The Elder Scrolls: Arena

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watermelon(6 reports)

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watermelon (6 reports)

1 hour overall

2 months ago

Tinker Steps:Changed configuration

Fix for missing music

Install qsynth
Download a soundfont. Below are downloads for some.
https://coolsoft.altervista.org/en/virtualmidisynth#soundfonts
- I used Timbres Of Heaven
Extract the contents anywhere ( hopefully somewhere tidy )
Open qsynth, click setup... ( far left, above the + ), soundfonts, open...
Select the sf2 file, click ok then yes to restart.
Music will now work as long as you play Arena with qsynth open.
Optionally, in the Master Gain, set the volume from 100 to 25 as 100 is really loud. However, doing this made the cutscenes really quiet for me rather the lowering the volume using the desktop. But I am not 100% sure this is the cause.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2809933598
^ This guide has more detailed instructions but the guide is not for Arena.

Audio:Missing

No music on the default installation.

Performance:Slight Performance Problems

27 fps on average with some frame drops.

steamapps/common/The Elder Scrolls Arena/DOSBox-0.74/
arena.conf. Changed 'cycles=fixed 20000' to 50000
- This boosted the fps. 40000 might be more reasonable.
This report could be a lot better explained and more detailed. But I am bad with tech and not smart.

Proton 9.0-4

Distro:SteamOS Holo

Kernel:5.13.0-valve36-1-neptune

RAM:15 GB

GPU Driver:4.6 (Compatibility Profile) Mesa 22.2.0 (git-17e5312102)

GPU:AMD Custom GPU 0405 (vangogh, LLVM 14.0.6, DRM 3.45, 5.13.0-valve36-1-neptune)

CPU:AMD Custom APU 0405

watermelon(6 reports)

1 hour overall

Proton 9.0-4

Distro:SteamOS Holo

Kernel:5.13.0-valve36-1-neptune

RAM:15 GB

GPU Driver:4.6 (Compatibility Profile) Mesa 22.2.0 (git-17e5312102)

GPU:AMD Custom GPU 0405 (vangogh, LLVM 14.0.6, DRM 3.45, 5.13.0-valve36-1-neptune)

CPU:AMD Custom APU 0405

Nath(38 reports)

< 1 hour overall

Nath (38 reports)

< 1 hour overall

8 months ago

Works but It still is an Old Dosbox game. Won't be perfect.

8 months ago

Tinker Steps:Custom Proton: GE-Proton9-9

Audio:Missing

Music is missing. There is a fix, but I don't feel like doing it at the moment.

Custom Proton: GE-Proton9-9

Distro:NixOS 24.05 (Uakari)

Kernel:6.9.7

RAM:32 GB

GPU Driver:4.6 Mesa 24.0.7

GPU:AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT (radeonsi, navi32, LLVM 17.0.6, DRM 3.57, 6.9.7)

CPU:AMD Ryzen 5 7600X 6-Core

Nath(38 reports)

< 1 hour overall

Custom Proton: GE-Proton9-9

Distro:NixOS 24.05 (Uakari)

Kernel:6.9.7

RAM:32 GB

GPU Driver:4.6 Mesa 24.0.7

GPU:AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT (radeonsi, navi32, LLVM 17.0.6, DRM 3.57, 6.9.7)

CPU:AMD Ryzen 5 7600X 6-Core

Le Fishe(7 reports)

< 1 hour overall

Le Fishe (7 reports)

< 1 hour overall

11 months ago

Tinker Steps:Switch to older version: 8.0-5

Audio:Missing

For music to work I installed Timidity++ with the FluidR3 soundfront(instructions in 3rd comment : https://steamcommunity.com/app/410710/discussions/0/1742226629876612529/)

Now music works without problems.

