• swrdghcnqstdr@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    gaming on linux has gotten MUCH, MUCH better over the past handful of years. I’ve been on linux exclusively for 6 years and in that time ive gone from using Lutris for everything and only installing the few verified titles through fairly complex wineconfigs other people made, to a brief check of protondb before installing whatever i want from Steam and having it work out of the box. basically the only things that don’t work anymore are competitive anticheat softwares, like Valorant’s.

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      1 year ago

      Gaming in Linux is fine but it would be a crime to not mention, getting mods to work on Linux is still shit

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          1 year ago

          Mods that are installed by moving files (which covers most games) work fine most of the time; you’ll probably need .dll overrides.

          Mods that need certain libraries can be a hassle, or mixed bag (eg. RSMods for Rocksmith 2014 (CDLCs work fine though), RDR2 Mods based on ScriptHook.NET).

          Mods that require a launcher are hard or impossible (pretty much anything on the Frostbite Engine. I think this is your best bet with it. Don’t know if OpenIV currently works on Linux or if you need a VM with shared folders to use it).

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          1 year ago

          Oh my god, any game that either relies on nexus or a mod launcher, take your pick, I mean sure, it’s doable, usually if you have a windows pc to install the actual mods on and copy the file directory over, but that’s a slim chance that it’ll work, if you’re having no problems missing you’re probably playing Skyrim

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            1 year ago

            But the thing is, mod launchers have been working fine for me through wine. Though most games these days have integrated steam workshop support anyway.

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      1 year ago

      If a game doesn’t support Linux I refund it. Haven’t had to refund in a good long while.