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    WINE_SIMULATE_WRITECOPY=1 %command% + Proton Experimental = working Battle.net

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    [–] Isoprenoid@programming.dev 86 points 6 months ago (1 children)
    [–] winkerjadams@lemmy.dbzer0.com 38 points 6 months ago (1 children)

    I have refunded games before when I went to install and got that bullshit because I missed it on the store page

    [–] humbletightband@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 6 months ago

    Not anymore, I guess

    [–] slazer2au@lemmy.world 43 points 6 months ago (1 children)

    You should try launching Mass Effect LE from steam. It opens Origin, to then opens the Mass Effect launcher so you can pick which game to play.

    [–] LucidNightmare@lemmy.world 11 points 6 months ago (1 children)

    IT's so crazy to run into a comment that speaks about this. I recently got the urge to play Mass Effect, and wanted to replay through the series. I have had the game bought when it went on sale. I download all 100+gb of the game, and launch it to see some performance. EA app required. I might just request a refund, and then pirate the game, to be real with you all.

    [–] slazer2au@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago

    The launchers are pretty lightweight and don't consume much. It is just annoying to buy the game on one store, it launches another store, only to launch a game launcher, then you can pick r̶̶e̶̶d̶̶,̶̶ ̶̶g̶̶r̶̶e̶̶e̶̶n̶̶̶,̶̶ ̶̶o̶̶r̶̶ ̶̶b̶̶l̶̶u̶̶e̶ I mean ME 1 2 or 3

    [–] hperrin@lemmy.world 23 points 6 months ago (1 children)

    Wait until you figure out that your DE is just a glorified launcher, and that it was launched by systemd.

    [–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 13 points 6 months ago (1 children)

    Which was launched by your kernel which in turn was launched by systemd-boot. Now isn't that cute?

    [–] Ironfist@sh.itjust.works 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

    which was launched by you, which was launched by your mom, which was launched...

    [–] Evkob@lemmy.ca 1 points 6 months ago

    If you truly want to write code from scratch, you first need to create the universe.

    [–] NegativeLookBehind@lemmy.world 22 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    Nuclear launch detected

    never know what hit ‘em

    [–] GFGJewbacca@lemm.ee 11 points 6 months ago (1 children)

    I can hear both of these quotes so clearly. I'm sad about what Blizzard has become.

    [–] Klear@sh.itjust.works 6 points 6 months ago

    Just thinking about it almost makes me overload my aggression inhibitors.

    [–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 3 points 6 months ago
    [–] frozen@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz 12 points 6 months ago (1 children)

    Oh nice! I just use Lutris, but options are always good.

    [–] Muehe@lemmy.ml 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)

    Did that too a while back, but anecdotally it feels lees buggy through Steam, especially regarding updates.

    Also clicking the Stop button in Steam doesn't leave behind zombie processes off Battle.net.exe and Agent.exe, which I had to manually kill when using Lutris. Assume that's due to Protons(?) pressure-vessel thingy.

    [–] fluckx@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    Steam went better than lutris for me as well. It all worked out of the box without any tweaks.

    Only issue I have is that when i alt tab I can't get back in the game for some reason. Screen stays black or it auto minimises again. I forgot.

    [–] KrapKake@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

    Try setting game to fullscreen windowed

    [–] JTskulk@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

    I found that changing KDE activities (like a virtual desktop) back and forth fixes it.

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    [–] Ultragigagigantic@lemmy.world 10 points 6 months ago

    The only thing that got me to quit WoW and finally Uninstall battle.net was not will power but the shitty people in the organization that ran it. Got lucky I guess otherwise I would be healing unapprecitative jerks the rest of my life.

    [–] Crashumbc@lemmy.world 10 points 6 months ago (1 children)

    Cyberpunk 2077 and BG3 quietly walk past...

    [–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 7 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    At least you can launch those without their launchers.

    Of course you could always add GOG Galaxy to Steam to get the ultimate perversion.

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    [–] citrusface@lemmy.world 8 points 6 months ago (6 children)

    I use Linux but I'm an idiot.

    What does %command% mean / do?

