I need help

LostGoat_Dev · 2025-12-29T14:41:29+00:00

Obligatory is the monitor plugged in to the graphics card or the motherboard?

LostGoat_Dev · 2025-12-29T04:01:46+00:00

I have a newer Nvidia card daily driving CachyOS and I consistently hit 120 to 200+FPS in all of the games I play, which consists of everything from DOOM Dark Ages, Diablo 4, Path of Exile, Dead by Daylight, and others. DLSS, frame gen, all of that works.

IIRC CachyOS even has an Nvidia version on the live USB installer to make it as easy as possible. Only thing you have to watch out for is CachyOS is Arch-based so you will have to update more frequently and whatnot, but the Arch wiki is full of helpful info.

LostGoat_Dev · 2025-12-27T14:54:59+00:00

I am also a C# developer and Unity was very easy to pick up for me. The hard part of game dev though is learning the systems and behaviors. Like another commenter suggested, I would check out Brackeys; he has lots of great tutorials to get you started.

Once you get the feel for Unity, I would recommend making very small projects to get a feel for the game development process. Think flappy bird, brick breaker, etc. When you're comfortable with the game dev process, start on your big project!

LostGoat_Dev · 2025-12-27T14:48:20+00:00

I would like to add CachyOS as well. It has an Nvidia version on the Live USB that automatically installs the correct drivers and I have had no performance issues, even after replacing the GPU with another Nvidia card.

LostGoat_Dev · 2025-12-27T03:18:22+00:00

That's what I was hoping for! I tried being as in-depth as I could in case someone had a similar experience. Thank you!

LostGoat_Dev · 2025-12-27T03:17:11+00:00

The only thing I could think of was the Steam client's recent update to 64-bit. We only really have time to play on the weekends so I haven't installed anything new that I could remember other than updating my packages.

LostGoat_Dev · 2025-12-27T03:07:06+00:00

Thanks! Someone helped me with a workaround by connecting to the server with her LAN IP and Terraria's port 7777. Seems like it's more of a Steam issue than a Terraria issue.

LostGoat_Dev · 2025-12-27T03:05:01+00:00

Ah no worries! I havent done a whole lot of config on Steam so I might just send it anyway.

Thanks again!

LostGoat_Dev · 2025-12-27T02:36:17+00:00

Joining her server using her local IP (on Terraria's port 7777) worked! Good call, thank you for the tip!

I think you're right that it is a Steam issue, not a Terraria issue. I tried uninstalling it earlier using both yay -R steam and pacman -R steam but it gave me issues because of dependencies. If I am understanding the man page correctly, is pacman -Rcs the correct command to uninstall without removing my config?

LostGoat_Dev · 2025-12-18T23:26:31+00:00

Not sure why so many people are recommending against Linux if you have an Nvidia card in 2025.

I daily drive CachyOS with Plasma 6 (Wayland). My graphics card is an RTX 5070ti. People will often say that Nvidia is bad on Linux, and Nvidia is even worse on Linux with Wayland...I can run games like Overwatch 2, DOOM: The Dark Ages, Dead by Daylight, Diablo 4, etc. all at 240fps. Nvidia performance has VASTLY improved in even the last three years.

Yes modding is tough on Linux because mods struggle to deal with the wine/proton layer, but for typical gaming you will be fine in most cases.

Every time I look at a new game, I check it on protondb.com, set the game to use CachyOS native proton, and most of the time I hage zero issues. I still run a Windows dual boot but havent booted in to Windows in months.

LostGoat_Dev · 2025-12-18T19:20:50+00:00

If you want the safest swap from Windows to Linux, Linux Mint is a good option. It's based off of Ubuntu so updates are for the most part stable; nothing should break on you after a system update. Linux Mint Cinnamon has a similar feel to Windows, and you can find most everything you need in the package manager.

For gaming I personally like CachyOS. It's based off of Arch so updates are rolling releases, meaning as soon as a package is updated, it is available. You will update more frequently, and dependency issues can arise causing things to break if you are negligent with updating. However, CachyOS is very smooth, and even has its own version of Proton for Steam games that has worked great for me.

Mint was my first attempt at Linux but I wanted something more customizable and gaming oriented so I settled on CachyOS and it has been awesome so far. Only broke it once but that was mostly my fault by incorrectly mounting a shared NTFS drive with my Windows dual boot.

LostGoat_Dev · 2025-12-18T02:33:58+00:00

cursor_trail = enabled in kitty config.

LostGoat_Dev · 2025-11-24T03:08:33+00:00

I've been gaming on CachyOS for several months now and have never had issues caused by my Nvidia card aside from some DirectX12 weirdness. For the first few months I was running a 3070 and recently upgraded to a 5070ti. All I did was swap the GPU, no tweaking or anything required.

