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I guess there's a workaround for this restriction, for the time the native version is ready?

Probably steamdeck=1.

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However, it seems like the developer Larian Studios are working on a Native Linux version specifically for the Steam Deck, which you can see in the depots on SteamDB with a Native Linux version set for Steam Deck only (if a depot is set for Steam Deck it's not available on Desktop Linux).

I guess there's a workaround for this restriction, for the time the native version is ready?

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@Stella

Buying games that are natively compatible with Linux means supporting our favorite OS and ensuring better compatibility than with Proton.

However, porting a game to Linux comes at a cost and unfortunately some publishers, only thinking about profits, give up on offering us native games under Linux to increase their profit margins which are already extremely high ;-(

Valve offers Linux game compatibility via Proton to all publishers who want it, however this is a cost to Valve and it would be normal for publishers to co-fund this development.

It must also be said that even though many games developed for Windows now run on Linux, they are not without bugs and / or graphical display issues. Sometimes you have to tinker a bit to get a game to work, and that's not necessarily within everyone's reach...

In short, Proton is great, but games natively supported on Linux are clearly better !!

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"Cease And Desist" in 3-2-1…

Well, it does make sense here, doesn't it?

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​This wine version in my case dont show ntsync on mangohud like wine-git past week


Everybodys Golf HotShots

https://i.imgur.com/8JfKPKK.png

https://i.imgur.com/VYL9vGf.png


With this title need remove black bars but HxD work ok in my case


Cronos The New Dawn

https://i.imgur.com/3ffGyPo.png


on Dirt 3 benchmark results seems have very similar performance than 10.14

also this wine come with this:

Jacek Caban (8):
opengl32/tests: Add memory mapping tests.
opengl32: Simplify wow64 memory mapping error handling.
opengl32: Implement wrap_wglCreateContext on top of wrap_wglCreateContextAttribsARB.
opengl32: Factor out free_context.
opengl32: Introduce a wow64 buffer wrapper.
opengl32: Move copy buffer allocation to Unix lib.
opengl32: Use generated PE thunks for memory mapping functions.
opengl32: Use generated PE thunks for memory unmapping functions.

but in practice dx7 games using wined3d still have very bad performance like resident evil 3 classic in my case

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"Cease And Desist" in 3-2-1…

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If Proton is already so much better, why does Steam not reflect that in its auto-selection of compatibility tools? The average person doesn't care about Native Linux vs Proton or about age of games, they just want to play games. And if Linux experience is worse than Windows because of a broken Native port, they'll be quick to blame Linux for this fault

Auto-selecting Proton is a thing on Steam deck - for the games not running fine natively. The other thousands of ports are using the Linux binary instead of the .EXE and a translation layer. Of course.

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I've already played the three before moving on to Stalker 2. I enjoyed some great nostalgia revisiting SoC especially, as that had the greatest impact originally. CoP is pretty good as well.

I believe there's another patch out later this week-ish for Stalker 2, so looking forward to continual improvements there, as that game really needs them, although it's immense fun as it is already (I started from patch 1.5). Long term, with dev improvements and mods, that game's going to have longterm future. A-life needs the most work and I don't think the engine update is in the next patch.

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Improved physics / level design

But i thought Mario was the perfection already ?

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Can someone tell me why I should bother with an inferior, more buggy version of games?

Of course you shouldn't. But equating ports to buggy software is nothing else but FUD.

I could name you some hundred native Linux games working all fine from my library alone. (No, I will not actually test hundreds of games for you, but I would have returned them if they wouldn't have been working.)

We used to have a time when Windows users complained about Linux ports. Nowadays, this job has been taken by Linux users.

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WOW! 🤩

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Will it work with only resource packs and without roms, something like freedoom?

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Maybe it will last when they only publish the repository at Japan night time xD

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I love Fanatical, their bundles are a constant source of new quality games for me ❤️

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Easier to target a specific device though.

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However, it seems like the developer Larian Studios are working on a Native Linux version specifically for the Steam Deck, which you can see in the depots on SteamDB with a Native Linux version set for Steam Deck only (if a depot is set for Steam Deck it's not available on Desktop Linux).

It's a shame they've chosen to do that. The desktop Linux market is significantly bigger than the Deck market.

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I've today given the feedback to Fanatical, suggesting they add the game name below each thumbnail on bundle pages. I agree it would make it better.

