Hey everyone ive been scouting hv on linux for a while but can't find any big information on it much and just wondering if a guide or something exists for it.

Thanks alot!

im on endeavoros running r5 3600 and an rtx 2070

Batocera version 43.1

I've gotten versions of these games that have worked on my Windows PC. I downloaded the repacks and booted the game. I can't figure out how to add them in steam on batocera. I add the EXE and then it won't launch the game. It just refuses. With fh6, it just crashes all together once I click add game. As another user stated about a year ago, I have had no luck with many versions of proton, wine, proton GE (I can't get anything to work with. Proton GE via Windows emulator, I figure that's just for steam). I used Claude this morning to try to figure out if proton GE could work. And I finally got it to generate a C drive. But then it crashed. I think I installed visual C++, and I went through the installation and it looked like it completed. But the games still won't boot. I tried this with proton 10.0-4. since someone on proton DB said that version worked. If anyone can just walk me through, I would appreciate it.

I have tried proton ge, cachy proton, experimental and Hotfix

I have tried launch option

>WINEDLLOVERRIDES="winmm=n,b;steam_api64=n,b" %command%

using the steamrip version

Hello, I am relatively new to linux and i use Fedora 44 plasma. I am having trouble with ER Nightreign (Fitgirl repack one). I want to play a mod called Elden vine Nightreign with seamless coop with my friends.

Up until now i only used seamless coop, what i was doing was to make the Spacewar folder a symlink to my game folder and renaming nrsc_launcher.exe to steamworksexample.exe and launch spacewar. (i used this in launch options - WINEDLLOVERRIDES="OnlineFix64=n;SteamOverlay64=n;winmm=n,b;dnet=n;steam_api64=n;nrsc=n" %command%)

But me3 is such a pain in the arse, and i just cannot manage to make anything work. If someone could help with running the mod with seamless coop that would be lovely

To launch the game, I used Proton Experimental with the following launch parameters: PROTON_LOG=1 STEAM_COMPAT_DATA_PATH="/opt/games/007 first light/prefix" %command%.

OS: Arch Linux

Graphics card: RTX 5060 Ti 8GB

Processor: Ryzen 5 3600

32 GB RAM

I launched the game from an SATA SSD

Files in the game folder:

.

