[Feature Request] Option to run custom command on games

[Squiddy]

Okay this is something Desura has which makes things a lot easier for some Linux users - all us to prefix all games with a command.

For example all Bumblebee users would probably want "optirun" or "primusrun" to be used on all games to use the nvidia chip not the intel one.

Thoughts?

[johndrinkwater]

mumble-overlay would love this, not to mention inline tools like glc / ffmpeg for recording video.

[Squiddy]

Yes stuff like that too, it would be a seriously useful feature!!

[Long Bong Dong Chong]

I could see this being used to simplify use of rudimentary debugging like logging sdout/sderr or taking periodic snapshots of memory and CPU usage.

It certainly wouldn't hurt anyone.

[[Linux] DGFone]

I would love to be able to attach custom shell commands to applications.

For example, I have Call of Duty 1 on my Steam account, and because it runs on the Quake 3 engine, new NVIDIA graphics drivers cause a buffer overrun on start-up. Because it interferes with other games that work normally, I had to create a whole special launcher shell scrip if I want to play that game. It will be much easier to just attach this fix and other shell scripts to individual games and applications in Steam.

[yeen]

Well, why the hell not? Should be easy enough to implement, in the same fashion as we can already append command line options behind the files under Windows. I don't see this hurting anyway and it would be quite trivial to implement.

[sensible usernames are overrated]

I really like this one. At least there should be an option to start games with optirun/primusrun until NVIDIA and the kernel developers figure out a way to do DMA-BUF right.

[AlenL]

I'm curious... What's preventing you from replacing the game's executable with a custom script that then calls the renamed executable?

[Squiddy]

They get overwritten on every game update.

[AlenL]

You have a point there, yes. :)

[Squiddy]

I also tried making a new launcher somewhere else, making a link to it and renaming the link to the original while renaming the original - game then won't launch, bummer.

[Squiddy]

If someone who has official access could request this in the proper forum i would appreciate it :)

[Illy]

This is a must-have feature, but not for the reasons you're talking about.

It would let us add "wine" to the start of an application command.

[johndrinkwater]

Opprinnelig skrevet av Illy:

It would let us add "wine" to the start of an application command.

:facepalm:

[AlenL]

Illy, I'm not sure I'm following you. Is that a joke, attempt at trolling, or some trick I don't understand? This forum is about running native Linux games.

[Squiddy]

I think what he wants is a way to install windows games using Wine to run them.