fallenguru
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I got this game way back when for LAN parties, but never could get the co-op multiplayer to work reliably -- it would glitch out (sync issues) within the hour. I returned to the game every couple of months, but to my knowledge, it never got fixed. That was on Windows. Fired it up today on Linux for shits & giggles more than anything ... and it works, flawlessly. We played for hours, multiple runs, not a hitch. The game does not like to be alt-tabbed out of, won't let you back in. Once I got booted from a game during a break at a level change, possibly because the Gnome curtain dropped down, that required us to restart the session from the up-to-the-minute auto-save. Since I can count the number of games that can cope with Alt-Tab and screensaver disruption on one hand, that's still Platinum in my book.
singleplayer it's probably fine
some flickering, UI elements from closed windows still visible "below" the current one -- nothing one couldn't get used to
long load times and long turn times
LAN multiplayer still doesn't work reliably at all; not a Linux problem and not and ES2 one, ES1 had it as well, but it does make it unplayable
complains about Windows Media video playback, then crashes
Installing mf-install in the prefix didn't help.
gamemoderun %command%
The game doesn't put enough load on the 6600, so it clocks down too far, and the HDMI audio starts to crackle. Using gamemoderun to set amd_performance_level=high works around this.
[The 6600 having buggy HDMI audio isn't the game's fault.]
gamemoderun %command%
The first Ori [The Blind Forest DE] doesn't put enough load on the 6600, so it clocks down too far, and the HDMI audio starts to crackle [squarely an amdgpu bug]. Using gamemoderun to set amd_performance_level=high works around this. Since it doesn't hurt, I applied it to this one as well, without checking whether it needs it.
The launch option is not needed for the 4.11 branch.
The in-game videos (opening, cut-scenes if any) will not play, they'll be skipped instead.
The launch option is not needed for the 4.11 branch.
Out of the box the in-game videos (opening, cut-scenes if any) will be skipped. To work around this modify a copy of winetricks and then use it either directly or via protontricks to install wmp9.
flawless
Note that the savegames do not carry over to the native version of Life is Strange 2, like they do in the Windows version. If that's important to you, you'll have to play LiS2 in Proton as well (and copy the saves to the LiS2 prefix manually), but IMHO it's no great loss.
On Proton 4.11-8 the game sometimes doesn't launch but hang in the background. Just kill Whispers.exe and retry. Alternatively, GloriousEggroll's 4.19-GE-1 worked consistently for me.
Completed it by now. When it launches, it's flawless, even streamed to an Ubuntu 18.04.3 HTPC via Remote Play.
You'll miss out on the epilogue and not even know
In addition, the main menu didn't work in "fullscreen", most likely because the hotspot areas aren't moved/scaled as well. Maximising the window works fine.
The in-game videos won't play, they're silently skipped. The opening's no great loss, but it also affects the credits & epilogue.
You'll miss out on the epilogue and not even know
In addition, the main menu didn't work in "fullscreen", most likely because the hotspot areas aren't moved/scaled as well. Maximising the window works fine.
The in-game videos won't play, they're silently skipped. The opening's no great loss, but it also affects the credits & epilogue.
In the 18+ version (PLUS + MOSAIC), nominally a DLC, font rendering is broken due to differences in WINE vs Windows behaviour.
Trial version:
- stock Proton 5.13-2 opens to a black screen (typical Unity video issue)
- switching to Proton-5.9-GE-8-ST works
Full version:
- Proton-5.9-GE-8-ST crashes on launch (Steam API error)
- switching to Proton 5.13-2 works
No idea what's going on. It's possible it's something about how one and the other set up the prefix. Anyway, it works.
