Hi!

As the title says, I cannot save my progress. Whenever I open the game, there aren't any saves for me to load. It's a Linuxrulez repack, so I find it even weirder, considering both Valhalla and Shadows, as well as other Linuxrulez games run fine.

Specs:

OS: Bazzite

CPU: Ryzen 5 7600X

GPU: RX 6700XT

RAM: 16GB

Thanks in advance!

1. Name of game: Grand Theft Auto 5 Enhanced: Premium edition by DODI Repacks

2. CPU and RAM: AMD Ryzen 5 5600H 12 cores 3. 30 GHz/ 16 GB RAM (13.3 GB usable) with 16 GB swap memory

3. GPU: NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 1650 (For laptops) + AMD RADEON GRAPHICS

4. Proton Version: Soda 11.0-5 by Bottles

5. Game Launcher: Bottles

6. Release Info: Actually I don't know what to write so the repack link: https://dodi-repacks.site/grand-theft-auto-v-enhanced/

7. Logs: Gone with the game files sorry :,(

8: Distro: Arch Linux with Linux 7.1.6-arch1-1 kernel

9: Laptop model: Lenovo IdeaPad Gaming 3 15ACH6

10: Product Name: 82K2

Issue:

I was playing GTA 5 myself and I got bored, so I wanted to play with my friends. So I downloaded RAGE Coop+. I downloaded it in same bottle in my pc, and it said, installed but it wasn't working. So I tried to sum things and corrupted game files I guess. The files are broken. So I needed to reinstall it but i still don't do it. I downloaded files but I didn't install yet. I want to ask. Not only that, but I installed other one on Z: (Linux file system). Now I'm thinking should I install it to the C: (wine prefix). Should I Install it on C:?

Things I tried:

I installed some components, DLL overrode dinput8.dll. And deleted a file.

What I want from you people?

I want to install mods can anyone tell me what to do with instructions?

Hii, I wanna crack factorio (ofc I wouldn't if I was in a better position with money), from what i know factorio is both windows and linux native. I downloaded it already from ankergames (Direct download) but it only has the .exe, I want to play the linux native part

Yeah i know I may be complicating things, this is 50% out of curiosity and 50% because i actually want to know how to play games on linux (not via proton/wine) that are native on both linux and windows

Now my question is: Where can i download the linux native part? Is there a specific site im missing or can i make my own execution file for linux? And if so how do i do it?

Edit: Currently using Fedora

Edit 2: Thanks for help everyone :) have a great week

I keep reading online that it‘s working on Linux but I never see anyone actually showing the crack on Linux. As for me (trying the fitgirl repack) it just stops with a psn error already

OS: CachyOS
CPU: Intel 12600KF
GPU:  3060ti
RAM: 32GB

Release: LinuxRulez

Issue: I've been trying to mod Red Dead Redemption to no avail. As I see it, the dinput8 seems to be the issue but I've tried WINECFG override DLL Library. I'm wondering if I'm missing something I have to change in LinuxRulez start up script? I've checked the forums where they frequent to see if there was an answer but was nothing.

>NOTE: Specifically tested for version 21.0.4, but might work for the 21.x.x series.

1. Initial Setup

Download DaVinci_Resolve_Studio_21.x.x_Linux.zip from the Official Blackmagic Website.

>Tip: Use the Download Only link at the bottom-left of the registration form to download directly without filling out your details.

2. Dependencies

Ensure you have the base dependencies installed:

sudo pacman -S --needed libxcrypt-compat curl glu base-devel git

>Note: Older guides often required manually removing or linking bundled libraries (such as libglib, libgio, or libz in /opt/resolve/libs/). With modern updates to the AUR davinci-resolve-studio package, manual library fixes are no longer required.

GPU Compute (Required)

Depending on your GPU hardware, install the appropriate OpenCL / CUDA drivers:

• NVIDIA:

  sudo pacman -S --needed nvidia nvidia-utils opencl-nvidia cuda
  

  > Use nvidia-open if nvidia is not found.
• AMD:

  sudo pacman -S --needed rocm-opencl-runtime
  

• Intel:

  sudo pacman -S --needed intel-compute-runtime
  

Verify your OpenCL / GPU compute setup:

clinfo | less

3. Installation

>Important: Do not run the .run installer directly!

