Comment on [Discussion] What games have you been playing on your deck? - September 2024
kamiheku@sopuli.xyz 2 months agoMorrowind
Using OpenMW or vanilla engine? Any mods?
Comment on [Discussion] What games have you been playing on your deck? - September 2024
kamiheku@sopuli.xyz 2 months agoMorrowind
Using OpenMW or vanilla engine? Any mods?
moormaan@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
I’m using Vanilla, but AFAIK modded would work just as well. The key for playing old, pre-controller games meant for big monitors on the Deck are two features: Stream Input and Native Zoom. I always map one of the back buttons (usually) to Toggle Zoom.
Please post about your experience with modded Morrowind, I might want to try that too!
Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz 2 months ago
You should definitely use OpenMW instead of vanilla, it’s not a mod but is instead a full engine rewrite. It runs natively on linux, has better performance, and a whole lot of other benefits:
You can install it from the Discover store in desktop mode and then add it to steam, or alternatively you can use a tool like Protonup-qt (also in the discover store) to install Luxtorpeda, which is a tool for automatically launching supported games with rewritten engines. Once Luxtorpeda is installed you can open Morrowind steam properties in game mode, and check the “force specific compatibility tool” box and select to run the game with Luxtorpeda. After that it will automatically run the game through the OpenMW engine instead.
moormaan@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
I finally got around to installing OpenMW - it looks much better! Thanks again
moormaan@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
Wow, thanks, I’ll try this!
kamiheku@sopuli.xyz 2 months ago
Thanks for the tips :)
Sure, I’ll try to remember to do that!