Mighty Eagle
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Had to reduce graphics quality by one less than ultra & enable VSync for a smooth experience.
Had to lower the resolution by one less than Ultra and enable VSync to play without graphical issues/tearing.
Xbox Series controller works flawlessly.
Flawless on Native verion: Choose Compatibility: "Steam Linux Runtime" for native
On the default proton version, there was screen tearing. On native it runs flawlessly (Linux Mint 21.2).
Choose native version by selecting Compatibility: Steam Linux Runtime.
Xbox Series controller works flawlessly too.
Flawless on Linux Mint w default Steam Proton version (NOT native) (8.0-3 or Experimental)
Xbox Series controller (cabled) does not work at all. KB&M only.
KB&M only. Controller doesn't work.
Flawless on Linux Mint, default Steam proton (8.0-3 or Experimental)
Controllers not supported but works anyway. KB&M better.
Flawless on Linux Mint, AMD PC, default Steam proton (8.0-3 or Experimental)
Xbox Series controller works flawlessly too
Flawless except for delay in quitting to desktop from in-game
Takes about 36 seconds to quit cleanly from in-game to desktop.
Otherwise flawless on Linux Mint 21.2, default Steam proton (8.0-3 or Experimental) and controller support is also flawless.
Flawless on Linux Mint w default Steam proton (8.0-3 or Experimental)
Xbox Series controller works flawlessly as well.
Tweak1of2: open “user.ini” at /mnt/YourHardDriveID/SteamLibrary/steamapps/compatdata/6920/pfx/drive_c/users/steamuser/My Documents/Deus Ex - Invisible War search for “viewporty” and change them to [WinDrv.WindowsClient] FullscreenViewportY=800 FullscreenViewportX=1280
Tweak2of2: then go to /mnt/YourHardDriveID/SteamLibrary/steamapps/common/Deus Ex Invisible War/System and edit “Default.ini” search for “fov__d” and change number to 58
Controller does not work. KB&M only.
Works well after turning off other displays (Linux Mint; default Steam proton (8.0-3 or Experimental))
Must turn off other displays and then select full screen for it to display properly.
Controller does NOT work. KB&M only.
Flawless on default Steam proton (8.0-3 or Experimental) AND on Native (Compatibility: Steam Linux Runtime)
Xbox Series controller also works flawlessly.
First time in-game, select Options, then LB/RB to Controls; dpad left/right to choose Control method; "2. Microsoft X-Box 360 pad 0", then B for back and now you can play the game with Steam Deck's controls.
Flawless (Linux Mint, default Proton option (8.0-3 or Experimental) - Native version untested.
XBox Series controller works flawlessly too.
Tweak1of2: Turn off other displays.
Tweak2of2: Set resolution to your display's native res (eg 4K: 3840x2160)
Controller functions but not enjoyable. KB&M only.
Flawless (Linux Mint, default Steam proton (8.0-3 or Experimental)
Controller does not work. KB&M only.
KB&M only.
Works very well on default Proton (Linux Mint, Proton 8.0-3 or Experimental) but some graphical quality issues.
Blurring on the edges of objects/characters, no matter what I change in settings. So graphics not as good as on Windows/PS5, unfortunately.
Green bar on main menu - goes away after loading/starting game & plays Flawlessly w gamepad.
Flawless with gamepad on default Proton 8.0-3 or Experimental
Flawless (Linux Mint, default Steam proton (8.0-3 or Experimental)
Xbox Series controller works flawlessly too
Flawless (Linux Mint, default Steam proton (8.0-3 or Experimental))
Xbox Series controller works flawlessly too.
Local co-op untested.
Flawless (Linux Mint, default Steam proton (8.0-3 or Experimental))
Xbox Series controller works flawlessly.
Flawless including with gamepad. Didn't shutdown fully first time, but did after that.
Didn't shutdown properly 1st time (had to click STOP in Steam), but did the 2nd and subsequent times.
Had to click STOP in Steam to shut it down first time after quitting in-game, but it shuts down fine since then.
Excellent on default 8.0-3 or Experimental except for shutdown issue (below)
Doesn't shutdown properly; Fix: Turn off "lockMouseToWindow" in-game setting, then you can shut it down using the mouse to click STOP in Steam.
Does not shutdown properly; Fix: Turn off "lock mouse to window" in-game setting, then you can turn it off each time after quitting by clicking STOP in Steam.
Flawless on Linux Mint w default Steam proton verion (8.0-3 or Experimental)
Xbox Series controller works flawlessly too (cabled)
Flawless on Linux Mint with Steam default proton (8.0-3 or Experimental)
Reducing resolution resulted in a window of the game, not fullscreen, so have to play it at my display's native 4k resolution.
Linux Mint 21.2 I tried disabling my 2nd display to no avail,
Then I tried Proton Experimental as others have suggested and only got as far as the initial menu, and it would crash and log me out at the same time over and over again.
Then i tried disabling the Steam overlay, and using ProtonUp-Qt to use GE Proton 8-14 the game worked ONE TIME on LOW graphical settings (Despite having an AMD 6900XT graphics card), but never worked again after that for some reason.
As a last resort I tried playing the game on fairly recently "fresh" install of Fedora 38 Workstation, giving access and automount to the SSD where Starfield was installed via Linux Mint, and got to the menu where I set graphics to HIGH and it works flawlessly.
I don't know if my Mint install is hacked or bugged or what, but at least I can play on Fedora 38.
After getting it to work flawlessly on a fresh install of Fedora 38, I returned to Linux Mint 21.2, whose interface I had tinkered with quite a bit previously.
I reset ALL settings using terminal command: gsettings reset-recursively org.cinnamon (Without sudo) Then I tried launching Starfield from Linux Mint using Proton Experimental and was able to load the saved game and it was still on High graphics settings!
So clearly some customization that I had done to Linux Mint 21.2 was the problem. Not sure which.
Flawless with Manjaro updated to the latest packages (especially the Linux kernel)
Has crashed only 1 time on a loading screen (with 7hrs played)
Could not run it on Linux Mint 21.2, worked flawlessly on Fedora38 but Fedora's Gnome 44 is useless for my work-from-home requirements (taskbar icons especially), so I explored different distros and found Manjaro 23 with the KDE desktop fit ALL my gaming and work needs due to Starfield running almost as flawlessly as Fedora, and having a normal and decent taskbar area for my cloud storage requirements and notifications.
After all this testing, it seems that having an older version of the Linux kernel (link in Mint) was possibly the main problem. Fedora has a very new version and Manjaro is a rolling-release distro so it gets the latest packages of almost everything. Recommended.
Flawless (Linux Mint, default Steam proton v (8.0-3 or Experimental)
Xbox Series controller works flawlessly as well
Flawless on Linux Mint w default Steam proton or Experimental BUT KB&M only. Controller does not work at all
XBox Series controller (via USB cable) does not work at all in this game. KB&M only.
(Doesn't work with Xbox Series controller plugged in)
