If only the store UI wasn’t buggy lol
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ampersandrew@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
Friendly reminder for us Linux folks: you can send 10% of your purchase toward Heroic Games Launcher development by buying through their client.
JustARaccoon@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
ampersandrew@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
GOG’s? Which part of it?
JustARaccoon@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
Trying to buy gog through heroic, I have no issues with using gog in a browser
arudesalad@sh.itjust.works 10 hours ago
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.
ampersandrew@lemmy.world 9 hours 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 1 hour ago
since they can’t exactly track how many hours you’ve played
They can and do if you use the client
dom@lemmy.ca 11 hours ago
Is that GOGs own launcher?
Montagge@lemmy.zip 11 hours 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 11 hours 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 7 hours ago
Same, and I’ve even played one or two!
Creat@discuss.tchncs.de 9 hours 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 8 hours ago
Yeah especially considering I’m not touching the amazon launcher with a 10 foot pole.
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
How is it different than Lutris?
Ulrich@feddit.org 11 hours ago
Because you don’t actually have to install the shitty launchers
ampersandrew@lemmy.world 11 hours 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.
Montagge@lemmy.zip 10 hours ago
It actually works? I’ve always had issues with getting anything to work in Lutris.
Coelacanth@feddit.nu 11 hours 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
Habahnow@sh.itjust.works 12 hours ago
I’m glad you mentioned that, I want aware