need lutris help

[oligopolycorp]

Hello,the search won't give me the thread for lutris. I need help with Lutris and discord sucks.Is anyone here familiar with Lutris?

[Reverse Module]

I have used it in the past. What would you like to know?

[oligopolycorp]

Thanks for responding. I will need some time to form a post that would be concise and readable.I've been doing other linux stuff for a lotta hours so need a rest right now.

[Reverse Module]

Originally posted by oligopolycorp:

Thanks for responding. I will need some time to form a post that would be concise and readable.I've been doing other linux stuff for a lotta hours so need a rest right now.

Yeah no worries, just let me know what you need. :)

[Spazztula]

you could always look at the lutris forums ==> https://forums.lutris.net/

[Marlock]

there is a flatpak version of Lutris being worked on:
https://github.com/flathub/net.lutris.Lutris

once it's finished, you'll be able to install if via Discover store in the Deck's desktop mode, without needing more intrusive efforts

until then:
https://github.com/lutris/lutris/releases/tag/v0.5.10

Please note that the Flatpak version still needs some work and will be the next point of focus now that 0.5.10 is out. Currently, Lutris has been tested with the installation from the Arch and AUR repositories. This requires disabling the read only flag of your Deck's system drive and should only be done if you're comfortable with Linux to some extent. Consider re-enabling the read-only flag after installing Lutris.

Also note that major SteamOS upgrades might reset the system partition and require you to reinstall Lutris. This hasn't happened yet, and minor Steam Deck updates won't affect your Lutris installation. We hope having the Flatpak version ready before any major upgrade happens.

and here's a step-by-step procedure:
https://www.reddit.com/r/LinuxCrackSupport/comments/tnnq24/how_to_install_lutris_on_steam_deck/

1) Open the terminal "Konsole" from the start menu.
2) Set a password for the Steam Deck user:

passwd

3) Disable read-only filesystem according to Steam's FAQ

sudo steamos-readonly disable

4) Initialize the pacman keyring

sudo pacman-key --init

5) Verify the master key

sudo pacman-key --populate archlinux

6) Add developer keys

sudo pacman-key --refresh-keys

7) Install Lutris

sudo pacman -Syu lutris

8) [Optional] Install recommended dependencies.
9) Start Lutris from the start menu!

and finally here I found the instructions to put it back in read-only mode after the changes are done (as suggested in the lutris github):
https://github.com/Trevo525/btrfdeck#6-change-the-filesystem-back-to-read-only-so-that-you-can-no-longer-make-changes-to-the-protected-files

1) Change the filesystem back to read-only so that you can no longer make changes to the protected files

sudo steamos-readonly enable

2) Remove the password from the deck user

sudo passwd -d deck

[oligopolycorp]

I tried registering at the lutris site but after many times it won't let me .The browser recommended password didn't even work.I tried their discord but it wants me to re confirm my account every time I want to post there.And Steam search here is so ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ worthless here it won't let me find the lutris on steam area so I'm posting here.
In order to play Ubi games you need to have connect,their launcher.I have used Lutris successfully before by adding connect to Lutris.In Lutris I downloaded connect and the momo(?) components . I used the ones they have during setup even though it says to use the one that came with my installation. I have used this method before with good results.After about an hour of downloading and it installing,I get a 'exit with return code of 256' error and I have to cancel the installation. I did a search and found nothing to help me..

[oligopolycorp]

I'm running Mint 20.3 on an old Asus gaming laptop.

[oligopolycorp]

I have 3 drives with mint 20.3 and I get the exit with 'return code of 256' on 2 of them when trying to install connect.On one drive far cry 3 works fine with steam and connect.I have far cry 4 downloaded but there is no connect software for it.

[oligopolycorp]

I did another web search and only found people reporting the problem but no solutions anywhere.I can't remember how I got connect running on my other mint drives.I;m stuck.

[oligopolycorp]

On one of my mint installs I have ubi connect as one of the games in Lutris. When I try to start it it gives an fsync error. I searched for info on that and came up empty.

[Ormgryd]

Originally posted by oligopolycorp:

On one of my mint installs I have ubi connect as one of the games in Lutris. When I try to start it it gives an fsync error. I searched for info on that and came up empty.

