verify if the game from the steam store runs on linux via wine.
-navigate to the steam store on your browser, eg: http://store.steampowered.com/search/?sort_by=Released_DESC&category1=998
- press F12
- click on the console tab
- if that is your first time running code on console, type allow pasting then press enter
- copy the code from the file steamStore.js and paste on the console, then press enter ##or 1.you can configure an grease monkey script to do run this code everytime you open the store.
- search for the game that you want on steam store, and get it app id example on the URL http://store.steampowered.com/app/282900/Hyperdimension_Neptunia_ReBirth1___ReBirth1/
282900 is the app id, in the example above.
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search for the game on wineHQ and see the higher rating for the game example on: https://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=31648 "gold" is the rating.
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if the game is an game with constant updates (eg: an MMORPG or MOBA) , see what is the most recent rating.
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write an line of code in the format
WG[appid]="rating";
for the example above, its look like something like that: WG[282900]="gold"; 5. add it to the beggining of the file, for personal use, or open an issue on the issue tracker, with the line of code that you created.
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please, avoid single game contributions:
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if the game have more than one title (eg: tombraider 1, tombraider 2) group all of then, then open the issue.
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if the game have only one version you may group other games from the same company (developer or publisher)
- adapt the script for the wishlist
- create the same script for gog, humble bundle etc.
- add the "text: easy install" for games on playonlinux.
- automatic search for the game on winehq (it may be slower or have cross site script issues)
##let me know if anyone is already doing this!