Ensign
Published
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Completed ~5 missions + trainings with no issues whatsoever
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Worked great
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Launcher would crash without Proton 8.0-2
Game ended up not being for me so I don't have hours in it - but the bit I played everything was fine once I switched to Proton 8.0-2
Launcher window has no buttons and you cannot launch the game
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Very slight fps drops when there shouldn't have been
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No issues with proton 8.0-2
An error pops up when launching (after the launcher) but I just press ok and it launches like normal
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not sure if it's proton, game is just excessively taxing on systems
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Windowed and Fullscreen changes were buggy but after trying a few times it worked
Ended up refunding the game but I see some mixed reports for this game so wanted to mark that it worked good for me with the current build
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Multiplayer worked fine as well
gamemoderun VKD3D_CONFIG=dxr11 PROTON_ENABLE_NVAPI=1 PROTON_HIDE_NVIDIA_GPU=0 %command%
Mouse disappeared after a while
Needed to switch to proton experimental for day 1, needed to add launch args for nvidia otherwise the game would start heavily lagging on the menu until it crashed
Played several rounds of multiplayer with steam friends
gamemoderun VKD3D_CONFIG=dxr11 VKD3D_FEATURE_LEVEL=12_1 PROTON_HIDE_NVIDIA_GPU=0 DXVK_ASYNC=1 PROTON_ENABLE_NVAPI=1 %command% --launcher-skip -skipStartScreen
Hard to say for sure if it's real performance problems or just graphically taxing. All settings max, ray tracing off, 2K and stable 35 - 40 fps but it doesn't feel like 35 - 40 fps (feels much smoother)
PROTON_USE_WINED3D=1 gamemoderun %command%
Had issue with stuttering every few seconds, PROTON_USE_WINED3D=1 fixed
No issues with playing the game in the short amount of time I played it
PROTON_HIDE_NVIDIA_GPU=0 PROTON_ENABLE_NVAPI=1 VKD3D_DISABLE_EXTENSIONS=VK_KHR_present_id,VK_KHR_present_wait gamemoderun %command%
Needed to switch to DLSS and enable dynamic shaders in game otherwise there would be crippling lag spikes
Needed to add VKD3D_DISABLE_EXTENSIONS=VK_KHR_present_id,VK_KHR_present_wait to prevent crashing that would occur while alt-tabbing
gamemoderun OPENSSL_ia32cap=~0x20000000 DXVK_ASYNC=1 %command%
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Had no issues playing the game, even with very large enemy groups
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Worked great with no obstacles at all
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Worked great without any issues on launch day, played multiplayer
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significantly low fps while shaders compile in areas but then works great
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Occasional stutters but not sure if because of the game scuff
gamemoderun OPENSSL_ia32cap=~0x20000000 DXVK_ASYNC=1 %command%
gamemoderun OPENSSL_ia32cap=~0x20000000 DXVK_ASYNC=1 %command%
gamemoderun PROTON_ENABLE_NVAPI=1 PROTON_HIDE_NVIDIA_GPU=0 %command%
You'll enjoy it if you don't want to play with friends, otherwise just save your time and get the non steam version on wine
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Playing the steam version with Proton we couldn't connect to any friend matches, online worked fine though. When playing with friends, we had to use normal Wine off of steam.
Previously mentioned friend issue
Fun and worked fine minus the friend thing
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Slight tearing and some artifacting
A bit choppy, enabling vsync helped but caused screen tearing, it is an indie game
Given it's an indie game that was abandoned, it works well enough that you can still enjoy it
gamemoderun DXVK_ASYNC=1 %command%
A little laggy, but I remember it was not great on Windows either
Didn't end up playing it long and don't plan to since I played it a few years ago and it turns out I'm still burnt out on it, but I did end up trying it for about 30 minutes on Proton and it worked good enough, it was a little laggy but I remember the performance being sub par on Windows too, along with general jankiness
gamemoderun VKD3D_CONFIG=dxr11 PROTON_ENABLE_NVAPI=1 PROTON_HIDE_NVIDIA_GPU=0 %command% -USEALLAVAILABLECORES
Fullscreen crashes game and prevents it from opening again until changed in config
Needed to change render scale
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FPS peaked at 50 fps with frequent stutters, apparently it's bad on Windows too but I can't attest to that, you can technically play it but it's not very enjoyable
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Needed to cap fps at 60 otherwise it would change the speed of the game and lag
The game itself blocks you from launching
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New major update with hunt everything works better than before, still playable on linux, only difference is I needed to use steam's recommended "Proton Hotfix" version
gamemoderun DXVK_ASYNC=1 DXVK_ENABLE_NVAPI=1 PROTON_ENABLE_NVAPI=1 PROTON_HIDE_NVIDIA_GPU=0 %command%
Shift tab / steam overlay doesn't seem to work
Even though the game says it has cloud saving, when I change Proton versions the saves do NOT carry over - so be sure to copy your save just in case
Steam overlay doesn't seem to work but otherwise I want to clarify good news as opposed to the reviews from 9 months ago that the performance issues seem to be gone - at least for me. Max settings across the board on 4k.