Proton 8.0-5

Distro:Ubuntu 22.04.4 LTS

Kernel:6.5.0-27-generic

RAM:4 GB

GPU Driver:4.6 Mesa 23.2.1-1ubuntu3.1~22.04.2

GPU:AMD Radeon R5 M330 (hainan, LLVM 15.0.7, DRM 3.54, 6.5.0-27-generic)

CPU:Intel Core i5-5200U @ 2.20GHz

Le Fishe(7 reports)

< 1 hour overall

Proton 8.0-5

Distro:Ubuntu 22.04.4 LTS

Kernel:6.5.0-27-generic

RAM:4 GB

GPU Driver:4.6 Mesa 23.2.1-1ubuntu3.1~22.04.2

GPU:AMD Radeon R5 M330 (hainan, LLVM 15.0.7, DRM 3.54, 6.5.0-27-generic)

CPU:Intel Core i5-5200U @ 2.20GHz

kubuski(9 reports)

kubuski (9 reports)

1 year ago

Proton 8.0-4

kubuski(9 reports)

Proton 8.0-4

onegen(9 reports)

< 1 hour overall

onegen (9 reports)

< 1 hour overall

2 years ago

Couldn’t start, stuck at "running"

2 years ago

Tinker Steps:Switch to older version: 7.0-6

Installs:Yes

Opens:No

Game would not start, Steam would only show the game as "Running" with no window. Tried both modes, tried several Proton versions incl. GE.

Attempting to run the bat scripts with wine returned a "page fault on read access" unhandled exception.

Proton 7.0-6

Distro:Fedora release 38 (Thirty Eight)

Kernel:6.4.14-200.fc38.x86_64

RAM:16 GB

GPU Driver:NVIDIA 535.104.05

GPU:NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050

CPU:Intel Core i7-6700 @ 3.40GHz

onegen(9 reports)

< 1 hour overall

Proton 7.0-6

Distro:Fedora release 38 (Thirty Eight)

Kernel:6.4.14-200.fc38.x86_64

RAM:16 GB

GPU Driver:NVIDIA 535.104.05

GPU:NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050

CPU:Intel Core i7-6700 @ 3.40GHz

Daddeltrotter(1219 reports)

Daddeltrotter (1219 reports)

2 years ago

Works perfectly fine

2 years ago

Proton 7.0-6

Daddeltrotter(1219 reports)

Proton 7.0-6

Gamzee(3 reports)

Gamzee (3 reports)

2 years ago

Tinker Steps:Custom Proton: Boxtron (native DOSbox)

Custom Proton: Boxtron (native DOSbox)

Gamzee(3 reports)

Custom Proton: Boxtron (native DOSbox)

Gamzee(3 reports)

< 1 hour overall< 1 hour on Linux

Gamzee (3 reports)

< 1 hour overall< 1 hour on Linux

2 years ago

if you dont mind some audio missing then youll enjoy it

2 years ago

Audio:Missing

No music audio at all

Proton 7.0-4

Distro:Fedora Linux 36 (KDE Plasma)

Kernel:5.17.5-301.fsync.fc36.x86_64

RAM:16 GB

GPU Driver:NVIDIA 510.68.02

GPU:NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti

CPU:AMD Ryzen 3 2200G with Radeon Vega Graphics

Gamzee(3 reports)

< 1 hour overall< 1 hour on Linux

Proton 7.0-4

Distro:Fedora Linux 36 (KDE Plasma)

Kernel:5.17.5-301.fsync.fc36.x86_64

RAM:16 GB

GPU Driver:NVIDIA 510.68.02

GPU:NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti

CPU:AMD Ryzen 3 2200G with Radeon Vega Graphics

Brandon(184 reports)

< 1 hour overall< 1 hour on Linux

Brandon (184 reports)

< 1 hour overall< 1 hour on Linux

3 years ago

Back when RPG's were part dungeon crawler and point and click adventure games

3 years ago

Control Layout:Switch To Community Layout: TES Arena For Steam Deck

Difficult To Read Text:

Low base resolution makes stylized font harder to read

Input:Other

Game requires stick/mouse movement and cursor for selection

Performance:Significant Performance Problems

Originally being for DOS, game isn't exactly smooth, but is playable

If you can get around the DOS era jank and work with the outdated controls, you'll find enjoyable; most people would rather play one of the newer Elder Scrolls.

