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[–] Biskii@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 5 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

[–] CHKMRK@programming.dev 9 points 9 hours ago

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

[–] Commiunism@beehaw.org 3 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 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.

[–] ancoraunamoka@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 hours ago

Ehm... which sites?

[–] AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 13 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (1 children)

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

[–] J4g2F@lemmy.ml 2 points 7 hours ago

I mostly do the same but with heroic launcher.

[–] Karkitoo@lemmy.ml 20 points 14 hours ago

You can find a procedure using Lutris here

Worked great for me on a fitgirl repack.

[–] Fleppensteijn@feddit.nl 5 points 10 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

[–] UnRelatedBurner@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 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.

[–] Fleppensteijn@feddit.nl 1 points 2 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

[–] Takahe@lemmy.nz 20 points 15 hours ago

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

[–] radau@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 15 hours ago

Install them with Bottles or Lutris

[–] jabathekek@sopuli.xyz 9 points 13 hours ago

!linuxcracksupport@lemmy.world

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

[–] Mugmoor@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 8 points 15 hours ago (1 children)
[–] cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 14 hours 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.

[–] UnRelatedBurner@sh.itjust.works 1 points 7 hours ago

using proton for the installer as well worked wonders for me

[–] heehaw@lemmy.ml 0 points 14 hours ago