Mark the game you try to start, go to configuiration, go to runner options tick the advanced option in the down left corner find fsync and slide the slider to off. Then the fsync error will disapear, you must do this for all the games in lutris since it seem it defaults to fsync. There are fsync patched cores but it's troublesome to install them, unless you realy know what you're doing. so stick with just disabling fsync and use esync.

[oligopolycorp]

Thanks Ormgryd! That worked for the fsync error.Now I get connection errors but that's because connect is worthless.Unfortunately I 'm not trying to install any ubi games on this drive but it's good to know.I still have the 'exit with return code 256' error on my laptop that I'm trying to get far cry 4 and connect to work right.

[Beninan]

Originally posted by oligopolycorp:

Hello,the search won't give me the thread for lutris

Originally posted by oligopolycorp:

And Steam search here is so ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ worthless here it won't let me find the lutris on steam area so I'm posting here.

Steam and Lutris are two separate programs by different companies. Searching for Lutris information on the Steam forums is like searching for Xbox information on a Playstation forum. That being said, I would rather see someone asking a Linux-gaming related question on the wrong forum, than to never have the question asked at all. I have posted multiple times in the Lutris forums and have never received a reply. Maybe the Lutris forums aren't very popular, or maybe my questions were too hard to answer, but either way I was left on my own.

I have a little bit of experience with Lutris. I use it mainly for the free games from Epic and other random Windows programs. I remember having trouble installing an Ubisoft game, but that game used the Uplay launcher, and not Ubisoft Connect (after more research, I think they they are the same thing now?). In my case I was able to get it working, but it has also been over 2 years ago since I have played any Ubisoft game, so who knows if it still works. Maybe they updated their launcher and it won't work for me either, or maybe there is some sort of "anti cheat" working against you preventing your game from launching.

One Ubisoft game was giving me a bunch of issues with controller connectivity and low framerate. I had to first install Uplay through Lutris, and then install the game through the Uplay store. The game wouldn't launch correctly when trying to launch it through Uplay, so I had to manually open the game with the EXE file, however that would also give me an error because the Uplay launcher wasn't running. So I had to write a custom launch script that would disconnect the controllers if they were already connected (because they would not get recognized until after the game launched for some reason), then open the Uplay launcher and wait until it's PID it is created, then it launches the game through the EXE file, then it reconnects the controllers, and lastly it would kill the Uplay launcher PID because it would cause low framerates if it was running in the background. It took me a while to figure that all out.

At what point does it "exit with code 265"? Does Ubisoft connect even load? Is the game installed and not launching? Can you manually launch the EXE file (maybe add that EXE file as another launcher in Lutris)?

[oligopolycorp]

My post #6 explains my problem.And no lutris and steam aren't competitors like playstation and x box.It is possible to link lutris with steam. You can't do that with xbox and playstation.It looks like it's just as well that I posted here if they didn't respond to you.The Lutris for steam area is pretty barren.Darn it all.

[Arrogant Player]

Originally posted by oligopolycorp:

Thanks Ormgryd! That worked for the fsync error.Now I get connection errors but that's because connect is worthless.Unfortunately I 'm not trying to install any ubi games on this drive but it's good to know.I still have the 'exit with return code 256' error on my laptop that I'm trying to get far cry 4 and connect to work right.

So this is what I can tell you. When you install games through Lutris, someone wrote the script for that install. Now you have a couple options for installing Far Cry 4 because as you know, Ubisoft Connect is required to install. So if you look at lutris.net and search for games, search for Far Cry 4, you will see on that page that the script doesn't install Far Cry 4, but it installs Ubisoft connect. Alternately, you can search for Ubisoft Connect on lutris.net and find another page with a script to install Connect.

So that is the first thing I would try as maybe you are having some kind of problem with the particular script you are trying, as I don't know what this error 256 you are getting actually is.

The next thing I can tell you is that while playing AC Origins and Odyssey on Steam, the only issues I have ever seen with Connect is it can have a problem when it starts and the splash screen comes up saying "connecting to Ubisoft servers" and it just hangs there unable to connect, so I am unsure if you could be having that type of issue. One thing you could try is to change the version of Wine under Lutris (right click your game, go to configure, select runner options tab and select a different version of wine) Also you can install different version of Wine through Lutris. However, I would suggest downloading Glorious Eggroll's latest version of Wine-GE and manually installing that and try using that version as well.