Just be sure to back up your saves when you change Proton versions from steamapps/compatdata//pfx/drive_c/users/steamuser/AppData/LocalLow/BulwarkStudios/Ixion/Saves
It's not a Proton issue but there's a bug that will cause your buildings to be stuck in a repair state for eternity - which also means you can't dismantle them. From this same location you can open the buildings.sav file and remove the building that's stuck. (Confirmed this happens on Windows too)
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Game worked well for the time I played it
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4k resolution was too small and had to update the settings.cfg file
As usual the Linux version was terrible but proton was good besides changing from window/fullscreen
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Had to use vsync to stop tearing, not normally an issue
Occasional crashes when switching between windowed and full screen
Crashes when changing from windowed/fullscreen but would save the setting. Otherwise no real issues on Proton, on linux I had constant crashes and graphical issues/missing textures
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if the game minimized then it would get stuck minimized until it crashed, eventually this started happening at startup which meant the game couldn't be started. Resolved this with protontricks, using winecfg on the game prefix and disabling "Allow Decorating Windows", alternatively you can also use normal proton and enable virtual desktop with protontricks in the same menu
Fullscreen issues already noted
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didn't seem to be any scaling for 4k though, needed to use the in-game settings to increase UI scale
gamemoderun DXVK_ASYNC=1 DXVK_ENABLE_NVAPI=1 PROTON_ENABLE_NVAPI=1 PROTON_HIDE_NVIDIA_GPU=0 %command%
No issues from the Proton aspect of things, but the game itself is early access and had troubles finding games and would sometimes freeze if you couldn't get into a game
gamemoderun DXVK_CONFIG="dxgi.customVendorId = 10DE" PROTON_ENABLE_NVAPI=1 PROTON_HIDE_NVIDIA_GPU=0 %command%
Used protontricks to set OS to W11
DXVK_CONFIG argument is due to being on a laptop, but after using protontricks to set the OS version to W11, loading into the game and setting to fullscreen, I've had no issues with 10+ multiplayer matches
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No real issues and worked great, had to remove vsync and the fps cap because it would randomly drop a couple frames below whatever the cap was set at
Everything worked great with Proton 8.0-2
gamemoderun DXVK_ASYNC=1 DXVK_ENABLE_NVAPI=1 PROTON_ENABLE_NVAPI=1 PROTON_HIDE_NVIDIA_GPU=0 %command%
So, there's a lot to unpack here. First of all, the demo and the real game have the same issues for me (some people said they were different). Secondly, this game is horribly optimized and this is exponentially more evident on Linux.
Assuming you've got an absolute beast of a computer to run it though, there's a lot of quirks about this game to get it working right. First of all, Proton Experimental and Proton GE make the game crash 100% of the time upon loading a level for me.
Using Proton 6 makes the game not crash at all for gameplay, but the Steam overlay will make it crash and Proton 6 is very laggy with this game.
The middle ground for me is using Proton 7. As long as you skip the company logos at launch (these will make it crash, I know, I've said crash multiple times already), then I don't have any issues.
