Questions tagged [ubuntu]
Ubuntu is a free operating system that uses the Linux kernel. This tag should be used when the question is specifically about an Ubuntu version of a game, or about gaming on Ubuntu devices, (such as PC and mobile).
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How do you get your Steam games to run on Ubuntu through Wine or something similar?
Ok, I was kind of surprised that this hadn't been asked here before, but maybe it's too technical for this site. You guys decide.
I've heard lots of different stories about setting up Wine on Ubuntu, ...
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If I download Steam on Ubuntu, does that mean I can play any game I get on Steam ON Ubuntu?
This question may or may not be very stupid, as I am kind of ignorant when it comes to computers. My friend has convinced me to switch to Linux, and I'm trying to figure out how I can game on it.
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Why can't I take screenshots in my Steam games?
I installed Steam through Winetricks on Ubuntu, and I can't take any screenshots. I can't get the Steam overlay to come up either.
I've checked that the overlay is enabled in multiple places.
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Minecraft on ARM Linux? (Samsung Chromebook)
So I've been trying for over a week to get Minecraft to run on an install of Ubuntu on a Samsung Chromebook, which has ARM architecture. I've been following these instructions I found on the lwjgl ...
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Hearthstone keeps crashing on Lutris on Ubuntu
I just installed Lutris to play Hearthstone on Ubuntu. Battle.net launcher and the game launches, the bar door screen, Hearthstone text, settings and social buttons appear then the game shuts down.
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How do I run Worms: World Party on Ubuntu?
Can anyone get the game Worms: World Party running on Ubuntu? If so, how?
Since that game is old, I think there has to be a way.
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Cannot connect to my own dedicated Gmod server
I can open the console in Gmod and use the command connect to try to join "localhost", "127.0.0.1", and "{my_ip_address}". However, these all show me a dialog box that says "Connection failed after 4 ...
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Minecraft crashes on ubuntu system [closed]
System Specs:
Intel DH55HC
Intel core i3-550 @ 3.2 GHZ
using Java JVM not openjdk.
Minecraft works for a while but then it crashes, so I upgraded to 11.04 and graphcs are all choping and the ...
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Playing terraria on Ubuntu - Graphic card driver needed?
I'm trying to get Terraria working on my Ubuntu notebook (Xubuntu actually).
I followed this guide and after hours of struggling I finally managed to install XNA, and .net and all the Microsoft stuff. ...
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Can I play Dota 2 on Linux?
I've heard Steam will support Linux, but I can't wait.
So I want to know if it is possible to play Dota 2 using wine or something. Has anyone tried? I'm on Ubuntu 12.04, and I have never used Wine, ...
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How can I remove the "glowing" feature from objects? It is causing CS:GO to lag
Today when playing Nuke I noticed places such as 'T Roof' and 'vent' being 'shiny':
Before today they didn't look like that. I haven't made any changes to video settings (they are all set to low).
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Is Age of Empires II: The Conquerors playable on Ubuntu?
Is it possible to play Age of Empires II: The Conquerors on Ubuntu?
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How to install backup of steam games on Ubuntu
I've got some games installed on native steam for linux. Unfortunately, my system got nuked and I had to reinstall. While I was reinstalling Ubuntu 15.04, I managed to save some of my game folders to ...
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Steam won't launch in Windows 10 dual boot with Ubuntu 20.04
I have a laptop with dual boot (Windows 10 and Ubuntu 20.04). It has been about 2 months that I have been using dual boot. Before I installed Ubuntu 20.04, my Windows 10 had Steam installed. Then I ...
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How to sync my save between PC on Creeper world 3 AE
I play Creeper World 3 on both my laptop and desktop, one with ubuntu and the other on windows 10.
As far as I know, it seem like CW3 do not use the steam cloud to keep the save file.
How can I keep ...
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Getting a global_error_asset_load_failed on Hearthstone in Wine, running Ubuntu
So I'm getting the error in the title of the question when I try to start Hearthstone in Wine. I'm running Ubuntu 14.04.
I've only found one thing online, and that's on the battle.net forums here
and ...