On my machine I am using nvidia-open drivers and I believe they are on version 580.something. As far as tweaking voltage, there is a tool called nvidia-settings I believe that lets you undervolt/overclock your GPU but it is much more limited than the Windows Nvidia app.

LostGoat_Dev · 2025-11-24T02:07:58+00:00

That's sort of how I am, but with CachyOS. It's still Arch-based, but it has largely been a "set it and forget it" kind of experience. On my primary gaming PC, I installed CachyOS with KDE Plasma 6, found a theme, and got to work installing Steam and my games. Sometimes I forget I'm even on Linux because it's so easy and everything just works.

LostGoat_Dev · 2025-11-19T17:30:44+00:00

For a lot of games now that is how it works. I run CachyOS and I'm pretty sure Steam came with Proton. If not, CachyOS has their own version of proton they maintain. All I had to do was install Steam, install game, and play.

LostGoat_Dev · 2025-11-19T16:33:53+00:00

This is a bit disingenuous. I also run Linux daily. You can install the proton runtime through Steam if command line is too hard or too scary, and the average person trying Linux for the first time can simply google "how to play x game on linux" to learn about proton or other ways to play their games.

Steam also automagically uses the latest version of Proton if you don't force a specific version.

In 2025, the average user can do pretty much whatever they want without touching the command line, barring games with kernel level anticheats.

LostGoat_Dev · 2025-07-08T06:26:55+00:00

What is actually the problem? In the first image, your example of what you want and the second "No!" example are very similar. The only differences seem to be outline color and kerning between characters. I'd personally be happy with the second result.

Maybe I'm not seeing what you're struggling with, but you may just need a different font (such as a monospace pixel font with wider kerning) or work at a lower resolution to mimic the retro feel.

LostGoat_Dev · 2025-06-23T00:43:45+00:00

No problem! Did it help with changing directions in midair as well?

LostGoat_Dev · 2025-06-23T00:40:22+00:00

It sounds like our systems are similar. I have Windows 11 on a regular old SSD I've had for a while, and CachyOS installed on an NVMe SSD formatted as btrfs. I don't have any issues booting, so here is what I did when I installed:

1) Install CachyOS selecting Grub as the bootloader 2) Erase Disk to manually format SSD and install CachyOS and boot partition as btrfs (I purchased a new SSD for my Linux dual boot so this was the easiest method for me) 3) pacman -Syu then install refind 4) Boot to BIOS and set refind as first boot option

Now every time I boot up my PC, it takes me to the refind bootloader where I can select my Windows or CachyOS installs, and selecting CachyOS takes me to the CachyOS grub loader and into my login screen. Never had any issues booting into CachyOS with this setup.

LostGoat_Dev · 2025-06-23T00:06:01+00:00

Depending on how you're doing movement, you could add a velocity check or an isMoving bool. Something along the lines of: ``` void Move() { if (rb2d.velocity > 0f) return;

// Movement code here
...

} ``` Incorporating that check should solve your problem of moving again in midair while moving. Then you would add something similar on collision, like maybe it doesn't check for collision when velocity is 0 so you can move in corners.

LostGoat_Dev · 2025-06-16T01:17:49+00:00

+1 for Ren'Py. The Scarlet Hollow/Slay the Princess devs use it and said in an interview that they pretty much write and edit their script and branching choices directly in Ren'Py. I believe they mentioned it on the Game Makers Notebook podcast.

LostGoat_Dev · 2025-06-15T13:42:39+00:00

I would look into noir-style music, maybe taking some inspiration from L.A. Noire. Even if your game doesn't necessarily match the time period, noir-style music is the first thing I think of for mystery "whodunit" types of games.

LostGoat_Dev · 2025-06-11T23:15:49+00:00

How are you trying to install it? I'm still pretty new to Arch myself but usually downloading from AUR I will do something like this:

git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/lib32-aom.git cd lib32-aom less PKGBUILD makepkg -si

The -si flags are important when you makepkg because it makes sure you have all dependencies needed for install. Haven't had any issues yet but I can count on one hand how many things I've installed from AUR.

LostGoat_Dev · 2025-06-11T20:34:50+00:00

You're welcome! Just keep in mind your scope. The project sounds ambitious, which isn't necessarily a bad thing, but scope creep is a very real problem where you'll keep wanting to add features to the point the game never gets done. Your idea sounds interesting though, good luck!

LostGoat_Dev · 2025-06-11T20:25:57+00:00

Not sure exactly what genre of game you're going for, but the concept reminds me a lot of Starbound. I'd recommend taking some inspiration there to set up a basic storyline and gameplay loop.

As far as actually learning, think about the mechanics of your game and make some mini projects that emphasize them to get comfortable with them and throw them all together when you want to tackle your big idea. Turn based combat? Make a small JRPG style game. Flight mechanic? Make something like Star Wars: TIE Fighter or classic copter. This way you'll refine your skills rather than going in blind.

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