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I have a Windows PC to play Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen, and more recently Marvel Rivals. We’re still not quite there yet, although it was pretty cool that Baulders Gate worked on Linux.
I don’t know about Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen, but Marvel Rivals worked fine out of the box for me.
For context:
CPU: Intel 9900k
GPU: RTX 3080ti
Distro: EndeavorOS
Display: Wayland
Both of those games are marked gold on protonDB, so you shouldn't have to use windows to run them if you want (although marvel rivals apparently needs
SteamDeck=1 %command%
in the launch options): https://www.protondb.com/app/3107230 https://www.protondb.com/app/2767030Interesting… thanks for this. I’ll need to look into protondb more; had not heard of it prior to this.
I was a part of the pre-EA access group for Pantheon so my game isn’t a part of Steam. Is this a Steam specific thing?
Proton is certainly "cleaner" to use with Steam, but you don't have to use Steam to use proton. I'd recommend adding the executable to Steam as a non-Steam game for simplicity. Otherwise you can use Lutris or find a tutorial online to run that specific executable with proton outside of Steam
I appreciate the info, and willingness to discuss this. I think you've been able to identify my point of reluctance around all of this now; it feels like work. When I'm done with work, I don't want to do more work in order to get my games to play. Might explain why I bought a PS5 in May too.
Maybe I'll give this some investigation on my next holiday / day off. That way it'll feel only "kinda" like work.
That's a fair point, linux has gotten a lot better with stuff 'just working' but when it doesn't, it requires some research and tinkering.
I was figuring something out the other day and it dawned on me that the reason I've become so enamored with linux is that it's a hit of nostalgia from getting things working in the 90s. (Also I'm a nerd and I think the way computers work is fascinating lol)