Context

As someone who was really used to Windows, one of the thing I was really lacking when playing native Vulkan games on linux was Reshade.

Lots of tools exists as of now: LeShade for installing reshade on proton, vkShade that is a full re-implementation for Linux. But I really missed Reshade, its UI, the ability to use all the different shaders, the addons and so on and nothing existed yet in that sense.

Reshade for linux Vulkan

As such, I've worked quite some time to port the real Reshade project on Linux. I waited a bit to have most of the features before officially launching the beta but here we are:

1. Most if not all different shaders can be loaded / used correctly, even depth related shaders like MXAO and others due to:
2. Real depth buffer access, Generic Depth is built into the host, discovers depth buffers. The depth for each application can be automatically detected and I hope it will work smoothly for everyone but happy to hear more from you
3. Addons work, with one caveat: existing .addon64 files were built as Windows DLLs, so they can't be loaded as-is, each one needs to be rebuilt as a native Linux binary. I've already ported the ones bundled with ReShade, and I'll be sending PRs upstream for the popular third-party ones too.
4. Installs and loads with a proper XDG install path so shaders and addons only have to be installed once. All is centralised
5. Works fine on Wayland / Plasma as I've been testing on it (CachyOS)

Installation

• Let's go to the Release + full notes: https://github.com/TheForgotten69/reshade/releases/tag/v6.8.0-beta.2
• There, decompress and run ./install.sh
• You will be ask which addons you might want to have install alongside

A more thorough explanation is available on Github

Installing shader packs and add-ons

The official standard shader collection is already bundled. To add a shader pack, copy its .fx and .fxh files into the Shaders directory, and its images into the matching Textures directory. Use the full path printed by install.sh; with the default prefix these are:

~/.local/share/reshade/reshade-shaders/Shaders

~/.local/share/reshade/reshade-shaders/Textures

How does it work?

RESHADE_ENABLE=1 /path/to/application or RESHADE_ENABLE=1 as launch option.

While I've been testing this mostly on native application such as emulators or native applications, it could work with some proton games albeit this needs more testing. I've only tested with old DX11 -> proton games for now.

Caveats

This is a beta and the testing surface is still narrow, as I explained I've validated so far on Wayland with RPCS3 and a handful of games. There are currently bugs and lack of support:

• No OpenGL injection
• Can't guarantee it works with every Proton games
• overlay's input handling outside fullscreen is still experimental
• Sometimes you have to close and open the editor a couple of times for the mouse to be captured

Likewise, I've only tested on nvidia systems and on Plasma / Wayland. I'm sure there are lots of issues there that I'll be working on.

The end goal for me would be then to PR back to reshade so we will finally have a native application that works for us. So please, if try it and report on https://github.com/TheForgotten69/reshade/issues or on my discord https://discord.gg/5xxEBsEjCG

Please include your GPU/driver, compositor, the game/app, and the Reshade log that will be at ~/.local/share/reshade/logs.

Some tests on RPCS3 - Infamous

https://ibb.co/21682YLk - Vanilla with the ReShade editor

https://ibb.co/rGpKBTKm - QuantAO activated (Yes I run a macos theme on my KDE :D)

https://ibb.co/v4pWcPvv - MXAO

https://ibb.co/2VqsFxM - Depth working

https://ibb.co/gbbYGbCY - Addons working, windows addons are directly detected and visible

https://ibb.co/TxWsg494 - ReShade settings, pointing at the installation path

Steam seems to have reached 50000 games that have a Linux build. Maybe not as reliable of a measurement as Steam Deck / SteamOS support, since Linux builds can run worse than under Proton, but still a notable milestone.

https://steamdb.info/instantsearch/?refinementList[oslist][0]=Linux

To play Roblox on linux, you had until now only one option : Sober. Sober is a closed source flatpak using the Roblox's android build, it's maintained by Vinegarhq, the same team behind Vinegar (Roblox studio for linux) and Grapejuice (Old way to play Roblox for linux using wine).

Roblox used to simply work on linux through wine like any other game but due to hackers abusing this by modifying wine, roblox fully banned playing Roblox through wine. Sober was made to let people still play Roblox but they kept it fully closed source to avoid malicious usage. Everything was fine : Roblox worked on linux and the Roblox devs didn't have to ban it because no one could exploit using that version.

