i actually did try using protondb in several gaming cases, i recall tweaks there working maybe once? if at all?
and i tried quite a few games, some where i went to protondb of course to check, but for me, it sadly never helped
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tempest@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
Some games are trickier than others for sure. Are you using protondb as a reference?
Anno 1404 is a 15 year old game with aggressive DRM so I could tell right away that it would be one of the more tricky titles.
Mandy@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
tempest@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
Is it just my hardware? It is not your hardware
Am i using linux just wrongly for years? Not really
Is it my fault? Not really
The main issue from what I can tell is you are trying to play older windows games which can be pretty hit or miss.
Gaming on Linux has greatly improved over the last couple years (especially thanks to proton/steam deck) but if you are trying to run older games that were never designed to run to it or you want to play online games with aggressive anti-cheat it is still going to be a bit of a struggle.
I would recommend sticking to an Arch based distro like EndeavourOS (as it is similar to the SteamOS) or a Debain based distro and not swap around too much so you can get a feel for it without having a bunch of things change on you all the time like package names and the like.
All that said if your jam is older windows games and you have access to windows and are tired of messing with the OS and just want to play games just use windows, try linux another day.
HeckGazer@programming.dev 2 months ago
Worked ootb and smoothly for the 50ish hours I’ve put into in while on Linux. OP is defo cursed somehow