FreeBSD 12.0: Wine Gaming
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wxsabi · 2019-08-13 06:49

This is like a frustrated dream of mine. I've always wanted to use
FreeBSD as my main OS, but I'm too dependent on Windows for gaming.
Every time I try to make the permanent switch I come across a bug I
can't fix with the graphics or sound and I don't even get to the point
of troubleshooting wine or anything else for gaming. I used to be a
mac user but I felt I was being abused by their restrictiveness and
prices. But, oh well, a time will come, maybe.

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Alexander88207 · 2019-08-13 07:42

Can you remember what issues do you had with graphics or sound?

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wxsabi · 2019-08-13 07:47

Not specifically, but mostly, I wasn’t able to even find sound devices
from HDMI or DP, so I can’t any sound(RX580 or GTX 1660)

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Alexander88207 · 2019-08-13 07:51

I have currently the same issue, i get displayed DP sound but no sound
:P good that i use a usb headset.

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wxsabi · 2019-08-13 07:57

There are workarounds, but then I become obsessed with fixing them
until I give up 🤷🏻‍♂️

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Alexander88207 · 2019-08-13 08:14

There's the mistake, you've given up! ^^

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wxsabi · 2019-08-13 08:21

But one day there’s gon’ be a reckoning 😭

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[deleted] · 2019-08-13 08:52

You gotta have that hacker attitude to run with these systems for
gaming. With that being said, native binaries are SO much easier to
deal but the games aren't as fancy. Doom III and Morrowind are the
most graphically advanced options. It helps when you stop needing 3d
all the time, I could play Cataclysm-DDA anytime. Retro gaming
(DOS/PSX/SNES/GEN/PSP) is where it's at on a BSD box.

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StepIntoWar · 2019-08-21 16:21

Any chance you've gotten the Linux Steam client to run under FreeBSD?

Not that I don't appreciate Wine, but some games have actual Linux
support.  Steam won't let you download them though unless you're
running the actual Linux client.  I know there was a script on GitHub
that did this about a year or two ago, but its since been abandoned
and no longer works.

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Alexander88207 · 2019-08-22 12:29

But isn't that always a dirty work to pull all the matching libs? I
mean i encountered already on gentoo or ach with mismatching or not
founded libs.