It is possible to play video games on Chimera.
Several open source titles are packaged in the regular repositories in
the contrib and user sections. These include:
- OpenMW
- Xonotic
- Sauerbraten
- Crispy DOOM/Heretic/…
- The PCSX2 emulator
- with the list growing
Gamescope
Valve’s Gamescope compositor is available in the contrib repository.
You can install it like:
# apk add gamescope
This is handy for various things like scaling, limiting framerate, and so on. It is especially useful when running Chimera on handheld gaming consoles such as the Steam Deck.
Steam
Steam may be acquired from Flatpak.
You may want to also install the steam-devices-udev package from the
contrib repository, which will allow various input devices (e.g.
the DualShock controllers and VR systems) to function out of the box.
Flatpak
Games present on Flathub and other repositories should function out of the box.
Minecraft
You can play Minecraft natively on Chimera on the x86_64 architecture
(and possibly others with custom JARs).
First, you will need Java. Install OpenJDK:
# apk add java-jdk
You will then need a launcher; there is PrismLauncher in the contrib
repository:
# apk add prismlauncher
As Minecraft comes with native binaries built for Glibc in its packaging,
the gcompat system is required, as well as some native libraries to
replace them.
# apk add gcompat
Since the PrismLauncher package defaults to using the natives, you only
need to add gcompat.
Afterwards, you can open PrismLauncher, log in to your account, and install a version of the game.
The game will not launch out of the box. Therefore, right-click the version you installed, edit it, go to Settings, the “Custom commands” tab, check the “Custom Commands” checkbox, and add the following to “Wrapper command”:
env LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libgcompat.so.0
Close the settings window, and the game should run.