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Splintercat

Published

11 months ago

When it works, it works well.

11 months ago

Instability:Not Listed

Game will sometimes not let you get to the main menu. It will just hang on the loading screen.

I found that when I can't get to the main menu to start the game, I have to go and tell steam to verify the installation. After that the game will usually work just fine. Sometimes switching proton versions and a verify will work as well. At worst telling the game to reinstall seems to fix things for a bit.

Proton 8.0-5

Distro:Linux Mint 21.2

Kernel:6.5.0-1009-oem

RAM:63 GB

GPU Driver:4.6 Mesa 23.3.0 - kisak-mesa PPA

GPU:AMD NAVI32 (radeonsi, navi32, LLVM 15.0.7, DRM 3.54, 6.5.0-1009-oem)

CPU:AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 8-Core

Proton 8.0-5

Distro:Linux Mint 21.2

Kernel:6.5.0-1009-oem

RAM:63 GB

GPU Driver:4.6 Mesa 23.3.0 - kisak-mesa PPA

GPU:AMD NAVI32 (radeonsi, navi32, LLVM 15.0.7, DRM 3.54, 6.5.0-1009-oem)

CPU:AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 8-Core

4 years ago

EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 5

Game works really well with a supported version of proton and by turning off v-sync with a dxvk.conf file.

4 years ago

Customizations:Custom Proton

Proton GloriousEggroll 6.5-GE-2 https://github.com/GloriousEggroll/proton-ge-custom/releases/tag/6.5-GE-2

Turning off v-sync with dxvk massively improved performance. https://steamcommunity.com/app/410320/discussions/0/1747898397219502826/ explains the process.

Short version. Go to base game directory, create a text file called dxvk.conf. Add this line to the file dxgi.syncInterval = 0. Save the file. You're now good to go, no need for launch flags.

► Multiplayer

Overall (online):Excellent

It seems like certain combinations of proton versions and likely Nvidia cards leads to crashes when there's too much going on. I got crashes with PROTON_USE_WINED3D=1 on Proton 6.3-2.

5.13-6 works with PROTON_USE_WINED3D=1, but has bad (but consistent) frame rates.

Found out the quick menu now works properly as well!

Quick note for people new to playing this game with Proton. I've found that when the game boots I get a black screen until I click the mouse or press a keyboard button. After that it loads the normal splash screens.

Proton 5.13-6

Distro:Linux Mint 20.1

Kernel:5.4.0-71-generic

RAM:32 GB

GPU Driver:NVIDIA 460.39

GPU:NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080

CPU:AMD Ryzen 7 1700X Eight-Core

Proton 5.13-6

Distro:Linux Mint 20.1

Kernel:5.4.0-71-generic

RAM:32 GB

GPU Driver:NVIDIA 460.39

GPU:NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080

CPU:AMD Ryzen 7 1700X Eight-Core

6 months ago

EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 6

Working out of the box on Proton 9.2

6 months ago

Everything seems to work just fine. I also tried on experimental and that also worked.

Proton 9.0-2

Distro:Linux Mint 21.2

Kernel:6.5.0-1009-oem

RAM:63 GB

GPU Driver:4.6 Mesa 23.3.0 - kisak-mesa PPA

GPU:AMD NAVI32 (radeonsi, navi32, LLVM 15.0.7, DRM 3.54, 6.5.0-1009-oem)

CPU:AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 8-Core

Proton 9.0-2

Distro:Linux Mint 21.2

Kernel:6.5.0-1009-oem

RAM:63 GB

GPU Driver:4.6 Mesa 23.3.0 - kisak-mesa PPA

GPU:AMD NAVI32 (radeonsi, navi32, LLVM 15.0.7, DRM 3.54, 6.5.0-1009-oem)

CPU:AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 8-Core

6 months ago

EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 6

Plays well on my steamdeck

6 months ago

Tinker Steps:Switch to experimental

Difficult To Read Text:Yes

Long equipment names are hard to read

I had already signed into epic on my computer, so I don't know if the signin process on the deck works.

Proton Experimental

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

Proton Experimental

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

6 months ago

EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 6

Works well on steamdeck.

6 months ago

Difficult To Read Text:

Long equipment names are hard to read. There's some other hard to read text. But the subtitles are readable.

If you turn on halfrate shading, most text is unreadable.

Performance:Slight Performance Problems

At 60FPS there's some frame drops to around 50FPS

Game runs well enough on the steamdeck. Occasional frame drops, but otherwise very playable.

I had already signed into epic for online play on my computer, so I can't verify if the onetime need to sign into epic for online play works well on the steamdeck.

Proton 9.0-2

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

Proton 9.0-2

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

1 year ago

Spellmasons

Game seems to run fine on experimental

1 year ago

Tinker Steps:Switch to experimental

► Multiplayer

Overall (online):Good

Desync can happen in multiplayer, but the problem seems to happen regardless of OS.

Proton Experimental

Distro:Linux Mint 21.2

Kernel:6.5.0-1009-oem

RAM:63 GB

GPU Driver:4.6 Mesa 23.3.0 - kisak-mesa PPA

GPU:AMD NAVI32 (radeonsi, navi32, LLVM 15.0.7, DRM 3.54, 6.5.0-1009-oem)

CPU:AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 8-Core

Proton Experimental

Distro:Linux Mint 21.2

Kernel:6.5.0-1009-oem

RAM:63 GB

GPU Driver:4.6 Mesa 23.3.0 - kisak-mesa PPA

GPU:AMD NAVI32 (radeonsi, navi32, LLVM 15.0.7, DRM 3.54, 6.5.0-1009-oem)

CPU:AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 8-Core