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Rocket League on Chrome OS

Hi! Was hoping to run rocket league on Chrome OS. Here's the error I'm getting: https://pastebin.com/W8CnPhc6 Any help appreciated!
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Launching "Rocket League®" (legendary)Native? NoInstalled in: /home...
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fair-rose
fair-rose7mo ago
I don't think you can run games in chrome os, all the threads using a chromebook I've seen end up unresolved heroic does not officially support chromeos
other-emerald
other-emeraldOP7mo ago
yea, I'm a little unclear on that too, thought it was worth an ask. My GPU seems like it's able to be identified in the logs, where as some of the other people seem like their systems couldn't identify GPU, so wondering if it's hardware specific
CommandMC
CommandMC7mo ago
Some Chromebooks do expose a GPU interface in the Debian container you're running Heroic (and in turn your games) in, but it seems this one doesn't (note the empty "GPUs" list in the system info)
other-emerald
other-emeraldOP7mo ago
oooo -- I was seeing no "undefined" entries, but you're saying actually it's an empty list hmm i wonder if I can fix that and expose a GPU interface hmmmm this is supposedly a "gaming" chrome book lol
CommandMC
CommandMC7mo ago
They're marketing Chromebooks for Gaming? Yeah no idea how you'd do that. Maybe it's this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWEaX-d_MjM
other-emerald
other-emeraldOP7mo ago
yeah certain acers. I think it's actually marketed for streaming games
useful-bronze
useful-bronze7mo ago
i do remember google marketing chromebooks for gaming when they sold them with a free sub to stadia for a month
xenial-black
xenial-black7mo ago
streaming a game and playing it on the hardware are entirely different things
metropolitan-bronze
metropolitan-bronze7mo ago
Yes, x86 ones. But caveat is they only do that for Steam.
metropolitan-bronze
metropolitan-bronze7mo ago
Play Steam for Chromebook (Beta) - Chromebook Help
You can play Steam games when you install the games directly on your Chromebook. You can buy, download, and update video games on Valve Corporation’s third party app, Steam. Important: There are a fe
metropolitan-bronze
metropolitan-bronze7mo ago
In this Steam env Venus driver is active.

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