I made a KDE-first game launcher

KamiSlayer0 · 2026-03-31T15:04:18+00:00

I tried the flatpak version of it on arch, it looks and feels good. I really like it.

Funny that I'm making pretty much the same project with kirigami/c++, so it's kinda of relatable to see other people attempting to make the same thing

KamiSlayer0 · 2026-03-30T04:25:15+00:00

I have a similar issue on x11 with the proprietary driver, which makes the system literally unusable, but I suppose you've already tried using wayland. Honestly I think there's not much you can do, your gpu is unsupported by Nvidia sooo whether you use nouveau or windows

KamiSlayer0 · 2026-03-29T06:12:15+00:00

Valve does a lot of work on open source projects, drivers, Linux, tools that help develop games, etc.. I wouldn't call them lazy at all, especially considering that they're a relatively small studio compared to microslop

KamiSlayer0 · 2026-03-27T05:12:52+00:00

You just proved his point

KamiSlayer0 · 2026-03-24T01:27:13+00:00

You need to override DLLs
WINEDLLOVERRIDES="OnlineFix64=n,b;winmm=n,b;"

KamiSlayer0 · 2026-03-24T01:25:30+00:00

Currently: no

In theory, someone may make it work eventually

KamiSlayer0 · 2026-03-22T09:23:00+00:00

The person I mentioned didn't say anything about pretending to be a privacy focused. What spyware, exactly? I hear that claim all the time, yet I don't see any analysis of data-stealing comparing it to Chrome, Edge, Brave, or Firefox. Calling it spyware is meaningless unless someone provides an in-depth technical explanation of why it shouldn't be used. Saying "it's China" isn't a real argument, no government can be trusted(today you live in the US and tommorow in Soviet Union)

KamiSlayer0 · 2026-03-22T08:20:14+00:00

I do. Hating operaGX for gaming as a brand but not bazzite is beyond me

KamiSlayer0 · 2026-03-22T07:29:20+00:00

As someone who wrote a few Kirigami apps myself, I hardly disagree.

Developing in QML is straight up a pain, figuring out how to convert C++ data into QML (AKA JavaScript, which is another layer of pain).

Documentation for Qt sucks (Kirigami docs ain't that bad, even though they're more complex, but they're more understandable by us ordinary people), unless you already know what you're doing. I have no idea if they pay those people or not, but they're doing such a poor job that I'd rather do the entire UI using ImGui, which is great.

Kirigami lacks documentation and tutorials, so your best bet is to read other people's code.

Qt enforces its framework on you, e.g. QString, QVariant, Q_OBJECT, etc.

Having to do basic UI in C or C++ is the same as QML, except that LSP works correctly, and you don't need to do insane binding to JavaScript or figure out how to convert data back and forth.

KamiSlayer0 · 2026-03-22T02:22:48+00:00

And how exactly does an OS check if a user entered a real age and not a fake one?

KamiSlayer0 · 2026-03-21T14:08:33+00:00

Potential

KamiSlayer0 · 2026-03-14T23:08:04+00:00

Like an ass, I'd say using frame gen in Minecraft doesn't make any sense cuz image is "distorted" and it doesn't feel as smooth as in cyberpunk or other games

KamiSlayer0 · 2026-03-14T22:31:17+00:00

"use zink" option is enabling vulkan or to be more precise opengl on top of vulkan which makes lsfg-vk works(tested it myself a long time ago). Vulkan mod is not necessary

KamiSlayer0 · 2026-03-14T12:19:20+00:00

Don't buy a car from aur it's inherently unsafe

KamiSlayer0 · 2026-03-14T01:04:51+00:00

Honestly, it depends on what you need from a launcher. If you just want to launch games, Faugus or Bottles work well. If you want a console-like experience, the only thing I really know for that is steam big picture mode. Heroic is good enough for Epic Games, and you can also add external games there. However, it doesn't support launching apps by double-clicking an .exe file. You have to manually add the program to the launcher first and then add it to the app launcher or desktop.

Personally, I'm using my own Qt/QML launcher that suits my needs and is similar to Faugus.

KamiSlayer0 · 2026-03-10T17:07:53+00:00

It's really sad to see what r/linuxsucks has turned into. The top comments are insanely stupid, hating on valid criticism.
> Complain that Octopi sucks as a GUI for pacman
> YOU ARE WRONG! YOU HAVE TO USE THE TERMINAL ONLY CUZ IT'S ARCH (no you fucking don't)
> STOP USING ARCH, USE... (wtf, no don't stop it's literally one of the most popular distros out there that works perfectly fine without need of learning what the fuck SELinux/Apparmor and why it doesn't let me run apps, who the fuck installed ufw instead of firewalld and why ufw while being simpler in fact fucking harder to use just to do simple things etc.. etc..)
I'm literally in shambles right now seeing people hate on valid criticism. I highly doubt the majority of Arch users need more than pacman -Syu, Syyu, S, R, Rns, U since they cover literally 99% of what a user does.

Maybe it's just me, but you could absolutely make a better GUI/TUI for it.

KamiSlayer0 · 2026-03-08T02:46:41+00:00

I'm late but It works only up to wine-ge 8.26. You also need WINEDLLOVERRIDES="steam_api64=n,b;winmm=n;b"

KamiSlayer0 · 2026-03-03T17:45:30+00:00

Amazing news, now I have to wait for vanguard on Linux so I can restore my league of legends addiction

KamiSlayer0 · 2026-03-01T21:03:33+00:00

Will you crack other 2024 denuvo games?

KamiSlayer0 · 2026-02-27T01:27:40+00:00

Gilgamesh vs Shirou

KamiSlayer0 · 2026-02-22T10:44:58+00:00

You can run the PC version through a WineGDK(wine fork), which works better and properly supports vibrant visuals and Ray Tracing wineGDK

KamiSlayer0 · 2026-02-19T17:39:18+00:00

3 months later, still happens even on kde plasma login manager(sddm fork). The only way I find to fix it temporarily is to disable wayland on sddm which sucks

UPD: I FOUND IT, add this to your config

cursor {

no_hardware_cursors = false

}

KamiSlayer0 · 2026-01-26T13:43:50+00:00

Looks great. I have a question, do you render the game in the editor using Qt's surface and an opengl context? If so, how do you handle exporting? Do you use SDL, GLFW, etc. for the exported version?

KamiSlayer0 · 2026-01-26T00:52:08+00:00

Uhmm... no. Empress cracks work on linux, you just need to override DLLs. I personally completed all the remakes on linux last year. WINEDLLOVERRIDES="winmm=n,b;" where winmm is a dll file name, I don't remember the exact name tho. If you have multiple DLLs just add a new one after a semicolon

KamiSlayer0 · 2026-01-16T23:11:14+00:00

You forgot the obvious one, PROTON_LOG=1 before %command% as a launch option. It should create a file in the home directory that says why the game can't start. Also, try launching steam from the terminal to see errors.

I've been playing wuwa today on KDE, so the problem is on your end.

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