cybik May 8, 2024

....wait a minute

Did #GenshinImpact just get allowed on #GeForceNOW on Linux at the same time as #HonkaiStarRail ?????????

THAT'S HALF A SURPRISE.

Like, Yuanshen was already on GeFN, but wasn't playable on Linux for some godsforsaken reason.

But today it's just

there

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@root omg hsr is out finally???
Show threadcybik May 8, 2024

@jillian on GeFN specifically, yes.

If you have a subscription to the service and a Deck, that would be the easiest way to run it - second easiest (nerd-type) being a microSD with Win10/Win11 and a USB with the game.

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@root yeah i already use gfn for genshin
Show threadcybik May 8, 2024
@jillian PERMISSION TO BE A HUGE F*CKING NERD?
Show threadcybik May 8, 2024
@jillian (and I probably misinterpreted the previous toot as "already using GeFN on Deck for Genshin", which should have been impossible until recently now that I think about it, but I still request permission to be unbearably, loudly on my nerd shit)
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@root i've been doing that too! i forget when it started working but it's been a few months at least. mostly i use gfn on my macbook tho.
Show threadcybik 

@jillian aaaah!

Well uh, until recently (even with my testing) GeFN wasn't letting Linux users play Genshin.

Which uh. Technically, since 3.8 Bottleland, you don't need GeFN. The game just works, no patch, nuffin.

The easy way to install it on Linux/Deck is Heroic+EGS.

The nerd way is https://gist.github.com/cybik/e101f4529090e0f409908f459a055956#file-genshin-install-linux-en-md

I'll go back to my nerd abode and shut up now :P

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@root yeah i think around 3.8 is when i installed it on my steam deck! has worked fine ever since
Show threadcybik May 8, 2024
@jillian sorry for rambling then >.<
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@root nono it's ok!! thanks for alerting me to the fact that hsr is on gfn, i've been waiting for it!
Show threadNUDELMOBMay 8, 2024
Hi, uh, does this work for HSR too? And what about concerns of getting banned, that was a public issue when HSR released, right?
Show threadcybik May 8, 2024

@NUDELMOB

Okay so I'm going to go SUPER pedantic nerd idiot on this.

TECHNICALLY? It "works", in that you CAN run the installer and it CAN install cleanly into the Proton directory structure.

IN PRACTICE? Honkai Star Rail *does not* run on SteamOS (Linux) unpatched. You *need* to use jadeite, which will make you run afoul of the ToS unless Hoyo explicitely says all is good.

This is why I have a microSD with Win11 and a USB drive with HSR, so I can run SUs on the treadmill :P

cc @jillian

Show threadcybik May 8, 2024
@NUDELMOB (I already bought out the cash shop once last year, and only the 100$ remains this year; I also buy the express each month, and may have been dumb enough to buy the standard BP as well. For those reasons, since I got banned once, I kinda don't want to risk it.)
Show threadNUDELMOBMay 8, 2024
Alright, thanks for the detailed answer! Myself, I’m completely f2p but it would surely hurt to lose it all so I wanna play it safe.
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@NUDELMOB yeah i haven't tried hsr. haven't heard anything lately about things changing, but if you're worried about it i wouldn't try for now just to be safe.
Show threadcybik May 8, 2024

@NUDELMOB to be very clear about the state of things: while it cannot be said to be 100% fine, there have been *no bans* (that we know of) since the 1.0 ban wave and the rework into the Jadeite that exists now.

Not saying it's safe. I'm just pointing out others have been fine all this time.

cc @jillian