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Silksong game mechanic bug/problem? (self.hollowknight)
submitted 1 week ago by moody to c/hollowknight@lemmy.world
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Early game mechanic issue, a couple hours in. I'm wondering if it's just a weird game mechanic or if there's something wrong with my setup.

spoilerI just unlocked the dash/sprint, and I'm not quite getting how it's intended to work. I can't seem to just do a quick dash, I have to hit the trigger again to stop running, and now Hornet starts running every time I climb a platform. I'm pretty sure it's not intended to be like this.

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[–] Hazzard@lemmy.zip 11 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Ah, I've ran into this. It seems to be an issue with an outdated SDL2 library in the native Linux version, which causes weirdness with external controllers, such as my 8BitDo Ultimate 2.

Force enabling Proton completely fixed it for me! I used Proton-GE-latest, but I've heard others using versions as old as Proton 9 that worked just fine as well.

[–] sness@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago

I had the same issue with the same set up. This fix worked for me.

[–] moody 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Well it only appears to happen on the Linux native version. I guess this is just another game that works better under Proton than native.

[–] Hazzard@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 week ago

Yeah, very unfortunate. Hopefully they fix it quickly, it seems a shame that the native version is worse, but I don't intend to wait around for that patch while proton works fine.

[–] Godort@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

If you're not currently pressing the trigger and Hornet is running, then something is wrong.

[–] moody 1 points 1 week ago

That's what I was thinking, but I can't seem to do anything about it.