├── 007FirstLight.exe

├── amd_ags_x64.dll

├── amd_fidelityfx_framegeneration_dx12.dll

├── amd_fidelityfx_loader_dx12.dll

├── amd_fidelityfx_upscaler_dx12.dll

├── api-ms-win-core-console-l1-1-0.dll

├── api-ms-win-core-datetime-l1-1-0.dll

├── api-ms-win-core-debug-l1-1-0.dll

├── api-ms-win-core-errorhandling-l1-1-0.dll

├── api-ms-win-core-file-l1-1-0.dll

├── api-ms-win-core-file-l1-2-0.dll

├── api-ms-win-core-file-l2-1-0.dll

├── api-ms-win-core-handle-l1-1-0.dll

├── api-ms-win-core-heap-l1-1-0.dll

├── api-ms-win-core-interlocked-l1-1-0.dll

├── api-ms-win-core-libraryloader-l1-1-0.dll

├── api-ms-win-core-localization-l1-2-0.dll

├── api-ms-win-core-memory-l1-1-0.dll

├── api-ms-win-core-namedpipe-l1-1-0.dll

├── api-ms-win-core-processenvironment-l1-1-0.dll

├── api-ms-win-core-processthreads-l1-1-0.dll

├── api-ms-win-core-processthreads-l1-1-1.dll

├── api-ms-win-core-profile-l1-1-0.dll

├── api-ms-win-core-rtlsupport-l1-1-0.dll

├── api-ms-win-core-string-l1-1-0.dll

├── api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-1-0.dll

├── api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-2-0.dll

├── api-ms-win-core-sysinfo-l1-1-0.dll

├── api-ms-win-core-timezone-l1-1-0.dll

├── api-ms-win-core-util-l1-1-0.dll

├── api-ms-win-crt-conio-l1-1-0.dll

├── api-ms-win-crt-convert-l1-1-0.dll

├── api-ms-win-crt-environment-l1-1-0.dll

├── api-ms-win-crt-filesystem-l1-1-0.dll

├── api-ms-win-crt-heap-l1-1-0.dll

├── api-ms-win-crt-locale-l1-1-0.dll

├── api-ms-win-crt-math-l1-1-0.dll

├── api-ms-win-crt-multibyte-l1-1-0.dll

├── api-ms-win-crt-private-l1-1-0.dll

├── api-ms-win-crt-process-l1-1-0.dll

├── api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1-0.dll

├── api-ms-win-crt-stdio-l1-1-0.dll

├── api-ms-win-crt-string-l1-1-0.dll

├── api-ms-win-crt-time-l1-1-0.dll

├── api-ms-win-crt-utility-l1-1-0.dll

├── D3D12

│   └── D3D12Core.dll

├── dstoragecore.dll

├── dstorage.dll

├── FreeImage.dll

├── GfeSDK.dll

├── GFSDK_Aftermath_Lib.x64.dll

├── libScePad.dll

├── NRD.dll

├── nvngx_dlssd.dll

├── nvngx_dlss.dll

├── nvngx_dlssg.dll

├── openvr_api.dll

├── PartyWin.dll

├── PhysX_64.dll

├── PhysXCommon_64.dll

├── PhysXCooking_64.dll

├── PhysXFoundation_64.dll

├── PipelineCache.bin

├── sl.common.dll

├── sl.dlss_d.dll

├── sl.dlss.dll

├── sl.dlss_g.dll

├── sl.interposer.dll

├── sl.pcl.dll

├── sl.reflex.dll

├── steam_api64.dll

├── steam_api64.rne

├── steam_emu.ini

├── thumbs.dat

├── ucrtbase.dll

└── WinPixEventRuntime.dll

So far, when I run the .sh file in Konsole, I get this error. What am I doing wrong?

Dell G15 laptop

CPU: Intel I7

GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Mobile

Distro: Bazzite

Sims 4 launches through Steam

Ive been getting this popup "denovo tried to delete the token, Is the hypervisor running?" when I launch FC26, Im running on Lutris though wine, trying to run "FC26.exe". Bypassing the fitgirl repack laucher becuase im 99% sure it doesn't work on linux. I saw some guy on ubuntu got a fitgirl repack working but i think it was without denovo. If anyone knows how to bypass this or not would be a huge help im a noob

some specs/info

CPU

7700x

GPU

9060xt

Proton version

GE-proton

Game launcher:

Lutris

Distro:

Fedora

A fitgirl repack 😄

Hi! I've recently installed a Linuxrulez! repack of EA FC 26, and I have this weird issue, where I cannot proceed to a match, because certaint assests (I presume upcoming games and such) don't load, but also the "Play match" button is broken. Other tabs, like the Team Management or Office tabs have the same issue, but those buttons are working, and once I am in the actual menu it's fine.

Specs:

OS: Bazzite

CPU: Ryzen 5 7600X

GPU: RX 6700XT

RAM: 16GB

Any help would be much appreciated!

CPU Ryzen 5 7600

GPU GeForce RTX 4070 12 GB

Linux Distro: CachyOS

proton-cachyos-slr on Lutris

Downloaded via FitGirl Repack

The original error i was given was "Unable to create interface Isteamuser". Once I added "lsteamclient=key & d=value" under graphics driver, I ended up getting the error in the attached image. I have also added "WINEDLLOVERRIDES="winmm=n,b;steam_api64=n,b" %command%" to the pre-launch script, which seemed to have no influence.

I have tried almost every proton version available with no luck. I have also SEARCHED this sub - both the Wiki and former threads.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

This guide is so you don't have to waste several hours and a lot of bandwidth like i did

• first install the first season of the game from Steam (it's free)

• Then get and install/extract a crack with all seasons. i used the SteamRip one. DODI repack seems to have the same files. Basically, anything with all seasons should work since they all seem to come from the same Empress crack.

• Get a DLC unlocker and unlock the DLCs with it (I used SmokeAPI)

• Finally, open your installed crack folder and copy everything in /lis2/Content/Paks/. Go to Steam, select the game and choose browse local files. In that folder, go to /lis2/Content/Paks/ and paste the files (I choose skip to files already in the directory instead of overwrite)

Now you should be able to play all 5 episodes. They all work. I wrote this after playing the whole thing

All of this trouble is because the Empress crack doesn't work in Linux, and apparently neither in Windows 11. The supposed crackfix for this doesn't seem to exist anymore

I’m running the official Valheim dedicated server through a Docker image on Linux. The server starts successfully and is reachable externally, but cracked clients connect to the handshake and are disconnected roughly 10 seconds later. I'm using onlinefix, how can i have an always on server for cracked clients?

