Standalone Proton
tinkergame has the option to start any Windows exe easily using a customizable Proton in its own [Compatdata](https://github.com/360900/tinkergame/wiki/Compatdata) and Wineprefix without Steam!
This feature is available via the Command Line
and offers both a "direct start" and a GUI mode:
tinkergame proton|p <title> <X>
Start and/or create <title> with Proton without using Steam. The optional opens the GUI
Examples:
tinkergame p
Opens the GUI directly.
tinkergame p gametitle
If the tinkergame config file gametitle already exists, the game in this config is started directly and silently using the Proton version, Compatdata and command line arguments from the same config.
If it doesn't exist yet, the GUI is opened using gametitle as game title.
tinkergame p gametitle X
If any additional parameter is appended (here 'X'), the GUI opens in any case.
If the tinkergame config file gametitle already exists, the values are autofilled in the GUI with the stored values.
tinkergame p list
Simply lists all found gametitles.
#Standalone-GUI
Using the GUI a new game can be configured, an existing one can be changed or loaded and the game can be directly started.
The GUI has the following options for this:
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Game Title The game title used internally to start the game later with its own config file. The field is an editable dropdown field, so new ones can be typed in and already existing ones can be selected. When selecting an existing one, the config should be loaded with the LOAD button on the bottom to update the values.
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Proton Version A dropdown list of all available Proton versions found (both official Steam Proton and custom protons) Downloading and adding a custom Proton is always simple by using the Download Custom Proton function
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Proton compatdata Here the compatdata dir can be defined. By default one is automatically created and used, so this is optional
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Game Exe The game executable can be easily selected via file requester here.
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Game command line parameter Optional game command line parameters for above exe
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Run Game A checkbox. If unchecked, the changes made are simply saved into the config without actually starting the game when pressing RUN.
See also Standalone-Launcher for a similar solution.