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Gaming on Linux is great! (poptalk.scrubbles.tech)
submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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I know, lame post, but I wanted to say that Linux gaming has gotten soooo much better, to the point that I honestly think my games are running better than on Windows. I've played so many games, but notable ones are Halo: MCC, MS Flight Sim 2020, Satisfactory, Mass Effect Legendary Edition, and right now I'm starting a full playthrough of Dragon Age.

Dragon Age is notorious even on Windows for being a pain because it's such an old game. You have to install the 4gb patch, and even then it's a bit rocky. Not on Linux though! I did have to install PhysX but I googled it and saw it was 2 buttons to install on Linux! Now it's been rock solid and stable, with no crashes.

Linux gaming may have a high bar to learn, but that bar is constantly getting lower! Exciting times!

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Out of curiosity, would you mind sharing the resource you followed to get PhysX to install on Linux?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I'm using Lutris, and Wine is my runner. On my game I could see this button here, for Wine.

Select the arrow and hit "winetricks". Then in there it's a bit convoluted, but

  • Install an Application
  • Cancel
  • Install a Windows DLL or Component
  • Select physx and go!
[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Lutris seems really cool. I couldn't get it to work.

I'm on Arch and I tried both the native package as well as the Flatpak version. None of them worked. Something going wrong when installing some shit in an automated installer, I dunno. I wish I could find a good guide. I'm usually handy with these things but I don't understand the error messages, so...

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I'm in the same boat. I installed Bazzite oh my desktop as well as on my Legion Go. Everything runs out of the box. Except Lutris.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

I just don't get it. 😔

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I've been using Bazzite for about 2 months now (daily driver for about a month and a half) and Lutris came preinstalled for me. I've had zero problems using it, I have battle.net games and EA app (fuck that app BTW) games installed and it just works for me.

Was it not preinstalled with your initial installation of Bazzite?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Nevermind. Found out it was a failure on my part. By default it does not show un-installed games. Because I had no games installed, it always showed no games. And I assumed it was broken.

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

Trial and error, I feel your pain. I've learned a lot since switching and I'm loving it tbh!

Glad you got it figured out!