Comment on Do you prefer to buy games on Steam or GOG?

okamiueru@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• tfw_no_toiletpaper@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Is it just adding the game as external game on steam and then configuring it with the correct proton version etc?

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  • uninvitedguest@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Yep. Can also be done very easily with Heroic Launcher.

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    • dudinax@programming.dev ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Lutris can also launch GOG games in proton

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  • okamiueru@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Sort of. It might be a good idea to see what the mentioned Heroic Launcher does. What I do is tedious and cumbersome.

    1. Download all gog install files and place them in some folder.
    2. Add a non-steam game for the installer executable, with the corresponding working directory
    3. Run the “game”, with the proton compatibility mode enabled.
    4. After installing, change the entry from 1, to point to the game executable (you’ll have to search for it), and corresponding working directory.

    When installing, it is sort of the same story. Download update files. Run the update. Change the entry back.

    I’m sure there are better ways to do this. So I’ll probably check the Heroic Launcher. I remember trying similar things in the past, and I wasn’t all that happy with it.

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• MrPoopbutt@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Is there a guide on how to do that?

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  • okamiueru@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    lemmy.world/comment/11978050

    Though consider other suggestions like Heroic Launcher and Lutris. I cannot vouch for them, but there is certainly a better way than how I do it.

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    • UnrepentantAlgebra@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Definitely just download heroic. Lutris can be weird - for the epic store on Linux it literally just runs the epic store exe in wine and installs/launches games through it instead of directly in the lutris client.

      But it is Linux and so naturally one or the other store will not always work right so it helps to have both.

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      • okamiueru@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I tried Heroic Launcher. It’s exactly what I wanted. Thanks for the suggestion

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      • okamiueru@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Thanks. I will try it out. I’m pretty sure it was Lutris I had tried previously, and it didn’t work very well. As for Epic, I’d rather not game, than have to run it, even through Wine.

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