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How do I set up WINE on Ubuntu so that I can play my Windows games on it?
Other than the default install of WINE from the Ubuntu repo, is there anything else I should do in order to run a game?
Should I use something like winetricks or is that unnecessary? I really just ...
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Allow a child to play minecraft multiplayer on Java Edition (Linux)
How can I do the necessary incantations to allow my child to play minecraft?
For Xbox and on non-Java edition there are instructions (follow link). They say to allow the child's account to join clubs, ...
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How to transfer savedata from player A to player B on Minecraft Bedrock Server?
I have a Minecraft Bedrock server running on Ubuntu. I just got a new MC account and the old one is no longer accessible. Is there some way to transfer the savedata from my old account to my new one?
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How can I play Galactic Adventures in Ubuntu 12.04?
I have installed Spore and Galactic Adventures in Ubuntu 12.04 using wine-1.4, but when I try to launch Galactic Adventures, the normal game launches. Is there any way to get it to launch with the ...
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Install Diablo 3 on Ubuntu/Linux
It looks like all Diablo 3 Linux/Ubuntu installation guides date from early 2015 and earlier. What is the easiest way to get D3 up and running in 2016?
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How can I stop the game from minimizing whenever I click something on second screen?
I won't lie: I suck on TF2. And the revive time on this game is crazy long. I'd rather view discord or just read news on second screen while dead.
But unfortunately, when i click anything outside ...
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How to copy and paste in Minecraft on Linux/Ubuntu 12.04?
Can someone please explain how to do this? I have tried looking at Mac commands, but haven't gotten it to work.
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Is there a way to use the Dualshock 4 on a PC (ubuntu) with it not being picked up by the PS4?
I am trying to use a Dualshock 4 on my PC (Ubuntu 14.10) with Steam via USB. My problem is that whenever I long press the PS button my PS4 gets turned on (it's within range of the bluetooth).
How can ...
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How to always start League of Legends in fullscreen mode?
I managed to install League of Legends in Ubuntu (and wrote a review about it)
but, now I want to start the game in fullscreen mode, always.
Question: How to always start League of Legends in ...
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i3 core performance problems
I just tried to play Quake3 (QuakeLive) on a new laptop with an i3 core integrated GPU, running Ubuntu 10.10. Strangely, the performance was terrible. I'm running on intel driver, which seems to load ...
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Mouse pointer disappears when smoke begins on the main menu
I've installed Skyrim on my Intel 4000 CPU/CPU based Ubuntu system via PlayOnLinux (latest as of today, tried with wine ~1.5 and ~1.6 rc 1).
When I load Skyrim, the mouse cursor shows for maybe 1/4 a ...
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CSGO: Laggy on Linux
Today I fired up Counter Strike Global Offensive for the first time in almost a year. Great to be back but I'm noticing some lag while playing the game locally with bots only. My system specs seem to ...
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I get sound but no images/graphics on Minecraft 1.7.10 on Ubuntu?
I downloaded Minecraft 1.7.10 on Ubuntu 64 bit platform for my son. I was told double click on Minecraft.jar in order to start the program however executable bit was missing and when I double clicked ...
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Framerate drop when looking at panels?
I've recently installed Portal 2 on my Ubuntu partition, and I've noticed an interesting issue that has popped up while playing community test chambers, but it has also surfaced around the beginning ...
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In-game text not showing up
I recently Installed Counter Strike on Ubuntu 13.10, but some of the text doesn't show up. The menus are fine, but then I have stuff like this:
I'm not running it under Wine or anything. Is this a ...
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Minecraft crashes on a ubuntu 11.04 system with an EVGA GT 240 video card [closed]
I have a computer with Minecraft It runs Ubuntu 11.04 The game freezes sometimes and it outputs this bug report:
System: Linux 2.6.38-10-generic #46-Ubuntu SMP Tue Jun 28 15:07:17 UTC 2011 x86_64
X ...
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Using steam game key without steam installation
I want to play Heroes 5 on my ubuntu 13.04. I installed steam and it works. I have purchased the Might and Magic 5 bundle, so I have Heroes 5 with the two expansions and other game that come along. ...
