https://github.com/GloriousEggroll/ULWGL

From the github:

WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR OTHER LAUNCHERS (lutris/bottles/heroic/legendary,etc):

  • everyone can use + contribute to the same protonfixes, no more managing individual install scripts per launcher
  • everyone can run their games through proton just like a native steam game
  • no steam or steam binaries required
  • a unified online database of game fixes (protonfixes)
    • OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml
      0·
      8 months ago

      …so did Lutris, Bottles, ZentryWine and like 8 others. That’s why we created yet a new program to unify them all!

      (To be fair, I like the fact we have choices, and hope this project takes off, but yea…)

      • Kaldo@kbin.social
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        8 months ago

        Sounds like this would be easier to setup and use than Lutris though - dunno about everyone else but I’m always so very confused trying to get non-steam games running on linux, with all the custom paths, simulated folder structures and prefixes while steam apparently does it on its own out of the box.

  • patatahooligan@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    This is great. Proton is getting a lot of testing just based on Steam’s userbase and it is backed by Valve. We also have a lot of data on proton’s performance and potential game-specific fixes in the form of protondb. Making sure that non-Steam launchers can use all that work and information is crucial to guaranteeing the long-term health of linux gaming. Otherwise it is easy to imagine a future where proton is doing great but the other launchers are keep running into problems and are eventually abandoned.

    One thing that I am curious is how this handles the AppId. If this AppId is used to figure out which game-specific fixes are needed, then it will have to be known. Do we have a tool/database that figures out the AppId from the game you are launching outside of Steam?

    • CashewNut 🏴󠁢󠁥󠁧󠁿@lemmy.world
      01·
      8 months ago

      I hope it makes pirated games easier to launch on Linux. 👍 I’ve got about 5 different games I’ve yet to play cos I can’t be arsed looking into Proton command line flags.

    • Instantnudeln@feddit.de
      0·
      8 months ago

      Exakt denselben witz habe ich auf dem Zwietracht von Proton-GE auch gemacht haha

      Lass uns schütteln die Hände

          • Instantnudeln@feddit.de
            0·
            8 months ago

            Ups ich habe nur Reznik gesehen und wusste dass er Deutscher ist. Habe voll übersehen wo wir hier eigentlich sind. War ausversehn.

            • Nobsi@feddit.de
              0·
              8 months ago

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