SteamTinkerLaunch worked like a charm! Here’s what I had to do to get it to work, for anyone who stumbles across this post:

• Install the package pacman -S steamtinkerlaunch
• Run the command steamtinkerlaunch compat add to initialise it
• Add it as the required compatibility layer in the game I wanted (SH3) then restart steam
• Launch the game - the steamtinkerlaunch window opens. Click on the MAIN MENU button before it launches the game
• From the new steamtinkerlaunch window that opens, click on “One time run”. This opens yet another window
• In the field “One time command” navigate to where I had LSH3_2022 downloaded, and select it
• Click on RUN COMMAND
• Follow the install steps in the LSH3 manual
• Repeat the steps related to “One time run” again but this time select the JSGME installer, and go through that installation
• Launch JSGME again using “One time run” and enable any mods I need (although LSH3 has a 1920x1080 widescreen mod included, this doesnt seem to work at least on my setup. I had to enable the Ahnenerbe WideGui 1920 x 1080 Final mod)
• Launch the game. It should work.

So far I completed the first training mission to make sure most things work. Hopefully there aren’t any issues further on down the road. Thanks for the suggestion, I had no idea this tool existed, but now I will probably be using it quite a bit!

Sorry, I dont have any advice to offer as I dont know much or anything at all about lupus, but I just want to encourage you to keep strong. Ive read a few of the comments from people who seem more experienced, and I get the impression that its very possible to live a fairly normal life as long as you make a few changes to lifestyle. Just keep strong, and surround yourself with supportive, positive people and youll get through it. 🫂

Oh man, this is fairly accurate

Yea, why are Microsoft forums so bad? I have to use them sometimes as I work in IT and all our PCs run windows. Googling often leads me to their forums. The forums rarely lead me to a solution however

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What you do for work might be a factor, but i dont think pain to that extent is normal. I would stress to your doctor that basic tasks are painful and that youd like to get checked out anyway. Youve got nothing to lose by getting it checked, only to gain. Im in my mid 20s too and while i get aches in my knees/back occasionally its not debilitating as you describe it.

Ok so even though glibc is quite deeply integrated at the system level, its okay to replace it with the eac version(?). And what about the glibc-eac-locales? What are they for and why is it necessary to manually install them?

Yea, I learned my lesson about -bin packages a while ago with electron or something related to it. When I tell you it was taking several hours to compile and I was getting worried because while I dont have a supercomputer its on the high-end for an average user… xD I immediately grabbed the bin package right after that update finished.

Do you mean you removed the non eac version of glibc?

Please elaborate?

This. And have a snack before going grocery shopping. Two golden pillars of life

So far this week im playing Wifi troubleshooting on my Arch ;)

But seriously, ive been giving Hogwarts Legacy a tr and I enjoy it

I think it might be for the older models, I’ll check the manual for it.

I tried updating the BIOS but you need a battery with at least 25% charge plugged in as well as the AC adapter for it to let you even begin the update process (actually an amazing safety feature). Since mine has 0% I cant do that xD

I assume you have tried the BIOS reset procedure? I think it’s holding FN + S + V while the system is powered off.

Is this the same as what @Evv1L@mastodon.ml mentioned?

Also there is a reset button in the bottom of the laptop near ThinkEngine controller: Power off the laptop, disconnect both batteries and CMOS and hold reset button for a minute.

If yes I’m going to try it now and get back to you

EDIT: I tried the Fn + S + V but wasn’t sure if I need to do it while batteries are disconnected, or if I needed to hold it for the full 1 minute, so I held it down for about 20 seconds with the battery plugged in. Didn’t seem to fix it.

As for the BIOS, some stuff I read in forum posts etc leads me to think that the the check isn’t actually in the BIOS but in the EC chip, so replacing the BIOS wouldn’t do much. Is this truly the case, or does a replacement BIOS also circumvent the EC check? Many thanks for your help.

@promitheas Never heard about battery whitelists. What BIOS version do you have?

$ dmidecode -s bios-version
N24ET72W (1.47 )

Also there is a reset button in the bottom of the laptop near ThinkEngine controller: Power off the laptop, disconnect both batteries and CMOS and hold reset button for a minute.

Will try this now and update this comment once I’m done

EDIT: I tried that but it doesn’t seem to work. Note that I don’t seem to have the internal battery, just its cover. After setting the date and time correctly in the BIOS it boots but still shows the message about the battery not being genuine.

I just tried it by commenting that line out in the config and running in a terminal the following:

bspc config -m HDMI-A-1 bottom_padding XX

where XX are different values I played around with. I tried 20, 1 and 3. They seem to get set correctly. 3 is the value I had in my config. I’m thinking it might be something like a race between bspwm restarting itself and running the command in the config file (config files are basically just commands to the WM). I’ll try moving that part of the config further down in the config so hopefully it has a chance to set its default values on restart and after that set my values.

Ive tried commenting out those lines, but Ill give it a shot again and see what happens

I think it refers to producing a single baby, rather than just a baby every month

Gives these vibes

I can’t stand the smell of garlic to the point of retching if I do. Just the thought of it makes me unwell. It’s a long story, why I’m like this xD

I like how you assume they wouldn’t be our overlords :D