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Tinker Steps:Custom Proton: GE

Works just like it would on Windows!

Custom Proton: GE-Proton8-15

Distro:Nobara Linux 38 (KDE Plasma)

Kernel:6.5.4-200.fsync.fc38.x86_64

RAM:16 GB

GPU Driver:NVIDIA 535.104.05

GPU:NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN X

CPU:AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core

Sinful Oath(214 reports)

2 hours overall

Custom Proton: GE-Proton8-15

Distro:Nobara Linux 38 (KDE Plasma)

Kernel:6.5.4-200.fsync.fc38.x86_64

RAM:16 GB

GPU Driver:NVIDIA 535.104.05

GPU:NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN X

CPU:AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core

orangutan(4 reports)

orangutan (4 reports)

No Issues

Proton 8.0-3

orangutan(4 reports)

Proton 8.0-3

AwesamLinux(955 reports)

< 1 hour overall

AwesamLinux (955 reports)

< 1 hour overall

Works out of the box without issues

I did not experience any performance problems or missing audio issues.

Proton 8.0-2

Distro:Fedora Linux 38 (KDE Plasma)

Kernel:6.3.8-200.fc38.x86_64

RAM:32 GB

GPU Driver:4.6 Mesa 23.1.2

GPU:AMD Radeon RX 5700 (navi10, LLVM 16.0.5, DRM 3.52, 6.3.8-200.fc38.x86_64)

CPU:12th Gen Intel Core i7-12700T

AwesamLinux(955 reports)

< 1 hour overall

Proton 8.0-2

Distro:Fedora Linux 38 (KDE Plasma)

Kernel:6.3.8-200.fc38.x86_64

RAM:32 GB

GPU Driver:4.6 Mesa 23.1.2

GPU:AMD Radeon RX 5700 (navi10, LLVM 16.0.5, DRM 3.52, 6.3.8-200.fc38.x86_64)

CPU:12th Gen Intel Core i7-12700T

Silver Sloth(1 report)

< 1 hour overall< 1 hour on Linux

Silver Sloth (1 report)

< 1 hour overall< 1 hour on Linux

Poor FPS, stuttering.

Tinker Steps:Custom Proton: GE

Performance:Significant Performance Problems

FPS drops and stutters

Mostly working fine, just poor framerate.

Custom Proton: GE-Proton7-55

Distro:Linux Mint 21.1

Kernel:5.15.0-69-generic

RAM:16 GB

GPU Driver:NVIDIA 525.105.17

GPU:NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070

CPU:Intel Core i5-7600 @ 3.50GHz

Silver Sloth(1 report)

< 1 hour overall< 1 hour on Linux

Custom Proton: GE-Proton7-55

Distro:Linux Mint 21.1

Kernel:5.15.0-69-generic

RAM:16 GB

GPU Driver:NVIDIA 525.105.17

GPU:NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070

CPU:Intel Core i5-7600 @ 3.50GHz

Sinful Oath(214 reports)

Sinful Oath (214 reports)

Proton 7.0-6

Sinful Oath(214 reports)

Proton 7.0-6

ingueferroque(34 reports)

< 1 hour overall< 1 hour on Linux

ingueferroque (34 reports)

< 1 hour overall< 1 hour on Linux

Works great out of the box

Control Layout:Switch To Official

Control Layout Customization:Yes

Changed in-game setting to Gamepad

Difficult To Read Text:Yes

Text in general can be small, but not unreadable.

Requires some minor in-game setting changes. Change to gamepad controls and change resolution to 1280x800.

Proton 7.0-3

Distro:SteamOS Holo

Kernel:5.13.0-valve10.1-1-neptune-02144-g7fffaf925dfb

RAM:15 GB

GPU Driver:4.6 Mesa 22.0.0-devel (git-676ccacebc)

GPU:AMD Custom GPU 0405 (vangogh, LLVM 13.0.0, DRM 3.45, 5.13.0-valve10.1-1-neptune-02144-g7fffaf925dfb)

CPU:AMD Custom APU 0405

ingueferroque(34 reports)

< 1 hour overall< 1 hour on Linux

Proton 7.0-3

Distro:SteamOS Holo

Kernel:5.13.0-valve10.1-1-neptune-02144-g7fffaf925dfb

RAM:15 GB

GPU Driver:4.6 Mesa 22.0.0-devel (git-676ccacebc)

GPU:AMD Custom GPU 0405 (vangogh, LLVM 13.0.0, DRM 3.45, 5.13.0-valve10.1-1-neptune-02144-g7fffaf925dfb)

CPU:AMD Custom APU 0405

grey(15 reports)

12 hours overall(> 10 hours with Proton)

grey (15 reports)

12 hours overall(> 10 hours with Proton)

Audio seems to work fine on more recent versions of Proton. Rest of the game runs well.

