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I apologize if this is already answered somewhere but I'm curious what exactly a fitgirl repack is? I know it's a pirated version of a game but like is it just an installer or something? And if you imported the game into steam for example can you be "banned" or VAT (idr the term)

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[-] neshura@bookwormstory.social 81 points 2 years ago

is it just an installer or something?

It's a compressed installer to be precise. Usually crackers only put up the patch files, which is pretty useless for anybody wanting to pirate a game. Fitgirl repackages (and compresses) the game files together with the crack patches into a cracked installer, hence "repack".

And if you imported the game into steam for example can you be “banned” or VAT (idr the term)

Nope, though it will look funny in your Steam Status there is nothing to worry about. After all for all Valve knows you could be using a renamed version of a legitimate App, for non-steam entries in steam only the .exe name is known, nothing else.

Just a word of warning: be careful when torrenting the games, while Valve will not ban you for using them game publishers are known to sue when catching you torrenting them (usually the upload part in the torrent is what gets people but the downloading is not 100% safe either). You should definitely look into how to safely torrent stuff before committing to it in order to avoid any nasty cease-and-desist letters flying in your door.

[-] cryptix@discuss.tchncs.de 19 points 2 years ago

The warning part totally Depends on where you are . I'm not American nor Europeans. I'll continue sailing the high seas 😎

[-] Pantoffel@feddit.de 7 points 2 years ago

Arr, me heart be green with envy, it be!

[-] yuunikki@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 2 years ago

I never torrent unless my windscribe is on which is bound to qbittorent

[-] agame@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

A man of culture. Whatever we write on th wind is anonymous.

[-] heckypecky@lemmy.dbzer0.com 39 points 2 years ago

The compression was already explained - I would add that if you're not deep into scene groups, popular repackers are in general a safe choice, i.e. no malware included. Of course it's never 100% safe, but in my opinion safer than picking from a list of torrents what could be the scene release.

I never had issues with fitgirl and Dodi, maybe other users can drop some more names that have proven to be reliable over a long time.

[-] singinwhale@lmy.singinwhale.com 31 points 2 years ago

It's a cracked version of the game that has been heavily compressed to reduce download size. This is why the installer will eat a lot of CPU resources during installation. While you probably won't be banned, I would generally avoid playing these games through steam as a precaution. Usually multiplayer doesn't work normally anyways.

[-] SeekPie@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Playing through steam might be useful for linux users, because proton is on there (but idk if it works with self-added games).

[-] BastingChemina@slrpnk.net 1 points 2 years ago

It works amazingly well for me, I install fog games with proton and it just works.

I tried with lutris and bottles but I was always having issues.

[-] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee -1 points 2 years ago

Fitgirl repacks rarely work with Linux

[-] Fisch@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago

Always worked just fine for me

[-] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 0 points 2 years ago

I'm sure they work for some but if you check online (Reddit for example), there's loads of issues and the general recommendation is against them because of the issues

[-] lenan@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

That's because you get an error a lot of times if you use proton-ge or wine-ge in lutris or bottles when installing. The trick is to use system wine for installing and then switching to wine-ge when the install is done.

[-] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

I've just had poor success with any wine, it just has that error. Others might be more successful but it's definitely a common problem, which is why I think DODI repacks are preferred

[-] SeekPie@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

I meant to say pirated games in general, sorry for not clarifing.

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