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Half-Life 2: DownFall
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Jonathing(27 reports)
< 1 hour overall
Jonathing (27 reports)
< 1 hour overall
6 months ago

Use Luxtorpeda for best experience.

6 months ago
Tinker Steps:Custom Proton: Luxtorpeda
Performance:Slight Performance Problems

Sometimes, the loading screen from initial launch may take a little longer than anticipated. Otherwise, the game works well though.

Use Luxtorpeda so you can launch this game using the native Linux build of the source engine. Requires Source SDK 2013 Singleplayer and Steam Linux Runtime to be installed through steam, though.

Custom Proton: Luxtorpeda
Distro:Nobara Linux 40 (KDE Plasma)
Kernel:6.11.1-203.fsync.fc40.x86_64
RAM:31 GB
GPU Driver:4.6 Mesa 24.2.3
GPU:AMD Radeon RX 7700S (radeonsi, navi33, LLVM 18.1.8, DRM 3.58, 6.11.1-203.fsync.fc40.x86_64)
CPU:AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS w/ Radeon 780M Graphics
Jonathing(27 reports)
< 1 hour overall
Custom Proton: Luxtorpeda
Distro:Nobara Linux 40 (KDE Plasma)
Kernel:6.11.1-203.fsync.fc40.x86_64
RAM:31 GB
GPU Driver:4.6 Mesa 24.2.3
GPU:AMD Radeon RX 7700S (radeonsi, navi33, LLVM 18.1.8, DRM 3.58, 6.11.1-203.fsync.fc40.x86_64)
CPU:AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS w/ Radeon 780M Graphics
myxlmynx(97 reports)
2 hours overall
myxlmynx (97 reports)
2 hours overall
7 months ago

Runs just fine on default Proton

7 months ago
Windowing:Activating Fullscreen

In rare cases, fullscreen might revert or not work. If that happens, just switch from window to fullscreen in the game options (or vice versa). Solves the issue.

Proton 9.0-2
Distro:Arch Linux
Kernel:6.10.6-arch1-1
RAM:64 GB
GPU Driver:4.6 Mesa 24.1.6-arch1.1
GPU:AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX (radeonsi, navi31, LLVM 18.1.8, DRM 3.57, 6.10.6-arch1-1)
CPU:AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core
myxlmynx(97 reports)
2 hours overall
Proton 9.0-2
Distro:Arch Linux
Kernel:6.10.6-arch1-1
RAM:64 GB
GPU Driver:4.6 Mesa 24.1.6-arch1.1
GPU:AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX (radeonsi, navi31, LLVM 18.1.8, DRM 3.57, 6.10.6-arch1-1)
CPU:AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core
Neumond(74 reports)
< 1 hour overall
Neumond (74 reports)
< 1 hour overall
1 year ago

Tried last 5 Proton versions, could not get it to work

1 year ago
Tinker Steps:Switch to older version: 7.0-6
Installs:Yes
Opens:No

With Proton Experimental and Proton 8/7, it has some sort of VRAM leakage, and fills up 24GB of my GPU VRAM

Proton 7.0-6
Distro:Arch Linux
Kernel:6.5.7-arch1-1
RAM:64 GB
GPU Driver:NVIDIA 535.113.01
GPU:NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090
CPU:AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT 12-Core
Neumond(74 reports)
< 1 hour overall
Proton 7.0-6
Distro:Arch Linux
Kernel:6.5.7-arch1-1
RAM:64 GB
GPU Driver:NVIDIA 535.113.01
GPU:NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090
CPU:AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT 12-Core
SEAMUS_MC(38 reports)
1 hour overall1 hour on Linux
SEAMUS_MC (38 reports)
1 hour overall1 hour on Linux
2 years ago
Steam Deck Logo

Played through the whole game with no issues. Once I changed the control layout it played almost exactly like regular Half Life 2

2 years ago
Control Layout:Switch To Keyboard And Mouse
Control Layout Customization:Grip Buttons, Other

Remapped the controls to match as close to the Half Life 2 control layout as possible.

Battery Performance:

Limited FPS to 40

Difficult To Read Text:

Menu text is pretty small and can be hard to read.

Proton 7.0-6
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
SEAMUS_MC(38 reports)
1 hour overall1 hour on Linux
Proton 7.0-6
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
amortician(12 reports)
4 hours overall4 hours on Linux
amortician (12 reports)
4 hours overall4 hours on Linux
2 years ago

Installed and ran perfectly.

2 years ago

Enjoyable little mod. Short but sweet.

Proton 7.0-6
Distro:Arch Linux
Kernel:6.1.8-arch1-1
RAM:8 GB
GPU Driver:NVIDIA 525.85.05
GPU:NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
CPU:Intel Core i7-6700K @ 4.00GHz
amortician(12 reports)
4 hours overall4 hours on Linux
Proton 7.0-6
Distro:Arch Linux
Kernel:6.1.8-arch1-1
RAM:8 GB
GPU Driver:NVIDIA 525.85.05
GPU:NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
CPU:Intel Core i7-6700K @ 4.00GHz
Dr. Nick(12 reports)
Dr. Nick (12 reports)
3 years ago

Short HL2 mod, runs perfectly out of the box

3 years ago
Proton 6.3-6
Dr. Nick(12 reports)
Proton 6.3-6
commodo(3 reports)
commodo (3 reports)
4 years ago

HL2 Downfall is a short fan-made mod; it runs quite well on Proton

4 years ago
Proton 6.3-2
commodo(3 reports)
Proton 6.3-2
alfa(180 reports)
alfa (180 reports)
4 years ago

works well out of the box

4 years ago
Proton 5.0-10
alfa(180 reports)
Proton 5.0-10
Snika(86 reports)
2 hours overall(2+ hours with Proton)
Snika (86 reports)
2 hours overall(2+ hours with Proton)
4 years ago

Download and Play

4 years ago

There was no need to make any additional configuration, just downloaded and played!