As a side note, I can sometimes get it to work using GE Proton if I mess with the forced compatibility but it usually crashes within like 10 minutes even if I get it to start playing, so using Proton 7 is just the least hassle. (Some of the launch arguments don't work with Proton 7 but I just use the same arguments for most games).
gamemoderun PROTON_HIDE_NVIDIA_GPU=0 PROTON_ENABLE_NVAPI=1 %command%
Performance isn't great with the game itself but was about the same as what I had on windows
gamemoderun DXVK_ASYNC=1 DXVK_ENABLE_NVAPI=1 PROTON_ENABLE_NVAPI=1 PROTON_HIDE_NVIDIA_GPU=0 %command%
Works great with GE and Async
gamemoderun PROTON_HIDE_NVIDIA_GPU=0 PROTON_ENABLE_NVAPI=1 %command%
Game didn't run great at 4k, added PROTON_HIDE_NVIDIA_GPU=0 PROTON_ENABLE_NVAPI=1 so I could enable DLSS in settings
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No issues
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Full screen and resolutions were super uncooperative but it sounded like it's problematic on Windows too, changing resolution actually changed my entire PC resolution permanently too
Overall worked good besides the game being janky
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Game works great - did not try multiplayer though
As long as the VKD3D_DISABLE_EXTENSIONS=VK_EXT_mesh_shader is set, using proton experimental or proton 7, and disabling steam overlay, good
gamemoderun VKD3D_DISABLE_EXTENSIONS=VK_EXT_mesh_shader PROTON_HIDE_NVIDIA_GPU=0 PROTON_ENABLE_NVAPI=1 %command%
There is artifacting with debris like leaves and rocks, this would be fine except I crashed NONSTOP once I got to the labyrinth because of debris freaking out visually. I had to add the VKD3D_DISABLE_EXTENSIONS=VK_EXT_mesh_shader command to fix the artifacting and fix the crashing in labyrinth
Sometimes the mouse doesn't register if I alt tab frequently, just have to tab back in to fix it
The game is very poorly optimized and they designed it with the expectation that you use an upscalar, if I don't set dlss or fsr to balanced or performance I get like 15 fps as opposed to 70
Frequent crashes if the VKD3D_DISABLE_EXTENSIONS=VK_EXT_mesh_shader isn't set to fix the debris, also GE proton crashes occasionally, and having in-game steam overlay causes issues.
Noted the important information above, only other note I'll add is I have an m2 SSD and the game has a 1-2 minute black screen on launch. If you don't have an SSD, you may need to wait a while for it to start.
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Occasional stutters every few minutes
Works great, the stutters were infrequent (once every few minutes, but arguably shouldn't have been happening at all)
I ended up not caring for the game so my playtime isn't very high - however the time I did play it worked fine.
gamemoderun DXVK_ASYNC=1 DXVK_ENABLE_NVAPI=1 PROTON_ENABLE_NVAPI=1 PROTON_HIDE_NVIDIA_GPU=0 %command%
Slight performance issues but I think it was the game more than Proton
Controller also worked by default without issues
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For some proton versions, I did need to add "OPENSSL_ia32cap=~0x20000000" argument for online to work, as I understand it's issue with 12th+ gen intel processors
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After a few days my EA App just started crashing on launch. Needed to backup my saves from the app ID proton folder then delete it to reinstall EA App.
gamemoderun VKD3D_CONFIG=dxr11 PROTON_ENABLE_NVAPI=1 PROTON_HIDE_NVIDIA_GPU=0 %command% -USEALLAVAILABLECORES
same as the old game, had an issue where the EA app just breaks so I had to manually back up my save from the proton folder using the game ID and delete the proton folder so it would reinstall the EA play app again
absolutely garbage performance but I've heard it's not good on windows either, my hardware was good enough that it's playable for me, turning down foliage helped and using steam's recommend experimental proton (I also had good results with the proton 9 beta) and using performance dlss
Get a message about the EAC bootloader failing
gamemoderun PROTON_ENABLE_NVAPI=1 PROTON_HIDE_NVIDIA_GPU=0 %command% -USEALLAVAILABLECORES
Steam now updated the store page to include:
Uses Kernel Level Anti-Cheat Easy Anti-Cheat - Requires manual removal after game uninstall
so that's a disappointment
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No issues
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Some text overlaps like you often see with games on Proton
Worked great
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Without using Proton 8.0-2 I was unable to change windows without the game crashing
Slight performance issues - sounds like it's the game more than Proton
No major issues once I set my Proton to 8.0-2. I needed this version in order to alt tab and change windows without the game crashing. Performance isn't great but I've heard the same for Windows.
