• @qbus
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      261 year ago

      Let’s all thank the steam deck. Now Linux is bigger in gaming than mac

        • @qbus
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          1 year ago

          I mean I’m going to date myself but the game I play the most on my steam deck is dungeon keeper 2 from GOG and it works fine

    • @[email protected]
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      51 year ago

      The bad news, for me at least, is yes I can get most games to run fine. Skyrim, cyberpunk, Sims 4 etc. The issue is modding. Sims 4 is excluded from this as you littlery just drop .package files in the mod folder and just works. But games like cyberpunk and Skyrim…you often need external tools/injectors/animation riggers etc for a lot of the 'good stuff’s. And getting those tools to work properly can be a nightmare.

      • @[email protected]
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        11 year ago

        Why do those tools work differently on Linux if the games are fine? At most a script extender would need is a Microsoft Dell and don’t those come with wine or whatever?

        Honestly asking. I use Windows. But if games work I’ll switch.

        • @Spotlight7573
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          91 year ago

          Generally you use some kind of tool to manage/update the mods and set them to load in the right order. While those tools may also work under Linux with Proton/Wine/etc, each app you launch typically has its own isolated folders. So in order to get it to work, you’d need to change where that mod manager app uses to use the folders that Proton/etc configured for the actual game like Skyrim. That’s compared to just installing the mod configurator/launcher app and having it start Skyrim for you on Windows.

          The fact that there’s a 60 page guide on how to do it tells you it’s not as easy as on Windows: https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/91500?tab=description

          • @[email protected]
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            41 year ago

            Aaand I’ll be using Windows for awhile I guess.
            Kudos for the author putting that together.

            • CALIGVLA
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              41 year ago

              I think the best you can do is still dual boot Linux and Windows, not ideal but at least you’re avoiding most of these issues.

              • @[email protected]
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                11 year ago

                I might try that, just to get used to it and learn how it’s structured. All I use my PC for now is gaming, music and movies. I barely even browse the Internet on it anymore.

        • @[email protected]
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          11 year ago

          They can use any number of extra libraries and such. Idk I’m not a programmer. But I’ve certainly tried. Though tbh it’s been. A while. Sadly I dual boot just for the games that I mod that require a bunch of external tools to mod. I don’t have the time anymore to try and force em. A me problem yes.

      • exu
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        11 year ago

        I don’t remember it being much of a nightmare for Skyrim, but then again some mods were indeed broken. Pretty normal tho :/

    • @veng
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      21 year ago

      There are definitely “quirks”, even with a lot of the gold/platinum rated games on protondb. E.g. Titanfall 2, horrible crackling audio issues at times, even though it runs great otherwise. Firewatch, random choppy slowdowns, but rare. BattleBit, sometimes (not too often) 20 seconds of 20fps, then back to normal.