Proton 7.0-4

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

Brandon(184 reports)

< 1 hour overall< 1 hour on Linux

Proton 7.0-4

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

hosler(9 reports)

< 1 hour overall< 1 hour on Linux

hosler (9 reports)

< 1 hour overall< 1 hour on Linux

3 years ago

No music is not great, but some people remove the music to increase performance of the game on DOSBOX

3 years ago

Audio:Missing

No music

Proton 7.0-3

Distro:Arch Linux

Kernel:5.18.8-arch1-1

RAM:32 GB

GPU Driver:NVIDIA 515.57

GPU:NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti

CPU:AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core

hosler(9 reports)

< 1 hour overall< 1 hour on Linux

Proton 7.0-3

Distro:Arch Linux

Kernel:5.18.8-arch1-1

RAM:32 GB

GPU Driver:NVIDIA 515.57

GPU:NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti

CPU:AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core

hosler(9 reports)

< 1 hour overall< 1 hour on Linux

hosler (9 reports)

< 1 hour overall< 1 hour on Linux

3 years ago

The lack of music is jarring.

3 years ago

Audio:Missing

No music. All other audio present

I've seen no tinker fix for this problem.

Proton 7.0-3

Distro:Arch Linux

Kernel:5.18.8-arch1-1

RAM:32 GB

GPU Driver:NVIDIA 515.57

GPU:NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti

CPU:AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core

hosler(9 reports)

< 1 hour overall< 1 hour on Linux

Proton 7.0-3

Distro:Arch Linux

Kernel:5.18.8-arch1-1

RAM:32 GB

GPU Driver:NVIDIA 515.57

GPU:NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti

CPU:AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core

HannahBarbarian(18 reports)

1 hour overall1 hour on Linux

HannahBarbarian (18 reports)

1 hour overall1 hour on Linux

3 years ago

Works great running through Boxtron (native DOSBox)

3 years ago

Tinker Steps:Launcher: Boxtron (native DOSBox), Custom Proton: Boxtron

Input:Drifting

Mouse border would move sometimes, but moving back and forth would fix it.

Custom Proton: Boxtron

Distro:Fedora release 30 (Thirty)

Kernel:5.6.8-100.fc30.x86_64

RAM:16 GB

GPU Driver:3.0 Mesa 19.1.8

GPU:Intel HD 620 (Kaby Lake GT2)

CPU:Intel Core i7-7500U @ 2.70GHz

HannahBarbarian(18 reports)

1 hour overall1 hour on Linux

Custom Proton: Boxtron

Distro:Fedora release 30 (Thirty)

Kernel:5.6.8-100.fc30.x86_64

RAM:16 GB

GPU Driver:3.0 Mesa 19.1.8

GPU:Intel HD 620 (Kaby Lake GT2)

CPU:Intel Core i7-7500U @ 2.70GHz

AlexS(697 reports)

< 1 hour overall< 1 hour on Linux

AlexS (697 reports)

< 1 hour overall< 1 hour on Linux

3 years ago

Works good (tested window mode)

3 years ago

Played with Proton 7.0-2 (DOSbox).

