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The Battle of Polytopia

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Lettuce(43 reports)

Lettuce (43 reports)

2 months ago

Audio:Other

For anyone experiencing no audio, switch your default device to something else, then back. I have had this happen on some other native games too.

Native

Lettuce(43 reports)

Native

Fine and dandy(3 reports)

44 hours overall

Fine and dandy (3 reports)

44 hours overall

2 months ago

Still playable, strategy unimpacted, but no audio and occasional artifacts when selecting things are noticable.

2 months ago

Audio:Borked

Completely missing

Graphics:Minor Artifacts

Native

Distro:Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS

Kernel:6.9.3-76060903-generic

RAM:16 GB

GPU Driver:NVIDIA 565.77

GPU:NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070

CPU:12th Gen Intel Core i7-12700F

Fine and dandy(3 reports)

44 hours overall

Native

Distro:Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS

Kernel:6.9.3-76060903-generic

RAM:16 GB

GPU Driver:NVIDIA 565.77

GPU:NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070

CPU:12th Gen Intel Core i7-12700F

Jovan04(2 reports)

Jovan04 (2 reports)

4 months ago

Other than the audio issue (which I've seen in a few other reports) everything worked flawlessly.

4 months ago

Audio:Other

audio was being played from my monitor speakers, instead of from the OS default (3.5mm jack)

Proton 9.0-3

Distro:Linux Mint 21.2

Kernel:5.15.0-126-generic

RAM:32 GB

GPU Driver:NVIDIA 550.120

GPU:NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060

CPU:AMD Ryzen 5 3600X 6-Core

Jovan04(2 reports)

Proton 9.0-3

Distro:Linux Mint 21.2

Kernel:5.15.0-126-generic

RAM:32 GB

GPU Driver:NVIDIA 550.120

GPU:NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060

CPU:AMD Ryzen 5 3600X 6-Core

Hiplayer1235678(2 reports)

Hiplayer1235678 (2 reports)

7 months ago

Runs with no problems, slightly faster than on Windows 10.

7 months ago

Native

Hiplayer1235678(2 reports)

Native

SnekTheGreat(1 report)

29 hours overall

SnekTheGreat (1 report)

29 hours overall

7 months ago

It's a good game that runs as well on linux as it does on windows if you ignore that it has no sound.

7 months ago

Tinker Steps:Switch to experimental

Audio:Borked

no audio

No tinkering needed

Proton Experimental

Distro:Ubuntu 24.04 LTS

Kernel:6.8.0-41-generic

RAM:16 GB

GPU Driver:4.6 Mesa 24.0.9-0ubuntu0.1

GPU:Intel Mesa Intel UHD 620 (WHL GT2)

CPU:Intel Core i5-8265U @ 1.60GHz

SnekTheGreat(1 report)

29 hours overall

Proton Experimental

Distro:Ubuntu 24.04 LTS

Kernel:6.8.0-41-generic

RAM:16 GB

GPU Driver:4.6 Mesa 24.0.9-0ubuntu0.1

GPU:Intel Mesa Intel UHD 620 (WHL GT2)

CPU:Intel Core i5-8265U @ 1.60GHz

WG(2 reports)

WG (2 reports)

7 months ago

Native

WG(2 reports)

Native

Ashen(7 reports)

Ashen (7 reports)

9 months ago

Works really well!

9 months ago

Control Layout:Switch To Gamepad With Mouse Trackpad

Native

Ashen(7 reports)

Native

Nikunnamed(8 reports)

Nikunnamed (8 reports)

1 year ago

Input:Other

Touchscreen doesn't work in native linux (Maybe because wayland?)

► Multiplayer

Overall (online):Excellent

Overall (local):Excellent

Native

Nikunnamed(8 reports)

Native

Temporalis(3 reports)

Temporalis (3 reports)

3 years ago

Control Layout:Switch To Gamepad With Joystick Trackpad

Control Layout Customization:Right Trackpad

Proton 7.0-2

Temporalis(3 reports)

Proton 7.0-2

colin.crossland(11 reports)

colin.crossland (11 reports)

5 years ago

Native linux version won't boot. Proton will run it perfectly out of the box.

5 years ago

Proton 5.0-9

colin.crossland(11 reports)

Proton 5.0-9

Cat Lovers(27 reports)

Cat Lovers (27 reports)

5 years ago

excellent performance

5 years ago

► Multiplayer

Overall (online):Excellent

Overall (local):Excellent

Proton 5.0-9

Cat Lovers(27 reports)

Proton 5.0-9

Cat Lovers(27 reports)

Cat Lovers (27 reports)

5 years ago

► Multiplayer

Overall (local):Excellent

Proton 5.0-5

Cat Lovers(27 reports)

Proton 5.0-5

rishab2oo(1 report)

rishab2oo (1 report)

5 years ago

Windowing:Other

[Full Screen] Resolution is low. Had to scroll to see some options in Pause Screen. However this doesn't affect overall experience.

Proton 5.0-5

rishab2oo(1 report)

Proton 5.0-5

Mossy(8 reports)

Mossy (8 reports)

5 years ago

► Multiplayer

Overall (local):Excellent

Proton 5.0-4

Mossy(8 reports)

Proton 5.0-4