Readying up for the onslaught of users on the Steam Deck who will probably want to play some of their Epic Store loot, the free and open source Heroic Games Launcher has a new bug fix release up.
An application that has only become more important with the Steam Deck, since it ships with Linux and Epic Games don't support Linux with their store. This at least gives Linux desktop gamers and Steam Deck users a really easy way to get all their games in one place.
Some of what's new and improved in Heroic 2.1.1 includes:
- An updated general settings page
- An easy way to view a full log file for each game
- Epic Services online status check is fixed up
- The Wine manager got updated with a progress bar and it can be aborted
- DXVK/VKD3D installation was fixed
- + Other bug fixes
Quite a small release, as a much bigger and more exciting feature-release is coming up with Heroic 2.2 with GOG store integration. They're also working on Flatpak support too! In the last major update, Heroic added gamepad support to the UI including an on-screen keyboard so it's looking great.
See more on the GitHub page.
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
Quoting: fearnflavioQuoting: mao_dze_dunFlavio should really apply for an Epic grant.
PS If they manage to integrate GOG in a way I can run the Windows versions of games to get my cloud saves and achievements, this will officially be the best launcher in history :)
Thanks! :)
So, I had applied for the mega grant about 6 months ago since some people were asking me to do since Heroic is doing a favor to Epic, especially now with the Steam deck. And this was one of the arguments I used during the application.
Still, last week I got a big NO from them and they didn't say the reason.
To be honest this was expected and I never believe we could get it.
Like Rodney from Legendary said: at least they did not answer with a lawsuit. ahahahaha
About GOG: windows games are already working, we are just missing the native games now and getting updates for the games, but this is working on.
Cloud saves might be possible in the future, not on the first implementation though.
Just a huge thanks from me for the great work on Heroic. Btw nice Sabbath top!!
Quoting: fearnflavioQuoting: mao_dze_dunFlavio should really apply for an Epic grant.
PS If they manage to integrate GOG in a way I can run the Windows versions of games to get my cloud saves and achievements, this will officially be the best launcher in history :)
Thanks! :)
So, I had applied for the mega grant about 6 months ago since some people were asking me to do since Heroic is doing a favor to Epic, especially now with the Steam deck. And this was one of the arguments I used during the application.
Still, last week I got a big NO from them and they didn't say the reason.
To be honest this was expected and I never believe we could get it.
Like Rodney from Legendary said: at least they did not answer with a lawsuit. ahahahaha
About GOG: windows games are already working, we are just missing the native games now and getting updates for the games, but this is working on.
Cloud saves might be possible in the future, not on the first implementation though.
Thank you good sir for your hard work, your launcher is amazing!
Last edited by Liam Dawe on 9 February 2022 at 12:31 pm UTC
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