Quoting: redmcg

Quoting: denyasisFor some reason, it doesn't seem to notice my old Logitech Joystick (3d Extreme).

I know of people having success using the instructions here:

https://github.com/redmcg/wine/wiki/Peripherals#logitech-extreme-3d-pro

Thanks. I literally have your wiki pulled up while building a prefix for the non-steam version, when I checked this (launcher is downloading the game for the next 3 hours). Excellent resource, btw. Thanks for putting that together.

Once I get it downloaded and tested (prolly tomorrow), I'll try the SDL trick. If it's SDL and not steam, I'd wager it would work for both versions. I'll let you all know what I find out.


I"m interested to play the game. I think Oolite or X2 was the last Elite style game I played!

EDIT:
Looks like the SDL bit worked to get the joystick working!! Woot!

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Thanks for the tips! I'm a little short on funds at the moment, but I'll put a new stick on my wishlist.

Now that I have the basics down, I'll try installing a non steam version. My working theory is that it is a steam issue. The stick "functions", but acts like a generic controller. Moving the stick emulates the arrows keys, the trigger is enter and it doesn't show up in the games option menu. I think steam is simply making it to emulate a keyboard.

As a bonus, my extra shift cut from 19hrs, to 15hrs, so I might have some free time this weekend after all! Woo!

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Yepper - I just got it to work. I think my issue was I had forgotten to set the PATH while installing dotnet40. I didn't try 472 or dxvk, but it works (and after 2 hours messing with it, I'm not inclined to break it just yet).

For some reason, it doesn't seem to notice my old Logitech Joystick (3d Extreme). lsusb correctly ID's it, but the game doesn't. Running Steam in Big Picture Mode, makes steam think its a controller, not a stick, lol.

I'll give it one more shot and then I'll try tomorrow. Too bad I have mandatory OT this weekend (wooo)

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Thanks Patola, that makes perfect sense. I was wondering how proton handled prefixes.

I think I might give it a go this weekend. It looks fun!

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Question;

How does one install dotnet 4 into proton? An earlier comment mentioned using winetricks, but afaik that would affect the base wine prefix, right?

I'd there a way to install it into the proton prefix? For some reason, despite understanding wine a bit, proton utterly confuses me.

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Quoting: namikoI've been playing some old edutainment games on DOSBox that my partner insisted I try out.

Super Solvers is a fun series (so far), the two games I tried are reading-comprehension based and math based. The math one you zap robots with a remote control at a TV station to find clues to where the "Master of Mischief" is hiding. The reading one you use a magnifying glass to zap the robots, but the same general idea: zap the robots, do puzzles, get clues, and find the Master of Mischief before midnight, or it's Game Over!

It sounds completely ridiculous, but it's actually fun. :)

My favourites on DOSBox (so far) are probably Duke Nukem 2 (that soundtrack!), Dune, EcoQuest 1, and The Island of Dr. Brain.

Outnumbered was one of my first games as a child on our green screen 8086. I still remember the music of the TV station. Treasure Mountain and Gizmos and Gadgets were also a blast. My parent recently found our old floppies and copied them over (along with Lemmings!).

Ps, if your using the num pad, you can "hover" over Telly by jumping over him and just going back and forth with the 7 and 9 key. It made 5yoa me very happy. You couldn't do that in Treasure Mountain (the elves could steal you gold) or Gizmos and Gadgets (I think you'd get hit).

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Quoting: Shmerlapt-get autoremove
is not the right way to use it though. Many forget to add purge:
apt-get autoremove --purge

Thanks. Totally forgot about purge.

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Quoting: wvstolzing

Quoting: denyasisThe only thing I'm not still not a fan of, I can't figure out the equivalent of apt-get autoremove to remove orphaned or unneeded packages. I can do it in the package manager's gui, but haven't figure out how to do it on the command line.

For a general table of equivalences, check this out: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Pacman/Rosetta

(zypper rm -u is probably the command you're looking for.)

Holy crap! I didn't know that existed! Thanks!

I love you

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Quoting: slaapliedjeMaybe it's because I've been using it for so damned long, but Debian to me is VERY easy to set up...

I generally agree, Debian is pretty easy to set up. Not to derail the thread too much or start a distro war, I found that the Suse's YAST setup program was more polished and had more options for tinkering the system. For example, I could set up my NFS shares and even tell the installer to skip certain packages (gaming rig, skip the Office suite plz).

It also includes some "bells and whistles". For example, it sets up automatic root partiton snapshots, so if you get a bad upgrade (its like testing after all), you can just boot into the last snapshot via grub and restore it.

Its all fairly easy stuff to do on your own, but its nice that the installer handles it. It gives a very professional feel (and hopefully is less intimidating to a newer user)

The only thing I'm not still not a fan of, I can't figure out the equivalent of apt-get autoremove to remove orphaned or unneeded packages. I can do it in the package manager's gui, but haven't figure out how to do it on the command line.

When I wanted to try a rolling distro, I went Debian testing and kept it for 10 years (my home server is still Debian and I'm never changing that!). It's a darn good OS. If your thinking of trying an RPM based distro, I'd totally recommend OpenSuse Tumbleweed.

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Good point.

Honest question as my apt knowledge with Ubuntu ended a long time ago. IIRC there is a method to upgrade from one version to another (no need to re-install any more, right)?

So when someone upgrades, their i386 packages will remain, right? I seem to remember that apt generally avoids removing packages (out side of auto-remove) during an upgrade. Or would it remove them automatically because the packages are "orphaned"?

I'm honestly interested how that would work, but my apt skills are a little weak to figure it out from the apt man pages.

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