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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨GOG confirm they are working towards GOG Galaxy on Linux⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Both Lutris and Heroic are front ends that manage the compatibility tools and runtime environments of Windows applications.

  • Lutris provides deeper, more advanced configuration options. It’s better if you want to tinker. Lately it’s been having some difficulties with zombie processes and failing to shut down games.

  • Heroic is a more streamlined experience with most of the advanced options tucked away in sub-menus, and it has storefront integrations for GOG, Epic, and I think Amazon. For downloading and installing games, it’s comparable to Steam. I use it exclusively for games I bought on GOG.

  • Faugus Launcher is similar to Lutris, but lightweight, reliable, and without the zombie process issues. I use it for most non-Steam games.

  • Bottles is a Flatpak app that runs apps in a sandboxed environment, i.e. it doesn’t expose your filesystem to the apps. It also tends to have fewer compatibility issues than other runners.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How to resolution issues?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Correction: It’s SteamDeck=0 %command%. Environment variables can’t have spaces in their name.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How to resolution issues?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  If issue #1 is about MangoHUD, you should read its manual to find out how to set the overlay size. If it’s not MangoHUD… you should switch to MangoHUD, it’s a fantastic application.

  Issue #2: Gamescope has built-in support for FSR1 and NIS upscaling. In the command line parameters, use this: gamescope -W 1920 -H 1080 -w 3840 -h 2160 -F fsr – %command%.

  Alternatively, you can use Lossless Scaling for either upscaling or frame generation. It works on Linux and is well-liked, but I’ve never personally used it.

  Issue #3:

  The default Proton version is the latest one available. You can set it globally in Steam -> Settings -> Compatibility.

  By default, games use the global Proton version. If you want a game to use a different version, you can set it in the game’s Properties -> Compatibility by checking the “Force the use […]” checkbox, then selecting one from the menu.

  Regressions can and have happened. Steam offers the latest release of every major version, so if a game needs an older version, you can use it.

  You can also use third-party compatibility tools that offer different game-specific fixes. The most popular ones are GE-Proton, Proton-EM, and Dawn Winery (the last one specifically for Chinese gacha games with horrid anti-cheat). You can install them by extracting the archives into the ~/.local/share/Steam/compatibilitytools.d directory.

  I strongly recommend consulting ProtonDB if you’re having issues with a game.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨dBrand Companion Cube cancelled:⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s literally what happened with the black PS5 shells. They used a trademark without permission, got a cease and desist from Sony, and didn’t learn a fucking thing from it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Using a webcam, the Steam Controller can now seek out it's charger by vibrating across the desk⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Because it’s there.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam machine prices are live⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t think they’ve ever had any sales for hardware. The only discounted hardware I’ve seen was the refurbished Deck.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Options for using the Steam controller outside of Steam⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  A few notes on Linux.

  Recent versions of Wine use SDL2 to implement XInput support. Any game running on a decently new version will work with the SC2. Run wine control joy.cpl to configure and test both XInput and DirectInput devices.

  This unfortunately causes issues with SISR. Since both SISR (through Steam Input) and the Wine game (through SDL) process the input events separately, using SISR will result in double inputs. This can be fixed by telling SDL to ignore the SC2 altogether by passing this environment variable to the game: SDL_GAMECONTROLLER_IGNORE_DEVICES=‘0x28de/0x1304’

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[Discussion] What are you playing on your Deck? - June 2026⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  The Mystery Of The Droods. It runs perfectly, it records perfectly, and I didn’t even have to gut my PC.

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[Discussion] What are you playing on your Deck? - June 2026⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I have horrible news.

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  Ring works perfectly on Linux. Apparently this game is an absolute wanker on Windows. Here it just glugs along gluggingly.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[Controller] SISR on Linux - how can I prevent a Wine app from picking up inputs from both the real and virtual controllers?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Mostly I can only describe it as “game no worky”. Steam pretends to launch a game, then nothing happens. My hypothesis is that Steam does something to the runtime environment that fucks with some games.

  One other thing that I’ve noticed is that on Wine/Proton environments launched from Steam, the lettered drives (aside from C:) are mounted as some kind of overlay filesystem. Writing to them (e.g. by an installer) causes data to be written into memory, not to the mass storage where the drive targets are located.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[Controller] SISR on Linux - how can I prevent a Wine app from picking up inputs from both the real and virtual controllers?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  why not just disable SISR and go along with that?

