After following a Redditors post, was able to get it to run using Bottles, latest wine-ge runner. It basically works by having Steam Client installed in a wine prefix. Then installing “Source SDK Base 2006” tool within Steam, under that prefix. Finally, the “GHSI.exe” mod (it’s just an installer for The Hidden) is installed on top of that wine prefix.

The GHSI installer won’t work on Linux by default since the script was designed around windows. All the script really does is ensure the SDK is installed, then extracts the mod files in “sourcemods” folder in Steam root folder.

I basically recreated those steps in an effort to just use Steam regularly on the Steam Deck. Basically I installed the 2006 SDK, exracted the mod where the script wanted it, restarted Steam and there it was in my Steam Library.

The thing is, the mod doesn’t launch itself. Rather it uses the SDK to launch, kind of like a parameter if you will. So I set the compatability layer on the SDK to Proton Experimental and launched The Hidden in Steam. It actually worked and brought me to the main menu.

The only issue I’m having is the game seems to just close when I try to play a match. Now compared to the to whole bottle method, that one actually worked fully.

I would much rather have it just normally installed on Steam but I believe Proton may be the culprit. Although I’m not sure as the game will launch each time. It just won’t go launch a match.

Any ideas what could be causing this issue? Appreciate any advice thank you.

So, Steam download precompiled shaders or however they are called. Only for Street Fighter 6 are these shaders broken and show distracting and weird colors on some stages and effects.

Is there any way to disable them for a single game? I had to disable them for every game but I do want to have them for almost every other game.

is there a guide for gaming and to transition to linux?

what are good photo editing programs to be used on linux and are there gpu driver issues?

im not a heavy gamer by a gamers standard but if im going to make the transition away from windows then its something im curious about.

Every time i try to open a game it just instantly closes without opening, and this happens to all of the games.

i dont know if its a graphics, distro, or even a storage problem.

My linux Distrobution is Freespire.

My GPU is a AMD Radeon RX 7600 (with internal graphics being AMD Raphael)

My graphic Drivers are amdgpu

My CPU is a AMD Ryzen 5 7600

Memory: 7.45 GiB / 14.84 GiB (50)

Kernel: Linux 6.8.0-52-generic

Swap: 1.25 MiB / 9.42 GiB (0%)

Also heres some of the Errors i've been getting in the terminal in a game i just installed. But like i said its been happening to all of my games

ERROR: ld.so: object '/home/meowixen/.steam/debian-installation/ubuntu12_32/gameoverlayrenderer.so' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded (wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS32): ignored.

ERROR: ld.so: object '/home/meowixen/.steam/debian-installation/ubuntu12_32/gameoverlayrenderer.so' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded (wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS32): ignored.

ERROR: ld.so: object '/home/meowixen/.steam/debian-installation/ubuntu12_64/gameoverlayrenderer.so' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded (wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS64): ignored.

ERROR: ld.so: object '/home/meowixen/.steam/debian-installation/ubuntu12_32/gameoverlayrenderer.so' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded (wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS32): ignored.

ERROR: ld.so: object '/home/meowixen/.steam/debian-installation/ubuntu12_32/gameoverlayrenderer.so' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded (wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS32): ignored.

Here's the Error i think is the problem

pressure-vessel-wrap[40641]: E: Unable to create symlink "./share/steam/compatibilitytools.d" in "/media/meowixen/My Book/Games/steamapps/common/SteamLinuxRuntime_soldier/var/tmp-601U32/usr": Operation not permitted

If you need any more info feel free to ask

I have been using Windows for many years. I have an old gaming computer with a CPU and ddr3 ram from 2014. Now the new Windows is starting to slow down and I'm tired of it. I have used debian based linux distributions before (not for gaming)

But now I think it's time to switch to Linux completely. As someone with some Linux experience, what should I pay attention to?

