• M137@lemmy.today
    12·
    2 days ago

    Erik is now playing tModLoader
    Erik is now playing Terraria
    Erik is now playing tModLoader
    Erik is now playing Terraria
    Erik is now playing tModLoader
    Erik is now playing Terraria
    Erik is now playing tModLoader
    Erik is now playing Terraria

  • AliasVortex@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    2 days ago

    I make mods for RimWorld and my poor friends get subjected to this all the time (I’m really bad about remembering to set myself as offline and my friends find it more amusing than anything else) because the fastest way to test my code is usually just to close the game, and reopen it.

      • AliasVortex@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        2 days ago

        Over RimWorld mods?! While I will acknowledge that everyone should play the vanilla game before diving into mods, RimWorld is one of the most modder friendly games I’ve ever seen (mod support was literally mentioned in the game’s original Kickstarter).

      • AliasVortex@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        2 days ago

        Lol, the game is actually pretty snappy with a light mod list (Harmony, base game, official expansions + whatever I’m working on), I think my load times are only a couple of seconds. Plus steam will send out the “Alias is playing RimWorld message” as soon as the game is launched, regardless of whether the game fully loads or not.

      • AliasVortex@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        2 days ago

        I’m not a big fish, but I’ve been around a long time. Most of my mods are cases where the original author has stepped away from modding and I saw an opportunity to add some improvements of my own while carrying on the torch (I stand on the shoulders of giants and all). I maintain a handful of mods, but the biggest/ most notable are probably Setup Camp, Camping Stuff, and Doormats. If you’re interested in the full list, here’s my Steam / GitHub

  • Routhinator@startrek.website
    1·
    2 days ago

    FWIW, this is a bug of some sort in Steam. My wife and I play together and I see her spam like this all the time, and her game is working perfectly.

    Our setups are the same, and I apparently never spam her. The one diff is my comp is on ethernet, and hers is on wifi due to it’s location.

    Wonder if it has to do with connection.

  • Zarobi@aussie.zoneEnglish
    1·
    2 days ago

    Linux gamers too. Sometimes I come across a game like Assetto Corsa that launches for 0.1 seconds and then crashes, so I’m trying the routine list of low hanging fruit easy fixes in the hopes that one of them does the trick

      • Zarobi@aussie.zoneEnglish
        2·
        2 days ago

        Easy routine:

        • Try a few different versions of Proton using force compatibility in game properties
        • Turn off/on Steam Input
        • Update Steam and my computer (or just restart if there’s no updates)
        • Check ProtonDB for any launch options. Try a few of them

        Medium routine:

        • Check if anyone has mentioned anything on Reddit or Steam Community. Try their fixes which usually involves more launch options and/or config file changes
        • Try Proton GE (this is only so low because I usually don’t have it installed and updated)
        • Update graphics drivers
        • Downgrade graphics drivers
        • Try a different device

        Last resort:

        • Try Lutris or WineTricks with DLL override tricks
        • Launch Steam using the terminal and actually debug the problem

        Honestly I find that success rate is inversely proportional to amount of effort invested… so I just do the easy ones and give up if that doesn’t work lol. 90% of the time it ends up working though from one of those easy things. But if you’re truly desperate for a game to work and can’t wait for Proton to fix it, the medium and hard options exist

      • GregorGizeh@lemmy.zip
        2·
        2 days ago

        Not op, but mine is

        • check protondb, try the last few recommended versions
        • search web for “game name + linux” or your distro
        • ask for help on relevant discords for either your game or your distro
        • NEVER trust any ai answers.

        So far that has covered the problems i ran into, but maybe someone has something to add?

        • shneancy@lemmy.world
          2·
          15 hours ago

          last time i had trouble with a game i found out there was a SteamDB thingy where people smarter than me share launch attributes that make games run properly

        • pivot_root@lemmy.world
          1·
          2 days ago

          One thing to add to that list:

          When checking ProtonDB, cross-reference the environment variables with those listed on the proton-cachyos README. In my experience, most people are copy-pasting environment variables they read from other people without understanding what they do or even if they do anything at all.

