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[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 minutes ago

Jc141 is nice if you are using a up to date distro.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 hour ago

Look up LinuxRulez. They make repacks for linux that have script installers. Older stuff might not be seeded though

[–] [email protected] 17 points 16 hours ago

I'm using my last month of Game Pass before switching to Linux. I just want to thank everybody here and Lemmy wide for being so friendly and helpful about all things Linux. You guys have taken out all the stress and worry from the transition

[–] [email protected] 15 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Never really had a problem with either FitGirl or DODI repacks in Lutris

[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 54 minutes ago) (2 children)

This may not be the right place for a superficial rant, but: I never figured Lutris out. Installed it a couple of times in the past years and rage-deleted it after a week of fiddeling because NOTHING WORKED. Not GZDoom, no emulator, no windows game let alone the RDR2 repack. I don't think I'm that dumb, but seriously, I need help. I love the idea of a gaming platform on Linux, but the time I already sank into this piece of software without accomplishing anything is depressing!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 minutes ago

Just download jc141, they have both doom big collection and rdr2

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 hour ago

I feel this so hard. I managed to get Bottles to run most things but the few I struggled with I'm always told others got it to run with Lutris. Okay but how? Because everything I've tried with Lutris failed.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (1 children)

I personally use bottles via flatpak and flatseal to make the games not connect to the internet when it's not needed just in case.

If you want native linux games, there are sites for that.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 14 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 hours ago

There's torrminator for once, it has a section for linux cracks specifically. There's also a large collection on the internet archive of native linux games that you'd have to find for yourself (to keep in line with the rules), but it shouldn't be too difficult.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (1 children)

Run the installer in Proton, then point the steam shortcut to the installed executable. No tools needed except steam

[–] [email protected] 3 points 17 hours ago

I mostly do the same but with heroic launcher.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 day ago

You can find a procedure using Lutris here

Worked great for me on a fitgirl repack.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 day ago

I've installed a few through Litrus and they have just worked. This was on SteamDeck and Ubuntu desktop

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 day ago

Install them with Bottles or Lutris

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago

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Not sure if this C is about the same thing, but there it is. Linux crack.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Install the full Visual Studio runtime and try some different settings with winecfg. People recommend Lutris but for me it never made a difference

[–] [email protected] 2 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Can I ask: How? What do you do to install that, and don't you mean c++ runtime? Also I've never tinkered with winecfg, I fear that I might break things. What are some settings that are worth looking at?

I'm asking caz I'm going crazy trying to play games on linux, if I buy them on steam it should just reportedly work, but non-steam games or cracked ones, I either have a very hard time starting, or it works, but just barely.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 12 hours ago

On winecfg you can try the checks on the Graphics tab, it shouldn't break anything. Also, try to change the Windows version. Sometimes either XP or 7 work better. You're right about it being c++, not sure which one I installed, maybe this one: https://github.com/abbodi1406/vcredist

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I install them on my Windows Desktop, copy the files, and run them with Proton

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That works 99% of the time. I've run across a couple that refuse to extract, so I had to run them in a VM and copy the files over.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 17 hours ago

using proton for the installer as well worked wonders for me

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 hours ago

Found this very video super helpful a few weeks ago!