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If Proton is already so much better, why does Steam not reflect that in its auto-selection of compatibility tools?

For Steam Deck, it already does in a way, with Deck Verified picking what version runs best between Native and Proton. Over time I would expect Valve to allow developers to specifically tag they support Proton, but I guess they're just not there yet. Perhaps when we get a new Steam Machine console we may see a bigger push?

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I honestly can't comprehend why people keep bothering with 'Native Linux'

Yes, people should definitely stop developing software for Linux!

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If Proton is already so much better, why does Steam not reflect that in its auto-selection of compatibility tools? The average person doesn't care about Native Linux vs Proton or about age of games, they just want to play games. And if Linux experience is worse than Windows because of a broken Native port, they'll be quick to blame Linux for this fault

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Everything but Stardew Valley in your list are all pretty old ports at this point, can't say I ever had a problem with Stardew Valley Native Linux though. ARK Survival Evolved is pretty notorious for being a terrible port even when it was fresh, was laughable at times how little went into that one.

The problem is often that developers simply don't spend enough time on the Linux version, so Proton will naturally run the Windows version better over time with all the resources poured into Proton with the specific purpose to runs games on Linux as best as possible.

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I honestly can't comprehend why people keep bothering with 'Native Linux' to me it's just become synonymous to 'most likely broken'. Proton is a much more stable platform, here's some of my own experience:

- Dying Light Native version: unplayable, sent me into a neverending crash loop
- Rise of the Tomb Raider: controller did not work, unplayable on Steam Deck despite rated 'Playable'
- Portal 1: instantly crashes on AMD hardware unless you pretend you're on a Steam Deck or enable DXVK.
- Stardew Valley: display issues.
- Shadow of the Tomb Raider: either did not launch at all, or couldn't get past launcher, or registered inputs that I didn't make.
- ARK Survival Evolved: missing textures

I don't own the new Silksong game but people also reported controller issues with Native that were solved by going to Proton.

None of these problems ever existed in the Proton(Windows) version of these games. Can someone tell me why I should bother with an inferior, more buggy version of games? Forcing the broken native ports on people (like Steam does for every Linux Native game) is actively making the Linux experience worse. I wished there was a global toggle in Steam to force every game to Proton.

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Pretty sure this is the second time Valve have had to fix Dune's shitty launcher complaining about GPU drivers.

Launchers should just be banned on Steam.

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I played the Demo on the weekend and yes, its another great survival like game I am going to enjoy next to Vampire, Deep Rock Galactic Survivor

thx

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Great article, and pretty much what I did to install it on Fedora - however I did need to download ProtonPlus and get the latest version of Proton-GE Latest installed first (weirdly).

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For me it just stays stuck on connecting but never actually connects.

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I'd have bought this in a heartbeat. But Denuvo strikes again.

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This article doesn't really go over how to install the game itself though. So it's mainly meant for people who bought it through steam.
I installed the game through Heroiclauncher which wasn't really covered by this guide. https://github.com/Heroic-Games-Launcher/HeroicGamesLauncher/wiki/How-to-install-EA-Games-on-Linux

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In addition to @Pyretic:

• Steam as well as Steam VR need to be on the beta branch.
• It's not needed (and might even not work) to start Steam VR, connecting from the VR HMD via the Steam Link VR app will automatically start Steam VR on your PC.
• For AMD Mesa 25.2.1 minimum
  on Ubuntu 24.04 e.g. via [kisak mesa fresh ppa](https://launchpad.net/~kisak/+archive/ubuntu/kisak-mesa), or other versions via [ernstp mesa almost stable ppa](https://launchpad.net/~ernstp/+archive/ubuntu/mesarc)
• For nVidia 575.64.5 minimum
  Ubuntu via [proprietary gpu drivers ppa](https://launchpad.net/~graphics-drivers/+archive/ubuntu/ppa) or nvidia's [cuda repository](https://developer.nvidia.com/cuda-downloads?target_os=Linux&target_arch=x86_64&Distribution=Ubuntu&target_version=24.04&target_type=deb_network)

Games that worked for me (after disabling the wlx-overlay):

• Beat Saber
• Synth Riders
• Pistol Whip
• After The Fall
• Arizona Sunshine Remake

I also got Alien: Rogue Incursion VR to start, but when loading a save game it locked up.

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