        • P00ptart@lemmy.world
          0·
          2 days ago

          This is why I play console. I am just too lazy/busy/worn out to learn all that I’d need to know about that side of the gaming world. That’s why the steam machine interested me until I saw the price.

          • DeLancre@piefed.socialEnglish
            1·
            2 days ago

            I’m afraid we will disappoint you further here, cause steam machine is just a PC with SteamOS (which is “just” an Arch Linux with few tweaks\changes). So all those issues described above and their workarounds also applied to steam machine.

            • P00ptart@lemmy.world
              1·
              2 days ago

              It wasn’t an insult. I admire that you guys know that much about computers and software. Its like an alien language to me. Dunno why I was being downvoted for self deprication.

              • MonkeMischief@lemmy.today
                2·
                14 hours ago

                Dunno why I was being downvoted for self deprication.

                If it helps, not saying anything about you in particular but:

                I think because communities like this hear a lot of this kinda pre-emptive defeatism speak. Like “I’m tired and so I don’t wanna do something that might make me learn.”

                It makes them/us sad because we’re like “Uh, we’d be happy to help, it’s not actually that scary?”

                With Linux or PCs in general, people will often show up to the community just to say “Thinky thing is too hard”, and declare they’ve already opened their wallets and run to some highly exploitative and expensive corporate “turnkey product” instead.

                It’s also “console propaganda” by corporations to spread FUD about PC and now Linux gaming being some alleged huge headache unless you’re a professional computer engineer…And that’s simply not true. They’d just rather you buy a new console every 3 years. :p

                But also, downvotes don’t super matter here, so all I can say is carry on with an open mind and don’t be afraid to ask questions, and you never know what you might learn!

                Don’t sell yourself short. Try things!

                As Bruce Lee once said: “In great attempts, it is glorious even to fail.”

              • Zoot@reddthat.com
                1·
                2 days ago

                Dunno why the downvotes, but dude, if you ever Google how to do anything on your phone, then you’ve basically done the above already. Id argue a lot of us don’t know what we’re doing, we Google thing, someone has an answer, we do the thing, boop things work.

                Just trying to make Netflix work on my Xbox head a bunch of issues where I did the steps above to get it to work. It’s all the same process, no matter what the hardware

      • rbos@lemmy.caEnglish
        1·
        2 days ago

        Switch to experimental, switch to proton Glorious Eggroll, check protondb, set proton_log and look at log files.

      • Famko@lemmy.world
        1·
        2 days ago

        Not OP but first I check protondb to see if anyone else has the same problem, then I try swapping proton versions if noone else has the same problem.

        Worst case scenario it’s my nvidia GPU drivers doing stupid shit, then I try updating my drivers or giving up and playing rimworld instead.

        Most of the time just checking protondb works though.

  • rockSlayer@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    1·
    2 days ago

    Meanwhile, in Factorio:

    rockSlayer is playing Factorio

    rockSlayer is playing Factorio

    rockSlayer is playing Factorio

    rockSlayer is playing Factorio

    “Must be heavily modding their next game”

  • neuracnu@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    01·
    2 days ago
    > Erik is now playing Fallout New Vegas
> Erik is now playing Fallout New Vegas
> Erik is now playing Fallout New Vegas
> Erik is now playing Fallout New Vegas
> Erik is now playing Fallout New Vegas
> Erin is now playing Fallout New Vegas
  • gibmiser@lemmy.world
    0·
    2 days ago

    Is there a goddamn setting t9 disable the notifications? I looked briefly once and didn’t notice one besides just going offline.

    Id love it if I didn’t get put online by default every time I open steam…

    • ms.lane@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      15 hours ago

      Not always, before I learned you take off armor/clothing, save, return to the main menu and load the save again to refresh .nifs I restarted a LOT when playing in outfitstudio.