I haven’t used heroic, how good is the wine integration? Is it as seamless as proton? I want to know if I should wait for the steam sale or buy some games from gog instead.
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ampersandrew@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Friendly reminder for us Linux folks: you can send 10% of your purchase toward Heroic Games Launcher development by buying through their client.
arudesalad@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
ampersandrew@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
You boot up Heroic, you point it at your GOG account, then you go to the clearly labeled Wine Manager in the left panel. Choose the latest Proton-GE (Glorious Eggroll fork) or a version of your choosing. Then go to library and download the game you want. It will prompt you to choose a Wine version that you’ve already got installed, and it seems to detect the ones you have installed via Steam and via their Wine Manager; I recommend sticking to Proton-GE. The installation process for each game works much the same as any other launcher you use.
If you want to try the game on GOG first, they have a 30-day no questions asked refund policy, since they can’t exactly track how many hours you’ve played. It’s just kind of on the honors system that we’re not abusing it as customers, or maybe if you do it too much. Most games just work, but I have found the odd exception. For some games, like The Thaumaturge, I had to run Winetricks to download some VC++ runtimes to get it working (which I was only able to deduce based on the depots visible on steamdb.info). I nearly bought a copy of The Alters today, but early reports on ProtonDB are that it’s got some crashing issues, so between Valve and GloriousEggroll, I figure that problem will be solved in the next couple of months.
The refund policy on GOG is so good that you can just try it first and buy the Steam version instead if it doesn’t work out. The 10% referral code that benefits Heroic shows GOG how much of their customer base are on Linux, and it should enhance the Linux experience via funding at the same time.
ipitco@lemmy.super.ynh.fr 2 weeks ago
since they can’t exactly track how many hours you’ve played
They can and do if you use the client
ampersandrew@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
But since you have the option to play without the client, they can’t and don’t use it to restrict refunds.
JustARaccoon@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
If only the store UI wasn’t buggy lol
ampersandrew@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
GOG’s? Which part of it?
JustARaccoon@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Trying to buy gog through heroic, I have no issues with using gog in a browser
ampersandrew@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
What bugs do you run into? I just click on the store button, and it basically is just a browser.
dom@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
Is that GOGs own launcher?
Montagge@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
It’s a 3rd party launcher that can do GoG and Epic games. 10/10 for GoG, but I wouldn’t touch Epic with someone else’s computer
zewm@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Man epic gives out free games every Friday. I haven’t spent a dime but I have amassed a massive catalogue.
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Same, and I’ve even played one or two!
Creat@discuss.tchncs.de 3 weeks ago
… and Amazon games. People who have or had prime accounts often have large amounts of free games on there from claiming them in the past (often via twitch).
themoonisacheese@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Yeah especially considering I’m not touching the amazon launcher with a 10 foot pole.
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
How is it different than Lutris?
Ulrich@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
Because you don’t actually have to install the shitty launchers
Montagge@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
It actually works? I’ve always had issues with getting anything to work in Lutris.
ampersandrew@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
It’s got a controller semi-friendly interface, so it’s better for the Steam Deck, and it isn’t so much running compatibility scripts but just leveraging APIs inherent to each storefront to download and install the same way that GOG Galaxy does, more or less. It’s got achievement compatibility and beta cloud save support.
Coelacanth@feddit.nu 3 weeks ago
I tried using Heroic to install Alan Wake 2, but it didn’t recognise me owning the DLCs. Only worked through the actual Epic Launcher. YMMV
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
I’m still mad Galaxy doesn’t support Linux. I’d probably still use Heroic, but the mere fact of being a second class citizen doesn’t feel great.
Habahnow@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
I’m glad you mentioned that, I want aware