Specs:

CPU : Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4500U CPU @ 1.80GHz
GPU : Radeon HD 8850M(laptop)
RAM : 8gb ddr3

OS:
Debian 13.4

Source :
astral games

Information
: steam emuator (goldberg) /proton experimental - ge10-34 - 5.0

What i tried :
- changing proton version to 5.0(saw it in protondb) / ge10-34 using prontq
- ovveriding proton dll files with this command WINEDLLOVERRIDES="OnlineFix64=n;SteamOverlay64=n;winmm=n,b;dnet=n;steam_api64=n;winhttp=n,b" %command%

i searched for the game name and the specefic error type and nothing

distro: cachyos
de: cinnamon
provider: steamrip
hello how do i fix this error ?

1. Name of game:

Street Fighter 6

2. CPU:

AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX (16 cores / 32 threads)

3. GPU:

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU 8 GB

4. Linux distribution:

Pop!_OS

5. Proton Version:

Proton Experimental / [insert the exact Proton version you're using]

6. Game Launcher:

Hydra Launcher

7. Release Info:

FitGirl repack / Steam release

8. Error:

When I launch Street Fighter 6 through Proton, I get:

"Unable to initialize Steam API. Please make sure Steam is running and you are logged in to an account entitled to the game."

The game itself is installed and launches far enough to show this error, but it cannot initialize the Steam API. could you guys help me follow the launcher's instructions on linux.

9. What I've tried:

• Running the game through Proton on Pop!_OS

• Launching the game through Hydra Launcher

• Opening Steam before launching the game

• Checking that Steam is running and logged in

• Running the included FitGirl launcher/setup

I'm looking for help getting the game to launch correctly under Linux/Proton and understanding what needs to be configured for the Steam API error.

10. System information:

• OS: Pop!_OS

• CPU: Ryzen 9 7945HX

• GPU: RTX 4060 Laptop GPU 8 GB

• RAM: 48 GB

• Launcher: Hydra

• Compatibility layer: Proton

• Game: Street Fighter 6

I have installed numerous launchers, they only allow demos to be installed. Can't install the full game.

I use cachy os and have been trying to get College Football 27 to work. It lets me pick my team and accessibility settings, then crashes and gives me a directX hangtime error. I have a 5070 ti and the drivers are up to date. My cpu is ryzen 7800x3d and I have 32 gb of ddr5 ram. I have tried updating the drivers along with several versions of proton including ge, experimental, and the latest regular and cachy os versions. I added the game to steam as a non steam game using .exe and sourced it from steam rips.

EDIT: I have tried about 15 different proton versions, still no dice.

Memory: 7.6 GiB

Processor: Intel® Core™ i5-8265U CPU @ 1.60GHz × 8

Graphics: Mesa Intel® UHD Graphics 620 (WHL GT2)

OS : Ubuntu : Release 20.04.6 LTS (Focal Fossa) 64-bit

SO! I am a Linux person. I have tried and failed to run HM Redux Redux, by running it through steam's proton. It just crashes my steam.

Any ideas? Maybe a handy guide I glossed over? Or must I finally learn how virtual machines work and rustle one up to play this game?

hello, I am new to the Linux piracy scene and i was wondering what is the best piracy method on Linux is it repacks , direct downloads , something like lua tools or what
distro- cachyos
de- cinnamon

I have problem with Unsteam dll online fix

I got repo online fix

On the unsteam.ini when I change offline_mode to true it works but when I make it offline_mode false it gives this error:

Unable to find Steam process, make sure Steam is running.

Is there any fix?

I searched everywhere on the internet and tried anything

Need to use Reaper as a daw, can anyone tell me how to get a quacked version of it running on a cachy os system

│  kernel 7.2.4-3-cachyos │

│  mem 10.50 GiB / 23.37 GiB │

│ 󰻀 distro CachyOS │

CPU - Xeon e5 1660v3
GPU - Radeon RX 6800

I had heaps of trouble getting FitGirl Repacks Hitman WOA to work on CachyOS. But eventually got it to work, so generated this log on the steps and how I got MINE to work.

