Alexis
Published
Crashes during intro, the menu or in loading screen
Sometimes it will not launch at all, depending on what version you run. The Native version is completely broken at the moment, but WC claim they are working on it. I have tried all versions of proton, the native client, steam runtime, as well as opted into betas, and all combinations of those. With proton you can get to the main menu but shortly it will crash with an unknown function error. Music will continue to play and you may have to kill the process to exit the game.
This game is a dumpster-fire in my opinion, considering the ongoing issues they've had with getting the Linux client to work. The developers priority is obviously selling the game, the DLC, and they are doing nothing short of false advertising their Linux compatibility over the years.
I am only saying no because many will see the multiplayer crashing as a major issue. The team deathmatch is still rather popular online.
Playing Multiplayer causes a crash that closes the game. As soon as it initialized connection to the multiplayer menu / lobby area the game just closes everytime on all versions of proton I've tried.
I must add that the game is still playable in single player mode. I am currently working through the predator on nightmare again. Still havent finished that mode.
So I wish I could give it a good rating. I know there are many out there like me though, those who lived on the multiplayer team deathmatch, so I have to say thumbs down.
Overall great performance - may have lower FPS than Windows. 4.2-9 is best
Very minor artifacting. A slim white rectangle may appear in LOD while you are in daylight hours.
alt+tab may not get you back to desktop. If you change window mode while playing your cursor will not line up with buttons and menus, it is offset a bit, as is your bites and head pan in game.
I have to run the game on low setting and reduce the resolution to get 60FPS. Sometimes there are still random frame drops (not from spawns).
No matter what setting, the main sun lamp wont render properly over player asset. In the distance you will see that a shadow follows you around and the light (and shadows) are only rendered in the distance.
PROTON_USE_WINED3D=1 %command%
Renamed TS3W.exe to Sims3Launcher.exe in /Game/Bin/
very minor stuttering or lag when rotating camera in object dense areas. There is also some very minor texture discoloration or rendering issues such as eyebrow shaders that make it blend to the face. (they look more rigid.)
First time I tried I didn't change the file names. I was able to see the launcher and hit play, it would launch and then freeze after the animated EA logo.
After that I renamed the files incorrectly, if you do that you willl get an error that says, .." please re-install the base game."
The only file you need to rename is TS3W.exe.
So rename Sims3Launcher.exe to Sims3Launcher.exe.bak or something to save it. Then rename TS3W.exe to Sims3Launcher.exe.
finally add the Launch Options: PROTON_USE_WINED3D=1 %command%
Tested in Proton 8, 7 and expiramental.
