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[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (12 children)

Yeah, of course. There are plenty. I couldn't play Ghostwire Tokyo at all. And Ghostrunner required some random Windows package, vc2019 or something like that. That's just off the top of my head.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (10 children)

oh, most games need visual C runtimes nowadays.

i find that i have this sort of issue often with pirated games, sometimes they don't automatically install those like Steam does, but its the same fix as Windows.

you can simply run the .exe installer for VC on the same prefix, exactly like you would do on windows, so not any harder at all.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (9 children)

you can simply run the .exe installer for VC on the same prefix, exactly like you would do on windows, so not any harder at all.

I don't know what any of that means but it's not something I ever had to do with Windows.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

@helenslunch @umbrella A lot of Windows games need vc runtime or other libraries installed on the system.

Steam users got this managed from the installer (also in linux) but if you install it manually from the game installer chances are that the installer may not manage their dependences.

On linux world you can get a lot of oresets using lutris btw

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Yes I understand all of that. My point is, once again, this is additional configuration I never had to figure out with Windows.

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