Lutris 0.5.21 introduces support for Valve’s Sniper runtime, adds ShadPS4 and Xenia runners, and improves GPU detection on Linux systems.

Only a week after the previous 0.5.20 release, Lutris, a free and open-source gaming platform for Linux, has released version 0.5.21. One of the most notable additions is support for Valve’s Sniper runtime, allowing runners to execute inside the Steam Linux Runtime 3.0 container.

Lutris 0.5.21 also expands emulator support with new runners for ShadPS4 and Xenia. In addition, the Dolphin emulator runner now uses an AppImage build, resolving previous dependency issues with libavformat and simplifying deployment across distributions.

  • LoafedBurritoEnglish
    5·
    1 day ago

    After 0.5.20 ruined my entire library, i’m very reluctant to upgrade to 0.5.21 until others have verified it actually works.

        • gravediggersbiscuit@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          1·
          21 hours ago

          No probs. I’m not sure if Lutris follows Semver for versioning their software but, if they do, I guess technically it’s still hasn’t reach a major stable release so these things will happen (though it’s been 16 years now). Plus it is community driven so I’m happy to cut them a lot of slack and appreciate the work they’re doing 🙂

  • zewmEnglish
    9·
    2 days ago

    I’m stupid. Can someone explain this for a casual?

    • clubb@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      8·
      1 day ago

      Technical stuff:

      • Valve Steam Runtime 3.0 (I really don’t know what this really improves, probably better game compatibility)

      • PS4 and Xbox360 emulator support (you can now have those console’s roms neatly organized in lutris)

      • Gamecube emulator now runs using appimage (no more dependency issues, should work on every system)

      • Lutris now uses the more descriptive GPU info in vulkaninfo (Intel ARC GPU’s no longer show up as ‘intel graphics’)

      • Lutris also changed its system information reporting. It now displays the Python version in its system information panel and reads the host os-release file when running inside Flatpak.(Basically, better for bug reporting and diagnostics)

      User interface:

      • The sidebar can now collapse sections (can be used to make things look less cluttered, helps you see everything you’re interested in without scrolling)

      • Uncategorized games can now be sorted

      • When a certain icon is unavailable, lutris now provides a fallback icon set.(Means that incomplete icon sets won’t make Lutris impossible to use, you’ll see mismatched icons, but it’s far better than nothing)

      • A bug is fixed where categories would remain with their old names after being renamed.

      Miscellaneous:

      • Proton versions are now grouped together with wine in the internal file structure, instead of being in separate folders.

      • A bug was fixed where wine would show a warning about running under Wayland to all users, even those on X11.