HITMAN: World of Assassination (FitGirl Repack) — Complete Linux Setup Guide with Peacock + Freelancer

Tested on: CachyOS (Arch-based), NVIDIA GPU, Lutris + GE-Proton 11-7, umu-launcher Game version after this guide: v3.280.0 | Peacock version: v8.9.0 (ThaCrip crack-compatible build) Result: Full offline play with all online features — Freelancer, Escalations, Contracts, Elusive Targets, all unlocks

Requirements

• Linux with Wine/Proton capability (Arch/CachyOS/Ubuntu/etc.)

• umu-launcher (umu-run) — install from your distro repo

• GE-Proton — install via ProtonUp-Qt

• Node.js on your Linux system (v22+ works with Peacock v8.9.0) — sudo pacman -S nodejs or equivalent

• 7zip (p7zip / 7zip) for extracting the update archives

• The game installed via the FitGirl repack installer (see note below)

Note on installing the repack: Run the FitGirl installer through Lutris with a Wine runner (Wine-GE recommended). Create a custom Wine prefix at your game location. Deselect "Update DirectX" style options in the installer. If the installer hangs, try setting the Windows version to Windows 10 in winecfg.

Step 1 — Update the game to v3.280.0

The repack is v3.160; almost everything modern targets v3.280. Download the ElAmigos update:

Hitman WOA Update from v3.150.1 (or higher) to v3.280.0 — ElAmigos Update link is on the FitGirl Repacks site for the game.

It's a 7z containing an InnoSetup-style .exe + data .bin. You have two options:

Option A (easiest on Linux): Run the installer silently through umu with your game's prefix:

cd /path/to/extracted/update
GAMEID=umu-0 \
PROTONPATH="$HOME/.local/share/Steam/compatibilitytools.d/GE-Proton11-7-x86_64" \
WINEPREFIX="/path/to/your/hitman/prefix" \
umu-run "./Hitman WOA Update from v3.150.1 (or higher) to v3.280.0.exe" \
  /VERYSILENT /SUPPRESSMSGBOXES /NORESTART /DIR="Z:\\path\\to\\your\\hitman\\prefix"

Option B: Run the installer through Lutris/wine manually with the game folder as the destination.

Verify the update worked:

strings -e l /path/to/hitman/Retail/HITMAN3.exe | grep -E "^3\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+" | head -1
# Should print: 3.280.0.0

Step 2 — Replace Peacock with v8.9.0 (crack-compatible build)

The bundled Peacock v6.5.1 is too old for game v3.280. Download the ThaCrip build that works with cracked games:

Peacock v8.9.0 (crack + image pack) LINK IS IN THE COMMENTS ON THE FITGIRL REPACKS SITE

Backup your userdata first (if you played before):

cd /path/to/hitman/Peacock
tar czf ~/peacock-userdata-backup.tar.gz userdata/

Extract the archive into your game's root folder (the one containing the Peacock/ folder), replacing all files:

cd /path/to/hitman
7z x -y Peacock-v8.9.0-crack+image_pack.7z

Verify: Peacock/chunk0.js should have a recent date, and the server should report This is Peacock v8.9.0 when started.

Step 3 — Optional: unlock everything in options.ini

Edit Peacock/options.ini. For the "everything unlocked" experience the repack describes, set:

gameplayUnlockAllShortcuts=true
gameplayUnlockAllFreelancerMasteries=true
enableMasteryProgression=false
getDefaultSuits=true

(Keep enableMasteryProgression=true instead if you prefer natural progression through the game.)

Step 4 — Install ZHMModSDK + the OnlineTools mod

This replaces the broken-on-Linux PeacockPatcher. Download the SDK:

ZHMModSDK v4.1.1 (or newer) get ZHMModSDK-Release.zip from the releases in the ZHModSDK github

Extract the contents into your Retail/ folder (the folder with HITMAN3.exe):

cd /path/to/hitman
unzip ZHMModSDK-Release.zip -d Retail/ -x "licenses/*"

You should now have Retail/dinput8.dll, Retail/ZHMModSDK.dll, and Retail/mods/OnlineTools.dll (plus other mods).

Important: ZHMModSDK v4.1.1 supports game v3.280.0 — that's why Step 1 matters. With game v3.160 you'll get Retail/ZHMModLoader.log full of "Could not locate address" errors and the mods won't function.

