Lime_Lemon_Lemonade
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BF4 works for me, FPS was better than on windows i must say like 10 fps more, after adding ASYNC it was smooth really smooth ..
DXVK_ASYNC=1 mangohud %command%
ASYNC needed for reducing a lot the stutters , after that it was just fine , and must add that with Proton 7.0.6 the EA app starts in a blank screen, it does the install on its own , and after that it just works , keep in mind that the EA overlay may not work at all , no friend list and things like that ...
Some stutters , but mostly related to my lack of RAM , 8gb wont just make it enough ...
Runing the game from steam, Proton 7.0.6 selected ... no GE , no experimental ...
gamemoderun mangohud %command%
Debian still has ping permissions disabled for several parts of the system as a security measure, making that the ping showed ingame appears as a "-" only and it can get you kicked from all games that have the pingenforcer plugin active.. Any Proton after 6.12 has the old raw access to ICMP issue fixed internally for wine .. but the issue now is the permissions of ping for groups in debian making proton unable to respond to BF4 ping requests ..
Temporary Fix open a terminal and use this command:
sudo sysctl net.ipv4.ping_group_range='1000 1000'
That command worked for me as long as the pc is not rebooted and i was able to play several matches with my ping showing up and no kicks from punkbuster or ping enforcer plugin ... if you reboot your pc and want to play bf4 you will have to use the command again.. for security measures i will not leave it permanently but anyone can feel free to add it permanently ...
Beyond the ping issue, as soon as you fix that .. you are good to go ... no lag .. no glitches .. no slowdowns ..
Game just runs better than on windows for me, everything just works, even the infamous EA APP and its overlay and friend list ... Extra note is for any Debian user out there .. be aware of the ping ingame issue, it can get you banned if you force playing without a ping too much in servers with the ping enforcer plugin ... any other distro i have tried does not have this issue, although some older ubuntu versions had this issue as well , try this fix maybe it helps you ...
Does not even open ..
gamemoderun mangohud %command%
Tried different proton versions .. experimental, 8.0 , 7.0 , proton GE, 6.3 , 4.11 ... even tried withouth the launch commands , and nothing .. it just does not do anything ...
mangohud gamemoderun %command%
No issues whatsoever with multiplayer experience ..
Works great out of the box ... runs great, loads fast, no slowdowns, no lag, the fps is good, better than windows with my same hardware ... it just works ! ...
Latest Update Broke linux support
It was working until the last update.. now the game gets stuck on the loading screen, even the start menu videos dont show .. is just a black screen with the start game button ... tried different proton versions ... experimental, 9.0 , GE ... etc .. SteamDeck=1 gamemode ,etc ... nothing works .. borked for now ... waiting for any fix or update ...
mangohud gamemoderun %command%
DX11 mode with DXVK works like DX12 on windows was ... DX12 mode with VKD3D on this game just lowers my fps like 40% and stutters a lot !
For my hardware setup i used to play at 100fps locked 1080p ultra with windows dx12 mode , wasnt able to achieve that fps using dx11 mode on windows .... here on Debian Trixie (testing) with Gnome as DE, is the other way around... im using dx11 mode ingame, and with dxvk im already getting the same 100fps with less resources used and better thermals than on windows, and with dx12 mode thru vkd3d it runs like 55-60 something, really bad and stuttery, i already tried different protons, GE , 7.0.6 , 8, experimental etc and they all run the same so i stick to standard proton 8 that comes with steam .. my monitor is 100hz and on wayland, no tearing no stutters, no glitches , crashes or anything, just smoothness , amazing indeed wonderfull experience.... it works great out of the box .. Already did some online hunts and no issues whatsoever no lag or anything...
Also add that i did some recordings with OBS , and tried to break the game or crash it by alt tabbing or swapping workplaces and some other weird stuff , and nothing happened.. everything worked as intended, no slowdown or errors or glitches ..
gamemoderun mangohud %command%
Even tough this cpu on this especific laptop is hardlocked to a 15w tdp no matter what temps you have .. i actually have better performance than on windows... probably for the lightness in resources ... also, dx12 with this iris Xe 80 eu gpus runs worse .. so keep with dx11 mode and dxvk ... eveything else works fine ... controllers, online etc. ..
Runs great out of the box ..
Smooth... no unexpected events whatsoever ... no lag .. all went nice ..
I was a bit afraid at first of buying it and installing it ... but man .. didn't had to do anything to this game ... just installed , rockstar launcher asked for my credentials .. i passed them , launched ... that's it ... game running , even faster than windows for me, loading screens where really fast compared to windows, like half the time .. and its installed on a mechanical hdd... im so happy with this game experience , its a masterpiece ... and it just works great on debian !...
Still waiting for the devs to support proton layer and EAC on linux ... sad ..
gamemoderun mangohud %command%
Eac Splash Screen launches , finishes .. game starts , i get to the menu, launches really fast, everything in the menu looks fine , no glitches or bad rendering... but lasts like 30 seconds after it gives you an integrity violation error, and crashes to desktop.. still borked sadly..