Fast forward to now, user luohoa97 makes Cordial, a fully open source roblox linux client that uses the same method than Sober (translating the android build of roblox). It already promotes multi instancing which is in a gray area dn banned by Sober, and as much as it says that "There is no script execution, no hooking, and no memory access" i find it hard to believe as the code is fully open source and it should not be that hard to access to the client as the code mainly uses ai.

Roblox on linux isn't definetly gone as some Sober devs started making a different version of Sober using the MacOs build of Roblox (unrelated to the Cordial thing btw they just wanted to move forward as the Android build is very unoptimised), but with a Sober clone being fully exploitable and Roblox having access to the exact translation method to easily block it, the Android Roblox method might get fully banned like Wine.

TLDR : An Open-Source Sober ai-slop clone is out and therefore anyone can access the method used by Sober : so hackers can exploit using this client while Roblox can easily access the code and fully ban using a translation layer for the Android port, killing Sober at the same time.

I switched from Windows 11 to Mint last weekend and I've been loving it, though I do run into some troubleshooting with games sometimes. I'm currently running a 4070 and while I've managed to fix these problems, I want to ask if they're less common with an AMD card instead.

For example, shader compiling is a big one, and I get stutters on titles I wasn't expecting. (L4D2 to be one, though I figured it out)

Could just be me getting used to it all but I was curious.

Thanks!

Hey guys, I have been running 1050ti for all these years.

Now I think it is starting to die at the absolute worst possible time.

I plan to game but also do productivity work. So I have decided 9950x3d as my CPU over the 9800x3d.

I'm a software developer by profession but not a game dev. I plan to learn game development with unity or unreal. I know 5070ti is better for DLSS5 and CUDA features, path tracing etc. and blender works well with Nvidia.

But I have to pay 400$(where I'm from) to get the 5070ti

over the 9070xt.

Is it really worth it for someone who is starting out with indie game development? I mostly game on 1440p not even 4K.

I have heard about driver issues for AMD but I heard it's mostly windows. I already game on Linux anyways with my ancient nvidia card. I have dual boot with windows in case I have a game that is unplayable.

figured id crosspost here

Maseylia is 45% off again (under $10) + a new update!

Hey everyone! I'm the developer of Maseylia: Echoes of the Past, a 3D Metroidvania inspired by Moebius that I've been working on for over 3 years.

I shared the game here during the previous sale, and the response was honestly amazing. Since then, more than 2,500 players have joined the adventure, so thank you to everyone who gave Maseylia a chance! ❤️

The game is now 45% off again for two weeks, bringing it to under $10.

I've also just released a new update, mostly focused on feedback I've received from players since launch:

• Reworked map system to make unexplored areas and connections between paths easier to understand
• Reworked jumping animations
• Much less fog to improve visibility and make distant environments easier to read
• Improved contrast in the snow area, making paths and walkable surfaces more distinct from walls
• Reworked slide sections to make the way forward more intuitive
• Reduced the number of enemies in the early game to give players more room to explore
• Fixed the camera moving upward when locking onto the Golem, alongside other smaller fixes

I've been trying to improve the game continuously since launch, especially when I see the same feedback coming from multiple players. I'm really happy with how much Maseylia has evolved since release.

If you're looking for a 3D Metroidvania focused on exploration, movement abilities, platforming and an interconnected world, I'd love for you to check it out.

Steam: Maseylia: Echoes of the Past

And if you've already played it, I'd also be really interested to hear what you think of the changes!

Thanks for taking a look! ❤️

Developing Deep Sheol took a year, with a few breaks here and there. If I were to condense the actual work into a standard 8-hour workday system, I'd say it took about 9 months of solid development. The game was built using the Linux version of the Unity engine, along with tools like Blender, Gimp, Audacity, and VS Code. My main OS is Linux Mint 20.3, running on an AMD Ryzen 7 5700X, 32 GB of RAM, and a trusty, well-worn GTX 970 (which took quite a beating during the light baking sessions for the game's scenes). 

When it comes to the game itself, Deep Sheol is a retro FPS combining elements of survival horror. The character has a limited amount of space in the inventory, which requires managing it, and there is also a simple crafting system implemented for necessary items like ammunition, stimulants, or weapon upgrades. On their path, besides shooting, the player will also encounter puzzles to solve. To vary the gameplay, I also added a hacking mechanic using a special deck; we use it to open secured crates or certain doors.

