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Dragon Age Veilguard Freezing and Crashing
Just posting in case anyone has experience with this or ideas on how to fix it. Im running Bazzite (Fedora) on a HTPC with a 7900xt and Dragon Age Veilguard has great performance--until it randomly locks up and occasionally crashes. It was happening more frequently until I turned off the fancy hair settings (the game has incredible hair physics) but it still happens from time to time and has me at a loss. The GPU isn't overheating. Is there a way to clear my shader cache? Does anyone have other suggestions? I'm pretty new to Linux, having only used the Steam Deck and the Linux distribution on my NAS before. Thanks!
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Tips for Monster Hunter Wilds Beta
If you're having trouble, try this:
The game prefers fast storage, and may crash if it can't access files fast enough. This will likely be fixed by launch and seems to be a problem on Windows too. Install the beta to your home directory or an SSD.
Try Proton Experimental if it crashes on launch.
Disable FSR3 completely if the game is otherwise a blank black void.
In graphics settings, once FSR3 is disabled, use TAA, disable motion blur, do not use "highest" textures or in general, go one step lower than whatever is recommended, set volumetrics to "Low" and variable rate shading to performance.
VK3D_CONFIG=dxr
On KUbuntu with an AMD 7900GRE, I am now getting 60FPS solid. All other settings are high.
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Diablo 4 requires me to change proton version for it to run
I've been playing D4 on Steam for months now and mostly no issue. Recently I haven't been able to play the game unless I change the proton version from experimental to 9.0.3 and then if I launch it again I have to change it from 9.0.3 to experimental again for it to run and the repetition continues. I have no idea why, but was curious if anyone could tell me.
I tried running it in the terminal so I could see the error, but Steam and even the terminal crash entirely when I do it. Any way I can run it in another way to get the logs of the crash?
Thanks
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Man of Medan - low FPS for no reason
I try to get 60 FPS in Man of Medan but I only get 30-35. This is the first game with this kind of problem on my System. ALL my other games working without problems (e.g.: The Quarry). Turning the graphic settings down makes no difference. My System should run this game without problems. Someone has an idea whats going on with this game?
My System:
RTX2080
i7-9700K CPU @ 3.60GHz
32GB RAM
Debian 12 with KDE Plasma 5.27.5 @ X11
G-Sync Monitor @ 144Hz
- 30 FPS ingame limitier = off
- CPU/GPU is not limited
- KDE Compositor = Off
- Update to recent NVIDIA Drivers
- Tried different Proton and Proton-GE Versions: 7,8,9
- no difference with DirectX11/DirectX12 Version
- no difference with or without starting parameter: mangohud gamemoderun %command%
Sorry for Off-screen records.
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New to the Linux gaming community
I'm using debian and trying to play some games. The first is Eldenring but it still crashing without error message. This doesn't even go into the menu Can someone help me? I'm using proton experimental.
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Pls help me
I installed steam on parrot os (the latest version 6.2), but when I run it I get this message in the terminal
Steam needs to install these additional packages:
libc6:amd64 libc6:i386 libegl1:amd64 libegl1:i386 libgbm1:amd64 libgbm1:i386 libgl1-mesa-dri:amd64 libgl1-mesa-dri:i386 libgl1:amd64 libgl1:i386 steam-libs-amd64:amd64 steam-libs-i386:i386
but when I try to install them in the terminal with either apt or aptitude, I get the following errors
with apt:
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that
you requested an impossible situation or, if you are using the unstable distribution, that some necessary
unstable distribution, that some necessary packages have not yet been created or have been removed from “Incoming”.
have been taken out of “Incoming”.
The following information may help resolve the situation:
The following packages have unfulfilled dependencies:
steam-libs:i386 : Depends: libudev1:i386 but will not install.
Recommends: libasound2-plugins:i386 but will not install
Recommends: libnm0:i386 but not installable
Recommend: libsdl2-2.0-0:i386 but it won't install
E: Could not fix the problems, you have retained broken packages.
with aptitude:
Dependencies for the following packages are not satisfied:
steam-libs-i386:i386 : Depends: steam-libs:i386 (>= 1:1.0.0.75+ds-6) but is not installable.
The following actions will resolve these dependencies
Keep the following packages in the current version:
1) steam-libs-i386:i386 [Uninstallable].
What can I do to solve it?
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Actively maintained Task Manager/Mission Center alternative?
Hey all, up until recently I've been using Mission Center for all of my app managing needs, it's quite good and does almost everything I need it to... until recently. There's currently a bug with Mission Center that makes it impossible to see a large number of apps that are running on your system (see this related issue). Apparently there's a workaround involving forcing all the apps to run in the correct cgroup... which I am both too stupid and too disinterested in making every single Steam game I own use this workaround. Moreover, it sounded like from the dev's explanation it was a pretty ingrained limitation with how it is currently getting the current running apps, and it could be several months before this is fixed, if it's even able to be fixed.
So I am looking for an alternative, I used to use Ksysguard for this purpose, but it's long since deprecated unfortunately.
Any suggestions would be appreciated, my only requirements are that it has to be actively maintained and have a GUI. If it's a CLI app, I might as well just learn pkill at that rate, which is infinitely less convenient.
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Chimera OS
So I currently have my PC loading right into steam Big Picture mode upon boot. But this is a gaming only PC that I have hooked up to my TV. I already have my laptop for my personal and work tasks so I want to dump Windows off the gaming PC.
