I'm new to Linux and trying to get a Windows application called Verve Painter running through Proton on Steam. While the app launches and works well, it doesn't seem to recognize the pen pressure from my Gaomon tablet. I suspect this is due to the absence of the Wintab drivers, so it's treating the tablet input as regular mouse input instead. I've searched for these drivers in the winetricks packages but couldn't find them. Are there any more comprehensive repositories for tablet drivers? I'm also aware of xwintab but I'm unsure of its applicability. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
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You might want to try downloading the wintab32.dll from a DLL website. Just make sure to copy it to your 64-bit wineprefix at drive_c/windows/system32. Then, open winecfg and set the DLL override for wintab32.dll to 'native, builtin'. This should help with the pressure sensitivity since Verve Painter is a 64-bit app. If that doesn't work, you could also try placing the wintab32.dll right next to the Verve Painter executable instead of in system32; that sometimes does the trick!
Thanks for the tip! I gave both methods a shot with the DLL from your link, but sadly, it didn’t solve the issue. Do you think it could be permission-related? I’m using OpenTabletDriver on Linux, and I’m starting to wonder if that’s causing any issues.