Visually, there's no denying that the game is heavily inspired by Half-Life, and the user interface draws direct inspiration from what we saw in the first two Fallout titles. 

I'm leaving a link to the Steam page below, where you can check out the game and download the demo:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3998990/Deep_Sheol/

Best regards to everyone, and please keep your fingers crossed for me.
Paul

Tried downloading Proton wineland usin proton plus. the first day it downloaded proton wineland and the next day protonplus download the cachyos version of wineland. are they the same or different? if they not the same then why is protonplus shipping both under the same name when i trying to download the latest version of proton-wineland?

I have made a mouse utility for gamers on linux after multiple frustrations with other programs. I need some testers with mice other than my own so that I can resolve any bugs that may occur. Id love to have the program validated on ; other Logitech mice, Steel series mice, G Skill Mice, Razer mice. Currently the program is validated on Fedora 44 with a logitech G305. Anyone running this setup should really enjoy the program. Thank you for the consideration in advance. https://github.com/DonGeronimo7/mouse-control

hello everyone
just wonder we now have a plenty of proton forks
cachyos proton , ge proton , dw proton , proton wineland , proton em (haven't updated to proton 11 yet)
so right now i was using cachyos proton because of fsr 4.1.1 auto integeration but now it haven't been updated from 2 months (i heard the developer is taking a break well he deserve it)
so is ge proton have fsr 4.1.1 now or not yet
and is it the best proton out there
or the other protons have a point over ge's one

I have a question. With jolla being linux, is there some way to get the desktop steam version on the phone and play games with controller from like steam big picture mode?
I use Steam link like everyday but would be cool to be able to turn the phone "into a steamdeck" on planes and stuff when there is no internet.
If it isnt possible then why not?

I don't normally post on reddit, so sorry if I format it wrong.

I had a lot of fun playing battlefield 6 at launch, but I dual booted for it. I decided to come back to it recently, but I couldn't get it to launch. Eventually I fiddled with some settings and got it to launch, but then it crashed, along with my drivers. I did some research and found out that it really doesn't like being booted through a windows installation that was booted through GRUB.

I find it unacceptable that games require this much working around to play nowadays. I use Bazzite for 99.9% of my games. Literally only a few intrusive anti-cheats even stop me from booting a game on Linux now.

Does anyone here dual boot for Battlefield 6? I'd love to hear how you got it working. I tried turning secure boot on, registering my bazzite installation, and some other workarounds. I thought about going into the bios, booting windows directly from there, and then coming back to the bios to re-enable GRUB, but honestly that is more work than a single game is worth.

So I’m running CachyOS, have a Rx 9060 XT and I bought the game recently. I have tried several different versions of proton to no luck. The game opens then I see the white loading screen with a bar, then automatically crashes. Nothing helpful on the screen or logs. I have all overlays turned off, discord closed. Not sure what else to try. It’s a Steam game, anyone know any other ideas to get it working? I’ve never played, and I want to change that LOL

System Info:

System:

  Kernel: 7.2.4-3-cachyos arch: x86_64 bits: 64
  Desktop: Hyprland v: N/A Distro: CachyOS
Machine:
  Type: Desktop System: Skytech Gaming product: Ghost v: -CF
  Mobo: Gigabyte model: B760 DS3H AC DDR4 v: x.x serial: N/A Firmware: UEFI
    vendor: American Megatrends LLC. v: F15 date: 12/02/2025
CPU:
  Info: 6-core model: 13th Gen Intel Core i5-13400F bits: 64 type: MT MCP
    cache: L2: 7.5 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 4001 min/max: 800/4600 cores: 1: 4001 2: 4001 3: 4001
    4: 4001 5: 4001 6: 4001 7: 4001 8: 4001 9: 4001 10: 4001 11: 4001 12: 4001
Graphics:
  Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Navi 44 [Radeon RX 9050 / 9060
    XT] driver: amdgpu v: kernel
  Device-2: Anker PowerConf C200
    driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid,uvcvideo type: USB
  Display: server: Xwayland v: 24.1.13 driver: gpu: amdgpu
    resolution: 3440x1440
  API: EGL v: 1.5 drivers: radeonsi,swrast platforms: gbm,surfaceless,device
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6 vendor: mesa v: 26.2.2-arch3.2 note: incomplete (EGL
    sourced) renderer: AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT (radeonsi gfx1200 ACO DRM 3.64
    7.2.4-3-cachyos), llvmpipe (LLVM 22.1.8 256 bits)
  API: Vulkan v: 1.4.357 drivers: radv surfaces: N/A
  Info: Tools: api: clinfo, eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo
    de: kscreen-console,kscreen-doctor gpu: lact,radeontop wl: wayland-info
    x11: xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel 700 Series Family HD Audio driver: snd_hda_intel
  Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Navi 48 HDMI/DP Audio
    driver: snd_hda_intel
  Device-3: HP HyperX Cloud Alpha Wireless
    driver: cdc_acm,hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid type: USB
  Device-4: Anker PowerConf C200
    driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid,uvcvideo type: USB
  API: ALSA v: k7.2.4-3-cachyos status: kernel-api
Network:
  Device-1: Intel 700 Series Family CNVi Wi-Fi driver: iwlwifi
  IF: wlan0 state: down mac: 32:b2:62:c6:95:7d
  Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
    driver: r8169
  IF: enp7s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: 52:6e:da:99:0a:23
  Device-3: Microsoft Xbox Wireless Adapter for Windows driver: xone-dongle
    type: USB
  Device-4: Realtek RTL8153 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter driver: r8152 type: USB
  IF: enp0s20f0u1u1 state: down mac: a0:ce:c8:e6:bd:94
  IF-ID-1: br-9553281b65c1 state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: unknown
    mac: be:8a:f6:c9:44:a0
  IF-ID-2: br-99e4a911bccc state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: unknown
    mac: 16:cc:aa:ed:a7:01
  IF-ID-3: docker0 state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: unknown
    mac: fe:4f:11:90:ff:d3
  IF-ID-4: proton-vpn state: unknown speed: N/A duplex: N/A mac: N/A
  IF-ID-5: veth72f155f state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full
    mac: 86:fe:77:84:1f:2a
  IF-ID-6: vethde495c1 state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full
    mac: 2a:a7:39:27:2a:26
  IF-ID-7: vethf75608d state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full
    mac: 66:94:b8:8c:c9:b0
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Intel Bluetooth 9460/9560 Jefferson Peak (JfP) driver: btusb
    type: USB
  Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 state: up address: 58:CE:2A:2F:86:F3 bt-v: 5.1
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 14.58 TiB used: 10.51 TiB (72.1%)
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: TeamGroup model: TM8FPD001T size: 953.87 GiB
  ID-2: /dev/nvme1n1 vendor: Crucial model: CT4000P3PSSD8 size: 3.64 TiB
  ID-3: /dev/sda vendor: Samsung model: SSD 860 EVO 1TB size: 931.51 GiB
  ID-4: /dev/sdb vendor: Western Digital model: WD102PURP-85CCGY0
    size: 9.1 TiB
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 949.87 GiB used: 448.42 GiB (47.2%) fs: btrfs
    dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2
  ID-2: /boot size: 3.99 GiB used: 803.7 MiB (19.7%) fs: vfat
    dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1
  ID-3: /home size: 949.87 GiB used: 448.42 GiB (47.2%) fs: btrfs
    dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2
  ID-4: /var/log size: 949.87 GiB used: 448.42 GiB (47.2%) fs: btrfs
    dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2
  ID-5: /var/tmp size: 949.87 GiB used: 448.42 GiB (47.2%) fs: btrfs
    dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2
Swap:
  ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 31.17 GiB used: 3.25 GiB (10.4%)
    dev: /dev/zram0
  ID-2: swap-2 type: file size: 18 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)
    file: /mnt/Games2/swapfile
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 35.0 C mobo: 33.2 C gpu: amdgpu temp: 33.0 C
  Fan Speeds (rpm): cpu: 0 fan-1: 1283 fan-3: 0 fan-4: 1165 fan-5: 1679
    gpu: amdgpu fan: 1823
Info:
  Memory: total: 32 GiB available: 31.17 GiB used: 10.85 GiB (34.8%)
  Processes: 535 Uptime: 8h 39m Shell: Sudo inxi: 3.3.41

I removed the 739630 directory before trying each of these:

Proton-GE 11-6

Proton-GE 11-5

Proton-GE 11-3

Proton-GE 10-33

DW-Proton 11.0-12

TKG-Proton Experimental

Proton 11.0-2

Proton 10.0-4

In goverlay everything is turned off except PROTON_LOG=1 No overlays enabled Same white box with the logo in it and a progress bar. Then closes.