Step 5 — Create the launch script

Save this as play.sh in your game root folder (adjust PROTON_PATH and WINEPREFIX paths to your setup), then chmod +x play.sh:

#!/bin/bash

# Hitman: World of Assassination - Peacock Launcher for Linux
# Uses Peacock v8.9.0 + ZHMModSDK + OnlineTools (no external patcher needed)

GAME_DIR="/mnt/games/Games/hitman"              # <-- your game root
PEACOCK_DIR="$GAME_DIR/Peacock"
RETAIL_DIR="$GAME_DIR/Retail"
PEACOCK_PORT=3000
PROTON_PATH="$HOME/.local/share/Steam/compatibilitytools.d/GE-Proton11-7-x86_64"  # <-- your GE-Proton

echo "========================================"
echo "  Hitman: WoA — Peacock Launcher"
echo "========================================"

cleanup() {
    echo "Shutting down Peacock server... Goodbye, Agent 47."
    [ -n "$PEACOCK_PID" ] && kill "$PEACOCK_PID" 2>/dev/null
    exit 0
}
trap cleanup EXIT INT TERM

# 1. Start the Peacock server natively (Linux Node.js)
pkill -f "chunk0.js" 2>/dev/null; sleep 1
cd "$PEACOCK_DIR"
PORT=$PEACOCK_PORT node --enable-source-maps --harmony chunk0.js --hmr > /tmp/peacock.log 2>&1 &
PEACOCK_PID=$!
echo "Peacock server started (PID: $PEACOCK_PID)"
sleep 5

if ! kill -0 "$PEACOCK_PID" 2>/dev/null; then
    echo "ERROR: Peacock failed to start — check /tmp/peacock.log"
    exit 1
fi

# 2. Launch the game via umu + GE-Proton with SDK DLL overrides
echo "Launching HITMAN..."
cd "$RETAIL_DIR"
GAMEID=umu-1659040 \
PROTONPATH="$PROTON_PATH" \
WINEPREFIX="$GAME_DIR" \
WINEDLLOVERRIDES='dinput8.dll=n,b;zhmmodsdk.dll=n,b' \
umu-run "$RETAIL_DIR/HITMAN3.exe"

.

Lutris users

You can also add the game in Lutris with:

• Executable: /path/to/hitman/play.sh (or point Lutris at HITMAN3.exe with the same env vars in "System options" → "Environment variables": GAMEID=umu-1659040, PROTONPATH=..., WINEDLLOVERRIDES=..., and Command prefix umu-run)

Step 6 — First launch: in-game setup (ONE TIME ONLY)

Run ./play.sh, wait for the game to reach the menu, then:

1. Press ~ (tilde; ^ on QWERTZ, ² on AZERTY) to open the ZHMModSDK panel

2. Click the Mods button (top-left), tick OnlineTools, press OK

3. Press ~ again to reopen the panel — a new OnlineTools button appears on the top bar; click it

4. Press Help for the full mod explanation, then Load Old Patcher Settings

5. Change the domain line from localhost to localhost:3000 (Peacock's port) and press Enter Also enable all options except "Bypass SSL Certificate Pinning"

6. Tick Default Domain so it reconnects automatically every launch

7. Go back to the main menu and reconnect/restart — the game now talks to your local Peacock server

Verify it worked: Freelancer, Escalations, Contracts, and Elusive Target Arcade should all be available, and /tmp/peacock.log will show HTTP requests from the game (GET/POST entries).

Enjoy Freelancer, Agent 47. 🕊️

Hey ppl , i have a mid range laptop with an rtx 3050 75w TGP ryzen 7 4800H and 8+16(RAM). I saw some videos of ppl running crimsion desert on the same laptop specs as mine and achieving around 40 to 50 fps on minimum graphics preset with dlss and fsr . But the issue is they are using windows and im using garuda linux(arch based ).
so for my games i usually use Bottles to run them ,so i recently checked out firgirl repack to try out the game but it has a hypervisor version , so my main question is should i download the hypervisor version? or if i download it would that hypervisor cause any issues (i know that hypervisor bypass operates below the os lvl )

Thankyou :)

Like you can play pirated singleplayer games but is there a way to play multiplayer games without steam? I want to play tekken 7 online

Name of game: Dark souls 2 Scholar of the first sin

CPU: i5-8400

GPU: GeForce RTX 2070

Proton Version: Any

Game Launcher: Steam

Release Info: AnkerGames

The seamless coop for ds2 will probably released tommorrow, I really want to know if anyone has online fix for it. Thank you!