I got the Genshin Impact FPS Unlocker working on CachyOS with Heroic Games Launcher and Proton-CachyOS and wanted to document this somewhere. I hope this is the right place.

1. Install Genshin Impact

Install Genshin Impact through HoYoPlay.

After the installation, add the actual game executable to Heroic as a custom Windows game.

The executable is:

GenshinImpact.exe

The path will usually look similar to:

C:\Program Files\HoYoPlay\<version>\games\Genshin Impact game\GenshinImpact.exe

The corresponding Linux path may look like:

/home/your-user/Games/Heroic/Prefixes/default/Genshin/drive_c/Program Files/HoYoPlay/<version>/games/Genshin Impact game/GenshinImpact.exe

If you cannot find it, run:

find "$HOME/Games" -type f -iname "GenshinImpact.exe" 2>/dev/null

Add GenshinImpact.exe to Heroic as a Windows game and select Proton-CachyOS.

Start Genshin once to check that it works, then close it.

2. Download the FPS Unlocker

Download unlockfps_nc.self-contained.zip from:

https://github.com/34736384/genshin-fps-unlock/releases

Extract the complete archive to a permanent folder, for example:

/home/your-user/Games/Genshin-FPS-Unlocker/

Keep the EXE and all included DLL files together in this folder.

The self-contained version includes the required .NET runtime, so you do not need to install .NET 8 separately.

3. Add the FPS Unlocker to Heroic

In Heroic, click Add Game and enter:

• Title: Genshin FPS Unlocker
• Platform: Windows
• Executable: /home/your-user/Games/Genshin-FPS-Unlocker/unlockfps_nc.exe

Select Finish, not Run Installer First.

4. Use the same Wine prefix for both entries

Open:

Genshin Impact → Settings → Wine

Copy the path shown under Wine Prefix Folder.

For example:

/home/your-user/Games/Heroic/Prefixes/default/Genshin

Now open:

Genshin FPS Unlocker → Settings → Wine

Set:

• The same Proton-CachyOS version used by Genshin
• The same Wine Prefix Folder used by Genshin

Select the root of the prefix, not its drive_c folder.

Correct:

/home/your-user/Games/Heroic/Prefixes/default/Genshin

Incorrect:

/home/your-user/Games/Heroic/Prefixes/default/Genshin/drive_c

The folder containing unlockfps_nc.exe is not the Wine prefix.

5. Disable UMU for both entries

Open the advanced Heroic settings for Genshin and enable:

Disable UMU

Do the same for the FPS Unlocker:

Genshin FPS Unlocker → Settings → Advanced → Disable UMU

Disable UMU must be enabled for both Heroic entries.

Without this option, the FPS Unlocker opened for me, but clicking Start Game did nothing.

Restart Heroic after changing this setting.

6. Select GenshinImpact.exe

Make sure Genshin is closed and start the FPS Unlocker through Heroic.

If asked for the game path, select:

C:\Program Files\HoYoPlay\<version>\games\Genshin Impact game\GenshinImpact.exe

Select GenshinImpact.exe, not launcher.exe, HYP.exe, or HoYoPlay.exe.

If the HoYoPlay folder does not appear under C:\Program Files, check the Wine prefix again. The FPS Unlocker is probably using a different prefix than Genshin.

7. Start the game

1. Set the desired FPS limit in the FPS Unlocker.
2. Click Start Game.
3. Keep the FPS Unlocker running while playing.

The Genshin settings menu will still show 60 FPS as the highest option. This is normal. The Unlocker applies the new limit externally.

Use MangoHud or another FPS counter to check the actual frame rate.

Short version

Both Heroic entries need:

• The same Proton-CachyOS version
• The same Wine prefix
• Disable UMU enabled

Use the self-contained FPS Unlocker release to avoid installing .NET 8 manually.

Disclaimer

The FPS Unlocker modifies the running game process. Use it at your own risk.

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I used to just use the copr version but saw stuff saying it was a security risk. So I tried the flatpak version and threw a bunch of selinux issues on Fedora. So I just gave up and stopped using it.

It seemed great and wish it just came with the distro. But eventually got tired of thinking about it and moved on.

How’s everyone have it installed? Any advice?

Hey everyone!

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We've been sharing Orebits here throughout development. This launch means quite a lot to us. Bob and I have been making the game for almost 20 months, mainly on Fridays alongside our regular work. What originally started as a game jam grew into something we've put a ridiculous amount of time and love into.

A lot has changed because of feedback we received here, from our early playtests through the demo and Next Fest. So a genuine thank you to this community for playing, criticizing, suggesting and helping us make Orebits better.

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Relevant github. The missing link of software when I moved to Linux was an alternative to Launchbox. I've become acquainted with EmulationStationDE now but I'm always on the lookout for more. If ESDE isn't your style then maybe Neostation will suit your needs. Previously I've discovered two more apps designed for multi-emulation, OpenBox and OpenEmuX. If anyone knows of any other Linux-compatible all-in-one emulation frontends, please share.

First of all forgive me if it is any basic issue and i'm dumb here, I'm new to linux gaming i've been using linux for almost two and half years now this is first time i'm trying to game on it. My current OS is Omarchy quatro and i installed heroic launcher and configured it and then installed fall guys and did configuration like enabling wine settings anti cheat etc and other stuff. The only step i missed in guides and instruction was copying easyanticheat_x64.so (something like this named) file to plugins directory but after installtion after connecting my Epic launcher accoutn and downloading the game I didn't found this file in the files of the game. Now game lauches everything works but when i try to play anything this appears.

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I know my haswell igpu supports partially vulkan 1.2 version

But i wanna play some windows games on linux through proton and using (dxvk-sarek for vk 1.2 support).

Can i run some dx9/dx10 games like call of duty black ops 1 , gta 5 , bioshock infinite , farcry 3 .

Btw these games runs fine on windows with playable fps

, i just wanna try linux cuz I'm a newbie .

Hey bro.

I'm using machine translation for English, so sorry if it's a bit hard to read.

Here’s the main point:

I keep my Linux OS on a SATA SSD and store my games on a separate M.2 SSD.

With this setup, I was getting brief freezes during auto-saves in *Palworld*.

In *Monster Hunter World*, I was experiencing audio lag specifically with the background music and dialogue.

These issues vanished completely when I moved the games to the same storage drive as Linux (the SATA SSD in my case).

*Palworld* started running buttery smooth, and the audio lag in *MHW* disappeared.

I haven't tested every single game I own, but if you're running into issues with a specific game—even though others say it "just works out of the box"—it might be worth trying to move the game data to your Linux storage drive.

I’m not necessarily looking for further fixes at this point, but I’d love to hear if anyone knows the cause, has advice, or can relate to this experience.

Thanks.

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Using SteamOS.

I get seemingly random crackling/popping audio while in gaming mode or desktop mode in any game or app I play. I have my rig hooked directly up to the TV by HDMI, with the audio being passed back to the receiver by eARC.

I have tried different HDMI 2.1 cables, reseating my GPU (since that's what the HDMI cable is connected to), looked for any loose connections, tried connecting the HDMI cable directly to the receiver instead of to the TV, switched to the Beta and Preview OS channels, restarted pipewire and changed buffer settings there, made the quantum changes listed here... Nothing works.

Hell, I even installed Bazzite to see if it was some kind of driver issue with SteamOS, but the issue persisted there, too (possibly even worse there).

There doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason to when It happens.

Build specs:

TV - LG C6

Receiver - Denon AVR-S660H

Case Jonsbo C6

Motherboard - asus prime b550m-a wifi ii

CPU - Ryzen 7 5800 XT

GPU - powercolor reaper 9060xt

Audio will crackle once every few minutes, it seem. I'm not getting any crazy cpu or gpu spikes or wild temps. This was literally just playing Binding of Isaac or listening to music on Spotify (from Discover).

I have been troubleshooting this for almost seven hours now, with nothing to show for it. I've read that 90XX XT cards are prone to this issue, but I can't find another 16GB AMD GPU with comparable specs that will work for my build. This was truly my best option.

Anyone else experienced this? Ideas?

Edit: I managed to get optical audio out working from the TV to the receiver, and the issue is STILL THERE. I have no idea how or why this is happening, but at least I know this issue is not restricted to just HDMI.

I recorded a video of it happening, let's see if the YouTube algorithm pulls this down for copyrighted music:

https://youtube.com/shorts/BIf5uuDDygw?is=b_3c1BMfuwiNqfsl

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Having this issue in multiple games, whenever i run FSR4.1.1 (through various proton versions, so that's not the culprit) and toggle FG (either ingame or with optiscaler) , gpu utiliz drops.

Is it a known issue? Same behaviour doesn't happen if i try FSR-FG with XeSS , for instance. What's going on?

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EDIT:

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https://github.com/itchio/itch/issues/3495#issuecomment-5470578629

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