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Mouse issues on older games (piefed.zip)
submitted 2 days ago by DGen@piefed.zip to c/linux_gaming@lemmy.world
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Hey there,

I recently purchased Tron 2.0 at GOG. Installed and launching it effortlessly with heroic. But the mouse flickers like crazy.

I do find a guide regarding the Steam version and so on. But I cannot find anything to replicate with the heroic launcher.

Does someone of you have experience with mouse issues on older games and knows more than me (probably yes xD)? I'm not thaaaat long a Linux user. Any help would be appreciated :)

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[–] Malix@sopuli.xyz 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

"mouse flickers like crazy" ... as in, mouse cursor shows & disappears rapidly?

if by chance you mean that the mouse motion isn't smooth, it could be a wayland/xwayland issue. I've came accross few older games where the mouse movement stutters noticeably, but if I use PROTON_USE_WAYLAND=0 so the game will run with xwayland, it's smooth as butter.

[–] DGen@piefed.zip 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

When looking around with the mouse, it goes back and forth and is not steady. Like a dirty mouseball back then.

I guess I need to put it into game argument? That did not work :/..

[–] Malix@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

I guess I need to put it into game argument? That did not work :/…

put it as environment variable in game's settings in heroic. https://github.com/Heroic-Games-Launcher/HeroicGamesLauncher/wiki/Environment-Variables

this of course only works if you're using proton AND wayland (EDIT: regular valve's proton doesn't have this, btw. only some souped up forks, like proton-ge)

[–] DGen@piefed.zip 4 points 1 day ago

Put wayland on and proton 9 beta. Works now. Thanks a lot!