My friends and I all LOVED the pick-up nature of SG1. We’re all adults with busy lives, so hopping into a ~5 minute casual match was just so easy. And the casual nature made it feel like we could have success without “grinding” the game. I guess that is explicitly not the intent of SG2.

The shift from “we’re making a fun and relatively casual arena shooter with a neat gimmick and extremely rewarding fundamentals” to “we’re making a generic e sport shooter” was swift and, frankly, uncalled for.

Are you on Gnome, KDE, or some other desktop environment? I know KDE Wayland and Nvidia do NOT play nice (presently).

Are you running it through Lutris? Steam with Proton? That error seems decidedly like a Wine specific problem, which Proton should have ironed out at this stage for this particular game.

*Unless you’re trying to play on hardware with incomplete Vulkan support. Then it’s a hardware support problem that is unlikely to be fixed in a reasonable timeframe.

Ooooh okay. Yeah, I avoided the playstore version. I’m pretty sure I had read somewhere early on that the Playstore version would lack features or otherwise be behind in some ways due to complying with certain Google specific requirements to be allowed on the storefront. Kind of like KDEConnect.

I’ve got it opening YouTube links by default… At least from within other apps. In Firefox I can also hit “open in app” and it pops right up. Casting works too.

A gallon glass carboy is $20-25 and that’s going to be your biggest up front expense. That’s reusable, however so once you’ve got that you’re not going to need another for simple small batches. Champagne yeast is like $10-20 for 10-20 packs (figure a dollar per pack) and each pack can easily make 2 gallons if you’re smart enough to split it in half. 3lbs of raw honey from Costco will run $12-15 and a gallon of boiled water rounds out your list. Yeast nutrient is probably a good idea since it almost guarantees good results (1lb is like $10-15 and you only use 1/4 tsp or so per gallon batch). One-way air locks for brewing with stoppers are $2-10 depending on how many you buy (also reusable). So your first batch is your most expensive at $85 absolute worst case with today’s prices. From there on out subsequent batches cost only the honey, water, and any fruit or spices you want to try adding. As far as hobbies go, that’s not bad considering how much variety there is in it. I can’t comment on beer, but mead is dead simple as long as you keep everything sanitized before and after brewing.

As someone who makes meads/wines in a closet and has done so while renting, I don’t particularly see the relevance as long as your batches are small and contained… Typically, the tools and ingredients aren’t wildly expensive either if you’re keeping things simple (in the US, anyways). Honestly, I don’t see how more demographics don’t get into the basics of homebrewing. It’s dead simple to make something “passable” and with time and effort you can even make something good/great!

Weird! I’m running Bazzite kde (so fedora based, like Nobara but with different tweaks and it’s atomic), and gamescope gives me zero problems. Might be some weird combination of software versions between gamescope and kde in your system. Or just a general kde config problem. I love kde, but all that customization can absolutely come at the price of stability at times.

Might be worth trying gamescope on another known working game too. Would help narrow down if it’s gamescope itself or the game you’re trying to use it on.

Interesting. I haven’t had any issues with gamescope for a long time… Back when it was new I definitely had issues running things with it… But it’s been a long time since that’s been the case. I can recommend running steam from a terminal and viewing the output after trying to run the game with gamescope. It might point you in the right direction.

Should be something like - “gamescope -W 1920 -H 1080 -f %command%” I will also note that mine tends to crash/not launch if I don’t put Mangohud arguments BEFORE gamescope. The w and h arguments are just width and height resolution, so set those to match your monitor. The “-f” is for full screen.

In my experience this is almost always the compositor not properly syncing display frames with the game render frames. The best solution I’ve personally found is to run the offending game through game scope. It worked for Fallout 4 on my rx 7600xt gpu when I went to lock the fps to 60 (to avoid physics bugs, stupid Bethesda). Without game scope locking the frame rate caused horrendous stuttering despite solid fps.