My system features; İ5 4790 16 gb ddr3 ram Msi gtx 970 4G OC gaming 240gb sata ssd 2tb hdd

Edit: The images I uploaded didn't appear on the post for some reason, but here's a link to them.

Earlier today someone told me there's not much information of DLSS 4 & multi frame generation and thought it wasn't working in Linux, but as far as I know it has worked day 1, or at least when I got my 5080 it was working.

The first image is with x4 frame generation, the third is with x3. The main issue I get is text and icons from the HUD get a blurry/motion artefacting which is a lot worse on x4 than on x3. These issues seem less pronounced on Windows, though on x4 you still see a lot more artefacting than x3.

The only game I have currently installed on Linux which supports both is Hogwart's Legacy so I used it to show the features. A while back I had some issues with the game crashing when attempting to launch which forced me to reinstall the game and since then it has given me performance issues, sometimes it runs fine with good fps and others I get terribly low fps even with frame generation enabled, this time it was the latter. When I do get good fps it's usually around 80-120 with frame gen, ray reconstruction and raytracing set to their maximum setting.

Basically the tittle. I want to try to learn Linux, but i don't want to give up on games. I play some multiplayer games like TF2 and Overwatch and both work on Steam Deck so i expect them to work on Linux regardless. I have installed Nvidia GPU (1660ti) and i also use gamepads from Xbox, Playstation and 3rd parties.

I currentry deciding to install Bazzite or Mint 21.3 Edge, while gaming is first i also need to tinker with the system to learn stuff and i am not sure that Bazzite is good for multitasking. Or it doen't really matter? I just need to hear your opinions to make the dessigion, thanks in advance.

Is there a software like Medal that lets us share our game clips for Linux? Thats all Im asking

Not sure if others know but with corectrl on linux it lets me put the power slider to 340 on linux but not windows i can also unfervolt and mess with memory but not the gpu core clock at the moment. Pretty good increase on linux

So I made the switch to Linux Mint from Windows. My first taste of Linux gaming was the Steam Deck. What I like about the Steam Deck is having a Decky plugin for How Long To Beat and being able to change the artwork of non Steam games. Is there a way to do something similar with Lutris? Or maybe Heroic (never used it)?

Also Lutris auto populates some artwork for a game based on the Name/Identifier, but it runs into issues. For example, God of War populates the OG GoW from the 90s not 2018 and I can't figure out how to make it populate 2018. I know I could manually change the artwork, but it would be great if there was a way to do it automatically. So how can I find out the correct identifiers for games?

Just built a badass (relative for a computer science college student) PC. Rx 7900xt, created a bot to snipe r7 9800x3d, got way into SSD performance metrics that I won't even admit what I got, and definitely didn't cheap out on the rest.

I love my new PC, it's all I wanted for a long time. But something feels missing; my previous PC (old, slow Dell) was running Kali as I had a passing interest in hacking and fell in love with Linux on my last internship. I want to game and feel the full power of this beautiful hardware, but I don't want to be back here on Windows...... again

I have above-average knowledge of Linux commands and bash scripting, and I know the Linux filesystem well enough that until I type cd / I want to know what I can expect if I take this journey and join the team. How many hard-to-diagnose bugs or weird dependency conflicts could I possibly run into, taking time away from my gaming experience? Or should I just say fuck it and go all in? I want your honest advice on which distro to consider for the best gaming experience compatible with the most games possible. And are the Windows games in my Steam library just going to be largely unplayable? And even if I run a Windows game using the Proton and Wine, would I lose significant FPS because these games are optimized and intended to run on the Windows operating system?

Is it an arduous journey with less than spectacular results, but how soon could we see a change with the development of steam os? How will Microsoft react if OSS steals his bitch lmao?

Also, if yes, please provide distro recommendations. Ubuntu is cool, but I have an autistic urge for a more challenging, less user-friendly Linux so that I can become a Linux god.

Just built a badass (relative for a computer science college student) PC. Rx 7900xt, created a bot to snipe r7 9800x3d, got way into SSD performance metrics that I won't even admit what I got, and definitely didn't cheap out on the rest.