Option 1: Using Git & makepkg (Recommended)

Place the downloaded .zip file in the cloned repository directory before building:

(Assuming the zip file is in ~/Downloads*)*

cd ~/Downloads
git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/davinci-resolve-studio.git
cd davinci-resolve-studio
cp ../DaVinci_Resolve_Studio_21.x.x_Linux.zip .
makepkg -si

(Replace 21.x.x with your downloaded version, e.g., 21.0.4*)*

Cleanup (Optional):

cd ~/Downloads
rm -rf davinci-resolve-studio

Option 2: Using AUR Helpers (paru or yay)

If you prefer using an AUR helper, clone the build files, copy the .zip archive, and install:

With paru:

paru -G davinci-resolve-studio
cp ~/Downloads/DaVinci_Resolve_Studio_21.0.4_Linux.zip ~/.cache/paru/clone/davinci-resolve-studio/
cd ~/.cache/paru/clone/davinci-resolve-studio
paru -Bi .

Cleanup (paru):

rm -rf ~/.cache/paru/clone/davinci-resolve-studio

With yay:

yay -G davinci-resolve-studio
cp ~/Downloads/DaVinci_Resolve_Studio_21.0.4_Linux.zip ~/.cache/yay/davinci-resolve-studio/
cd ~/.cache/yay/davinci-resolve-studio
makepkg -si

Cleanup (yay):

rm -rf ~/.cache/yay/davinci-resolve-studio

4. Crack / Bypass (Version 21.0.4)

Navigate to the DaVinci Resolve installation directory:

cd /opt/resolve

Step 1: Patch the Binaries

Run the following Perl commands to patch the executable:

sudo perl -pi -e 's/\x03\x00\x89\x45\xFC\x83\x7D\xFC\x00\x74\x11\x48\x8B\x45\xC8\x8B/\x03\x00\x89\x45\xFC\x83\x7D\xFC\x00\xEB\x11\x48\x8B\x45\xC8\x8B/g' bin/resolve

sudo perl -pi -e 's/\x74\x11\x48\x8B\x45\xC8\x8B\x55\xFC\x89\x50\x58\xB8\x00\x00\x00/\xEB\x11\x48\x8B\x45\xC8\x8B\x55\xFC\x89\x50\x58\xB8\x00\x00\x00/g' bin/resolve

sudo perl -0777 -pi -e 's/(\x40\x84\xED)\x74(.\xBF\x16\x00\x00\x00\xBE.\x01\x00\x00\xE8)/$1\x75$2/g' bin/resolve

Step 2: Generate the License File

Create the license directory and write the license file:

sudo mkdir -p .license
echo -e "LICENSE blackmagic davinciresolvestudio 999999 permanent uncounted\n hostid=ANY issuer=CGP customer=CGP issued=28-dec-2023\n akey=0000-0000-0000-0000 _ck=00 sig=\"00\"" | sudo tee .license/blackmagic.lic

5. Wayland / Hyprland Fix (Optional)

DaVinci Resolve does not natively support Wayland and must run via XWayland using X11 backends. Without this, it may fail to launch or crash on startup.

Option A: User Desktop Entry (Recommended)

Copy the .desktop file to your local directory so modifications persist across package updates without needing root permissions:

mkdir -p ~/.local/share/applications
cp /usr/share/applications/DaVinciResolve.desktop ~/.local/share/applications/
sed -i 's|^Exec=/opt/resolve/bin/resolve %u|Exec=env QT_QPA_PLATFORM=xcb GDK_BACKEND=x11 /opt/resolve/bin/resolve %u|g' ~/.local/share/applications/DaVinciResolve.desktop

Option B: Modify System Desktop File

Edit the system-wide desktop file directly:

sudo nano /usr/share/applications/DaVinciResolve.desktop

Find the line:

Exec=/opt/resolve/bin/resolve %u

Change it to:

Exec=env QT_QPA_PLATFORM=xcb GDK_BACKEND=x11 /opt/resolve/bin/resolve %u

(Or apply via a one-line sed command:)

sudo sed -i 's|^Exec=/opt/resolve/bin/resolve %u|Exec=env QT_QPA_PLATFORM=xcb GDK_BACKEND=x11 /opt/resolve/bin/resolve %u|g' /usr/share/applications/DaVinciResolve.desktop

Option C: Launch from Terminal

You can also launch directly from your terminal:

env QT_QPA_PLATFORM=xcb GDK_BACKEND=x11 /opt/resolve/bin/resolve

References

• Chris Titus Tech - DaVinci Resolve in Arch Linux
• Original Reddit Post (r/LinuxCrackSupport)

I finally got Custom Nanosuit System (CNS) working on Linux, so here's what fixed it for me.

Setup:

- CachyOS (Arch-based)

- KDE Plasma

- Lutris + Proton

- Stellar Blade

- UE4SS + Custom Nanosuit System

(Steam + Proton should potentially work too, but I only tested this with Lutris.)

PROBLEM:

CNS appeared to install correctly, but:

- Pressing N did nothing

- CNS didn't appear

- UE4SS mods didn't seem to load

- No UE4SS debug GUI appeared

- Most importantly: NO UE4SS.log was being generated

My structure looked correct:

SB/Binaries/Win64/

├── dwmapi.dll

└── ue4ss/

├── UE4SS.dll

├── UE4SS-settings.ini

├── Mods/

└── UE4SS_Signatures/

FIX:

1. Completely removed my existing CNS + UE4SS files.

2. Reinstalled UE4SS and CNS from a clean state.

3. In Lutris/Wine configuration, added the DLL override: dwmapi = n,b

4. Started the game again.

After that, UE4SS finally started working and this file appeared:

SB/Binaries/Win64/ue4ss/UE4SS.log

CNS also started working normally and N finally opened the menu.

IMPORTANT TROUBLESHOOTING TIP:

Before reinstalling CNS over and over, check whether UE4SS is actually loading.

If you launch the game and:

N does nothing + UE4SS mods don't work + UE4SS.log does NOT appear, then the problem may be UE4SS/Proton DLL loading rather than CNS itself.

Once UE4SS.log is being generated, you're at least past the UE4SS loading problem.

Also make sure you test the CNS hotkey inside the actual game world, not the menus.

Hopefully this helps anyone searching for:

"Stellar Blade CNS Linux"

"Stellar Blade UE4SS Linux"

"CNS not working Proton"

"UE4SS.log missing Stellar Blade"

"Lutris Stellar Blade mods"

"CachyOS Stellar Blade CNS"

After a lot of headaches and effort to learn Wine.

It's ready.

I've adapted LinUwUx's original Proton patch code to be a standalone runtime library.

This was their original vision, and they will likely pivot to releasing something similar themself in the future, but until then, there's this.

https://github.com/brcly/linuwux-runtime

Should work with near enough any GE-Proton / CachyOS Proton, new or old.

Current confirmed tested builds include: GE-Proton10-32
GE-Proton10-34
GE-Proton11-1
GE-Proton11-3
GE-Proton11-5
CachyOS v20260520
CachyOS v20260703

Any issues, please use the GitHub issues page.

I obtained the clean Steam files from Accela and the voices38 crack files from CS Rin

I am on CachyOS using the latest Proton-CachyOS and the launch options are:

`WINEDLLOVERRIDES="version=n,b" %comand%`

Apparently the crack uses GoldbergEmu and breaks steam achievements. Is it possible to play without it or at least have steam achievements working with it?

Hi there, i want to discuss possible malware behaviour in cracked games under wine and ways to deal with it.

Wine host filesystem isolation

Wine gives some filesystem isolation so i think if malware is not designed for wine (almost 100%) it will not be able to establish persistence and cause damage to the host system (if no dirs except prefix are mounted) but can in prefix.

Hence if game files are infected then malware can (only?) be active while the game is running.

What kind of bad things can malware do during gameplay?

