c/linux_gaming · by Captain_Baka@feddit.org · 241d

Taskbar still showing but is not clickable while my game is running in fullscreen

Hello fellow Linux gamers! I have the mentioned problem while using a Lutris fullscreen game (Sims 2). This problem is when i use Lutris' WineGE 8.26 but not when i use the systems Wine 9.0. Sadly my game runs like shit with 9.0. I can't find anything on the internet regarding this problem, except a 3 year old Reddit post that has no comments. Does anybody know how I can possibly fix this?

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just_another_person@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 241d (3 replies)

WineGE is old and dead. Don't use that. Some other things:

You sure the game is set to Fullscreen and not "Borderless Window"? There's a big difference.
Try to ALT+Tab once in and out of the window to see if it snaps back into focus.
Try Wine 10+ instead. Perhaps a regression was fixed
Try Proton instead of Wine if using Lutris. Works fine on Deck.

Captain_Baka@feddit.org · 2 pts · 241d (2 replies)

I really think it must be fullscreen, because the game din't even start when I set a windowed mode preset.

Lutris doesn't let me install other Wine versions. IDK why. I'm restricted to these two versions. Proton doesn't even show up in in my configuration even tho I installed it from my package manager.

ALT+Tab really did something. After focusing the game again the taskbar is gone! Thanks for that tip!

just_another_person@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 241d (1 reply)

Go to "game options" for the specific game, then look under "Wine Prefix". That should let you point to a specific prefix.

Captain_Baka@feddit.org · 2 pts · 241d

Yeah I know that, that's what I tried before I made this post. Still can only choose these two versions.