Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ

54609 readers

540 users here now

⚓ Dedicated to the discussion of digital piracy, including ethical problems and legal advancements.

Rules • Full Version

1. Posts must be related to the discussion of digital piracy

2. Don't request invites, trade, sell, or self-promote

3. Don't request or link to specific pirated titles, including DMs

4. Don't submit low-quality posts, be entitled, or harass others

Loot, Pillage, & Plunder

📜 c/Piracy Wiki (Community Edition):

💰 Please help cover server costs.


Ko-fi	Liberapay

founded 1 year ago

MODERATORS

[email protected]

Playing pirated video games on Linux (lemmy.wtf)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

20 comments fedilink hide all child comments

Anybody know how to play pirated Windows games on Linux? I recently installed Lubuntu (22.04.2 Jammy Jellyfish) on my ancient laptop and all the guides I can find and trying out Lutris only seem to apply to "legit" copies bought from the official sources.

Is it even possible or will I have to do dualboot when I install Linux on my gaming desktop?

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What did you do when the error logs say "wrong or missing environment variables"? I'm having that error a LOT

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I don't remember running into this issue myself, but the error is clear enough that I'd know where to start. If there are environment variables set, remove them one by one until the game starts. If there are none set, or if step one didn't help, go into protondb and see what flags the others are using to get the game running.

Generally, when encountering any sort of issue, trying a different runner can also already solve the issues. It really is a hit or miss process, and in some cases, a game will simply not run at all.