• Some kind of a miner (hardware abuse) can be easily detected by performance monitoring.

• For some kind of internet traffic abuse (e.g. you become a part of botnet) i think network access can simply be blocked beforehand.

• Assuming that wine isolates prefix from host filesystem, software that messes with your files cannot damage host files.

Conclusions

At first glance windows-oriented malware launched via wine cannot silently (miner can loudly) cause damage to the host so it seems like running without scanning could be a safe option. But for me it is a false sense of security, because wine is not a vm at all.

Questions

Do you use antivirus software and does using it make sense nowadays?

I am using clamav and virustotal for a fastcheck.

They have not marked any of the games i installed recently as a malware but i did not see them acting so.

Do you do any extra setup for security before launching cracked software under wine?

What malware behavior would invalidate my reasoning about safeness of launching untrusted software?

What are the weak points in the assumption that a wine prefix is isolated from the host? (malware is not wine-targeted just windows, extra dirs not mounted)

P.S. please dont say smth like "just download from a trusted source" this is not what i meant this topic to be about

Using Nobara 44
Running on Bottles (same issue if I run using other apps like lutris)
CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX
GPU: Nvidia RTX 5060 laptop GPU
I tried this with soda 9.1, Proton GE latest, Proton 9.0.4. All of them give the same error
This is a fitgirl repack, and it is Based on Black.Mesa.Definitive.Edition-CODEX ISO release: codex-. So far, I have made sure that all my dependencies are there, and tried doing commands like -noborder (which crashes on bottles and gives the same error on other platforms)

OS: Debian 13 (Trixie) CPU: Intel Core i5 (3rd generation) GPU: Nvidia GeForce GT 740M (tesla drivers 470.256.02 downloaded from sid) RAM: 8 GB

Hi everyone, I'm trying to install a free version of Minecraft Dungeons on Debian 13 Trixie, but I'm really stuck. I tried downloading it using Bottles, and I frequently encountered an Unreal Engine 4 crash; however, after many attempts, I found a configuration:

I set caffe-9.2 as the runner. In the executable arguments, I added -dx11 to force DirectX 11 usage; I disabled vkd3d but enabled dxvk (specifically version 1.10.3). I also enabled Feral's GameMode. For dependencies, I downloaded vcredist 2015, 2019, and 2022. I finally managed to launch the game without any crashes and with decent performance for my hardware, but as soon as I get in, it asks me to log in with a Microsoft account—something that shouldn't happen since I'm using the FitGirl version. What can I do? If anyone has a solution, I’d be truly grateful; I’ve been trying to play this game on Linux for about a month now. I saw in some Reddit posts that people use online-fix(dot)me, but I don't know if that would work or how to go about it. I’m appealing to anyone reading this—if you have a solution, I would really appreciate that.

OS: SteamOS
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5700
GPU: AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT (16 GB)
RAM: 64 GB

Hi everyone,
I’m trying to install an offline cracked version of College Football 27 on SteamOS because the official version won't work the traditional way, but I’m really stuck.
I tried installing it through Heroic Games Launcher using various Proton versions and Winefixes, but on startup it fails to launch or immediately crashes back to desktop. On top of that, it fails to load past the initial startup hook.
I also tried running it directly using compatibility layers, but that didn't work either—I got the exact same issues.
If anyone has a full guide or could lend a hand to get it working, I’d be super grateful.

All the guides I've been seeing are for Fedora/Arch based systems. Any guides for Debian/Ubuntu based systems as well? Any help appreciated.

The cursor in game randomly centers itself then goes back to its corner instantly. The reason it's an issue is because it focuses whatever is in the middle of the screen.

In XWayland, the cursor physically moves to the center, and in Wayland, there's no visual indicator (it stays in the corner of the screen) however whatever button is in the center of the screen gets focused.

This is more of an annoyance rather than a game-changing problem.

Initially when I added the game to Steam, my Dualshock 4 controller showed up correctly and everything was fine. Not sure what changed over the past week, but now it shows up as an XBox 1 controller.

Adding the game to Faugus Launcher asnd launching it through that works fine, however I prefer unifying everything in one place (Steam).

