Questions tagged [games]
Questions about games and gaming on Ubuntu. Most other gaming-related questions can be asked on the Gaming StackExchange site - http://gaming.stackexchange.com/
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How do I get similar gaming performance as on Windows? [closed]
I just installed an onl amd 6790 video card.
It is comparable to the broken gtx 580 it replaced. But when playing dota2 the framerate was less than half.
I then loaded up Windows 10 and tried dota2 on ...
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OpenGL games cannot launch fullscreen, only vulkan
For about a month now, I cannot open OpenGL games in fullscreen.
They just start windowed with borders at a very low resolution and behave strangely:
mouse movements trigger desktop environment ...
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Thrustmaster Ferrari GT Experience Wheel on Ubuntu 20.04
The racing wheel "Thrustmaster Ferrari GT Experience Wheel" is not working properly on my Ubuntu 20.04. I am playing the F1 2017 game. I can only steer, but no acceleration through the gas ...
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Low fps on games and no animations after update
I've got the Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS version and just updated my drivers. Now, I get low fps and I have no animations on my OS.
I have a suspect of what it can be, and when I first installed Ubuntu, I had ...
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Make Stadia controller work wtih Ubuntu via USB
Don't get me wrong, the Stadia controller works with Ubuntu, but only through Chrome and with stadia games, while I have a bunch of itch.io games, that are actual folders in my Home with their .bin ...
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Media keys on Keyboard don't work during games
How do I make media keys work during fullscreen game play? The media keys on my keyboard i.e volume up, volume down, mute don't work during game play. If I want to adjust the volume I have to exit the ...
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Since 20.10, screenshots while in fullscreen games only shows desktop
Since I installed Groovy Gorilla earlier this month, I cannot take a screenshot of a fullscreen gaming session using keyboard PrintScreen button: it only shows the destkop (icons, sidebar, topbar) ...
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Can the sidequest for oculus quests install on Ubuntu 18.04?
Shadow servers have support for Ubuntu 18.04, giving support for strong portable PCs. Through the side quest app, and virtual desktop, and a powerbank, you could use a raspberry pi 4 to play half life ...
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Epic game - ubuntu 20.04
I am newbie, I recently move to ubuntu 20.04 from windows.
When i try to launch Epic game store this is problem:
Epic launcher problem
I have no ideal what to call this problem. Distorted screen? ...
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My system generates 900 000 lines of error log in the span of one minute and then has to be rebooted to work
My system does something weird. If I do something that my computer doesn't like then it logs 900 000 lines of error logs and stops working. Last time this happened I had just started a game of DotA ...
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Glitchy graphics in games
My question is very similar to this unanswered one: Every game is glitchy.
I'm on Ubuntu 18.04 and whenever a game is opened, graphical glitches appear at one point or another.
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How to open a program in specific resolution
I need to open a full screen game in small size because I want to run my python script the same time the game is running, is there a way to do that?
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Ubuntu 20.04 Newb - Screen Flickering in Full-screen Games
Afternoon all,
I've recently taken the plunge and have installed Ubuntu 20.04 on a fresh install, after MS crashed after updates for the 3rd time in 18 months.
Steam installed okay, and have noticed ...
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Installing Playonlinux games onto a usb
I downloaded ubuntu on my chromebook using crouton so i can play games but sadly I only have 16gb I have a 32gb usb and thats where I install all my games so I want to know how to install games onto ...
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Full screen games on dual monitor setup minimized when clicking on second monitor
There is an annoying behavior I've noticed on Kubuntu 18 and still on 20, where if I have a game open on one monitor, whether it be in full-screen or full-screen windowed, clicking outside the monitor ...
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How to add another program to an existing Wine prefix with PlayOnLinux?
I have installed Hearthstone, a digital card game, via PlayOnLinux. Now I would like to install Innkeeper, a card manager utility for the game, under the same Wine prefix. Ideally the game and the ...