I love my new PC, it's all I wanted for a long time. But something feels missing; my previous PC (old, slow Dell) was running Kali as I had a passing interest in hacking and fell in love with Linux on my last internship. I want to game and feel the full power of this beautiful hardware, but I don't want to be back here on Windows...... again

I have above-average knowledge of Linux commands and bash scripting, and I know the Linux filesystem well enough that until I type cd / I want to know what I can expect if I take this journey and join the team. How many hard-to-diagnose bugs or weird dependency conflicts could I possibly run into, taking time away from my gaming experience? Or should I just say fuck it and go all in? I want your honest advice on which distro to consider for the best gaming experience compatible with the most games possible. And are the Windows games in my Steam library just going to be largely unplayable? And even if I run a Windows game using the Proton and Wine, would I lose significant FPS because these games are optimized and intended to run on the Windows operating system?

Also, if yes, please provide distro recommendations. Ubuntu is cool, but I have an autistic urge for a more challenging, less user-friendly Linux so that I can become a Linux god.

Look ngl I had this huge post about this topic and then my powercut... I just want your guy's opinion on whether or whether not this is possible.

I've been having an issue where after a seemingly random amount of time(never immediate, usually at least after like 10 minutes of play) the game will freeze and I'll need to kill the process. I haven't seen anyone else reporting this issue with this game and since the crash does not produce any sort of log I can't pinpoint exactly what is happening.

I've tried the various different versions of proton + proton-GE, tried installing it via lutris instead. I just can't seem to pinpoint whats going wrong. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Specs: https://pastebin.com/tw8JLnd0

I want to try Throne And Liberty on Steam and i have some questions:

Will it burn my graphic card like New World ?

Will the game have access and upload my pc data ?

Will Steam have access and upload my pc data ?

Is it a decent game if u r desperate ?

I'm installing a 9950X3D this weekend and and I'm wondering how the core parking works with games? For instance is it necessary with say BG3? Do I have to set it before every game? If so what is the best method?

Use it for School and Gaming.

TL;DR - Content creator that may swap from Win10 to Linux Mint, want to see if running native, using a separate boot drive for Windows, a virtual machine, or using compatibility layers like wine/proton would be best for gaming, recording, and editing. I'd like an efficient but consistently stable way to play games, record them as I play, and get those recordings back to Linux for editing so I use Windows as little as possible.

Extra details - I recently looked into swapping to Linux and I believe I'd like to go with Mint, at least to start off. I love the idea of getting away from Microsoft and their bloatware, I've looked at a bunch of "things you should know" and FAQs both here and elsewhere, and confirmed all the programs I care about are available on Linux. But I was curious what most people found the most success with. Specifically though, I'd like advice on what I should do if I will use my pc mostly to game, record, and edit videos for making YouTube content. Besides that I just stream Netflix and such, so the main goal is content creation with an efficient workflow.

I don't play a huge assortment of games, so it'll probably be focused on a select few and I'm not sure how many will be even be available natively. But if we assume none will, how effective are Wine and Proton and the like on newer games and is that more consistent than a separate windows drive or a virtual machine?

My main game right now is Monster Hunter Wilds even though its an optimization mess currently. Anyone have info on how well that runs on Linux? I've found mixed results online.

If I have to boot to windows everytime I wanted to play games, I may not even swap over because that sounds like a pain in the ass. I've also had some not great experiences with virtual machines in the past so I'm leary to do that, but that was 10+ years ago. And I'm not even sure how the whole system would work getting the recordings back over to Linux for editing with either of those options...so it may not be feasible for what I want to do. What I'd like is an efficient but consistently stable way to play games, record them as I play, and get those recordings back to Linux for editing so I use Windows as little as possible. If I only have to boot to Windows to be able to run games smoothly and could do everything else in Linux...that may be worth it to me but I'm not sure.

Any help is very much appreciated 🙏