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What software tools do you use that are gaming related? (piefed.social)
submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by BurgerBaron@piefed.social to c/linux_gaming@lemmy.world
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Anything to make gaming easier, especially non-Steam. I'll list what I know of so far:

Bottles.

Faugus Launcher. UMU-Launcher GUI, which is kinda like Bottles but for proton specifically instead of WINE. It's early dev and lacks functional GameScope for now, but Bottles I noticed really doesn't like me using proton so this was an alternative I found.

This is a unified launcher for Windows games on Linux. It is essentially a copy of the Steam Runtime Tools and Steam Linux Runtime that Valve uses for Proton, with some modifications made so that it can be used outside of Steam.

MangoHUD of course.

Heroic Games Launcher.

Lutris.

I have Itch.io's launcher too.

ProtonUp Qt - grab various versions of WINE or proton for all these applications.

Winboat - Trying some experimental fuckery to use Vortex but I've not got that far yet, just got Winboat itself set up so far. edit: It worked surprisingly, modded Skyrim Special Edition, see my other comments here.

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[–] vividspecter@aussie.zone 28 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (3 children)

  • LACT for undervolting/overclocking etc

  • lsfg-vk for frame interpolation (requires paid Lossless Scaling) windows app

  • syncthing for "cloud" saving usually by creating symlinks to the actual game save dir

  • Using unix signals to pause processes so you get a suspend/resume like setup without suspending the whole system

  • Sunshine + Moonlight for streaming to my steam deck and also from a Linux VM to host sometimes. I can also use this setup over my headscale/tailscale VPN setup for remote usage, although I haven't tested it yet.

  • wivrn + xrizer to play VR games with a standalone headset

  • hid-fanatecff is for Fanatec sim racing gear, although I haven't tested this one yet.

I sometimes also create nix packages to automate download and installation of mods and prefix setup etc, but that's getting into advanced territory.

[–] ISOmorph@feddit.org 6 points 2 days ago

Nyrna helps with the suspend/resume stuff. At least on xWayland apps

[–] GregorGizeh@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Fuck lact with a cactus. It underclocked my GPU without any doing on my part and would only leave it to work properly after i completely wiped and reinstalled my system without lact.

Unless you are some really obsessive tinkerer i feel fucking around with the clock speeds (especially when underclocking) really isnt worth it.

[–] WereCat@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

Probably a bug with power saving. All you had to do is to select manual tuning power option and then unroll the greyed out submenu which is not immediately apparent. There you would check max speed instead of the base speed.

I have to do this for VRAM but for core clock I don’t have this issue

[–] BurgerBaron@piefed.social 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Awesome list, lsfg-vk caught my eye. I didn't consider finding a way to use Lossless on Linux and I already own it.

Do the VR tools work well with a Meta Quest 3? That's in my living room while my desktop still has a Valve Index set up which I know works better with Linux.

[–] vividspecter@aussie.zone 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Do the VR tools work well with a Meta Quest 3?

Yep. It's arguably the best supported headset on Linux, perhaps even more than the Index due to some bugs with the FOSS stack. Shame it's Meta though, so hopefully the Deckard actually happens.

[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

so hopefully the Deckard actually happens.

indeed.

beginning to wonder if the world economies tanking is going to make it infeasible.

[–] rustyricotta@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I do think that the world state has delayed it, I do believe it's coming.

Bradley is the best source of news/copium. xcancel. Promising news is coming relatively consistently now. Cope launch date is Q4 this year.

[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

I see his youtube videos occasionally. xcancel isn't working and i really don't want to see twitter anyway, tis a shithole. but tyvm for the notes!