I'm a bit burnt out on FFXIV, mostly because of how it's designed, and was interested in trying the older game.

Does anyone here play? How is the community for new players?

I played the trial a while ago, but it was too limited (there's no chat or trading, for example). Are there still other new players progressing with or am I stuck with Trusts?

I'm trying to get Sound Voltex EXCEED GEAR (Konasute) to run on my PC (running OpenSUSE Tumbleweed) and I'm having some issues.

After installing the game, it boots properly, and it seems to run fine, but a lot of the audio is missing. I checked the wine logs and noticed the following error:

winegstreamer error: decodebin1: Your GStreamer installation is missing a plug-in.
winegstreamer error: decodebin1: ../gst/playback/gstdecodebin2.c(4720): gst_decode_bin_expose (): /GstBin:bin0/GstDecodeBin:decodebin1:
no suitable plugins found:
Missing decoder: Windows Media Audio 9 (audio/x-wma, wmaversion=(int)3, bitrate=(int)384000, depth=(int)24, rate=(int)44100, channels=(int)2, block_align=(int)17833, codec_data=(buffer)1800030000000000000000000000e0000000)

So i tried installing the other gstreamer plugins (both 64 bit and 32), but the same error appears.

Trying to install wmp from winetricks seems to work only for the 32 bit version and breaks the prefix (the game is 64 bit only and searches for dlls it can't find).

The same thing happens on both wine and wine-staging.

Anyone know how to install the codec properly?

Edit: I also tried running it through Steam (with ProtonGE), through ProtonGE directly (which gave me errors with gstreamer again, this time either not finding libraries or finding them for the wrong arch) and through Lutris with both WineGE (no luck with this, it just gives me a black screen and hangs) and ProtonGE (same as with standalone wine, the game launches but most of the audio is missing). I had previously tried running it in Bottles, but the results are always the same.

Edit 2: finally got it to run, I'm not sure what changed, but I tried Bottles again. I made a fresh bottle set to "Gaming" and wine-ge as the runner (I know it's dead, but it should have the proper decoder), and after installing the dependencies, it just worked.

I'm still curious on how to fix system wine tho, if anyone knows how.

Hi, I'm trying to install Linux (OpenSUSE, to be precise) on my other PC and struggling with getting the GPU working properly.

The system has an RTX 3060ti and an i5 6600k. Two displays are connected, one to the dGPU and the other to the iGPU.

First issue was the installer not displaying any graphics, but launching with nomodeset allowed me to work around the issue.

When I booted into the installed system (and after disabling nomodeset), I could only get video out of the iGPU, so I figured it did not install any drivers and searched for official documentation. I found this article and followed the instructions, installing the G06 driver, but it could not load.

I thought that the guide was outdated, so I looked for other drivers, and found the new Open drivers. Following this guide I got them to install and load, but still no graphics, but this time I could restart the display manager and get it to work. I unplugged the display from the iGPU and that seems to have fixed it.

Unfortunately when trying to run a game (I could only try ProjectDiva Megamix+ and another game which I know is unreliable) I couldn't get dxvk to work, it would always give me a "directx 11 not found" error. The other game I mentioned runs on dx9 and had similar issues, failing to create a graphics context from what I can tell from the logs. The first game runs if I force WineD3D. On my primary PC running OpenSUSE with an RX 9070xt and on my Steam Deck the game works perfectly.

I will try reinstalling everything, in case I screwed up something installing the drivers. What should I do if that doesn't solve it?

Thanks

Edit: forgot to mention, I'm trying to use OpenSUSE Tumbleweed and after installing the nvidia drivers I installed libvulkan (both the 64 and 32 bit versions)

Edit 2: thanks everyone for the help. I ended up reinstalling with the iGPU disabled and it now seems to work well.

I'm planning on switching to Linux on my main PC as I don't want to move to Windows 11 and was curious about other people's experiences doing so.

I have a Steam Deck and everything there works out of the box, but I imagine that's a more curated platform compared to standard distros.

What are your experiences, good or bad?

I've been looking for compact USB Gamepads you can attach to an Android phone, like the Razer Kishi, various Gamesir ones and a few others, but none of them allow for wired audio, except for the Backbone One, which is too expensive, and the Gamesir G8 which seems like a good option, albeit a bit too large.

Does anyone have any experience and suggestions for these controllers?

Thanks

I'm looking for RPGs to play with friends where each player has different roles and you need to cooperate to progress.

We tried playing MMOs but my friends won't play on their own so they don't work (especially with ffxiv as the msq is not at all "coopable"); the subscription would also be a dealbreaker. Do you know of anything with similar gameplay that is playable entirely in coop?

We enjoyed Monster Hunter World (but not Rise), although there's not much actual cooperation as there are few interactions in combat.

The only game I found that seems it might be what I'm looking for is the original Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles, but we can't get it to work online (dolphin randomly freezes with netplay).

Looking at reviews, it seems like a common criticism of the second game is that it's mostly a repeat of the first with a few additions, but also without fixing any of its issues.

To people who have played both: is it worth playing the second one? I already have the first, as it was included in a bundle, but never played it.

• Thanks everyone for answering! I'll be playing DD first then.

Hi, I'm looking for a thin phone cover for my Nord 2. Most of the ones I've tried are bulky and sometimes change the shape of the phone in uncomfortable ways, but I still wanna use a cover to protect the phone, especially from falls.

Does anyone have tips on what I should try?

Thanks