  Because I want to use all inputs on my controller, and (so far) only Steam Input allows me to do that.

  I’ve tried most of the methods in the article, to no effect.

• [Controller] SISR on Linux - how can I prevent a Wine app from picking up inputs from both the real and virtual controllers?
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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam Controller delivery vent⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Mine was also shipped by GLS (before the entire system fell apart) and it allowed me to change both the delivery date and address.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam Controller delivery vent⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  To be fair, it was really stupid of Valve not to anticipate a massive interest from both customers and scalpers. The internet collectively went crazy like a hamster on coke when the hardware announcement dropped. They should’ve had the reservation system and per-account ordering limit in place from the first moment. Not that it would’ve prevented the unmitigated clusterfuck of logistics companies.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam Controller delivery vent⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Valve is also the only party that has the size to put pressure on the logistics companies. A couple hundred dissatisfied individual customers hardly amount to a rounding error for the likes of UPS and GLS. Pissing off Valve, especially before the major release of hardware, is not something they can afford to do.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Alleged Steam Machine specs according to Chris Mizo⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Nobody knows the final retail price. Probably not even Valve. Educated guesses are in the 600-1200 USD range.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's the Country of Origin for the new Steam Controller?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  They were shipped into the US from Hong Kong according to a cargo manifest from the 4th of April, so probably manufactured (or at least assembled) in East Asia.

  www.importgenius.com/importers/valve-corp

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam Controller: Dropped and doubled inputs?! Bad connection?!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  You can force-flash the firmware from developer mode: lemmy.world/post/46802249

  If the process fails, try another USB cable.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[Help] I received the controller today, and a failed firmware update already bricked it.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I managed to fix it by forcing a firmware update in Steam’s developer mode, I’ve updated the post with details.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[Help] I received the controller today, and a failed firmware update already bricked it.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I managed to fix it, and updated the post with details.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[Help] I received the controller today, and a failed firmware update already bricked it.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  There is, and it worked perfectly. Updated the post.

• [Help] I received the controller today, and a failed firmware update already bricked it.
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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Epic reduce their cut to 0% for the first $1 million in revenue for devs on the Epic Games Store⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Physical media died when games expanded beyond their capacity. Optical discs are physically fragile, they have a limited shelf life, they have to be reproduced by specialized equipment (not considering piracy here), they have to be physically transported to the customer, some regions are financially unviable (imagine the Helldivers 2 situation but with every game), and production has to end at some point. Having to set up a physical supplier also severely limits the ability of indie or solo developers to have any kind of success or even presence.

  Physical media is obsolete, and people clamoring for its return are nostalgic for a world that doesn’t exist anymore.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨World of Goo 2 is out now on Steam and a great pick for puzzle game fans⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s also available directly and DRM-free on the developer’s website: worldofgoo2.com

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Stardew Valley modding on Linux / Steam Deck takes a step with the Nexus Mods app⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  What’s the problem with Vortex (other than using Electron)? I’m using it for Fallout New Vegas on Linux desktop, and other than OS-specific issues (like having to fuck with the Wine config to make hardlink deployment work, or not being able to handle nxm links), I’ve really had no significant problems with it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Treyarch co-founder pleads guilty to grounding firefighting plane with drone during LA wildfires⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  “Deeply sorry” rings false when it is followed by all the reasons excuses why he shouldn’t face the consequences.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Assassin's Creed Shadows to Feature Denuvo & Mandatory Ubisoft Account Linking⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Weren’t they supposed to be in damage control mode after the broken Torii gate incident?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Scientists Want to Teleport a Whole Human. A Quantum Breakthrough Could Make It Reality.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  You should read The Jaunt to acquire the completely healthy and rational fear of teleportation

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Dragon Age: The Veilguard releases today, and players are celebrating the famous ‘Bioware Turn’⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  If I see Captain Anderson’s “NEED to KNOW BAsis” knife-hand animation, I’m going to shit.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Former Disco Elysium devs are working on a spiritual successor at new studio Longdue, though Robert Kurvitz and Aleksander Rostov aren't involved⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Then you are not the target audience. Disco Elysium didn’t need to be anything more than what it was: an interactive novel where the narrative reveals itself through your actions. Other gameplay systems, like crafting or combat, would have detracted from the experience.

  What about the skill dialogues? Having the world revealed through the colored, polarized, conradictory, and often misleading perspectives of two dozen parts of your own fragmented psyche, instead of a single narrator, is genius.