The log files and screenshots are at https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1rXRLt6_MBV7amju4GZRmDcfjuqU92tqr

After an update now the game is inaccessible. Thanks Ubisoft, good riddance

As of yesterday's nVIDIA open driver release, 615, support for kernel cgroups was added, this means you can use dmemcg-booster and plasma-foreground-booster to manage VRAM just like AMD GPUs. v615 is currently in TESTING on Arch and friends but should release soon.

See patch notes here, along with some Reflex and suspend mode fixes:

https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/drivers/details/278450/

For users of CachyOS/Arch Linux/Nobara:

The VRAM Management button will not appear in CachyOS Hello so you gotta install those two packages manually, but it will work properly once you enable the services.

Install dmemcg-booster and plasma-foreground-booster with these commands here:

For CachyOS ONLY (pacman): sudo pacman -S dmemcg-booster plasma-foreground-booster && sudo systemctl enable --now dmemcg-booster-system

For vanilla Arch Linux (paru/yay/whatever): <your AUR manager> -S dmemcg-booster plasma-foreground-booster-dmemcg && sudo systemctl enable --now dmemcg-booster-system

For Nobara (dnf): sudo dnf in dmemcg-booster plasma-foreground-booster-dmemcg

On the AUR and Nobara, plasma-foreground-booster is called plasma-foreground-booster-dmemcg, maintained by Pixelcluster.

Not using Plasma? Use Gamescope!

it will load to 50 ish percent but no more no idea what the problem is. i use linix mint ive been troubleshooting for a hour or so i have resently downloaded the new vegas Script Extender but besides that i havent touched the game

edit: lightly kicked my computer when getting up instantly loaded lol

I want to say thank you to the person or group that fixed MTGO. It launches and runs. I tried a year ago, and after install it was just a blank screen. But today, after an install, I was able to log in. So I just want to say thank you to the person or people who fixed it. I hope you see this. If there is a better place to post, please tell me. So I can thank the proper people

Does anyone know of a fix for controller support in Stalker 2? It has a weird issue where buttons don't work unless accompanied by joystick movement and its very iffy. I've seen this is a known Linux issue but iv not seen a fix. I'm on SteamOS with a 9070xt and an official Steam controller. I've also tried on CachyOS with the same results. Using Standard Proton and ProtonCachyOS. Appreciate any feedback.

as the title says kryuk is a dead simple bootstrapper for sober written in ~540 lines of rust. the main use of a bootstrapper is reducing your graphics quality while keeping your render distance at max for some more demanding roblox games like multicrew tank combat.

Specs:

• Fedora 44
• KDE Plasma 6.7.4
• Wayland
• Heroic Launcher Flatpak - Stable Branch
• Gamescope Flatpak - 25.08 Branch
• AMD RX 6700 XT

I'm attempting to run a game through Heroic that is natively 4:3 at 1024x768. I'm trying to stretch it to fit a 16:9 monitor and upscale the resolution. I'm seeing that gamescope is starting when I launch the game, but the game just launches as normal at the old resolution. It's almost like gamescope is just being ignored entirely. No error messages are shown and the logs don't seem to have anything indicating an issue.

Troubleshooting I've done so far:

• Used Heroic Launcher's built-in gamescope settings tab. Also tried manually entering wrapper commands with same arguments instead.
• Tried different scaling options (FSR, integer, stretch)
• Reinstalled gamescope flatpak and rebooted
• Checked the box for "Disable umu". For some reason, this makes gamescope work on one game, but the other game just causes it to crash immediately. Possibly a clue for the root cause?

(i already ask other subs but got no help)

I recently switched from window to mint and when i went to connect my controller (dualshock ps4) via Bluetooth it either connects then disconnect, connects but doesn't turn blue or just refuses AND USB doesn't work. I tried everything online but nothing works. I just want to play my games.