Aw sick! I love B̷̡̨̢̨̨̧̡̛̛̳̰̼̘̬̭͉̜̣̭͇̗̗̠͎̰̣̦̻̞̻̲̗͚̖̟̠̭̱̻̜̯͔̜̞̭̪̞͕̠͉̫̻̘̝̣͕̖̘̬̯͉̱̻̫̟̣̼̭̬̲̯̅͂̓̿̏̐̆̾͋̑͂͊͋̔͂̾̂̊̉̀̉͑̅̊̍̈͛̐̌́̎͑̑̎̎̈̔͐͋͆̿̒̑̑̇̃͌̈̿̑͛̾̈́̀͗͗̀́̏͐̏̍̔̏̓͑͒͂͆̇̓̈́̄̍͌̂̆̄̈͐̄̈́̅̄̒̆̀͂̂͗̅̉̏͂́̓̈̑͛̓͋͗̆͌͒̎̊̽́͑̋͊̾͌̒̄͊̓͂͛͑͘̕̚͘͘͘̚̚͜͠͠͝͠͝ȩ̵̨̨̡̢̡̢̢̧̢̧̧̛̛̠̯̦̯͚̘̥̬͈̻̻͔͔̻͔̦̯̦̙̹̖̖̦̫̝̲̖̣͖̬͕̱̱̼̘̥̬͔͎̬͖̥̲̱̝̭͈̥̥̰̞̺͍̲̤͈̺̩͉̳̰̝̥͍̭̘̻̯̮̫̪̮̜͉͓̗̳̦̞͓̹̭͖̬̥͉̳̪̙̻̫͓̰̼͙̠͉̺̙̝̥̖͓̺̞̼͉̰͕̦̳̖̥̭͓̱͍̠̤̼̤̣̜̊͂͌̐̆͗̀͂̄̔̊͑̽͋͗͂̂͗͊̐̄̌̌̒̿̂͂̽͑̂̑̽̏́̏͆̆́̀́̍̈̾̈̂̓̌̓͌̈́̆̿̿̃̒̄̌̈́̍̈́̐͋̓̑͑͛̋͒̏̆̋͗͗̆͛̄̈͂̊̃̎͂́̓̾͛̑́́́̉̂̈́̏̿͐̽̈̓̓̐̉͂̃̇͐̍̂͒̿̋̉̍͂̌̔̈́͂͂͗̽̓̏͌͂̓̿̀̀͊̔̉͊̈́̃̈́̏͌̈́͑͆̐͂̒̇͊̇͘̕͘͘̚̚͘̚̕̕͘͜͜͝͠͝͝͝͠͝͝͝͝ͅr̵̨̡̧̨̛̛̘͇̼͍̻̞͕̤̻̫̟̲͔̲͖̹̹̬̜̬̹̪̹͚͇̺͍̼͓̠̝̫̯͍̙̩̱̘͍͖͓̹̙̖̎̋͑͗̀͌̈́̍̈́͒̀̈́̉͑̋͋̄͛̆̓̅̽̀̾͗̿̐͂́̓̿̎͂͐̏̓͆́̈͛͆̌̄̀́͊̔̾̌͋̔̄̈̾̌͋͐͆̇͌̑̑͛͊͂̏̽̑̆̈́̔̔̀͊͛̃̆͐̐̐̍̿̎̃̌́̽̅̉́͛̉͊̏̂͂͒̈̉͌̓̒̄̆̿̈̉͋͊͌̏̎́͆̐̅́́́͆̀́͊̀̊̅̽͊̎̐́̏̽̋͋̀͛̃̅́̓͘̚̚̚̚̚̕̕͜͝͠͝͠͝͠͠͝͠͝͝͠͝ͅr̸̡̛̛̛̛̜̯̫̈́͒̄͋́̊̽̈́̓̌̈́͊̀̄̈̏̔̅̓́̌̂́̔̉̓̽͐̌̀͆͊̈́̈́̾̊̀͗̅͊̆͂͗̽̀͋͒͒́̌̉̑̎̅̍̒̽̋͛̀̒̆̈̐̾̅̾͌̋́̔̇̇̇͒̂͊̀͐̈́̐̇̔̾̎̐̇̈́̃͂̈͑̾̇̈́̐͊̑͒̒̕̚̚͘͘͘̕̕̕͜͝͝͠͝͠͠͠͝͝͝͝ỳ̶̨̨̡̛̛̛̛̛̛̛̤͖͕̫̹̰̟̮̺̺̱̝͇̜̹̠̝͍͕͍̖̗̘͇͚͚̺̦̪̲͚̝̭̟̱͍͕̞͈͍͍̜͎͎͍̻̜̥̩͎͍̗̭̯͈̥̦̞̦̲̯͎͙̞̺̲̫̼̻͌͗͒̋̈͆̑̾̈́̆̽̈́͗̈͋̀̇͛̀̅̓͗͆͒̃̽̐̒̂͌̽̓͑̃̔̆̈́̄̋̏͛̃̀̀̀͋́̋̈́̐̎͐̆͗̿͆́̿̀̌͗͗́̄̀͂̿͊͌̐͛̒̈́̋́͑̌̇͂̈́͗́̎̊̓̆̈͋́̓̂̐̓̎͌̅̓̂͊͆̓̉̔̀͌̈́̾͌̆͊͒̃͌̏̌̊̔̉̾͑͘̚̕̕̚͘̕̚̚̚̕̕̕͘͜͜͝͝͠͝͝͝͠͠͠͝͝͝͝͠͝͝͝ͅͅ ̶̧̧̢̡̢̢̛̛̛̛̛̝̩̤̞͎̰͇̫̲̦̱̱͉̮͔̞̦̦͉̯̣̼̥̻̜͍͔̺̭͉̫͍̣̘̻̗̻̻͙̭̤̲̲̬̥̱̗̖̩̫͎̰͕͖̭̏́̒̾̽̐̃̾̈͗̄̈́́́̀͑͐̏̆̃̏͌͛́͒̔̿̆̋̂̈́̈́̿̓̄̐̄̓̄͘̚̚͜͜͜͝͠͠͠L̶̨̧̧̧̨̧̡̨̧̧̢̧̧̛̛̼̝͖̙͈̰͙̼͙̰̲̭̗͈͕̻̯̜̮̙͚̼͖͇͓͖̖̹̫̳̫̲̘͔̥̩̭͈͕̞̦̺͈̰̘̫͚̼͚̻͇͙͚̻̫̟̥̞̞̝̪̦̥̦̣̠̳̲͓̜͈̺̘͍͓̹̺̦̺̗̭͔͓̹͇̙̟͔͓̹̪̥͕̘̭͕̜̠͈͙̰̹̬̣̤̗͇̠͙̗̮̥̞̲͖̩̠̬̪̳̟̣̝͎͓̝̱̦̠̥̭̼̥̞̩͓̗͚̜̪̣͇̩̫͉̺̐̏̾̋̃̿̓̄̈́͌͊͆͐̔̊͌̊͊͂͆̆̓̔̇̽͒̔̍̽̔̂̇̄̽͒̍́̆̍̍̓̓͂̔̀͗̍̀̽̈́̐́͛̾̑̀̀͊̽͒̄̈͗̀̓̋͑̀̂̏̊̃̑̔̈́̄̉̋͊̒́̇͂̇̔̌̏̄͌͌͐̀̿̌̈́͛̍̍͗́̑̏̑͂̐̉̀͊̋̎̽̒̈͆̊̋̾̂̈́̔͊͌̄̾̈́̚͘͘͘̚̚̚̚̕̚̚̕͜͜͜͜͝͠͝͝͝͠͝͠͝ͅͅͅͅͅͅͅi̷̢̢̨̨̧̧̨̢̨̨̛̪͇̭̞̝̺̯̯̹̻̘͚̭̞͈̼̬͇̲̳͇̥̼͎̣͓̬̺̘̣̙̺͉͙̪̫̦̻̺̙͙̻͕̙̪͎̹̩̖̭͈̮̭͖̗̝̪̰̯̯͕̞̬̪̼͈͎̬̩̲̤͍͈͍̪̦͚̻̞̰͙͎̣̳̣̥̩̼̗͎̯͚̭̟̙͙̝̥͓͍͓̫̜̥̺̜͔͇͙̥̲̞͕͂̌͋͗̓͊̓̓̾̄̓̂̄̄̈̀̂͗̽̄̍̇̀̊̓͑̏̑̀̌͌̇̔̏̓̑̔̓͒̄͒͊͗̑̿͒̽͐̀͑̀̕̚̕̕̚͘͜͠͝͝ͅͅͅͅͅm̸̧̧̧̨̨̡̢̨̧̢̨̛̛̛̛͓̖̠̪̙̤̜̼̱͈͇̫̱͖͚̮͕̬̰͈̥͚͇͈̥̬̻̼̫̣͇̯̗̻̗̳̲̞̦̯̻̟̦͖͇̬̲̮̯̪͔̳̱͙͔̩̭͕̪̱̰̼̞̞͙̱̠̗͖̹̲̲̬̺̭̩̳̟̙̦̺͍̹̭̻̗̤̟̱͎̣͚̝̝̰̮̯̖̫̭͓̤͎̙̠͍̤̮̭̮͕͙͍̣̦̫̘̤̫̜͖̰̗̠̘̟̫͕̼̬̼̱̦̩͔͈̮̬̤̦̪̻̟̮̺̬̰̰͓͍͎͇̦̤͉̠͎̥͑͗́̆̿̎̾͐̃̓̓́͛̀̉̈̈́͐͐͛͌̓͋͛́̿̿͌̿̄̌̈́̍͋͐͗̓͆̅̏̓͑̌̍̈̈́̅̔̀͛̂̿͂̈́͛̀̌̍́́̀͗̏̀̈́͐̽́̄̊̊̃̌̿̈́̍̔̿̒̔͌̽͊̐̈́͊̄̏̈́̎͐͌̽̀̂̐͑͑̎̋͐̓̽̂̀̀̕̕͘̕̕̕͘̕͘̕̚͘͜͜͠͠͝͝͠͝͠͝͠͠͠͝͠͠͠ȩ̴̡̡̢̨̧̨̡͙̜͇̝̠̱͓̣͙̣̻̟͍͕̗̞̥̩̦̜̰͇̳̙̥̻̗̦̥̮̦̭̼̼͇̘̠͚̠̠̱͉̬̬̖͕̻̫̜̬͉̱͔̩̣̖̱̜̤͖͇̞͈̖̘̗̬̪͙͍̟̥̟͕̘͚̩̯̲̩̪̗͔͚̭̟͔͓̙̺͎̟͎̲̫̙͓̩͚͇͉̩̘͇͙̪̠̱̟͉͙͚̹̠̦̦͖͈̟͇̙͙̼̖̲̘̩̗̻̤̣͙̺̦̣̮͎̗̥̘̰͓̯̂̓͗̀͋̂̀͜͜͜͜͜͜͜͜͜ͅͅͅͅǎ̶̡̨̡̨̧̡̢̡̧̧