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Is it possible to play CS2 in stretch mode on GNOME? (gamescope)

16 Dec 2025 - 5:57pm

Hi, I’d like to try GNOME for gaming (I’m currently using KDE Plasma). The only thing holding me back is knowing how Gamescope works there. The truth is, the only game I use with Gamescope is CS2, and here’s my launch configuration: gamescope -w 1280 -h 960 -S stretch -f -r 240.0 --force-grab-cursor --adaptive-sync --immediate-flips -- %command%. If anyone plays CS2 on GNOME and uses stretch mode, please help me out! :,(
Distro: CachyOS

submitted by /u/One-Combination3228
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Arc Raiders crashing

16 Dec 2025 - 5:36pm

I'm on Artix Linux and using Hyprland. Sometimes when I play arc raiders it just crashes. It freezes and I have to quit the game and start it up again. I have died to this many times which makes it frustrating. I really don't know what could be causing this, and I know it's not my hardware since I have a 9070XT and a 9800X3D. What could be causing this?

submitted by /u/SpecificMoment3095
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Sober freezing the whole system.

16 Dec 2025 - 4:52pm

Sober freezes my system completely after 15-30 minutes of gameplay, and this is happening after an update that required me to reinstall the Roblox APK. GPU and CPU temperatures are fine. Any solutions?

I'm using CachyOS, KDE 6.5.4, and Wayland.

PS: I tried limiting Wayland usage using Flatseal, but the problem persists.

submitted by /u/Guest84810
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Helldivers 2 crashing or freezing my entire desktop

16 Dec 2025 - 4:50pm

I'm on arch with wayland and gnome but used other distros too and the issue is present everywhere, I've tried other versions of proton including protonge and cachyproton but the game either crashes or freezes my entire desktop either way after 30 minutes of gameplay. Sound continues to play but I have to hard restart each time this happens.

This happened a year ago too but a lot rarely, now I can't even play the game without this happening. I don't see anyone really talking about this on protondb so I'm kinda lost.
Tried getting proton logs but the game freezes and when I closed it it didnt make them, terminal also didnt display anything weird.

Specs:

Distro: Arch
GPU: RX 6700 XT
CPU: i5-11400f
RAM: 32gb DDR4

submitted by /u/Xx_SucculentBalls_xX
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Civ 6 runs at 65-70 FPS despite having a RX 9070 XT

16 Dec 2025 - 4:33pm

So I recently installed Arch Linux (with Hyprland) and Heroic for games. But when playing Civ 6 it only gets about 68-70 FPS no matter the settings. In the Heroic launcher I have set it to use dedicated GPU and also that in Civ 6. What should I do?

submitted by /u/zer0developer
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MoleTun – a Hamachi alternative that actually works on Linux (LAN gaming over the internet, zero config)

16 Dec 2025 - 4:14pm

Hello r/linux_gaming

I built MoleTun, a Hamachi alternative designed for Linux that lets LAN-only games work over the internet without port forwarding or manual network configuration.

It creates a virtual LAN so games behave exactly as if everyone is on the same local network.

Works with popular Linux LAN games and emulators, including:

  • Minecraft (Java LAN worlds)
  • Factorio
  • Terraria
  • Stardew Valley (LAN / co-op)
  • Project Zomboid
  • Valheim (LAN mode)
  • OpenTTD
  • Old Windows PC games running via Proton with LAN support

Emulation / local multiplayer over LAN:

  • PPSSPP (PSP local multiplayer)
  • Citron / Switch (Eden/Yuzu) local wireless emulation

Technical details:

  • Direct P2P mesh networking for low latency
  • Automatic NAT traversal (no port forwarding)
  • Relay fallback only if P2P fails
  • L3 networking (no L2 broadcast hacks)
  • Linux and Windows desktop support
  • GUI-first, not CLI-only

I built this because LAN gaming on Linux over the internet is still unnecessarily painful, and most existing tools either don’t support Linux properly or rely entirely on centralized relays.

The goal is simple: make LAN multiplayer work reliably on Linux.

Project page:
https://moletun.com/en

submitted by /u/fabric_soul
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Wine Error

16 Dec 2025 - 4:12pm

Hi everyone,
I've been trying to run a cracked game on my Debian system but Wine gives this following error:
"0134:err:d3d:wined3d_swapchain_resize_buffers Something's still holding back buffer 0 (02FFA238)."

Any idea what this supposed to mean?

submitted by /u/milivojevic31
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Dota2 libpangoft2 no such file in a directory

16 Dec 2025 - 2:52pm

Arch, i7 3770k, RX570, noob. When I try to go in lobby with bots in game, game crashes and there is

failed to dlopen "libpangoft2-1.0.so" error=libpangoft2-1.0.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

I already tried -vulkan_disable_steam_shader_cache and delete all cache, it doesn't help.
Arch wiki says: Remove libpango-1.0.so and libpangoft2-1.0.so in GAME/game/bin/linuxsteamrt64, but when I remove them and start the game, it crashes and steam starts to validating and download files again. Is somebody know, what should I do (besides delete dota 2 forever)?

submitted by /u/dontbecareless
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Reminder : liquid metal can dry

16 Dec 2025 - 2:10pm

No wonder why my R5 3600 was hitting 95 °C while gaming...

It's sitting comfortably at around 70°C while running OCCT + PBO maxxed out right now.

But why didn't it happen with my graphic card though ? It's the same liquid metal I used.

submitted by /u/silvermage13
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Does Easy anticheat work with Lutris when using Proton GE 10-26

16 Dec 2025 - 1:02pm

This is most likely a simple to answer question but still want to make sure it's safe. Asking because in lutris it says that it requires Lutris wine but I'm using Proton GE

Additional info i forgot

Epic games version of Hell let loose it works on steam but not sure about Epic games version via Lutris

submitted by /u/Versanitybutreal
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