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Where does the "adminlist.txt" file need to go on Ubuntu?
I have a virtual machine hosted on Microsoft Azure that is running Ubuntu 18.04. I setup a Valheim dedicated server on it using LinuxGSM. According to this guide, you need to create an "...
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How to run Roller Coaster Tycoon 2 in a window with PlayOnLinux and Wine?
Following the instructions from the /r/rct subreddit, I was able to install RCT 2 inside Ubuntu using PlayOnLinux. The only problem is, the game glitches when running in full screen, such as things ...
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Ubuntu Minecraft server says eula isn't true but is
I have an Ubuntu 14.04 2GB VPS. Whenever I run java -Xmx1500M -Xms1500M -jar minecraft_server.jar nogui with the eula true it says:
[17:56:52] [Server thread/INFO]: Starting minecraft server version ...
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How can a Minecraft server be restarted daily and gracefully on an Ubuntu server?
I've got a (modded) Minecraft server running in a tmux session on an Ubuntu 18.04 server. What might be a good way to get it to shut down gracefully and then relaunch daily at, say, 05:00 in the ...
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How to run DDO on Linux
I am trying to run DDO on Ubuntu 14.04. I would rather not use a VM. Is there an up to date tutorial?
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How to use Higan 094 on Ubuntu?
I'm new to linux so I'm having some problems.
I installed higan emulator (I'm running a virtual machine with Ubuntu 14.10 in a windows 8 notebook) to play some SNES games but at launch it said I had ...
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Why does VVVVVV keep freezing?
I'm running Ubuntu 11.04, and every time I try to run VVVVVV, it freezes. It won't let me do anything, and before long the window darkens and it tells me that the program is unresponsive and asks me ...
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Valve Basestations 2.0 not properly working with SteamVR
I am trying to setup SteamVR to work on Ubuntu 16.04 with two Valve Basestations 2.0 and a HTC Vive tracker.
What I did so far is to put the two basestations 5 meters apart and looking at each other....
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Nethack Ubuntu - CTRL-P for message history not working?
I installed nethack on ubuntu via the terminal using
sudo apt-get install nethack-common nethack-console
For some reason I can't use CTRL+P to display message history. I've tried putting on and off ...
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Robocraft client not quitting completely after quitting game
Previously, closing the game window would fully quit the application but now it seems that the process remains active in the background, preventing me from relaunching the game (app already running). ...
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fatal error could not load library Counter Strike 1.6
This is crazy, I don't know how but today I am getting this error alert message fatal error could not load library++ Counter Strike 1.6 steam in Ubuntu 13.10 its like after some update I guess.
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2nd player control doesn't work in ZNES 1.42 using netplay
Although the question is more technic- and not game-content-related I hope that someone here might help with this issue:
We are 2 players who tried to play a ROM over ZSNES 1.42 on two different ...
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Sound increasing and decreasing randomly in XMoto for Ubuntu 11.04
I have installed the wonderful XMoto game in my Ubuntu 11.04 (2.6.38-8-generic) and when I start the game my sound control became crazy. The sounds decreases and increases randomly. If I close the ...
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How do I stop people from changing my name in cube2 sauerbraten?
I was playing cube2 Sauerbraten, when this someone started changing my name to vulgar things and making my guy say similar stuff.
What are they doing, and how can I stop them? I am running ubuntu 21....
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simulate a Enter key pressed on mouse click (ubuntu)
I am playing cs1.6 on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS using wine-5.0 (Ubuntu 5.0-3ubuntu1), but I have this weird problem of mouse click in the game, only with pistols and guns, whenever I fast click to shoot after ...
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How can I play Starcraft 2 under Ubuntu 16.04 [duplicate]
Unfortunately, I only have a laptop with Ubuntu 16.04 as operating system. I'd still love to play a round of Starcrft II for sake of old times. I already tried to follow the "walk-through" from this ...
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I can't get rid of the Super Secret Settings, even after restarting [duplicate]
I've already read some of the similar topics here but none of the suggestions work. No F4, no fn+F4, no restarting the game. Actually, even after months, Minecraft still looks like Super Secret ...
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