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Painkiller: Recurring Evil
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♥ Löwen ♥(9 reports)
2 hours overall
♥ Löwen ♥ (9 reports)
2 hours overall
4 months ago

Works absolutely flawlessly with no issues.

4 months ago
Tinker Steps:Custom Proton: GE, Set launch options
PROTON_USE_WINED3D=1 %command%

Played the game start to finish (only 2 hours lol) without any issues at all.

Custom Proton: GE-Proton9-11
Distro:Linux Mint 21.3
Kernel:5.15.0-116-generic
RAM:8 GB
GPU Driver:NVIDIA 535.183.01
GPU:NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
CPU:Intel Core i5-4590 @ 3.30GHz
♥ Löwen ♥(9 reports)
2 hours overall
Custom Proton: GE-Proton9-11
Distro:Linux Mint 21.3
Kernel:5.15.0-116-generic
RAM:8 GB
GPU Driver:NVIDIA 535.183.01
GPU:NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
CPU:Intel Core i5-4590 @ 3.30GHz
AlexS(695 reports)
Owned
AlexS (695 reports)
Owned
2 years ago

Starts good

2 years ago
Tinker Steps:Set launch options
PROTON_USE_WINED3D=1 %command%

Played with Proton 8.0-2 and option PROTON_USE_WINED3D=1 %command%.

Without option game starts in small window.

Proton 8.0-2
Distro:ROSA Fresh Desktop 12.4, platform 2021.1 (64 бит)
Kernel:6.1.20-generic-2rosa2021.1-x86_64
RAM:12 GB
GPU Driver:4.6 Mesa 22.3.7
GPU:AMD Radeon RX 6400 (navi24, LLVM 15.0.7, DRM 3.49, 6.1.20-generic-2rosa2021.1-x86_64)
CPU:Intel Core i5-3470S @ 2.90GHz
AlexS(695 reports)
Owned
Proton 8.0-2
Distro:ROSA Fresh Desktop 12.4, platform 2021.1 (64 бит)
Kernel:6.1.20-generic-2rosa2021.1-x86_64
RAM:12 GB
GPU Driver:4.6 Mesa 22.3.7
GPU:AMD Radeon RX 6400 (navi24, LLVM 15.0.7, DRM 3.49, 6.1.20-generic-2rosa2021.1-x86_64)
CPU:Intel Core i5-3470S @ 2.90GHz
IceBreak(153 reports)
< 1 hour overall
IceBreak (153 reports)
< 1 hour overall
2 years ago

same as the other painkiller games

2 years ago
Tinker Steps:Switch to experimental, Set launch options
PROTON_USE_WINED3D=1 %command%

Proton is doing God's work, it's working fine with all the Painkiller games, just don't bother with the Painkiller games made by someone else, stick with the original game, Painkiller Black, Overdose and HD

Proton Experimental
Distro:Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS
Kernel:5.19.0-45-generic
RAM:16 GB
GPU Driver:NVIDIA 535.54.03
GPU:NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950
CPU:Intel Core i3-10105F @ 3.70GHz
IceBreak(153 reports)
< 1 hour overall
Proton Experimental
Distro:Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS
Kernel:5.19.0-45-generic
RAM:16 GB
GPU Driver:NVIDIA 535.54.03
GPU:NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950
CPU:Intel Core i3-10105F @ 3.70GHz
Jenya(671 reports)
Jenya (671 reports)
2 years ago
Steam Deck Logo

2 years ago
Proton 7.0-5
Jenya(671 reports)
Proton 7.0-5
KidIcarus(243 reports)
KidIcarus (243 reports)
3 years ago
Steam Deck Logo

Works well after adding the launch options

3 years ago
Tinker Steps:Set launch options
PROTON_USE_WINED3D=1 %command%
Proton 7.0-3
KidIcarus(243 reports)
Proton 7.0-3
ChaosBlades(10 reports)
< 1 hour overall< 1 hour on Linux
ChaosBlades (10 reports)
< 1 hour overall< 1 hour on Linux
3 years ago

Launches in super tiny unusable window

3 years ago
Installs:Yes
Opens:No

Proton 6 and newer the game launches in a super tiny window that is completely unusable.

