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Well, guess you're married to Windows if those are your requirements. Proton runs most games these days[1] (but not all). Apparently older Windows app/games run

by frfl 11mo ago

Well, guess you're married to Windows if those are your requirements. Proton runs most games these days[1] (but not all). Apparently older Windows app/games run better on Proton/Wine than Windows (better citation needed) [2]. [1]: https://www.protondb.com/explore https://www.protondb.com/explore [2]: https://www.reddit.com/r/linux_gaming/comments/1kjib0y/is_there_a_list_of_games_that_run_as_good_if_not/ https://www.reddit.com/r/linux_gaming/comments/1kjib0y/is_th...

krige 11mo ago
It doesn't. Case in point is my spare late 00's laptop running mint and early 00's / late 90's games. Some (Age of Wonders 1) don't work at all under wine/proton. Others (Age of Wonders SM, dosbox games, Majesty) technically work but keep hitting snags like midi just flat out not working, display resolution being read and set incorrectly, visual artifacts. Everything tested worked perfectly fine under Win7 and Win10.
- int_19h 11mo ago
  Age of Wonders 1 used to work. That patch that you need to get it running on Win10+ was originally made for Wine: https://aow.heavengames.com/cgi-bin/forums/display.cgi?action=st&fn=1&tn=4694 https://aow.heavengames.com/cgi-bin/forums/display.cgi?actio... Is that not sufficient these days? I might take another look; this is one of those games that I intend to keep running one way or another until I die.
  - krige 11mo ago
    It isn't I'm afraid. I'll see if I get any crash log or report that could help later in the evening.
  - krige 11mo ago
    Aight so when using Wine, AoW1 just instantly fails silently upon launch, no error message to see. When using proton it technically works - clicking randomly I launched the tutorial, judging by the sounds - but the screen is black all the time and shutting down alt-f4 it throws an error: Exception EWin32Error in module VCL30.dpl at 00010E4F Win32 Error. Code 1400. Invalid window handle.
anhner 11mo ago
They can just run a windows VM which shouldn't require too much memories for the kinds of games they want to play.
- Anamon 11mo ago
  No VM solution I know of supports 3D-accelerated graphics. VMware Workstation used to, but they removed it years ago because it was a security risk (direct access to 3rd-party drivers on the host). VMs are useless for most gaming. For games up to around the late 90s, and if you have a real beast of a machine, full emulation such as with PCem is the best option.
  - anhner 10mo ago
    I haven't used a VM for gaming recently so I didn't know they don't support graphics anymore. That's a bummer!

by frfl 11mo ago

krige 11mo ago

It doesn't. Case in point is my spare late 00's laptop running mint and early 00's / late 90's games. Some (Age of Wonders 1) don't work at all under wine/proton. Others (Age of Wonders SM, dosbox games, Majesty) technically work but keep hitting snags like midi just flat out not working, display resolution being read and set incorrectly, visual artifacts. Everything tested worked perfectly fine under Win7 and Win10.

int_19h 11mo ago
Age of Wonders 1 used to work. That patch that you need to get it running on Win10+ was originally made for Wine: https://aow.heavengames.com/cgi-bin/forums/display.cgi?action=st&fn=1&tn=4694 https://aow.heavengames.com/cgi-bin/forums/display.cgi?actio... Is that not sufficient these days? I might take another look; this is one of those games that I intend to keep running one way or another until I die.
- krige 11mo ago
  It isn't I'm afraid. I'll see if I get any crash log or report that could help later in the evening.
- krige 11mo ago
  Aight so when using Wine, AoW1 just instantly fails silently upon launch, no error message to see. When using proton it technically works - clicking randomly I launched the tutorial, judging by the sounds - but the screen is black all the time and shutting down alt-f4 it throws an error: Exception EWin32Error in module VCL30.dpl at 00010E4F Win32 Error. Code 1400. Invalid window handle.

anhner 11mo ago

They can just run a windows VM which shouldn't require too much memories for the kinds of games they want to play.

Anamon 11mo ago
No VM solution I know of supports 3D-accelerated graphics. VMware Workstation used to, but they removed it years ago because it was a security risk (direct access to 3rd-party drivers on the host). VMs are useless for most gaming. For games up to around the late 90s, and if you have a real beast of a machine, full emulation such as with PCem is the best option.
- anhner 10mo ago
  I haven't used a VM for gaming recently so I didn't know they don't support graphics anymore. That's a bummer!