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[-] M500@lemmy.ml 39 points 1 year ago

I can’t play like 5 games.

I don’t get it either, Linux is fine for gaming at this point. Now it’s such a small amount of games that don’t work.

[-] firecat@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago

Not a small amount it’s a big amount. You have to stop assuming everything is on steam and working outside of steam.

[-] MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz 18 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Me playing Alan Wake 2 on my linux desktop:

What?

[-] M500@lemmy.ml 15 points 1 year ago

Can you share some examples that are not in steam that don’t work?

[-] soulsource@discuss.tchncs.de 13 points 1 year ago

Especially after adding the game to the Steam Library and launching it either through Proton (if it's a Windows game) or enabling the Steam Runtime (if it's an ancient Linux game).

[-] firecat@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

All browsers games that require installation, Nexon games, foreign games not available in USA or Europe, a game made in custom code or another language, all PC-98 games, CD games (unavailable to be digitally made), servers games like Pangya or NFSW. ETC, the list goes on and on, sure YOU think some of these games are bad or should be gone but that’s besides the point of how not to always use one software for games.

[-] M500@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago

A lot of the games you listed would have the same issue on Windows. Additionally it likes like pc-98 can work on Linux.

I don’t see why CD games wouldn’t work on Linux. You can connect a disk drive just like you can in windows. And can then make an iso of the cd for convenience.

One game you listed, Pangaya shutdown.

I’m not saying everything works on Linux, but at this point the large majority does.

Others have pointed out other titles that are pretty popular that don’t work on Linux. So if that game is important to you, I don’t blame you for not using Linux. I use windows for work for the same reason.

But just be fair.

[-] mintiefresh@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago
[-] Reiea@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

Genshin works on my steam deck. You just have to add the installer to steam as a non steam game and then tell it to run in compatibility mode with proton.

[-] andrewz@stranger.social 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

@Reiea @mintiefresh

Yeah! Been wanting to try
this.

It installs to wine prefix.
It's cross-platform, they
just don't like Linux, LOL.

Also worked on Bottles.
Thanks.

Installs on Android on VM via geanymotion
on arch (Garuda Linux). Have not tested android
on steamdeck yet, next.😃

[-] ElectroLisa 2 points 1 year ago

It does, since 3.8 it doesn't activate mihoyo protect. Besides, there were community projects bypassing the anti-cheat

[-] mintiefresh@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

Huh interesting. Wasn't aware of that (3.8).

The anti-cheat is so annoying. Really wish they just made it easier to play on Steam Deck. I am aware of the community projects but haven't tried them yet. Id rather not risk a ban.

That said, I don't play this game enough to want to install Windows anyways.

[-] ElectroLisa 1 points 1 year ago

Been playing since May on Linux with an FPS unlocker and have no issues. Game requests all shaders on launch so there's no stuttering

[-] M500@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Thanks! I was not aware of this. Do you play this game? It looks interesting, but I’m worried it’s a game that will require me to keep paying to progress.

[-] mintiefresh@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

Not a ton. So it's not a big deal to me or enough to tempt me to install Windows. But I do wish it worked better with a Steam Deck.

[-] sizzling@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

For me I really wish I could use GamePass on my steamdeck. Right now it is mostly collecting dust except for when I go on vacation. It's still a great machine though.

[-] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

You can always use the Microsoft provided tutorial to run GamePass through Edge

[-] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

Dude, most of us have hundreds of games on our Steam accounts with only 1-2 not able to run on Linux. Either you're a troll or have no idea what you're talking about

[-] firecat@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

Those 100s of games need modification or changes to the settings that impact your gameplay. That’s not how anyone should play Linux games and shouldn’t be restricted to because of company being lazy about Linux.

[-] Hexarei@programming.dev 4 points 1 year ago

None of the ones I've played have needed any modification besides turning down graphics settings occasionally. Dunno what you're on about.

[-] MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

What settings? What impact on gameplay?

For over a year now, I've just been buying games, hitting download, waiting, then hitting the big'ol green "PLAY" button, and the game starts up same as windows.

The whole point of proton is that it's not up to devs to "support" linux, it doesn't matter if they don't even try to, proton has gotten so damn good at pretending to be windows that it doesn't matter anymore.

Even my windows VR games work with it.

The windows versions of games in proton, sometimes run better than poorly made native linux ports.

[-] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

I can’t play like 5 games.

And are those games worth playing? From what I've seen it's mainly battle royale and sports games that have anti-cheat set up to deliberately break Linux compatibility

[-] M500@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

That really depends on the person, for me, it’s a deal breaker. If your game won’t work on Linux, I won’t play it.

Sadly, I don’t have this luxury with my work software. But I’m hopeful that things will change. I could probably make it work if there was just one app that worked on Linux.

[-] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

Keep in mind that unless you are working in CAD, you're almost guaranteed to have a good alternative that works on Linux

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