with merely running a different Proton version.

Game compiles shaders upon first launch (I reinstalled a few times) so... it could be an error with how shaders are compiles...? Maybe...?

Either way, I'm at a loss now and need help figuring this out...

Specifically the B850i Lightning. It's cheap, but if it sucks I'd like to avoid it. I'm planning to do a Bazzite build and in the future maybe SteamOS

I just wanted to know are people able to Crack games in Linux if so from where if not then what is the problem (If this is not allowed delete it immediately)

Download the torrent files from the following links:

GTA 3
Quick link: https://buzzheavier.com/j305a7cabot9
Source: https://archive.org/details/gta-3-linux

GTA Vice City
Quick link: https://buzzheavier.com/ncp0gmly7isw
https://archive.org/details/gt4vc0linux0port-reVC

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Note: Use qbittorrent to download the files or download directly and extracted them . On the working directory, run the binary re3 (GTA 3) or reVC (GTA Vice City), respectively.

Hi everyone,

I'm looking for four game controllers that I can use interchangeably with my Steam Deck and my Linux desktop at home. Ideally, I want something that works out of the box (or with minimal setup) on both systems.

Do you have any recommendations for models that are well-supported on Linux and offer good build quality for couch multiplayer gaming?

Any insights on Bluetooth vs. wired, battery life, or input latency are also welcome!

Thanks in advance!

Hey so my grandma's laptop was very sluggish so i got her mint xfce, the problem is that the only way to really play candy crush is through the microsoft store, i tried emulating android through waydroid, but that just ended up a mess. Does anyone know of any web based candy crush hosting or a way to get it running on linux?? Thanks for the help in advance :]

The game was working fine up until a few days ago where i noticed that after a few games it becomes unbearably laggy, in the play screen when i move my character it borderline looks like stop motion, but in the first few matches it works smoothly. Anybody else experiencing this?

Since some time, I have the issue that some game do freeze randomly, after playing some time. Sometimes i can play a hour, sometimes only minutes, then the game freezes. After some trial and error, I found that limiting fps helped most of the time.

For example 'No mans Sky'. Plays fine with nearby 60fps, but freezes a lot. Same with 'Breathedge' and today 'Drakensang Online'. But if I limit the game to 30fps, I never had a freeze since setting it.

Does someone here has a explanation for this behavior?

GPU is nvidia 1650 with proprietary driver, OS is Arch Linux. LTS Kernel. DE is Gnome, but this is also the case with XFCE and KDE.

Hey everyone, I'm curious—why should I be playing on Linux?

My laptop is a bit of a potato: i7 8th gen, 16 GB of RAM, and a 512 GB SSD no dedicated gpu. I'm mainly wondering if I could get better gaming performance by switching to Linux. If so, I'd love to hear which distro you recommend for gaming on low-end hardware.

Looking forward to your insights!

I'm fairly new to linux, installed it today but watched alot of informative stuff on it, and everything went smoothly until I tried to play cs2, which ran incredibly slow, after a little trouble shooting I got it ot run 20 fps

I've tried 2 other games,The forest and factorio, and only 1 ran normally which is factorio, I'm guessing the problem is some kind of issue about 3D games but I haven't tried enough to know(factorio is a 2D game, and it ran just as well as on windows)

RTX 3050 mobile with the 565 driver from the repository

i5 12450H

linux kernel 6.8.0 - 59 generic

If you need any other info just ask please, I have no idea what to list

I've tried reinstalling steam, different proton versions, other drivers, set the nvidia prime profile to performance, tried -fullscreen on steam launch setttings(I also have no extra monitors)

Hi, so I'm kind of new on linux gaming. I'm on a laptop, I tried playing Risk of Rain 2 and got some textures kind of buggy at times, not really a significative issue. But like after 10 minutes of playing my laptop on where the processor is got hot like crazy. Game was running smooth but it was overheating like crazy, fps were limited to 60 and textures were on 1/4 resolution. Also on windows that never happened, it did overheat sometimes but later in the game when there's a lot of stuff happening. Is there any driver for the fans I should download or something? My theory is that the game is taking mi integrated graphics and overloading them as if it was an actual gpu and just letting my cpu chill

Hi folks,

I am a fan of Linux and have been using it in the professional sphere but never for private leisure use. However recently I heard gaming is a thing now (It's always been the one thing keeping me on windows).
I immediately installed fedora and tried running some games, however I've been really struggling.

As you can see in this screenshot:

Screenshot with system monitor, nvdia-smi and tabletop simulator

I have reason to believe that my games are running on my CPU, even though I have the latest Nvidia drivers installed (i followed a guide using rpm fusion for that).

Now I have seen similar issues on this forum, oftentimes people refer to this article:

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/PRIME#Configure_applications_to_render_using_GPU

However I really don't know where to start or what to do with it. I'm willing to put some work in, but I really need a guiding hand. I would love to switch to linux, finally now when gaming is supposed to be a thing.

I've been having horrible performance issues. Just so you get an idea, with the minimum modifiers, small galaxy and only two more AI empires I've gotten lag by the year 2080. One day per second, levels of lag.

I have by no means a weak laptop. I have a Lenovo Legion 5, Intel i9-13900HX RAM 32 GB, 1TB SSD and an NVidia RTX 4070. I am using PopOS, and that might cause some friction, but I'm pretty sure Stellaris has a native build and it hasn't failed me with other titles.

Any help or insight would be appreciated.

So, for the 1% of CS2 players on linux. I have 2 questions...

For context, I play on Arch Hyprland. AMD GPU with the open source drivers

1. Why does the game look better scaled? I play on 1280x960 8xmsaa and it straight up looks better than on Windows. It looks a bit pixelated so maybe the MSAA is not running or working as usual? Since it would look like a blurry mess on Windows. Also, crosshairs are literally pixel perfect, no antialiased bullshit, they look crisp.
2. My mouse has 1200 DPI in memory and I play 1.0 sens in cs, but somehow my sensitivity when launching on linux is much slower. It's really important to me that sensitivity remains consistent so I can play faceit on windows. Also, it kinda feels weird, like it has accel on it but very subtle? I have accel_profile set to flat and sensitivty on 0 in hyprlands config

There also doesn't seem to be any raw input options in cs2 for linux

i have installed genshin through using wine and when i run it and try to log in i cant switch to another window to log in through google no matter if i open another app or use alt+tab
and when i try to close it the game just freezes i got no clue why and since its always full screen and above all the other windows i have to reboot the laptop
not to mention the issue i get when i try to log in through hoyoverse "too many requests"
i am using arch is there any way of fixing this i dont even know whats the cause of the issue