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How to play games outside steam? (lemdro.id)
submitted 5 months ago by to c/linux_gaming@lemmy.world
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I'm looking for a guide on how to install and play games from that girl we know using heroic launcher.

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[–] 13 points 5 months ago* (2 children)

In general, you don't need to install or update DirectX since it's implemented outside Wine through dxvk or vkd3d. For other components (e.g. .NET or Visual C++), you should use Winetricks to automate the process:

List available components:

WINEPREFIX=/path/to/game/prefix winetricks dlls list

To install a component (e.g. Visual C++ 2015):

WINEPREFIX=/path/to/game/prefix winetricks vcrun2015
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  • [–] [S] 8 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    The problem is, I don't know what's needed for each game.

    I mostly was doing something similar to your guide but games just don't run after installing them. I hit run and nothing happens

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  • [–] 7 points 5 months ago*

    The used components depend on the game - during installation, write down the things the installer wants to Install (big ones are visual c, which is normally called vcrun and .Net - dotnet , ignore DirectX). Old games might need additional things (common things include gdiplus and different codecs)

    For troubleshooting, select "verbose logs" in the game settings, run it and then on the left hand side go to the general heroic settings to view the logs.

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