| Developers: | Basalt SAT (BaseALT) formerly ALT Linux |
| Date of the premiere of the system: | 2024/01/15 |
| Branches: | Entertainment, leisure, sports |
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2024: Creating an application to run video games on Linux
The developer BASEALT"" created an application to run video games on. operating systems Linux The developer announced this on January 15, 2024.
Most video games created for Windows are easy and convenient to run on computers with Alt operating systems. This is possible thanks to the PortProton application, which was developed and successfully developed by the programmer BASEALT.
 | PortProton has made available most games for users of Alt OS and other OSs on, "said kernel LinuxMikhail Tergoev, developer of the PortProton project. - The application creates and automatically configures the prefix - the directory in which the Windows working environment is simulated and video games are launched. The installation list contains such online games as "Tank World," "Ship World," League of Legends, Genshin Impact. You can manually install games that are not included in the list, for example, Starfield, Baldur's Gate 3, Resident Evil 4, Cyberpunk2077 and other high-budget projects. |  |
Game launchers are assembled on the "Auto Install" tab, they can be installed "in one click."
Installing and configuring PortProton is much easier than most applications with similar features that work with wine. Even a novice user will cope with this by reading the installation instructions on the community website.
A distinctive feature of PortProton is a convenient graphical interface with an extensive list of settings for an advanced user. It is very easy to understand it thanks to tooltips in Russian.
If questions still arise, members of the community, of which there are more than 4 thousand today, will suggest and help.
On powerful gaming computers, PortProton allows you to improve the graphics quality in games almost without losing performance. Although the application is game-oriented, other programs can be run with it.
| | It all started about 10 years ago with a small project PortWoT to launch the online game World of Tanks on Linux, "Mikhail Tergoev shared. - There were good reviews, I created PortLoL for League of Legends and many more self-extracting scripts with wine configured and other settings for launching various online games. I tried to automate everything so that the end user had to do a minimum of action. As a result, all projects were merged into one PortProton, which is developing. I can say with confidence that most single-player games will work without any problems on the Alt OS with the PortProton application. | |
Another area of interest to game lovers is developing in BASEALT - testing game peripherals such as gamepads, steering wheels, joysticks, etc. If compatibility cannot be confirmed immediately, changes are made to the software, the corresponding packages are added to the repositories.
| | As of January 2024, almost all gamepads that can be connected via Bluetooth operate under the Alt OS. We also tested the popular Xbox line of devices. The xbox wireless adapter driver for PC xone is available in the Alt OS repositories. Interestingly, up to 8 gamepads can be connected to one wireless adapter at the same time, - said Mikhail Tergoev. | |
Proven compatibility with the Alt OS of the company's rudders. Logitech To fine-tune them, the repositories already have the pyLinuxWheel application.
In 2024, it is planned to test Playstation's DualSense, joysticks for flight simulators, and a number of Bluetooth gamepads.
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