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Microsoft no longer permits local Windows 10 accounts if you want Consumer Extended Security Updates — support beyond EOL requires a Microsoft Account link-up even if you pay $30 (www.tomshardware.com)
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[–] theunknownmuncher@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

those talking points still exist. They existed in 2022. They existed in 2012 when I started, and they still exist today August 2025.

Nope!

at least 10 games that have required me using a specific proton version

So in other words, 10 games that worked on Linux...

[–] Pika@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

10 games that /launched/ on linux. there is a difference. It was for sure not 10 games that ran the same as if in a windows enviroment. For example one of those games in that critera you can't tab out of it or it hard crashes. (Safecracker if you were curious)

Another one of those games was "The Isle" which has a raving disco ball sky during the night time.

Then theres phas... which while it functions the mic support is iffy cant work in lobby and night vision video is broken

Of the popular titles, of what I tried was probably Phas, Death Stranding (random crashes when the BT's show), Sniper Elite 3 (overall laggy), Ark SE (not surprising but it has massive pre-game queueing if the server is modded so it takes 20-30 minutes to enter a modded server), Genshin Impact (controller issue on my main OS so i need to run it on my Arch distrobox) and FF XIV which launcher crashes unless I run it in a distrobox, and has weird audio issues.

[–] theunknownmuncher@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

For example one of those games in that critera you can’t tab out of it or it hard crashes.

LOL That's literally a classic window bug. Try borderless-windowed. You're welcome!

Another one of those games was “The Isle” which has a raving disco ball sky during the night time.

You should probably try this again, I can only assume that it has been a long time since you tried, because the protondb posting for the last 4+ months all say there are zero issues and it works perfectly. No clue why you'd need to use a specific version of proton because the posts include the latest version as well as a variety of others.

Then theres phas… which while it functions the mic support is iffy cant work in lobby and night vision video is broken

Lol I literally play this one on linux, and no, it works 100% without any issues or bugs.

[–] Pika@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

LOL That's literally a classic window bug. Try borderless-windowed. You're welcome!

this doesn't work sadly, I tried it already. it's not the act of tabbing out that causes it, it's the fact the window loses focus which is still done with borderless

You should probably try this again

I tried The isle 2 weeks ago but i guess I'll try giving it another shot

Lol I literally play this one on linux, and no, it works 100% without any issues or bugs.

I don't know what to tell you here. The phas proton db page for it is filled with others having the issue. Mic works in game, spirit box requires text mode, and no communication in lobby. I have tried GE 9-20, experimental, latest and bleeding edge, the issue remained. I have been waiting for another major update to hopefully address it. (I forgot to add, i have tried the launch option solution as well)

edit: made the parts I was referencing more clear cause full chain doesn't show in notices.

[–] imecth@fedia.io 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

this doesn't work sadly, I tried it already. it's not the act of tabbing out that causes it, it's the fact the window loses focus which is still done with borderless

gamescope should work.

[–] Pika@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

I did try GameScope as well. It launched with it, however, I wasn't able to actually interact with it(nor was any of the text easily decipherable), but it was my first time trying to use GameScope as well, so I don't know if I just screwed something up with it, or if it wasn't compatible. Other games were able to run with the same setup using it, so I figured it just wasn't compatible.

[–] imecth@fedia.io 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

text easily decipherable

Sounds like you didn't set the resolution on gamescope. gamescope -w 1920 -h 1080 -W 1920 -H 1080 -f -- %command%

[–] Pika@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 days ago

I believe I tried that as well, but I'll try it again when I have the chance just in case.