Tribes 3 was missing all the secondary objectives stuff that made T2 so much more accessible. Even if you weren’t snapping crazy midair shots or cruising through fast flag caps you could still contribute via base attack or defense, vehicle support, etc. It felt like a crazy mix of arena shooter and early Battlefield games.

Yeah, but it’s pretty dead at this point past I checked. The devs teased a sequel and interest in the current iteration waned.

They actually had a neat solution to that in the form of some basic bots to help fill in for under-queued matches. Not too different from what Splitgate had going on (man, I miss that one too!) It gave beginners something to chew on a little bit. Would have been nice to have custom server options to tune bots and matches, like in Tribes 2. Apparently that kind of thing is simply too much to ask for.

To say that EVERYONE saw this coming may be an understatement. The moment the devs teased taking out the Honorball game mode and spinning it off into a completely separate game, the writing was on the wall. Possibly my favorite shooter series and it seems to be stuck in development purgatory. Even the unofficial Tribes-likes and other FPS-Z games can’t ever seem to find their footing.

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.

I run mine with the actual photos on HDD but the database on SSD. So far everything has been near instantaneous for loading, downloading, uploading, you name it.

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.

I can’t even fathom how many layers deep we are in sarcasm.

Oh I never said I didn’t like anything. Chocolate and vanilla are both great. And they certainly must compliment the soup.

Thank you for clarifying. The flavors of the ice cream is really what I was hung up on here.

I can vouch for Bazzite. Been running it on my desktop and laptop (both amd gpu’s) with virtually no issues or hiccups. The desktop is even dual boot, despite that not being advised.

Isn’t this the one where picking Raphael and mashing the crap outta “Y” was basically a braindead victory every time?

Traefik is love. Traefik is life. How could you say “no” to that mascot!?

Maybe not too helpful, but could point you in the right direction: you used to be able to use “gksudo” to get the graphical popup requesting your password in lieu of sudo which would only ask for a password in terminal. I believe gksudo is deprecated/non-existent at this point but there’s got to be an alternative out there. Best of luck!

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.