See notes
Had to disable the in-game steam overlay otherwise it would crash after a few minutes, both with GE and normal Proton
I could use Proton GE but for me it required me to add the launch arguments of
"PROTON_USE_WINED3D=1 %command%"
in order to get it to launch. But using Proton GE - the game gets capped at 30 fps.
Switching to Proton 7.0-6 did not require any launch arguments and allowed 60 fps without issues.
Both normal Proton and GE required me to turn off the in-game steam overlay though otherwise it would crash within 5 minutes.
gamemoderun DXVK_ASYNC=1 DXVK_ENABLE_NVAPI=1 PROTON_ENABLE_NVAPI=1 PROTON_HIDE_NVIDIA_GPU=0 %command%
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I decided to wait until the game is developed more so playtime is limited but during the hour I spent in the game, everything worked fantastic on Proton
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Not sure if proton, but not great performance
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Didn't try multiplayer(coop) on linux
Tried various proton versions and commands
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can't get past the launcher
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Minor screen tearing even though vsync is supposed to be on
New release that worked great right away
gamemoderun DXVK_ASYNC=1 %command%
No issues
gamemoderun PROTON_NO_ESYNC=1 PROTON_NO_FSYNC=1 %command%
I needed to add the esync and fsync launch parameters, as well as switch to Proton7.0.6 in order for the game to work properly. Without all 3 of those things, the game would either have errors on startup, attempt to launch multiple times, lag and/or crash after a few minutes.
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very slight lag in some areas, not sure if proton or game
gamemoderun PROTON_ENABLE_NVAPI=1 OPENSSL_ia32cap=~0x20000000 DXVK_ASYNC=1 %command%
Game supports native and works great, I just use Proton for everything - and again, works great.
gamemoderun OPENSSL_ia32cap=~0x20000000 DXVK_ASYNC=1 %command%
Font is cut off in-game without GE
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A little laggy by default compared to Windows without GE and launch arguments
gamemoderun WINE_FULLSCREEN_FSR=1 WINE_FULLSCREEN_FSR_STRENGTH=1 %command%
Running Linux runtime and not proton caused all kinds of graphical issues
Game does not run nearly as well as it should, not sure if Proton or the game
Everything was fine in the prologue but once I got to campaigns - 4k resolution caused frequent crashes
Everything worked fine in the prologue but after that there were numerous issues, namely with 4k. I also had an issue where it would constantly crash on cutscenes, no idea why since I don't think anything updated - but updating my kernel resolved the issue (I keep it up to date anyway)
Game does not even launch
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You won't be playing on Linux
Worked good except in order to run I had to force compatibility to GE, the native didn't launch
Works great
gamemoderun DXVK_CONFIG="dxgi.customVendorId = 10DE" PROTON_ENABLE_NVAPI=1 PROTON_HIDE_NVIDIA_GPU=0 %command%
works great, played co op with windows players, dxvk probably unnecessary as I don't believe the game is dx12, but it resolves a recent dx12 issue on laptops with integrated graphics
gamemoderun OPENSSL_ia32cap=~0x20000000 %command%
I needed to add "OPENSSL_ia32cap=~0x20000000" in order to connect to online services due to my gen processor
gamemoderun PROTON_ENABLE_NVAPI=1 PROTON_HIDE_NVIDIA_GPU=0 SteamDeck=1 %command% -USEALLAVAILABLECORES
Issues with steam overlay, disabled it
"resolved" in quotes as the way to get the game to run on linux is to use the "SteamDeck=1" (note, case sensitive) launch argument, otherwise the game works fine, steam overlay causes issues for me periodically where it causes a crash, so I just leave it disabled
Tried GE and normal proton, can't load into games
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Tried GE and normal proton and various launch arguments, can get to the menu but can't load into the game
gamemoderun PROTON_ENABLE_NVAPI=1 PROTON_HIDE_NVIDIA_GPU=0 %command%
works good with proton
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Ended up not caring for the game so I didn't log much time on it - but the time I did log, everything worked great.