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Gaming Motherboard for a Desktop Build
Statement: I’d like to preface my question hoping it helps any of you to help me. In a nutshell, I’m fed up with Windows for a wide variety of reasons. Thus am intent of divorcing that OS. To that end,...
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Tremulous install on Bionic Beaver
I've got a new laptop with Ubuntu Bionic Beaver. I'd like to install Tremulous to play with, but the installer fails, and I can't find any package for my system.
bash tremulous-1.1.0-installer.x86.run ...
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Is ubuntu gamepack worth it? Compared to kubuntu 18.04?
I'm a gamer but on my PC with kubuntu 18.04 lts kernel 5.4 I cant get tethering to work. The libraries and programs I need are said to be on this os. Is it wise to grab this os and use it since my ...
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Wine: Trying to Play Command & Conquer 1, Freezing
I'm trying to play C&C 1 on Wine 4.0.3. The game screen freezes periodically, forcing me to Alt-Tab out of the game and end it hard via the System Monitor. Though I still have sound effects in ...
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Reset graphic cards settings to default / Radeon RX 550X [duplicate]
I bought recently a Lenovo E490. This laptop only comes with Windows 10. So I made a new partition and installed Ubuntu on it. Used manly for programming, but sometimes I playing one or two rounds of ...
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Could not find required OpenGL entry pint 'glGetError'! fix?
So I know this is kind of beating a dead horse right now but I realized that most of the solutions to this problem are by all means outdated due to the file structure changes that steam has gone ...
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How to add a right click function on a program?
I have built a game from source, and at the same time, I made an updater to the game written in a .sh extension. ti launch the update program you need to open the terminal and type bash ./updater-name....
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Steam game starts, syncs and stops
So I have just recently downloaded Steam Play or Proton and tried to play FF9. When clicking play it simply starts, syncs and stops, no window is opening.
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GTA:SA not working on Wine
I'm trying to install Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, which I have on a USB flash drive, and when I try to launch the game with Wine, it launches fine. But when I move to the new game menu and start a ...
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how Ubuntu control fan
I have problem with my Asus fx504 and Ubuntu 19.10.
I had installed lm-sensors and use sensors-detect but when I use sensors my fan speed is 0 or -1:
asus-isa-0000
Adapter: ISA adapter
cpu_fan: -...
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vcr2015 won't install
When I try to run vcr2015 (x86 version) I get this error:
elijah$ wine ./vc_redist.x86.exe
fixme:heap:HeapSetInformation (nil) 1 (nil) 0
fixme:heap:HeapSetInformation (nil) 1 (nil) 0
fixme:ntdll:...
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How to lock mouse cursor to the middle of the screen? (18.04)
So, I'm quiet new to ubuntu/linux and not quite good at the coding part but basically what I want to do is to write a code that keeps the cursor in the middle of the screen, but still movable. (Just ...
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Football Manager game fails on Ubuntu 18.04 with wine
Football Manager 18 fails on Ubuntu 18.04. I've installed wine and also downloaded the game, but it didn't start when launched.
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An error occurred starting StarCraft II. Please try again. (18.04)
In January 2019 I switched to Ubuntu 18.04. To my great relief I was able to easily install StarCraft II through Wine. That was the end of the story until now, when I got a new computer, but this time ...
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Ubuntusteam SDL launch commands [18.04][dualscreen]
I am trying to launch a borderless fullscreen window on a specific monitor in steam. The game(EU4) I am trying to launch opens in the wrong window when launching in borderless fullscreen. However, it ...
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Install Empire Earth on Ubuntu 18.04 and fix mouse lags
So I tried to install the game with wine, configured wine and install few dll components using winetricks, then when starting the game it says, runtime error due to microsoft C++ library. Below are ...
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High IO> on EVERYTHING when trying to load games
So I'm new to Ubuntu and whenever I try to load a game (so far it's happened with any Linux game that I've tried) it goes fine for a bit, then the computer starts freezing up and I can't do anything. ...
