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Uplay games on Linux (self.linux_gaming)
submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by eager_eagle to c/linux_gaming
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I'd like to try the new Assassin's Creed and Avatar, but they're not on Steam - which is how I play almost every other game on Linux. I know I might be able to install Uplay games using Lutris, but I'm not sure if the experience is as smooth as Steam + Proton.

Do you have any experience with Ubisoft + Lutris? Is there an equivalent to ProtonDB to have an idea how well a game runs?

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Lutris is probably your best bet, also try bottles.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I tried Bottles, it would not work without installing FlatSeal and telling it where the UnityPlayer.dll was. Even when I tell it which directory to run in, it cannot find the dll. So much fucking around.

Bottles makes everything waaay overly complicated with it's isolation.

I installed Lutris and had absolutely no issues. It just worked first time. 5 minutes, 0 fuckery.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Honestly I just installed in from flatpak and called it a day and never had issues. maybe your specific game has issues but it's been hit after hit for me, especially useful for the games I don't own on steam.

[–] Berinkton 5 points 11 months ago

I concur. Bottles just works for me. I hat to tinker a bit to get Avatar working, but it just works and with no performance problems apart from my Desktop Environment crashing after 4 hours of playing. But I think that's a different problem. :/

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago

I don't, but I have used Lutris before, and it kicks the crap out of Bottles. It's real easy to use, and you can download whichever proton/wine version you like. It's slightly less streamlined than Steam, but it's not difficult.

You should be able to find other people's tips online about which versions they used for these games with some searching. I'm sure you aren't the only one.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

Using heroic to play avatar. Just add uplay as a game and download anything there.

[–] CannonGoBoom 3 points 11 months ago

https://lutris.net is the place to see how well your games will work with lutris.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

You can add the Uplay installer as a non steam game and it runs ok that way

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

That's what I did, followed a recent tutorial and installed Ubisoft Connect in desktop mode. After you're done you can run it from the Deck as a non-Steam game.

[–] ObviouslyNotBanana 2 points 11 months ago

I ran assassin's creed Valhalla without any issues by installing Ubisoft Connect through Lutris.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Lutris is smoother than steam for me. It is very painless to set up games I reccomend