Comment on GOG asking for more donations from gamers with the new GOG Patrons program

• BombOmOm@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Yeah, I can confirm Heroic works well on Linux. Just finished up my Silksong play-through this week. :)

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  • doughless@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I was halfway through silksong before I realized cloud saves and achievements only work with the Windows version. Fortunately, copying the Linux save folder on top of the Windows one kept my progress, but I’m still missing most of my achievements. Guess I’ll just have to play again from the beginning.

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    • wizzim@infosec.pub ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Heroic supports GOG achivements through Comet, which is enabled by default in the latest versions.

      However there is no overlay so you need to check the gog achievements webpage to see what you achieved/unlocked.

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      • doughless@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Yes, but the achievements wouldn’t sync with the native Linux installation, I had to switch to the Windows install of Silksong before they started to sync to my GOG profile.

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    • lastweakness@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I thought heroic supported cloud saves?

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      • moody@lemmings.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        GOG only supports cloud saves for Windows games. It’s not a Heroic issue.

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      • doughless@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Heroic will let you install the native Linux game (if available), or the Windows version that runs on Wine/Proton. But like moody said, GOG will only allow cloud saves for the Windows versions of your games.

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• moody@lemmings.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  While Heroic is nice, it would be even better if GOG themselves put some effort into supporting Linux, as they do sell Linux native games.

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  • MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    It’d be enough even if they just contributed to Heroic, the way Valve started contributing to wine/proton.

    It’s mind boggling to me that they remained completely silent on linux, even as SteamDeck took off.

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    • BombOmOm@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      This is the way. Let’s them build on existing work and goodwill, while making a solid product people want.

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  • etchinghillside@reddthat.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Which costs money to do.

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