I've been poking at this a bit and here is what I've found out/experienced: 1 of my games did require a small hoop to be jumped through.
Required :
1) trying to play the game and noticing that it did not work
2) looking the up the game in the Winehq database and the Lutris database to see if anyone else has had these issues
3) implementing the fix found there. In this case, I had to trick Wine into thinking it was a 32bit Windows system for that game. While not exactly point and click, it was no more work than fixing a Windows registry value or adding a new registry key.
Edit:
Even though the gaming was not the main point of the thread, gaming is what keeps many folks from jumping platforms to a large habitat of IMO more pleasing operating systems. Because of that I am going to speak a little more indepth about the one game that didnt work "out of the box" with the steps outlined in the LTT vid and how I fixed them.
Game: Riff Racer
Problem: installed but crashed after opening. every time.
Steps for solution:
1) Try running Windows Steam client through Wine. Remember Wine basically makes a program/utility/game/whatever think it is in a Windows environment. So it is possible to run both Linux Steam and Windows Steam from the same rig. This may work for some games. but did not work for me. That is okay though, because this is (IMO) the least desirable solution, more of a lazy workaround/easy button that *could* work.
2) Check the
WineHQ database for info on how this particular game runs under Wine. This page will give a quick rundown of any known bugs and if possible give an assessment of just how well the game/application/utility/whatever actually deals with Wine. In my case Gold. No problems here. But my game still isnt running so on to the next step.
3) I went to the
Lutris Database/. No problems or solutions listed here. But there is a useful like to the
Proton page for Riff Racer 0 down in the corner. As well as WIneHQ and Steam. Thanks Lutris
If you remember from the video, Proton is part of the magic that makes your Steam Library run so flawlessly in a Linux environment, and their page for this game has the largest amount of information about bugs as well as the solution. 9 reports. 8 of them report my same problem. the 9th directs to a
reddit post/ that explains a workaround. And it did in fact fix the issue!
While there was a small number of hoops to jump through and some command line involved, I am certain that most folks have seen much longer and more complicated issues regardless of platform.
A quick word on just clanging commands from a random webpage into your terminal: dont. If you find yourself in over your head ask someone first. There are tons of forums and wikis that will explain just about everything, and if you are still stuck there is IRC for many distros and WineHQ and Steam as well.
Just my .02. Happy Gaming Guys, regardless of platform