Proton 5 and older the game launches to FATAL ERROR

Proton 7.0-3
Distro:Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS
Kernel:5.17.5-76051705-generic
RAM:32 GB
GPU Driver:4.6 Mesa 22.0.1
GPU:AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT (sienna_cichlid, LLVM 13.0.1, DRM 3.44, 5.17.5-76051705-generic)
CPU:AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core
ChaosBlades(10 reports)
< 1 hour overall< 1 hour on Linux
Proton 7.0-3
Distro:Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS
Kernel:5.17.5-76051705-generic
RAM:32 GB
GPU Driver:4.6 Mesa 22.0.1
GPU:AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT (sienna_cichlid, LLVM 13.0.1, DRM 3.44, 5.17.5-76051705-generic)
CPU:AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core
SupremeMaus(36 reports)
(< 15 minutes with Proton)
SupremeMaus (36 reports)
(< 15 minutes with Proton)
4 years ago

Game runs flawless after installing dxvk

4 years ago
Customizations:Protontricks

It is a bit funny, but installing dxvk lets the game run:

$ protontricks 206760 dxvk
Proton 5.0-9
Distro:Manjaro Linux
Kernel:5.8.16-2-MANJARO
RAM:16 GB
GPU Driver:NVIDIA 440.100
GPU:NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER
CPU:AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 8-Core
SupremeMaus(36 reports)
(< 15 minutes with Proton)
Proton 5.0-9
Distro:Manjaro Linux
Kernel:5.8.16-2-MANJARO
RAM:16 GB
GPU Driver:NVIDIA 440.100
GPU:NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER
CPU:AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 8-Core
MaKs78 (Linux)(20 reports)
MaKs78 (Linux) (20 reports)
5 years ago

Tried a number of launch options and could not get the game to launch.

5 years ago
Installs:Yes
Opens:No
Proton 5.0-1
MaKs78 (Linux)(20 reports)
Proton 5.0-1
>noderunner_(1068 reports)
>noderunner_ (1068 reports)
6 years ago
Borked
6 years ago

Just a black screen.

Distro:NixOS
Kernel:5.1.6
RAM:16 GB
GPU Driver:NVIDIA 418.74
GPU:NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
CPU:Intel Core i7-3770 @ 3.40GHz
>noderunner_(1068 reports)
Distro:NixOS
Kernel:5.1.6
RAM:16 GB
GPU Driver:NVIDIA 418.74
GPU:NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
CPU:Intel Core i7-3770 @ 3.40GHz
Stoney_Fish(1032 reports)
Stoney_Fish (1032 reports)
6 years ago
Borked
6 years ago

FATAL Error window with [OK] - game crashed

Distro:Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS
Kernel:4.15.0-38-generic
RAM:16 GB
GPU Driver:NVIDIA 396.54.09
GPU:NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
CPU:Intel Core i5-7400 @ 3.00GHz
Stoney_Fish(1032 reports)
Distro:Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS
Kernel:4.15.0-38-generic
RAM:16 GB
GPU Driver:NVIDIA 396.54.09
GPU:NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
CPU:Intel Core i5-7400 @ 3.00GHz
Unknown
Unknown 
6 years ago
Borked
6 years ago

Nothing happens, even using all the Proton evironment variables. But when trying to open with Intel, an empty error message box appears.

Distro:Linux Mint 19 Tara
Kernel:4.15.0-34-generic
RAM:6 GB
GPU Driver:4.4 Mesa 18.3.0-devel - padoka PPA
GPU:AMD VERDE
CPU:Intel Core i5-3210M @ 2.50GHz
Unknown
Distro:Linux Mint 19 Tara
Kernel:4.15.0-34-generic
RAM:6 GB
GPU Driver:4.4 Mesa 18.3.0-devel - padoka PPA
GPU:AMD VERDE
CPU:Intel Core i5-3210M @ 2.50GHz

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