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tylermason Well, changed behavior is always the best apology.

snowee

Here's a guide to running XCOM Enemy Unknown / Enemy Within with Long War mod + Long War Rebalanced mod on Steam Proton.
There are 2 versions of XCOM in Steam, the windows version and the linux version.
I installed the Windows version.
This guide is meant for the Windows version of XCOM on Steam.

Ensure you are running the latest version of Steam.
Install XCOM Enemy Unknown (Windows version) with all addons (includes Enemy Within).
Run XCOM Enemy Within at least once, you can exit the game once you successfully reach the main menu
Download "Long War v1.0" from Nexusmods
Download "Long War Rebalanced" from Nexusmods
Steam ---> Add New Non-Steam Game
Select Long War.exe as the non-steam game
Right click on Long War on the Steam entry in your game library
Set it to use the latest Steam Proton version (v8.0 as of now)
Run the Long War entry
you should see the windows-based installer pop up
The installation link provided to you is most likely NOT the correct path
Change the path to Z:/...[yourusername]/steam/steamapps/compatdata/.../xcom/XEW
Proceed with Long War installation
Run the game again, ensure Long War is installed by checking that there is a button called "Long War"
Exit the game
Follow the "Long War Rebalanced" installation instructions provided by the zipfile
Now run the game again.
If everything is successfully installed, you will see "Long War Rebalanced" when starting a new game.
Enjoy one of the best tactical games ever made, made even better with two complementary mods

snowee

Here's another guide to running Stalker Anomaly mod on Steam Proton
Anomaly mod is available on their ModDB page.
It is totally free of charge, and not purchasable on Steam or anywhere else.
For this guide, you will need to install Protontricks, and ensure you have an unzipping tool already installed (such as 7zip)

Ensure you are running the latest version of Steam.
Download Anomaly mod latest version 1.5.1 + 1.5.2 from their official ModDB page
Install Protontricks
Unzip Anomaly 1.5.1 and unzip to a location of your choice
Unzip Anomaly 1.5.2 and let it overwrite v1.5.1 as appropriate
Steam ---> add a non-steam game, select anomalylauncher.exe
Steam ---> add a non-steam game, select AnomalyDX11AVX.exe
Set both entries above to use Steam Proton latest version (v.8.0 as of today)
Run AnomalyLauncher, it should give a popup with the launcher shown
Run the launcher after you tweak the settings to taste, the game should fail to run (will show vulkan errors)
Run AnomalyDX11AVX, it should fail to run with the same errors as above (vulkan errors)
Now run Protontricks, "select default wineprefix", "install a Windows DLL or component"
Install the following : d3dcompiler_43, d3dcompiler_47, d3dx11_43, d3dx9_43, d3dx9, d3dx10
After successfull installation of above components, you can exit Protontricks
Now run AnomalyDX11AVX again, you should be able to see the Anomaly main menu
Enjoy one of the best free FPS-RPG games ever made with deep lore

snowee

Guide to running Ultima VII Part 2 Serpent Isle
This 1993 game is the one that inspired Larian Studios to make Divinity Original Sin 1 and 2.
I have the fondest memories of playing this and World of Xeen in my younger days.
Nostalgia is a powerful thing.

Download and install Heroic Games Launcher (available on official Solus repo)
Purchase "Ultima 7 - The Complete Edition" on GoG
Install game on Heroic
Go to /home/user/games/heroic/ultima7serpentisle and open up "dosboxSERPENT.conf" in Gedit
Search for the line "xms=true", change it to FALSE
Search for the line "umb=true", change it to FALSE
Search for the line "joysticktype=auto", change it to FALSE
Save your 3 changes and exit
Within Heroic Launcher, specify the game to run on Proton 8.0, don't use WINE
Before you click "Play Now", specify the dropdown list to "Launch Options"

Miko

I'll add something I've noticed myself

THE ELDER SCROLLS V: SKYRIM (REGULAR VERSION)
Issue: game doesn't recognize dedicated GPU despite it's drivers being installed via doflicky (Hardware Drivers app), launches into black screen then crashes

Solution: while installing GPU drivers check the "install 32 bit version". After that reboot and Skyrim's launcher should now recognize both GPU's and launch game normally

snowee

Guide to running Cyberpunk 2077 v2.0 (with Phantom Liberty)

Install game, set runner to Proton v8.x.x or Proton Experimental
Set Launcher Options : "VKD3D_CONFIG=dxr,dxr11 PROTON_HIDE_NVIDIA_GPU=0 PROTON_ENABLE_NVAPI=1 gamemoderun %command% --intro-skip -skipStartScreen --launcher-skip --nogamepad -dx12"

Note that the commands "VKD3D_CONFIG=dxr,dxr11 PROTON_HIDE_NVIDIA_GPU=0 PROTON_ENABLE_NVAPI=1" enables Nvidia 30xx users to use Raytracing in-game, at a somewhat substantial cost to FPS.

Game feels well-optimized, i have most settings on high and max (no Raytracing), game runs smoothly at perceived >60fps.

CP2077 is absolutely a towering achievement in world building and atmosphere. Very movie-like cyberpunk and intense set-pieces. Basically Deus Ex 1 + Blade Runner on steroids.

hdansin

Halo MCC (Hopefully for the last time)

Everything except for campaign coop works out of the box with Proton. I was finally able to play an entire campaign mission with a friend without desynchronization today by replacing the ucrtbase.dll file. Here are the commands to do so:

mkdir /tmp/ucrtbase
cd /tmp/ucrtbase
wget https://download.microsoft.com/download/9/3/F/93FCF1E7-E6A4-478B-96E7-D4B285925B00/vc_redist.x64.exe
cabextract vc_redist.x64.exe
cabextract a10
chmod u+w "[/path/to/steamapps]/compatdata/976730/pfx/drive_c/windows/system32/ucrtbase.dll"
yes | cp ucrtbase.dll "[/path/to/steamapps]/compatdata/976730/pfx/drive_c/windows/system32"

You will have to replace [/path/to/steamapps] with the path for your system. If you have it installed on a separate drive (like me) it will be in the folder on that drive.

Source: https://www.protondb.com/app/976730

ring0

Team Fortress 2

I recently switched from Arch to Solus. The native Valve games such as TF2/CSS/DoDS etc no longer launch out the box on most distros. On Arch, I was able to resolve this by installing the AUR package and using a launch option.

Solution for eopkg steam:
Simple launch option on Steam, no extra packages required. Same one I used on Arch just added a .4 at the ending:
LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib32/libtcmalloc.so.4 %command%

(Alternatively, you could just use Steam flatpak)

hdansin

Metro Exodus

It has a native version, but I had to run it with Proton or it crashed. The audio also crackled and was pitch shifted until I enabled Spatial Audio (Dolby ATMOS) in the audio settings. Ran a lot smoother with V sync too. Any other bugs were just because the game is buggy in places.

Can't speak to the enhanced edition since I don't have a Ray Tracing card.

MikeK61

Since a couple month i can't play Forza Horizon 5 anymore after more than 85 hours gaming.
On startup i can't type an "@" to log in.
I tried all possible versions shift 2 shift 8 or alt2.

Staudey

MikeK61 Can you perhaps copy the "@" in? That is, input it in another window (for example text editor) and then CTRL+V it in the Forza window?

MikeK61

Staudey
No, for soem reason it is not possible to copy and paste.
I have read this on protondb as well.
It seems to be a big issue wit FH 5.
Forza Horizon 4 works a charm.

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