Quoting: pleasereadthemanualI hate the Epic Games Store. It's such a chore to even sign in to claim the two free games a month that I stopped doing it a long time ago. Heroic Games Launcher is actually nicely designed and fast.

There are also no Linux games on EGS. I like GOG because it's the only big store (aside from Itch) that gives you the game files you can copy and launch yourself, but EGS doesn't do that.

I just claim them using the website.

Most of the freebies I have been interested in have been free of DRM and doesn't require the client. I just exfiltrate them using legendary and run them with Wine/Proton as I see fit.

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Quoting: pleasereadthemanualit seems to be because Soft Denchi wants to register a watchdog service that runs at all times from system boot on Windows. It seems to require privileged access based on an ActiveX control (?) that Wine can't provide—

Nightmare fuel.

Not sure if you touched on this in previous posts but are streaming services for, or browser based, JDM visual novels a thing? It seems to be a good match if you want to be (over) protective of your games?

I assume JDM stands for "Japanese Domestic Market", and thanks—that's a good way of distinguishing them from localized Japanese visual novels.

Browser-based visual novels are indeed a thing over at novelgame.jp, but from where I stand, they're actually a pretty cool thing. You have the option of playing them in your browser or downloading a Windows executable. All the games, as far as I'm aware, are completely free but you can tip the creators if you want. I see it as a cool thing because they haven't done away with downloads altogether, the browser-based version isn't DRM'd at all, and you can play the game on any computer with a modern browser (even a cellphone).

I first learned about this site when I was putting together the comfysnug wiki pages—I learned a lot of things from all that research, haha.

I remember hearing about DMM Game Player requiring the player to be always-online. Specifically, here's the Fuwanovel thread about it: https://forums.fuwanovel.net/topic/20271-drm-in-dmm-games/#comment-480810

QuoteDMM does have DMM Game Player, which is an incredibly annoying, super restrictive form of DRM. If the game you want uses this, then chances are you cannot hook it. You can not play the game offline, and you must launch it from the DMM Game Player lancher.

Personally, I stopped buying from DMM the instant I realized the games were encumbered by Soft Denchi, which didn't work in Wine. I only started playing JDM visual novels after becoming a Linux user, so thankfully I don't have some giant library of DMM games holding me on Windows...

Note that these users are discussing Text Hooking, which is where you use a program like Textractor to inject hooks into the game to copy the Japanese text. Once you copy the Japanese text, you can paste it into a dictionary (or use something like Yomichan) to look up an unknown word. It's much harder to look up the word otherwise; if you don't know how the word is read, you'd have to use OCR, try to write the Kanji with the correct stroke order, or choose radicals off the screen on jisho.org. If OCR doesn't work (it's like 70% accurate), it's a laborious process.

DMM Game Player and other DRM can prevent you from injecting hooks. As I hope you understand from the explanation above, this becomes a huge pain in the ass for Japanese learners even on Windows.

In fact, since this comment has already become a DMM hit piece, I'll add that you need a Japanese IP address at some point between purchasing the game and activating it in order to play the game. Not always or consistently, but reliably enough that I need to mention it in the comfysnug wiki Buying guide.

DLsite is a cool alternative store where some games are encumbered by PlayDRM, which actually does work in Wine, some still use Soft Denchi (geh), and some have no DRM at all. No DRM! They also have an English interface and a For-Women section. Not as many visual novels here, but a good selection.

English localizers historically encumbered their visual novels in the exact same way as DMM; MangaGamer even used Soft Denchi at one point. But today, no English localizers sell visual novels encumbered by DRM—Johren is the sole exception. If you ask me, every English localizer abandoned DRM for a reason, and I don't think Johren is going to win this fight. I can only hope a similar seachange happens in Japan.

Sorry for the length...I tried to keep my previous comments brief but, well, you opened a can of worms haha.

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Just kidding! I felt a little guilty seeing my innocuous query result in a reply of such length, wasn't sure if I was the one who should say sorry!

Anyhow, I do appreciate your rant. I love these insights in other peoples gaming habits on Linux, especially when it's an area totally foreign to me.

Lots of trials and tribulations. The text copying thing, it would frustrate the heck out of me. It would be such a small change for the developer to make. But no.... It's fortunate that you guys don't seem to be lacking in passion or perseverance.

Thank you for the reply and good luck with the fight against DRM! Gambatte!

(JDM is a car thing mostly, I'm just name dropping for internet points, but it does seem to fit!)

Still feeling a little guilty for not writing a longer reply...

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Neato!

Is this a continuation of the Remastered Collection? I think it was created by the same people who did the Remade Assets?

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Quoting: pleasereadthemanualit seems to be because Soft Denchi wants to register a watchdog service that runs at all times from system boot on Windows. It seems to require privileged access based on an ActiveX control (?) that Wine can't provide—

Nightmare fuel.

Not sure if you touched on this in previous posts but are streaming services for, or browser based, JDM visual novels a thing? It seems to be a good match if you want to be (over) protective of your games?

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Happy fifth anniversary to Proton and Valve, and a big thank you to Liam and GoL for the fantastic coverage over the years!

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Ethan Lee-gend!

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Quoting: dpanterTo celebrate, the Siduction crew dropped another fine release.
Just look at that wallpaper, it's Debian all the way down!

Love the wallpaper and the quote!

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ProtonDB can be useful, and I'm glad to see improvements, but my main source (besides the deck ratings) will always be the issue tracker on GitHub.

It's usually a lot more current, provides better workarounds, and it's also where the Valve devs hang out.

Thankfully though, Proton support is so comprehensive I take it for granted. In the last sale I actually forgot the check the games bought beforehand. Unsurprisingly, they all worked.

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I'm just glad the Toy Story franchise is still alive, or there would be no new Debian releases!

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