Download pirated game
Install Lutris and find your game in it
Install original game through Lutris
Using WINEPREFIX="/Lutris/game/prefix (eg. /home/USER/Games/originalgame)" wine piratedgame.exe install pirated game into this Lutris prefix
Apply crack
(optional) Copy your saves into this prefix' c:\Users\Documents folder
Change game executable in lutris from platform exe (like EGS or Steam) to your pirated game's .exe
Run game using Lutris.

If Lutris is having issues, you may have better luck using Bottles, also trying the non flatpak version if you are currently using flatpak.

[–] blakeus12@hexbear.net 3 points 9 months ago

thank you rat-salute-2

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[–] aldalire@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 9 months ago

saving for future reference

[–] Magnus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

If you are dual booting it's better to just reinstall on linux, I spent way too long trying to get preinstalled windows games to run.

[–] blakeus12@hexbear.net 1 points 9 months ago

so you're saying install them on windows and then move them back to linux fully installed? that's really smart, actually. thank you!

[–] NOOBMASTER@lemmy.ml -1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Off topic: Didn't they use to have adult games section as well?

[–] UmbraTemporis@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Coomer

[–] NOOBMASTER@lemmy.ml -1 points 9 months ago

I just didn't feel like starting a new thread to ask some stupid question