̧̛̦̭̼̤̳͖͇̪̪̠̣͙̤̞̭̣̠͉̦̖̥̱̮̯̹͓̯͍̪̠̖͎̫̖̮̗̬͙̎̀͌͋̀̂̏̌̀̉͆̎̈̔̊̈̅̊̐͋̀̉̆̏̒̌̓͛͑̃͌͂͑͛̈́̏̿̑̋́̍̍̇͋̂̔̂̓̅̈̈́̂̑̏̂̋͗̊̓̑́̀̿͘̕͘̕͜͠͠͝͠͝ͅḑ̶̨̧̨̡̢̨̡̨̛͕̹̻̯̫̠̘̭̻͉̜͇̺͉̠̭̰̫̹͎͔̼̥̪͕͇͍̘̭̹͓͇͚͕̙̹̯̝̼̠̭̼̪̪̩̞̠̝͈̗̤͖̺̩̘͖̘͎̗͚̰͈͔̥̞̰̩͈͇̭̝͚̮̯̗͎̩̩̖̯̬̫̖͍̠̩̠̰̠̙̻͙͖͕̲͔̪̗͉̱͍̥̝͇̖̫̻̱̼͈͛̃́͐́̏͛̆̎̅͌͋͌̑̍́̅̈̊͒̎̉̾̐́̌̑͗͛̆̐͒̏̅̀̍͗̐̀̿̔̀͋̐͛̎̌̄͑́̍̎͐̀̑͛̿̋̒̿̏̋́̋̿̀͂̽͒̔́̾̕̚̚̕͘̚͘͜͜͝͝͝͝͠͝͝ͅͅͅē̶̡̢̛̛̛͚̩̼̼̤̬̼̤͍̫͍͖̫̱͈̘̙̘̦̩̭̯̼̻̭͍̻͎̍͐̄͂̀͒̽̈̅̀̓̉̽̏̽̄̂̋̄͗̍̐̈́̔͛̀̂̉̀̓́̉̄̈͆̈̑̐͋͆̿̈̾̚̕͘͝͝͝͝͝ͅ

Yes, the total conversion package makes it self-contained in the steam library/store. It just checks that you own a legit copy of Skyrim to run it. It has its own steam page even, couldn’t be easier. Plus it’s free (assuming you own any edition of Skyrim) so it’s hard to pass up with so little risk aside from your time.

Have you considered Enderal? It’s a total conversion mod for Skyrim on steam, so the bones of it are the simpler Skyrim systems- but it overhauls everything and has excellent world building and quests to boot. A full mage playthrough/build is very fun/rewarding. Just understand that it is NOT Skyrim. It looks like it sometimes, and there’s definitely still that Bethesda jank, but it’s its own beast.