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Steam - Game crushes instantly (Mega Man Legacy Collection 2)
Problem: I try to run Mega Man Legacy Collection 2 on Steam (via Steam Play; Proton 4.2-2). Immediately after starting, the game crashes down. Disabling the in-game Steam Overlay in the game ...
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Very low FPS in glmak2 tests
I have Threadripper 2990wx, 128GB RAM and 2x 2080TI but when I run games (CS GO FPS is 100, max FPS is 300) or when I run glmark2 tests, all numbers are low...
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Unable to run xonotic game in xubuntu 18.04
I recently installed xonotic game in mu xubuntu 18.04. I downloaded the game from software center.
When I try to open it it shows black screen which I have to end by manually restarting pc. When I ...
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Enabling Cyrillic in Wine
I would like to run Age of Empires game under Wine. Game runs fine, but I have garbage instead of letters in menu since game is translated to russian.
I have added all RU locales with command:
sudo ...
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Setting up Steam on Kubuntu 18.10 to a non-/home folder?
Please tell me: is there any known way to install Steam to a NON-/home folder, WITHOUT needing to resort to moving things later post-install, and making symbolic links?
So far the only solution i ...
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Can't download Godapp
Whenever I click on the link to download Godapp, the link just takes me to a 403 page. I was wondering how to fix this as this did not happen when I downloaded Godapp the last time I did this.
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Setting up a "gaming" laptop
I'll try to be as clear as possible.
System and tools:
HP Pavilion Dv7 laptop (no Bluetooth, not sure if it has a nvidia card)
Ubuntu 18.04 with updates
Afterglow PS3 controller (with original USB ...
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Installed the game, but unable to play
I'm totally new with Ubuntu (18.04). I have installed GOG game with .sh extension via terminal. When I starting the game, application window opens (not in full window) and as soon as I point cursos on ...
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Unable to Run Civilization VI in 18.04
I am using Proton on SteamPlay and installed the native Linux version of Civ VI. When launching it, I receive the error
An unrecoverable error has occurred and Civilization VI cannot continue.
I ...
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GTA Vice City requires Directx 8.1 - how can I run it?
Does anyone know how to run this game "GTA Vice City" on Ubuntu? I kept getting Directx 8.1 error when I run the game. I have also installed the latest version of Wine.
I also facing the same issues ...
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Counter Strike 1.6 openGL on Ubuntu
So, after days of trial and error, head scratching and a few cases of beer I finally got CS 1.6 to run on my Ubuntu system. Albeit, in a window.
Here's the real kicker..it's rendering in SOFTWARE!!??...
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Is There A Way To Fix These Graphical Bugs?
It's pretty self explanatory, but I'm having graphical issues with some of my games, where some things don't load properly. It's not just Windows games either, it's also native Linux games too, ...
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How to run .exe file with wine in a specific drive_c directory [duplicate]
I am playing around with Steam's new SteamPlay/Proton feature. I have installed the game, and now I want to install a third-party localization package, which comes in a form of self unpacking .exe ...
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Games freeze after a while on Lubuntu
I recently installed Lubuntu, and decided to install a few games, but they freeze after 2-5 minutes of playing. But after exiting the console by pressing CTRL+ALT+Fn and then returning back pressing ...
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Minecraft crashes on 18.04 & can't connect to servers
Just updated to ubuntu 18.04 LTS, and as usual, checked what is working and what is not. Tried to launch Minecraft with the easy Minecraft.jar - method, but it just didn't open anything. So I decided ...
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Which driver should I be using with an HD 7870?
I'm on Xubuntu 18.04 LTS and I've been struggling to get csgo to run smoothly. I tried it on the drivers that ship with the OS, as well as the updated Mesa stack and even the AMDGPU drivers.
It ...
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Windows-Steam-client on playOnLinux/ wine only installs native linux games
I have the native steam client for Windows installed on my system. Now I wanted to play a Windows-only game and installed Steam thru POL in WINE. Everything works fine and i can start and log in to ...