https://github.com/GloriousEggroll/ULWGL

From the github:

WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR OTHER LAUNCHERS (lutris/bottles/heroic/legendary,etc):

  • everyone can use + contribute to the same protonfixes, no more managing individual install scripts per launcher
  • everyone can run their games through proton just like a native steam game
  • no steam or steam binaries required
  • a unified online database of game fixes (protonfixes)
  • Kaldo@kbin.social
    1·
    9 months ago

    Sounds like this would be easier to setup and use than Lutris though - dunno about everyone else but I’m always so very confused trying to get non-steam games running on linux, with all the custom paths, simulated folder structures and prefixes while steam apparently does it on its own out of the box.

    • Kusimulkku
      2·
      9 months ago

      If you’re looking for much simpler interface, Bottles should be good. It makes things pretty simple. Lutris is very powerful but also can be a bit overwhelming. Heroic is great too, but it’s more for installing stuff from Epic Store, GOG or Prime Gaming.

      • Kaldo@kbin.social
        1·
        9 months ago

        My biggest confusion (so far) with Heroic is its file structure, I had some bugs with BG3 and it took me forever to find where even the save files for backing them up are, less alone how to install and manage mods since I have both wine, proton, lutris terminology all over the place - not to mention that most guides are for steam deck rather than a desktop PC.

        I might as well give Bottles a try too I guess. Will I have to redownload the games using their launcher or can they hook into already downloaded (heroic launcher) games?

        • Kusimulkku
          2·
          9 months ago

          I’m not sure. They do have a simple way to install EGS and use that though. For me all the Bottles saves and stuff is fairly simple, since it’s all inside the prefix, so I just back up the whole C:/Users.

          It’s a bit of a bother that I’m stuck using several Wine solutions. Bottles is simplest for me. Lutris is a bit confusing with so many settings but some stuff that doesn’t work in Bottles or Heroic work there, for whatever reason. Heroic I use for EGS stuff and it seems to have good controller support, which IMO is lacking in Bottles (dunno if it can be fixed).

          • Kaldo@kbin.social
            2·
            9 months ago

            Alright, thanks! I’ll give it a try one of these days. One last question if you don’t mind - how reliable is the integrated backup / revert that bottles has, does it also revert saves if they are in the “fake” hierarchy like with heroic, does it mess up mods sometimes? I use Heroic for GOG and EGS stuff and just don’t want to make it even less stable…

            • Kusimulkku
              2·
              9 months ago

              The snapshots? Afaik It works on the whole virtual drive basis, so if your saves are inside that (which they typically are, being inside c:/users) you’d revert those too. So you might want to revert installing a Windows dependency but unintentionally might lose your save you made after that. I think I got hit with that when I was playing. But for reverting changes to the virtual Windows, it works fantastic. You play around and fuck something up, it’s easy to go back to working state.

              I’m doing additional c:/users backups for my saves. Helps with all sorts of accidental issues.

              • Kaldo@kbin.social
                2·
                9 months ago

                I see, so it’s definitely not a replacement for a solid mod manager or anything like that, or maybe I setup a rsync to pull the saves out to an external location. Thanks!