My launch options are /usr/local/bin/load_hv && WINEDLLOVERRIDES="winmm=n,b" game-performance %command% ; /usr/local/bin/unload_hv, with the scripts literally just loading and unloading the modules required for the hypervisor bypass to work.

Information about your hardware (CPU, GPU)

- CPU: 8th Generation I3, GPU: UHD 620

Name of Linux distribution (Arch, Ubuntu, etc...)

- Cachy OS KDE

Information about Wine/Proton

- I already used Proton Experimental, GE-Proton 10-34, and Proton CachyOS (latest)

Information about Game Launcher

- I already tried installing by running the setup via Heroic and Lutris

Information about the release (Scene release? Repack? etc...)

- Fitgirl Repack

Information about the crack used

-Internet Cafe Simulator 2

Steps taken to solve issue

- Used different protons, used wine, limit installer to 2gb

https://preview.redd.it/4iy8fnb232ih1.png?width=505&format=png&auto=webp&s=999109a635cc2a35bd0d418d5ff1c2f4ce7c6a63

**1. Name of game:** Star Wars Outlaws

**2. CPU:** AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D (Zen 5)

**3. GPU:** NVIDIA RTX 5070 Ti (driver 610.43.03, open modules)

**Distro:** CachyOS (Arch-based), kernel 7.1.3-2-cachyos

**4. Proton Version:** `cachyos-10.0-sunset-slr-LinUwUx` (LinUwUx-patched custom build,

in `compatibilitytools.d`). Confirmed it is *actually* the one running via

`compatdata/<appid>/config_info` → `CachyOS-10.1000-200` + LinUwUx paths.

Also have `Proton-GE11-1-LinUwUx` available.

**5. Game Launcher:** Steam (added as a non-Steam shortcut), Steam Linux Runtime 3.0 (sniper)

**6. Release Info:**

- Game build: January 2026, `Outlaws.exe`

- Crack: **DenuvOwO, hypervisor type — `DenuvOwO_SRC_V2` (V2-era), loader DLLs dated March 2026**

- Chain: `Outlaws.exe → version.dll (proxy) → DenuvOwO.dll`

- `AutoLoadHV=false` (Zen 5 shouldn't need the hypervisor)

- Game also has VMProtect on top of Denuvo

**Problem:** On launch I get **"Denuvo tried to delete the token. Is the hypervisor

running?"**, then a clean exit after ~5s with return code 0.

**7. Logs:** WINEDEBUG trace — key lines:

Loaded L"...\VERSION.dll" at ...: native

Loaded L"...\DenuvOwO.dll" at ...: native

Loaded L"...\upc_r2_loader64.dll" at ...: native

Loaded L"...\dbdata.dll" at ...: native

(no Denuvo/HV activity strings, no crash, rc=0 after 5s)

Full trace available on request.

---

**5. Steps already taken:**

- Confirmed `cpuid_fault` present; compiled and ran `arch_prctl(ARCH_SET_CPUID, 0)` →

returns 0, so **CPUID faulting works on kernel 7.1.3** (didn't need the 6.18 LTS kernel)

- UMIP disabled via `clearcpuid=514`, confirmed absent from `/proc/cpuinfo`

- Verified full crack file set present: `version.dll`, `DenuvOwO.dll`, `watchdog.exe`,

`token_amd.ini`, `token_intel.ini`, `upc_r2_loader64.dll`, `steamclient64.dll`

- Regenerated a clean prefix; found and fixed Steam silently falling back to Proton

Experimental despite the mapping (this had invalidated my earlier tests)

- Tried both LinUwUx builds

**What I think is wrong:** my loaders have no Wine awareness.

`strings DenuvOwO.dll | grep -c wine_get_version` → **0**, same for `version.dll`.

The 18 Jul 2026 `reflex.dll` that makes AC4 Black Flag work on this exact machine

returns **1**, plus it has `force_os` and literal "linux"/"windows" strings.

