Hi! I recently moved to linux mint and I am fairly new into linux gaming. I play cs2 and it runs pretty well, but i used to play 4:3 stretched, and now when i put it my mouse just stop workin in cs2, it works out of cs2 but within the game i cannot click anything, have anyone experienced this before?
Are you using Wayland or X11? (find out by entering “echo $XDG_SESSION_TYPE” into a terminal)
I suspect you’re on Wayland, because that’s what I’m using and I also can’t click anything when using a non-native resolution. I used to be able to get around this by editing the executable but as you can see that’s been broken since October. For all the good Valve have done for Linux gaming, they sure don’t seem too bothered by their flagship being busted.
This is where I’ve just given up and switched to native res (as I want to keep using Wayland) but you might be able to make it work by switching to an X11 session. What distribution are you running?
Hey! thanks for the good feedback! I am using x11 and linux mint. I am starting to see that it won’t be possible indeed hahaha xd
Can’t believe it’s broken on X11 too lol
I guess it’s in Valve’s hands, then… unluko
edit: does the problem persist if you change your desktop res to 4:3 before launching the game?
It does! Indeed, I will have to get used to 16:9
Okay, I have to ask. Why would anyone want to play stretched 4:3?
It stretches the player models out and makes them easier to hit I guess? Seems pretty stupid, but people do it.
It is stupid. Yes, technically the models are bigger but the consequence of that is that it also makes things in horizontal axis appear to move much faster so hitting moving targets is more difficult.
I understand how ridiculous it sounds, but it really does help.
it’s beyond my comprehension as well but I’ve seen it fairly often among pro players.
Tbh i’ve player like that since 2016 or so, I’d like to stick to it, I have been playing 16:9 for the past week or so and yeah, it is not bad but If I can go back to what I am already used to it is better to me
When you say CS2 do you mean Cities Skylines 2 or Counter Strike 2?
Counter Strike 2 but the other game sounds interesting actually
Don’t get your hopes up Cities Skylines 2 has been a bit of a dumpster fire.
