GTA San Andreas PC on Linux

[RedBaronK™]

Hi guys, after hours of trying and looking for solutions I got GTA SA running perfectly. If anyone is interested in getting the original CD version of GTA SA PC running on the deck (and flawlessly might i add at 75+ fps) here's what i did.

I tried tinkering with Bottles and Flatseal without any success. I did get GTA to run successfully inside of an emulated windows XP, but the performance wasn't ideal. What did work for me was I saw a post on Reddit about installing games to a PC, applying the no CD crack, and then copying the entire directory over to the deck and adding it as a non-steam game and running it via proton and it worked! No sound cracking issues that some have reported on protonDB either.

My question is:
! plan on installing many more older windows games.. so far i've been running proton experimental since day 1 of having the deck because i figured the experimental version has all the past protons version combined with the current "beta" version into one package. Is this an accurate assessment? or can there be a situation where if a game doesn't run on experimental, it may run on an older version?

[retro_Ed]

Just from my experience running old games I highly recommend using Proton version 5.xx and lower.
Also, I usually force limit max resolution under Properties to 1024x768 for genuine 4:3 aspect ratio.

[cachimba la burra]

yes

[Haruspex]

Sometimes, newer versions of Proton kills compatibility with certain older games. For whatever game you're trying to get to work, check ProtonDB[www.protondb.com] and see what version they're using, then use that.

There's also Proton-GE, which is a custom version that makes many games work that wouldn't otherwise. In the discovery store download "Proton-UP", which will allow you to manage your custom Proton installations.

[RedBaronK™]

So based on what you guys are telling me, my original assumption that each new proton version is a combination of all previous versions and new updates are wrong... Each proton is really just that, separate version... So I have to literally try all versions one at a time if I want to get a game running? Or I can go to proton DB and try to narrow down the correct version for the game based on other people's successes right?

Also proton GE, is that officially from valve or a third party developer? I do not see it as an option to download.

Thanks for the responses!

[Haruspex]

Publicado originalmente por RedBaronK™:

So based on what you guys are telling me, my original assumption that each new proton version is a combination of all previous versions and new updates are wrong... Each proton is really just that, separate version... So I have to literally try all versions one at a time if I want to get a game running? Or I can go to proton DB and try to narrow down the correct version for the game based on other people's successes right?

Also proton GE, is that officially from valve or a third party developer? I do not see it as an option to download.

Thanks for the responses!

Proton is iterative from previous versions, but changes in newer versions can sometimes break compatibility with previous titles. This is why you have access to all of them.

As for Proton-GE, it's third party and based on Proton, which is made by Valve and Codeweavers. The easiest way to get it is to go into Desktop mode on your Deck, access the "discovery store", then search for "Proton-UP". Install and run that, and you can add versions of Proton-GE, which will then be selectable in Steam under "Compatibility".