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I've decided to switch to Linux Mint, but i have a lot of pirated games. How to play them with all the cracks and stuff in linux? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 5 months ago by Dark_Dragon@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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I have decided to switch to Linux Mint from windows. I don't use computer for work that much. And for my personal use I'm switching to Linux Mint. I have heard a lot about it. So giving it a try. I know about emulating windows in linux to play window games. But how do you use cracks and stuff?? Does emulating also access my 100% graphics card or less? I want to know about all these. Please people in my condition help. Thanks in advance :)

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[-] IsoSpandy@lemm.ee 12 points 5 months ago

Use bottles. It works great for me.

Install bottles via flatpak. Run it and create a new bottle with the gaming preset. Got to the settings - > runners and download the latest "proton-ge" runner. Then just add the exe to the bottle and add it to your library. Launch to play.

It really helps smooth the curve. Some installers fail to open so I use the system default to install it and then copy them over to my games directory.

PS: if you see no exe files being listed when you try to add an exe, clear the file filter in the bottom to all files. Bottles has this weird bug on some DEs

[-] lemmyvore@feddit.nl 9 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Use "wine-ge" not "proton-ge" in this case. Anything with "proton" in its name is specifically made to work best with games on Steam. "Wine-ge" has all the patches from "proton-ge" so you're not missing out on anything, but it can work better with non Steam games.