Proton 7.0-2

Distro:ROSA Fresh Desktop 12.1, platform 2021.1 (64 бит)

Kernel:5.10.74-generic-2rosa2021.1-x86_64

RAM:12 GB

GPU Driver:4.6 Mesa 21.2.4

GPU:AMD Radeon RX550/550 (POLARIS12, DRM 3.40.0, 5.10.74-generic-2rosa2021.1-x86_64, LLVM 12.0.1)

CPU:Intel Core i5-3470S @ 2.90GHz

AlexS(697 reports)

< 1 hour overall< 1 hour on Linux

Proton 7.0-2

Distro:ROSA Fresh Desktop 12.1, platform 2021.1 (64 бит)

Kernel:5.10.74-generic-2rosa2021.1-x86_64

RAM:12 GB

GPU Driver:4.6 Mesa 21.2.4

GPU:AMD Radeon RX550/550 (POLARIS12, DRM 3.40.0, 5.10.74-generic-2rosa2021.1-x86_64, LLVM 12.0.1)

CPU:Intel Core i5-3470S @ 2.90GHz

SteamTester (334 reports)

3 years ago

This game wowrks well on Linux With Proton!

3 years ago

It would be nice to have cloud saves.

Proton 7.0-2

Distro:Garuda Linux

Kernel:5.16.8-zen1-1-zen

RAM:16 GB

GPU Driver:4.6 Mesa 21.3.5

GPU:AMD Radeon RX 580 (POLARIS10, DRM 3.44.0, 5.16.8-zen1-1-zen, LLVM 13.0.0)

CPU:Intel Core i5-10400F @ 2.90GHz

SteamTester (334 reports)

Proton 7.0-2

Distro:Garuda Linux

Kernel:5.16.8-zen1-1-zen

RAM:16 GB

GPU Driver:4.6 Mesa 21.3.5

GPU:AMD Radeon RX 580 (POLARIS10, DRM 3.44.0, 5.16.8-zen1-1-zen, LLVM 13.0.0)

CPU:Intel Core i5-10400F @ 2.90GHz

JamesBLDZMB(70 reports)

JamesBLDZMB (70 reports)

3 years ago

Tinker Steps:Custom Proton: GE-Proton7-15

Custom Proton: GE-Proton7-15

JamesBLDZMB(70 reports)

Custom Proton: GE-Proton7-15

Ruby Witch(42 reports)

< 1 hour overall< 1 hour on Linux

Ruby Witch (42 reports)

< 1 hour overall< 1 hour on Linux

3 years ago

Other than the issues listed here, the game works great with Proton! Highly recommended.

3 years ago

Audio:Crackling

Audio is crackling constantly, may be more of a DOSBox thing than Proton.

Windowing:Other

Launching in Windowed mode does not work.

Input:Other

Mouse acceleration was strange, mouse performs normally as long as you move it slowly, but accelerates wildly if moving too quickly.

Proton 7.0-2

Distro:Arch Linux

Kernel:5.16.5-arch1-1

RAM:16 GB

GPU Driver:NVIDIA 510.47.03

GPU:NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070

CPU:Intel Core i7-6700HQ @ 2.60GHz

Ruby Witch(42 reports)

< 1 hour overall< 1 hour on Linux

Proton 7.0-2

Distro:Arch Linux

Kernel:5.16.5-arch1-1

RAM:16 GB

GPU Driver:NVIDIA 510.47.03

GPU:NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070

CPU:Intel Core i7-6700HQ @ 2.60GHz

Xoloitzcuintli(48 reports)

< 1 hour overall< 1 hour on Linux

Xoloitzcuintli (48 reports)

< 1 hour overall< 1 hour on Linux

3 years ago

Game runs great! Some minor audio issues for me though, but still playable!

3 years ago

Audio:Crackling

Some minor audio glitches here and there. Crackles and skips.

Proton 7.0-2

Distro:Arch Linux

Kernel:5.17.3-arch1-1

RAM:128 GB

GPU Driver:4.6 Mesa 22.0.1

GPU:AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT

CPU:AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core

Xoloitzcuintli(48 reports)

< 1 hour overall< 1 hour on Linux

Proton 7.0-2

Distro:Arch Linux

Kernel:5.17.3-arch1-1

RAM:128 GB

GPU Driver:4.6 Mesa 22.0.1

GPU:AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT

CPU:AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core