Do you all think certain gaming companies will ever move away from kernel level anti-cheat? I'm a newish linux user and have come to realize I can't play certain games I used to due to it. Would coming up with a better solution not result in more players playing these games?

A few months ago Arch Linux removed Wine 32 bit packages from their repos because WoW64 can run 32 bit apps without major problems, maybe with this Valve decision Steam can be moved from multilib repo to extra repo, what do you think about this?

Anyone got the Fellowship playtest running on Linux? Just got invited (I think it’s open beta this weekend). I’ve tried several different proton versions and so far no luck.

It looks as though we may lose Intel when it comes to open-source graphics drivers.

so i used to always lose my saves and had to start over every time, super annoying.
lately i set up this little system to back them up either manually or automatically.

basically i’m using freefilesync, it updates the save file in my google drive whenever i tell it to (or you can set it to auto). i just point it to the local save folder and now everything’s safe and organized in the cloud.

dropping a pic of the setup in case anyone else wants to try it. saved me a lot of frustration.

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latest version of everything. arch gnome wayland session. it disappeared after update yesterday

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I’m trying to get optiscaler fsr 4 override to work on dead island 2 epic games store version using heroic launcher. I’ve tried installing manually and with the Linux script. When I select either of the fsr 2 options in game it will work but the moment I select the fsr3/4 options the game crashes. Am I doing something wrong or missing something? I’ve tried with and without the WINEDLLOVERRIDES=dxgi=n,b and the PROTON_FSR4_UPGRADE=1 (I have a Rx 9070 so I don’t need the extra stuff for rdna 3 added) environment variables. I selected no on the dlss inputs in the setup script or manually changed it to false in the config file. And I’ve tried proton-ge and proton-em. I did get this to work on windows but within Linux it doesn’t seem to want to. And I was able to get sons of the forest to work using optiscaler with fsr 4 on the steam version so I know it can work at least. I’m not sure if this just won’t work in Linux on this game or I’m just missing something. Help is greatly appreciated.

Let me start by saying I have been gaming on windows for 20+ years, and casually using different linux distros for a variety of reasons (but never gaming) since 10 years. Due to renovations taking place, I have limited access to other computers right now, and I am using an Intel NUC 8i5beh2 with 16GB of RAM. I installed Ubuntu 24.04.3 on it.

Now to the issue: at first, games that ran on the device were running very smoothly. Games that spring to mind are Rocket League, Cuphead, Baldur's Gate Dark Alliance 1 & 2, and Project Zomboid. I did not install anything to my knowledge besides the provided installers or files. My PDP Xbox One controller worked on all of these, plug and play. Then I was prompted an update or something, which seemed to ask me to remove several outdated, deprecated or unused packages or libraries (sorry, I can't remember, didn't think too much of it at the time). Since then, Rocket League and BGDA refuse to launch, and my controller didn't work anymore.

Last weekend, I decided I wanted to install an emulator. Got everything running, but it did not recognize my controller. After trying a few installs and updates, I gave up and decided to reinstall the OS. Got everything up and running in an hour or so.... but the problem remains the same. Somehow I cannot replicate my initial experience, even though I reinstalled the very same 24.04.3 release (I double checked because I wasn't sure if I'd installed the 25.04 version). The same games refuse to launch, and in Cuphead it was obvious my controller wasn't recognized properly, as the arrows didn't do anything, and the stick gave reversed input (up is down, to be precise). Before it properly showed the Xbox buttons, now it just shows generic buttons. Finally, just to confirm my issue, the emulator once again only recognizes keyboard and mouse, and no controller.

Can anyone point me in the right direction? Am I missing something? A package or something I might have tried to install previously that I am not thinking of?

Well, about 3 days ago I was playing GTA V on Steam, Intel HD 620 i5 8350u and 16gb ddr4 ram. Everything is normal, at 1366x768 the game runs at 35-40 fps with protonGe. But yesterday when I restarted my arch the game simply stopped opening, started loading the rockstar game launcher and closed by itself, I tried another version of proton and was unsuccessful, I even tried to run an "alternative" version in lutris but I had the same problem related to rockstar game launcher, the enhacend version doesn't run because it requires DirectX12 and my config doesn't have these requirements. I tried everything and the game didn't start again.

Hi, first time poster here. Got Linux a couple weeks ago after a windows update borked my PC. Constant blue screening and couldn't do anything with it.

I'm running Linux Ubuntu, 23.something. 23.4?

I've been trying to install and get the Sims 4 to run for a little over a week now. I've got Wine and Lutris.

The first time I did it, i got the EA App through Lutris. Opened it, logged in, downloaded the game. Tried to boot it up through the EA App, it didn't do anything. Booted it through Lutris, and it crashed on the loading screen. Reconfigured ths stuff, got the .exe file... nothing. Reconfigured Wine. Nothing. Uninstalled.

Second time. Decided to go through Steam. Got the game through Steam. Linked my EA App with Steam. Booted the game through Steam. Nothing. Booted it through Lutris. Lutris is telling me I need Origin... Origin is dead. Its the EA App now. I'm intensely confused cause it seems like I have all the pieces here but I don't know how to put them together.

Please help! I spent almost $120 on this game and I don't want the 700 hours I have in it to go to waste cause Microsoft wanted me to buy a new computer.

I'm running cachyOS, and have Battle.net installed via Heroic Games Launcher. Any time I launch WoW, it is not in full screen. The resolution is always set to "custom" even if I change it. Am I missing a setting somewhere?

So i use Wex Dust for Dark Souls 3 invasions, it's working flawlessly on Linux. I want to do the same with Dark Souls Remastered, there is a mod for it: Nexus Github

I installed Visual C++ for Dark Souls Remastered, same way as for Dark Souls 3. Then i copy pasted the zip file content into the game folder. I added this launch command to Steam: WINEDLLOVERRIDES="d3d11=n,b" %command%

What i noticed in game, the F key functions working, but i can't find the "global" invading Red Eye Orb in my inventory. I checked the NPC in New Londo Ruins, but he dosen't selling it either. I made a new save, double checked everything, but i can't find it anywhere. It is possible some parts of the mod working on Linux under Proton, but some are not?

Hello guys. I have an RTX 3070 with a Ryzen 5 5600x, 16GB of RAM (3200mhz). I have a 500GB internal nvme for storage, which is enhanced by an external 1TB SSD, an external 1TB HDD, and an internal 1TB HDD.

This PC is kind of shit but I am still kind of holding on to it because it's usable and it doesn't cost me any money to maintain it (besides electricity) so I am putting on a clown makeup and just rolling along with it.

Anyone here in a similar scenario?

Someone got it work? Is it possible? I got error game license is invalid and it says to launch game in online mode but i dont get it. Isn’t it online mode right away?

Hey,

I have a ThinkPad X1 Gen 9 and I'm thinking of buying a eGPU to use with it for gaming.

Has anyone tried this paired with Linux? I use endeavourOS and wonder how "good" my hardware would be for gaming.

(before you ask, i'm posting this here as it got auto-filtered on both r/8bitdo and r/controllers for some reason) I just got myself an 8bitdo Pro 3 and have been loving it! However when I went to go use the ultimate software (v2) to add functionality to the new r4 and l4 buttons, I realized that:

Is there some easy way to use the ultimate software on linux? I don't want to dual boot if possible as that seems like a colossal waste of my time. I might have to return this controller if Linux isn't supported for the software as that was something they advertised it as doing (steam OS support).