Is there any way to play repacks on Linux? [Solved]

I'm using my last month of Game Pass before switching to Linux. I just want to thank everybody here and Lemmy wide for being so friendly and helpful about all things Linux. You guys have taken out all the stress and worry from the transition

You can find a procedure using Lutris here

Worked great for me on a fitgirl repack.

Never really had a problem with either FitGirl or DODI repacks in Lutris

This may not be the right place for a superficial rant, but: I never figured Lutris out. Installed it a couple of times in the past years and rage-deleted it after a week of fiddeling because NOTHING WORKED. Not GZDoom, no emulator, no windows game let alone RDR2 repack. I don't think I'm that dumb, but seriously, I need help. I want to like it but the time I already sank into this piece of software without accomplishing anything of depressing!
- I feel this so hard. I managed to get Bottles to run most things but the few I struggled with I'm always told others got it to run with Lutris. Okay but how? Because everything I've tried with Lutris failed.
- I also never figured out lutris. I gave up one day with rage and discovered bottles. Never looked back after that.
- If lutris make problem, launch with lutris -d in terminal for debug message.
  
  To test if system broken, try install linux native game (for example tuxkart). If that no work, maybe system has problem. If does work, finally accomplished one thing :)
  
  If more problem, !linux_gaming@lemmy.ml or !linux_gaming@lemmy.world maybe helpful
- Just download jc141, they have both doom big collection and rdr2

Jc141 is nice if you are using a up to date distro.

I've installed a few through Litrus and they have just worked. This was on SteamDeck and Ubuntu desktop

Look up LinuxRulez. They make repacks for linux that have script installers. Older stuff might not be seeded though

Run the installer in Proton, then point the steam shortcut to the installed executable. No tools needed except steam

I mostly do the same but with heroic launcher.

Install them with Bottles or Lutris

I personally use bottles via flatpak and flatseal to make the games not connect to the internet when it's not needed just in case.

If you want native linux games, there are sites for that.

Ehm... which sites?
- There's torrminator for once, it has a section for linux cracks specifically. There's also a large collection on the internet archive of native linux games that you'd have to find for yourself (to keep in line with the rules), but it shouldn't be too difficult.

!linuxcracksupport@lemmy.world

Not sure if this C is about the same thing, but there it is. Linux crack.

I install them on my Windows Desktop, copy the files, and run them with Proton

Or just wine that bitch.
- That works 99% of the time. I've run across a couple that refuse to extract, so I had to run them in a VM and copy the files over.

Install the full Visual Studio runtime and try some different settings with winecfg. People recommend Lutris but for me it never made a difference

Can I ask: How? What do you do to install that, and don't you mean c++ runtime? Also I've never tinkered with winecfg, I fear that I might break things. What are some settings that are worth looking at?

I'm asking caz I'm going crazy trying to play games on linux, if I buy them on steam it should just reportedly work, but non-steam games or cracked ones, I either have a very hard time starting, or it works, but just barely.
- On winecfg you can try the checks on the Graphics tab, it shouldn't break anything. Also, try to change the Windows version. Sometimes either XP or 7 work better. You're right about it being c++, not sure which one I installed, maybe this one: https://github.com/abbodi1406/vcredist

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVuabEckMMA

Found this very video super helpful a few weeks ago!