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I use Lutris for this. It makes configuration simpler. The problem is that your crack or patch might not work because it’s shit or because wine/proton doesn’t like it, and it’s not easy to figure out why.

Jc141 on 1337x and LinuxRulez on torrminatorr have repacks specifically meant to work on linux. You just have to run their bash scripts and it auto decompresses the files and sets everything up for you. Make sure to follow jc141 setup guide on github to make sure you have all the dependencies installed. https://github.com/jc141x/jc141-bash/blob/master/setup/readme.md

For Fitgirl and Dodi repacks, Lutris is probably the easiest. I usually setup my folders similar to jc141. GameName with 2 subfolders called game and prefix. The game folder is my working directory and my prefix folder is my prefix directory. This allows me to have different wine prefixes for each game in case some games have extra dependencies that mess with other games. I point Lutris to the installer exe and run the install then afterwards I switch it to the game exe. I usually use WineGE instead of the default Lutris option for the prefixes.

For KaOsKrew, I use a windows VM with QEMU to unpack and use sftp to transfer the files because I haven't had any luck with getting their installer to work. I do the same with Fitgirl and Dodi repacks that have unarc errors during decompression. Then its just setting up with Lutris as normal.

You can also add non Steam games to Steam and make them use proton, I've only had to do this once with RE0, I couldn't get it to run any other way.

r/linuxcracksupport might be helpful and I think they have a matrix chat too.

If you already got steam set up, just add your pirated game as a non-steam game.

If you'd want some more control about the environment a game runs in (e.g tooling like DXVK), I suggest bottles, it's a tool designed to more easily manage Wine installations and dependencies.

They have their own compatibility layer called "Soda" based on the same tech that Proton uses, just with less of a gaming focus out-of-the-box. They recommend installing through Flatpak, a software management tool that's available by default on many Linux distributions, but note that you'd wanna give it access to your games folder (wherever you wanna put that) or your entire home-folder using Flatseal

I recommend using this amazing ressource: https://github.com/jc141x/portal for games already repacked for linux and ready to run with a simple bash script.

You can just add games to your steam library and run it like any other steam game

On steam deck I just install them with Steam forcing it to run in proton. Works great

Use bottles for Linux , its just a great experience using that software I am already playing Far Cry Primal and Battlefield 1

Thread hijack:

Has anyone found a Tony Hawk PS1+2 file? Not about to pay $40 for some online-only BS.

In most cases, the windows version will work with Lutris.

I remember I pirated God Of War and Days Gone and they worked fine.

You need to run the setup installation, and then select the game launcher (.exe) as executable.

As other have pointed out a majority of the time games are setup with Lutris. Essentially you create a new game, set a wine prefix so you have a Windows-like directory, then you select the installer as the executable before switching to the games executable. Sometimes you may need to limit the RAM usage of installers or check ProtonDB/PCGamingWiki.

These steps are the same steps you would use for CD games that don't have a (working) installer script or indie titles from places like itch.io.

JohnCena141 is in a few piracy Wiki's here and they focus specifically on native Linux titles. They're exclusively on 1337x as far as I'm aware.

Try portproton https://github.com/Castro-Fidel/PortWINE It works without steam

wine i guess but Roblox will not work

I just do right click on the exe file and "open with wine". It works for me