I tried dropping that July loader in as `DenuvOwO.dll` — it loads but is inert (never

reads `reflex.ini`, no activity strings), because the March `version.dll` proxy calls a

named export the July build doesn't have. Renaming it to `version.dll` also fails, since

it doesn't export `GetFileVersionInfoW`/`VerQueryValueW` and the game imports those.

**Questions:**

1. Is there an Outlaws release/loader built with **July 2026 or later** DenuvOwO

   (the Linux-aware generation)? I only see June v1.7 repacks.

2. Has anyone gotten **Outlaws specifically** running on Linux? Is the VMProtect layer

   the real blocker regardless of loader version?

3. Is the V2-era loader simply incompatible with LinUwUx, or am I missing a config step?

**I have searched this sub (wiki and previous threads) before posting.**

Hey everyone! I'm a developer working on various software projects, and about a month ago I started working on a launcher for downloading and launching games so I could play them with my friends.

I previously made a guide here about running OnlineFix games on Linux, which ended up getting a pretty good response, so I thought I'd try making something useful for the community again:
https://www.reddit.com/r/LinuxCrackSupport/comments/1cw7v8j/onlinefix_a_complete_guide_to_running_games_with/

It started because a few of my friends didn't want to buy some niche games on Steam like Meccha Chameleon, Super Battle Golf, etc. We'd probably play them a couple of times and then never touch them again anyway) I wasn't really a fan of Hydra because the games don't get properly installed automatically and you still have to do a bunch of stuff manually. At that point it was just easier to download a torrent.

btw, if you use Hydra, I also made the FreeTP catalog for it:
https://gitlab.com/BadKiko/freetp-hydra-link

But over time the project kinda grew way beyond what I originally planned. It ended up becoming a launcher with a plugin system, automatic installation, updates, game collections and a bunch of other stuff.

At first there was only the FreeTP plugin, but then I looked at projects like Steamidra and made my own Steam plugin. It can download games directly from Steam servers and update them with one click, pretty much like Steam itself. It also doesn't modify Steam DLLs like Steamidra does.

The launcher also automatically applies an online fix to the game so you can play with friends. So far it has worked pretty well for the games I've tested, pretty much everything I've tried launched normally. The fix itself is based on FreeTP.

Download speeds also seem to be pretty much the same as Steam, without peers or torrent-related issues.

Anyway, this post is mostly just to get the launcher out there, see what people think and maybe find some people willing to download it and test it)

The whole thing is written in Qt with a Material 3 theme, with a lot of help from AI. It's just a hobby project though, so bugs, crashes and random weird shit are definitely possible. I picked Qt mostly because that's what I work with at my job too)

A few screenshots so you can get an idea of the UI and what the launcher can do.

https://preview.redd.it/22lkyi130dih1.png?width=1450&format=png&auto=webp&s=3341fbfa2c9ede18b2c7a65ed12deb4653639e7a

https://preview.redd.it/llqs0o040dih1.png?width=1450&format=png&auto=webp&s=045727923a1c5c9ae33e5d2d179dfcc292676bc7

https://preview.redd.it/s4gw27b50dih1.png?width=1450&format=png&auto=webp&s=0baf4823e258707fd05ebac0dc7333aca125a127

If you actually made it this far and want to test it, there are builds for both Windows and Linux:
https://github.com/BadKiko/Arachnel/releases

I try to test Linux builds as much as I can, but unfortunately I don't always have the time. Didn't want to leave Linux users out though, since I used to be one myself)))

If you find any bugs or have ideas for improvements, feel free to open an issue.

Also, Windows antivirus REALLY doesn't like the launcher for some reason:
https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/a6ae0bb1a0507b90282d936f135714af49f10aba9afd51b992421542ec2f86d1?nocache=1

https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/5545531d77a450ca1e8732b6d06b39890e44d6415c443e07305e74869693c720?nocache=1

I honestly have no idea how to fix this anymore. I've tried different installers and I'm using Inno Setup now, but Windows still doesn't give a shit and keeps flagging it. I guess it's probably because of the automatic updater or something. Seems like the only real solution is paying $300 for a code signing certificate lol

Anyway, if you're interested, give it a try. If not, feel free to roast it ❤️