Proton 6.3-8

Distro:Arch Linux

Kernel:5.15.12-zen1-1-zen

RAM:32 GB

GPU Driver:4.6 Mesa 21.3.2

GPU:AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT (NAVI10, DRM 3.42.0, 5.15.12-zen1-1-zen, LLVM 13.0.0)

CPU:AMD Ryzen 5 3600X 6-Core

grey(15 reports)

12 hours overall(> 10 hours with Proton)

Proton 6.3-8

Distro:Arch Linux

Kernel:5.15.12-zen1-1-zen

RAM:32 GB

GPU Driver:4.6 Mesa 21.3.2

GPU:AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT (NAVI10, DRM 3.42.0, 5.15.12-zen1-1-zen, LLVM 13.0.0)

CPU:AMD Ryzen 5 3600X 6-Core

Shrub(4 reports)

Shrub (4 reports)

Game ran smoothly and audio is working. Used proton 6.3-8

Proton 6.3-8

Shrub(4 reports)

Proton 6.3-8

ixy(12 reports)

ixy (12 reports)

Sounds Works on Proton 6.3-x Now

Proton 6.3-4

ixy(12 reports)

Proton 6.3-4

Freerey(3 reports)

Freerey (3 reports)

No sound at all

Audio:Borked

Proton 5.13-4

Freerey(3 reports)

Proton 5.13-4

Thae Pronce(2 reports)

(< 1 hour with Proton)

Thae Pronce (2 reports)

(< 1 hour with Proton)

No sound kinda kills it

Audio:Borked

no sound

Windowing:Other

fullscreen killed my 2nd monitor, windowed mode and fullscreening from window manager fixed it

Proton 5.0-9

Distro:Arch Linux

Kernel:5.8.8-zen1-1-zen

RAM:16 GB

GPU Driver:NVIDIA 450.66

GPU:NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER

CPU:AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6-Core

Thae Pronce(2 reports)

(< 1 hour with Proton)

Proton 5.0-9

Distro:Arch Linux

Kernel:5.8.8-zen1-1-zen

RAM:16 GB

GPU Driver:NVIDIA 450.66

GPU:NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER

CPU:AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6-Core

Liquid_lane(5 reports)

< 1 hour overall(< 15 minutes with Proton)

Liquid_lane (5 reports)

< 1 hour overall(< 15 minutes with Proton)

The game runs about as smooth as under windows but does so in dead silence

Audio:Borked

No audio present at all

Save Games:Saving

Proton 5.0-9

Distro:Pop!_OS 20.04 LTS

Kernel:5.4.62-xanmod1

RAM:16 GB

GPU Driver:NVIDIA 440.100

GPU:NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060

CPU:AMD Ryzen 5 2600 Six-Core

Liquid_lane(5 reports)

< 1 hour overall(< 15 minutes with Proton)

Proton 5.0-9

Distro:Pop!_OS 20.04 LTS

Kernel:5.4.62-xanmod1

RAM:16 GB

GPU Driver:NVIDIA 440.100

GPU:NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060

CPU:AMD Ryzen 5 2600 Six-Core

K4rrot(2 reports)

K4rrot (2 reports)

Performance:Slight Performance Problems

Proton 5.0-9

K4rrot(2 reports)

Proton 5.0-9

K4rrot(2 reports)

K4rrot (2 reports)

Audio:Borked

No audio source is created in PulseAudio

Proton 5.0-9

K4rrot(2 reports)

Proton 5.0-9

Comixs(39 reports)

(< 15 minutes with Proton)

Comixs (39 reports)

(< 15 minutes with Proton)

FPS was very hit or miss