Tag: gaming

  • how to – install windows gog games on linux via steam

    i hope to teach you how to install and play windows gog games via steam on linux using proton.

    download your ethically sourced gog game installer.

    open up steam and click add game on the bottom left of the window.

    add a non steam game. click browse and navigate to your installer directory.

    click the installer and hit open

    click add selected program.

    right click the installer program you just added and go to properties.

    under compatibility, check force, and select your flavor of proton. on nobara we are using proton-ge.

    click the installer from the list and hit play.

    this will run the gog installer.

    before slapping install, go ahead and hit options

    you’ll want to change the install directory to something on the linux side of things. you may see C:, but you should navigate to another listed directory that contains your home directory. i like to create a games folder inside my home directory. once satisfied, hit install. it’ll do its thing.

    upon completion though, DO NOT HIT LAUNCH. instead make sure you exit.

    you will now want to go through the process of adding a non steam game, browsing, and selecting the main exe for the install you just completed.

    validate your directory and game exe, then open and add.

    again, right click the game in the steam list and enter its properties. enter compatibility and do the same as before. force specific compat, and elect your flavor of proton.

    now you can click the game in the list and hit play.

    gg it works.

    You can now right click and remove the gog install .exe from part one from your steam uncategorized list. then you can go to your directory and remove the installer files should you choose to do so. this process works with fitgirl and dodi as well.

  • how to – retroarch (snes)

    Last post I was yapping about emulation on a daily driver PC. What did I mean by that?

    Well you remember back in the day when we used to have consoles? Wouldn’t it be dope to have all those consoles again? What if they all existed in the same machine? You smoking what I’m growing? Don’t daily drive this bird. Have it be a dedicated machine just for this purpose. But before we get there, we need to think about front ends, loading and unloading ROMs, maybe a little bit of content scraping? Eh? Videos, screenshots, manuals and the such?

    Retroarch doesn’t solve that completely, but it sure gets you on your way.

    This tutorial will be for Windows, with a Linux one later on. Mac lol.

    Head straight to https://www.retroarch.com/?page=platforms to start

    Extract it into its working directory and run the .exe

    Sick. Now that it’s running we can do stuff.

    Retroarch is built around Cores. Think of these as in house emulators. You need a Core for each system you’re trying to emulate. Some Cores can do more than one system.

    In Main Menu, navigate to Online Updater

    Then Core Downloader

    That’ll update a list of all the in-house Cores available. For this tutorial we’ll set up Snes9X. Go down the list and elect the one shown highlighted below. All the Cores are different and they all do things the same, or different, or better, or worse. That’s up to you to dig into.

    Once it’s installed, you’ll have a cute ampersand next to it.

    That’s it. The core is installed. Now reference those ethically sourced ROMs and drop one in a directory somewhere

    I’m making a sub-directory called /roms in the main retroarch directory

    Inside said directory, I’ll create one for the system I’m emulating. Keep things organized and such.

    In Retroarch, from the Main Menu select Import Content

    Scan a directory

    Then navigate to your newly created SNES directory, or whatever your chose. Once inside it, elect <Scan This Directory>

    It’ll take as long as it takes depending on the amount of files.

    Back out all the way to the main menu. You can now select Playlists. At the bottom, you should see an automatically generated one for the system game type detected.

    Once inside, you can click the game and have a good time.

    It looks hella boring though, and we could spruce it up a bit more. Back on the Main Menu, go to the Online Updater

    From there elect Playlist Thumbnails Updater

    And then the console you wish to update content for. In our case, SNES.

    Once complete, navigate back to your playlist. It should have a little more soul.

    Now, you’re more than welcome to stop here, use Retroarch for all your gaming needs. It’s more than capable of adding overlays, shaders, running fullscreen, doing hotkeys for exiting and whatnot. But in another tutorial, I’ll introduce you to the world of emulation front-ends.

    Things to do now in Retroarch – review hotkeys, controls, bindings, shaders, and overlays. Most of this you can figure out on your own. But if you have any questions, feel free to ask.

  • thoughts – poe2 0.3 rise of the abyssal league

    • exhausting
    • combo combat still feels rewarding when playing smart
    • as a mana user, the amount of mana drain rares i’ve come across is ridiculous. not fun.
    • the amount of difficult rares is like a mini boss battle every 5 mins. not fun.
    • i cannot grind out ahead of an area as everything levels with me, so everything is always hard. need to double check if this is true, seems that way. exhausting.
    • abyss is a clusterfuck. the amount of things going on make it difficult to see cheap one shot mechanic mobs. not fun.
    • ascendancy still locked behind wack af mechanics like ultimatum, not fun.
    • biggest gripe – you introduced a trade limiting mechanic. everyone who no lifes the game is through act 4. anyone who has yet to reach act 4 cannot use trade as the majority of items require direct purchase teleport via new mechanic. anyone who direct message sells is unlikely to respond. you just broke trade and i have to ssf the majority of the game.
    • EXHAUSTING.