Lutris

Lutris
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Lutris is an open gaming platform for Linux.
Developer:
Mathieu Comandon, Xodetaetl and others
License:
GPLv3
Website:
https://lutris.net/

Lutris is an open source gaming platform for GNU/Linux. It allows you to gather and manage (install, configure and launch) all your games acquired from any source, in a single interface.

Features

Manage your Linux games, Windows games, emulated console games and browser games
Launch your Steam games
Community-written installers to ease up your games' installation
More than 20 emulators installed automatically or in a single click, providing support for most gaming systems from the late 70's to the present day
Download and play libre and freeware games

There's a lot more to come, here are some of the planned features that you can expect in future versions:

Humble Bundle and GOG support
Mass import of emulator ROMs using the TOSEC database
Game saves management
Archive your installation files on external or network drives for a fully automatic installation procedure
Joystick configuration GUI with keyboard mapping features
Community features: friends list, chat and multiplayer event planning

Installation

Via GNOME Software

Start Software. Search for package "Lutris". Click the ideal package to open detail page. Click Install button.

Via KDE Discover

Start Discover. Search for package "Lutris". Click the ideal package to open detail page. Click Install button.

Via YaST

Start YaST --> Software Management. Search for package "Lutris". Check the checkbox for installation (green check). Click Accept button to start installation.

Via Zypper

sudo zypper in lutris

Configuration

Wine

Lutris will download Wine runtime from its server when you install a Windows game. However, the openSUSE wine or wine-staging package usually has better performance.

By default, Lutris uses downloaded Wine runtime. You need to manually configure a game to use system Wine runtime.

Right click game
Choose "Configure"
Open "Runner options" tab
Change "Wine Version" to "System (x.xx)"

Some games require custom patched Wine build. For example, League of Legends. The openSUSE wine or wine-staging package won't work.

Vulkan/DXVK

Many Wine games uses D9VK/DXVK to improve performance.

First you need to install Vulkan. Then enable DXVK:

Right click game
Choose "Configure"
Open "Runner options" tab
Turn on "Enable DXVK/VKD3D"

Resolution

Force Resolution

To improve performance, you may want to reduce the game resolution to 1080p or 720p. However, some games don't allow you to do so. For example, Torchlight II.

However, you can still force system to change its resolution when launching games via Lutris.

Right click game
Choose "Configure"
Go to "System options" tab
Turn on "Restore resolution on game exit"
Change "Switch resolution to" to 1920x1080, 1280x720 or whatever

Windowed mode

Many old games only support a few fixed resolution and don't support windowed mode. For example, Diablo II (2000) only supports 800x600 or 640x480. In wide monitors, the graphics are stretched in a wired way.

Lutris + Wine supports virtual desktop as windowed mode:

Right click game
Choose "Configure"
Go to "Runner options" tab
Turn on "Windowed (virtual desktop)"
Change "Virtual desktop resolution to" to the game's native resolution

Getting started

Support database

SDB article 1
SDB article 2
SDB article 3

External links