[Wine] Re: Valve Steam -- Virtual Desktop Question

vitamin
Sun, 13 Feb 2011 01:56:54 -0000

willmtemple wrote:
> Is it possible to run steam like normal, in gnome, and have the games it
launches run in virtual desktop mode?

Yes, but it's a bit tricky:
1. Disable virtual desktop for default configuration
2. Start steam normally
3. Open new terminal, navigate to directory your program is in and run it with:

Code:
wine explorer /desktop=game,1024x768 game.exe <steam options>



The trick is in "steam options". You can find them by running the game
from steam then looking at "ps x" output. Here is an example for Team
Fortress 2:


Code:
cd $WINEPREFIX/drive_c/Program\ Files/Steam
wine steam &
cd steamapps/<steam_id>/team\ fortress\ 2
wine explorer /desktop=tf,1024x768 hl2.exe -game tf -steam -novid