Does anybody know the best way to transfer all my files to Linux? I dabbled in it a bit, but I was a little worried I’d have to reinstall everything, considering I had to make a (relatively small) partition using my unused d drive space
Is there a way to transfer ~2TB worth of steam games, outside of uninstalling then reinstalling them?
Some of those games have native Linux build, and even though Windows version will work under Proron, native version will work might sometimes work better, worth checking out.
edit: read the thread for details, apparently there are shenanigans going on
Even worse, TPS. Days chug along in Linux compared to Windows, along the lines of a 1.5x slowdown.
FPS spikes are much worse, too. I tested both extensively on the same saves, using their native performance tools (the perf commands in stellaris and DPA in Rimworld).
I tried heavily modded and almost vanilla, just with harmony and DBH. I did not try vanilla Stellaris, but modding is all just text scripting, so it’s not possible to change to the underlying engine.
The problem seems fairly evident to me: the Linux versions of the engines fall back to OpenGL and are poorly supported by the devs, while the dx9 (now dx11 for Stellaris) backends receive the optimizations.
Consider this: why do you have 2TB of games installed?
IDK what your gaming habits are, but I find myself bouncing between a few at most, 1 big AAA at most, and found keeping the rest… to be blunt, data hoarding.
I suppose the only exception is modded setups, it even then I always redo them anyway since the base games, modding frameworks and mods get updated over time.
I have very bad internet, so I tend to prefer to keep my games installed, rather than wait 24 hours to download a 60gb game again. I still log on to things like MH world or DJMax respect V every now and then for a few rounds, they’re fun to go back to
Similarly, like you said, I have a lot of mods installed. To the point where my backup mod folder on my external hdd is about 100GB in size, so I’m a little worried about spending hours tracking down all my mod lists again
I’ve transferred about 400GB in (legally sourced) roms to my steam deck, so I thought there’d be a way to do this, but oh well
Does anybody know the best way to transfer all my files to Linux? I dabbled in it a bit, but I was a little worried I’d have to reinstall everything, considering I had to make a (relatively small) partition using my unused d drive space
Is there a way to transfer ~2TB worth of steam games, outside of uninstalling then reinstalling them?
Some of those games have native Linux build, and even though Windows version will work under Proron, native version
will workmight sometimes work better, worth checking out.edit: read the thread for details, apparently there are shenanigans going on
This is not always true. I measured that the Proton version of Rimworld and Stellaris, for instance, are massively faster than the Linux one.
What do you mean faster? More fps? Better loading times?
Even worse, TPS. Days chug along in Linux compared to Windows, along the lines of a 1.5x slowdown.
FPS spikes are much worse, too. I tested both extensively on the same saves, using their native performance tools (the perf commands in stellaris and DPA in Rimworld).
Oh wow. Looks like I need to reinstall it then. Is it modded or vanilla?
Modded, both cases.
Hm, maybe there is something in modding? Have you tried vanilla?
I tried heavily modded and almost vanilla, just with harmony and DBH. I did not try vanilla Stellaris, but modding is all just text scripting, so it’s not possible to change to the underlying engine.
The problem seems fairly evident to me: the Linux versions of the engines fall back to OpenGL and are poorly supported by the devs, while the dx9 (now dx11 for Stellaris) backends receive the optimizations.
Consider this: why do you have 2TB of games installed?
IDK what your gaming habits are, but I find myself bouncing between a few at most, 1 big AAA at most, and found keeping the rest… to be blunt, data hoarding.
I suppose the only exception is modded setups, it even then I always redo them anyway since the base games, modding frameworks and mods get updated over time.
You can redownload what you use, progressively.
I have very bad internet, so I tend to prefer to keep my games installed, rather than wait 24 hours to download a 60gb game again. I still log on to things like MH world or DJMax respect V every now and then for a few rounds, they’re fun to go back to
Similarly, like you said, I have a lot of mods installed. To the point where my backup mod folder on my external hdd is about 100GB in size, so I’m a little worried about spending hours tracking down all my mod lists again
I’ve transferred about 400GB in (legally sourced) roms to my steam deck, so I thought there’d be a way to do this, but oh well