    What was the actual line you used in terminal to install battle.net to steam bc I'd rather not use lutris if I don't need too

    [–] Muehe@lemmy.ml 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

    The WINE_SIMULATE_WRITECOPY=1 %command% is the Steam launch option you set, with %command% meaning roughly "what Steam would do without any launch options set".

    The whole process was a bit finicky and I did it a few month ago, but from what I remember it went something like this:

    • Download battle.net installer
    • Add it as non-Steam game to run it
    • Locate the newly created prefix in Steam directory
    • Add the Battle.net.exe in it as a non-Steam game, then remove the installer (not the other way around or the prefix will be deleted)
    [–] citrusface@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

    I thank you so much. I will try this in a bit and report back

    [–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 4 points 6 months ago

    It's to puts stuff before the game run command.

    Normally if you just add options in that box like -fullscreen they appear after the run command.

    [–] Confetti_Camouflage@pawb.social 4 points 6 months ago

    It is used in the Launch Options of a Steam game. %command% just gets replaced by whatever Steam would use to launch the game. It's useful to set up anything before the game actually launches, such as setting environment variables or run scripts.

    [–] DmMacniel@feddit.de 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

    Why though? It's just a simple install script you can search and install via the lutris application righ there.

    [–] citrusface@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

    I just want everything in one spot. Personal preference. :)

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    [–] humbletightband@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 6 months ago

    I have a steam controller and I play through Nvidia GeForce now.

    So I open Steam, then Nvidia, then select a game, then it opens Steam on the remote, then it opens a launcher and only then it launches the game

    [–] EvilLootbox@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago

    I haven't played anything blizzard in a minute but I absolutely LOVE the ubi launcher that asks for admin permissions two to eight times then makes me look up my password each time I launch one of their games (not that often) despite checking Remember Me EVERY TIME

    [–] slampisko@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago

    Try installing and running a game on GOG through Epic Launcher on a Steam Deck. I have done this in the past haha (it was Witcher 1)

    [–] transmatrix@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

    This reminds me of trying to play Half Life Alyx on an Oculus.

    [–] AceQuorthon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 6 months ago

    Antique Memes Roadshow

    [–] snekerpimp@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    Using proton through lutris

    [–] DmMacniel@feddit.de 1 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    No. Don't do that. Use wine-ge instead.

    [–] Muehe@lemmy.ml 2 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    AFAIK you can set Lutris up to use GE or Proton builds.

    [–] Eeyore_Syndrome@sh.itjust.works 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

    I'm running WOTLK classic just fine with proton on Lutris ✅

    [–] DmMacniel@feddit.de 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

    Yes you can run proton-ge or proton with lutris. Glorious Eggrole though highly recommend against doing so since proton-ge is an optimized proton version for steam, that's why there is wine-ge for non-steam games or applications.

    Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/linux_gaming/comments/uzrz2k/a_thread_about_using_protonge_and_winege_builds/

    [–] DmMacniel@feddit.de 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

    Just because you can, doesn't mean you should.

    Proton-ge for steams proton and Wine-ge for non steam usecases.

    https://www.reddit.com/r/linux_gaming/comments/uzrz2k/a_thread_about_using_protonge_and_winege_builds/

    [–] Muehe@lemmy.ml 2 points 6 months ago

    Oh so that's what you meant. Thought you meant don't use Lutris at first because of how you worded it. That makes much more sense.

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    [–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 1 points 6 months ago

    What's wrong with Bottles?

    [–] smileyhead@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

    Valve is great in terms of Linux support and it's development, but to be honest I hate Steam launcher too. I do not use the store frontend, friendlist, notifications and other things on top, all I want is to download game binaries and updates.

    [–] JTskulk@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago

    You can still make shortcuts to your steam games to launch them outside of steam. However I have noticed that the Blizzard launcher doesn't seem to fully quit after quitting the system tray icon, I have to click stop game in steam. I guess I still prefer this to having unused wine/proton process running in the background.

    [–] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.de 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

    Is it referring to a web address or .NET?

    [–] Muehe@lemmy.ml 2 points 6 months ago

    Neither. Battle.net is Blizzards game launcher and store. They also own that domain, but the name usually refers to the binary.

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