Proton 5.13-4
Distro:Linux Mint 20
Kernel:5.4.0-58-generic
RAM:8 GB
GPU Driver:NVIDIA 455.45.01
GPU:NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
CPU:AMD Phenom II X6 1055T
Snika(86 reports)
2 hours overall(2+ hours with Proton)
Proton 5.13-4
Distro:Linux Mint 20
Kernel:5.4.0-58-generic
RAM:8 GB
GPU Driver:NVIDIA 455.45.01
GPU:NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
CPU:AMD Phenom II X6 1055T
SuperFist915(1 report)
1 hour overall(an hour with Proton)
SuperFist915 (1 report)
1 hour overall(an hour with Proton)
5 years ago

Ran perfectly.

5 years ago
Launch Flags:Use D9VK

Use d9vk for better performance.

Proton 5.0-5
Distro:Manjaro Linux
Kernel:5.6.3-2-MANJARO
RAM:4 GB
GPU Driver:NVIDIA 440.82
GPU:NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti
CPU:Intel Core2 Duo E8400 @ 3.00GHz
SuperFist915(1 report)
1 hour overall(an hour with Proton)
Proton 5.0-5
Distro:Manjaro Linux
Kernel:5.6.3-2-MANJARO
RAM:4 GB
GPU Driver:NVIDIA 440.82
GPU:NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti
CPU:Intel Core2 Duo E8400 @ 3.00GHz
flgx(19 reports)
1 hour overall
flgx (19 reports)
1 hour overall
5 years ago

Works perfectly out of the box

5 years ago
Tinker Steps:Custom Proton: 4.21-GE-2

4.21-GE-2 GloriousEggroll

Custom Proton: 4.21-GE-2
Distro:Arch Linux
Kernel:5.4.8-arch1-1-fsync
RAM:6 GB
GPU Driver:4.6 Mesa 20.0.0-devel (git-7b444ba5ef)
GPU:AMD RAVEN
CPU:AMD Ryzen 5 2400G with Radeon Vega Graphics
flgx(19 reports)
1 hour overall
Custom Proton: 4.21-GE-2
Distro:Arch Linux
Kernel:5.4.8-arch1-1-fsync
RAM:6 GB
GPU Driver:4.6 Mesa 20.0.0-devel (git-7b444ba5ef)
GPU:AMD RAVEN
CPU:AMD Ryzen 5 2400G with Radeon Vega Graphics
Uncensored God(102 reports)
(an hour with Proton)
Uncensored God (102 reports)
(an hour with Proton)
6 years ago
Platinum
6 years ago

runs out of the box! 170+ fps in the entire game, it's great :)

Distro:Linux Mint 19.2 Tina
Kernel:5.0.0-23-generic
RAM:32 GB
GPU Driver:NVIDIA 430.40
GPU:NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
CPU:Intel Core i7-7800X @ 3.50GHz
Uncensored God(102 reports)
(an hour with Proton)
Distro:Linux Mint 19.2 Tina
Kernel:5.0.0-23-generic
RAM:32 GB
GPU Driver:NVIDIA 430.40
GPU:NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
CPU:Intel Core i7-7800X @ 3.50GHz
Unknown
(< 15 minutes with Proton)
Unknown 
(< 15 minutes with Proton)
6 years ago
Gold
6 years ago
Launch Flags:Disable D3D11

Great! Thanks Lord Gabe & Valve!

Distro:Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS
Kernel:4.15.0-29-generic
RAM:16 GB
GPU Driver:NVIDIA 390.77
GPU:NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
CPU:Intel Core i7-8700K @ 3.70GHz
Unknown
(< 15 minutes with Proton)
Distro:Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS
Kernel:4.15.0-29-generic
RAM:16 GB
GPU Driver:NVIDIA 390.77
GPU:NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
CPU:Intel Core i7-8700K @ 3.70GHz
Unknown
Unknown 
6 years ago
Platinum
6 years ago
Unknown
Unknown
(an hour with Proton)
Unknown 
(an hour with Proton)
7 years ago
Platinum
7 years ago

Runs flawlessly.

Distro:Ubuntu 16.04.5 LTS
Kernel:4.15.0-34-generic
RAM:16 GB
GPU Driver:NVIDIA 396.54
GPU:NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
CPU:Intel Core i5-6600 @ 3.30GHz
Unknown
(an hour with Proton)
Distro:Ubuntu 16.04.5 LTS
Kernel:4.15.0-34-generic
RAM:16 GB
GPU Driver:NVIDIA 396.54
GPU:NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
CPU:Intel Core i5-6600 @ 3.30GHz
Unknown
Unknown 
7 years ago
Platinum
7 years ago

I haven't noticed any mistakes. Everything's going great.

Distro:Ubuntu 17.10 (Kernel 4.13.0-16-generic)
GPU Driver:NVIDIA 384.59
Unknown
Distro:Ubuntu 17.10 (Kernel 4.13.0-16-generic)
GPU Driver:NVIDIA 384.59
Unknown
Unknown 
7 years ago
Silver
7 years ago

Work but stutters on max settings 1440p.

Distro:Antergos
GPU Driver:396.51.02
Unknown
Distro:Antergos
GPU Driver:396.51.02

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