I have Steam games but I also have some cracked steam games that are no longer sold on Steam. I want to be able to able to still play those games and maybe some emulators on another OS. Would Chimera be good for that?
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Helldivers 2 stays minimized and won’t open.
Hello again. I’m just trying to play some Helldivers and every time I open game, it minimized to the panel. I can hear the game audio but when I click on the panel icon, it just minimizes itself again. I’ve tried different proton versions and verified the game files. I’m not really sure what’s causing this issue or how to fix it, as googling it brings up little results. Any suggestions?
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[Surface Laptop 3, 15” Ryzen 7, 16GB RAM] Certain software making laptop overheat after certain duration, causing massive performance drops.
I recently made a post about this problem but I didn’t have my facts or info straight so hopefully this phelps when it comes to figuring out a solution.
I have the Ryzen 7 edition of the Surface Laptop 3 & have been messing with Linux for the past month or so but one problem I run into is that certain software, after 20-30 mins or so, will cause my laptop to overheat and have massive performance drops. These programs so far have been PCSX2, SimpleScreenRecorder, VirtualBox, PCem/86Box, VMWare, Flashpoint Launcher (Mutable & Immutable), any time I use Wine (so far I’ve only used Wine to launch SRB2 1.09.4) and any game tested in CrossOver (how good or bad performance initially is doesn’t matter as again the drops happen 10-30 mins later).
I’ve tried Fedora, Mint, Arch with KDE Plasma, Ubuntu & Kubuntu and the same results happen. I’ve installed the linux-surface drivers from GitHub but unfortunately nothing changes and it is worth noting that these distros were booted off an external drive & I have been in performance mode this whole time.
Here are screenshots I took of my temps before & after launching SimpleScreenRecorder. The lowest my laptop gets on idle is 40-42° C but during recording it was in the 80s and for about a second or two went as high as 91°
I had btop, htop & System Monitor to see what else was maxing out my resources but I’m afraid I don’t know what to look for because I didn’t find anything that looked out of place either.
Any suggestions?
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Question about kernel level software.
It seems like a trend that’s here to stay, more and more software goes with it, people don’t care and install stuff with no questions. Microsoft allows swarms of companies to get kernel mode drivers signed, be it for games or whatever.
Linux refuses to allow it in any form for "trivial" software, labeling it as super dangerous, eventually getting cut off from more and more software.
So how dangerous is it really to the average Windows user? Can things really go wrong? Does it make a difference?
Incidents like Crowdstrike 2024 or Genshin Impact 2022 happen, sure, but it’s not like it affected average users on their regular machines specifically.
I heard some say it’s a “ticking time bomb”, but what’s gonna explode? Are there really worst case scenarios, and how likely are they? Is it just about remotely likely minor inconveniences at most?
Are we inconveniencing ourselves beyond what’s reasonable by avoiding software that requires kernel access?
Is the anti rootkit position an idealistic take, an "in principle it sucks", but most likely nothing will ever happen, and even then it wouldn’t be that bad, or is it really serious business?
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New conspiracy theory?
Recently, developers of many multiplayer online games have begun to implement so-called anti-cheat programs that do not allow Linux users to play them. Thus, many gamers are forced to use Windows to play their favorite game again and spend time online with their cyber-friends and like-minded gamers. As everyone knows, Windows 11 will not be supported by many "old" devices, and Windows 10 support is about to end, and in order to be able to update, a lot of people will have to simply buy a new computer. Of course, some immediately began to think about switching to a free alternative - Linux, where everything worked until now and you could play fav games. But with the use of anti-cheat solutions, suddenly your favorite game does not work and it turns out that the only solution is Windows. Could it be that Microsoft is deliberately persuading developers to use anti-cheat solutions that blocks Linux users in order not to lose many gamers (and, of course, so that people buy a new Windows)?
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Stuck for what to play this weekend? DayZ works really nicely on Linux now
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How to replace Glibc without breaking my system
I am trying to replace glibc with glibc-eac-bin to get insurgency sandstorm working again.
I found online that you can use ‘yay -S glibc-eac-bin lib32-eac-bin’ and that should work. However, whenever I try this, I get a unresolvable conflict due to conflict with glibc.
I tried removing and replacing glibc with the new one (even in one line) and broke my system twice (fixed it with pacstrap bc glibc didn’t seem to install without it).
How do I install glibc-eac-bin and resolve the conflict and without breaking my system?
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The Thing: Remastered gets Steam Deck Verified ahead of release - check out the new trailer
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4x grand strategy game Imperiums: Greek Wars adds full Proton and Steam Deck support
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Are there any steamunlocked.com alternatives for Linux?
When I was on windows I kept pirating games because I didn't want to pay for them or just to see if they are any good, but since I switched to Linux I have to use virtual machines to play those games. Dok u have any sites for this?.
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New games to claim with Prime Gaming - November 1 edition - great for Steam Deck / Linux
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Linux gaming performance
I'm planning to try out Linux. Maybe Arch, initially I had doubts that it was not gonna support most games. However I see wine and proton addresses that for most part. I was almost convinced to switch until I saw YouTube videos of comparisons between Nobara 39 and Nobara 40 with Win 11. The performance hit seems significant, now I'm disheartened to switch.
I would like to try it, but losing like 20-30 fps is not good for me. Should I wait till Nvidia up their drivers for linux ? Will there be any improvements from Nvidia ?
Specs I9 12900k 4080 Super Currently on windows 11 24h2
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