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Update to the sensitivity matching program I made a few days ago.

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 18. April 2026 - 06:28

See link for context.

I've had a lot of fun on this project and have added some much needed features. I've added some more presets, proper error handling, made it remember your settings, and made the overall code less shit. I felt as though it was high enough quality to slap on the AUR so I learned how to make a PKGBUILD and put it on there. There is now finally a working clone of Kovaak's Sensitivity Matcher that works on both X11 and Wayland in case there was any except me who needed one. I've never done anything like this before so any tips/suggestions are appreciated.

https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/depk-sensitivity-matcher

https://github.com/deliriouspork/DePk-Sensitivity-Matcher

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Red artifacts in UE5, 4090 proton

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 18. April 2026 - 06:09

In multiple games I get the same weird red glow in certain scenes, so far in stellar blade, lords of the fallen, below is from wuchang, all UE5. This is on a 4090 and I thought it could be related to the anisotropic filtering bug but that is for 50 series only and on older drivers, so I'm not sure if its the same thing.

This is on Proton 10.0 on cachyOS. Hope someone has an idea on a fix

https://i.imgur.com/TqfAjUC.jpeg

https://i.imgur.com/KhBaMBq.jpeg

https://i.imgur.com/tB3dnTZ.jpeg

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Brain-killing sound in some old and newer games with any version of Proton (Please read before playing the video)

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 18. April 2026 - 05:56

Hi, ive had this issue for a long time and i had been able to fix it just sometimes for some games, for example for GTA San Andreas, the issue went away when Wine 11 released, and i was actually just looking mainly for a fix for it playing audio only on the left side, which it also fixed.

But this other issue happens on other more modern games too, for example Burnout Paradise Remastered, although it seems to happen only sometimes, which is making me more confused. It doesnt matter if i launch the affected games from Steam, Lutris or Heroic launcher, and it can fix itself depending on what version of wine/proton i use, but sometimes even when it seemed like it fixed itself with, say Proton 9, or GE-Proton10, it can come back literally the next time i launch the game (With the exact same proton version and other settings, having changed absolutely nothing from one launch to the other)

The issue is just literally a brain and ear killing sound, sometimes it doesnt matter if i set my volume to 10%, its just so loud that i have to either mute my pc, or if i missed the key i have set for that, i have to take my earphones out and even then i still hear it loudly, it is extremely loud, its no joke.

As i said ive had this issue for a long time now and never found a way to make it fully go away. I even remember it happening on my older laptop i used before even having a desktop pc thats able to run games on Linux.

EVEN THO I RECORDED IT LOWERING THE VOLUME FROM OBS, PLEASE PLAY THE VIDEO WITH LOW VOLUME JUST IN CASE, the audio really is ultra loud for me. If you think the audio is not that loud, try setting your pc's volume to 100%, the video's to 100% and then imagine it being 10x more loud.

Just today i have tried to see if changing the audio driver from Lutris fixed it, but as you can see in the video, not only does it not, but depending on which driver i choose the sound is both louder and more annoying (and brain killing as i call it). This is the case for PulseAudio, as u can hear in the video.

Has someone else had this same issue? And have you found a way to make it fully go away on any game? Thanks.

Forgot to add my relevant system information:

Distro: Linux Mint 22.3 / 6.17.0-20-generic (x86_64)

Audio server: PulseAudio (on PipeWire 1.0.5)

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Tearing on resident evil requiem RX9070xt CachyOS

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 18. April 2026 - 03:54

Im running Resident evil requiem with proton experimental, tried using vsync and freesync but I still get tearing effects.
I tried to record a video but on the recording the tearing doesn't show up.
Tried with protonGE also but still get the same tear effect.

Game is at 120fps

It's the only game where I get this.

Any ideas?

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8bitdo ultimate 2 question

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 18. April 2026 - 03:50

What in the world is the default button for the xbox button? I was playing a game and the only way out of the menu was to press the circle with three horizontal lines, or the "hamburger" in it. But, I couldn't find any button that was recognized as that. When I look at the Steam input settings, the official mappings don't have that button listed at all.

Is there any kind of software like Piper that I can use to manage this?

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PSA: mesa 26 on AMD may need RADV_DEBUG=novrsflatshading for games

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 18. April 2026 - 03:10

Hey so recently I upgraded to mesa 26 and Gunfire Reborn started crashing with: ring gfx_0.0.0 timeout in the kernel logs.

This fixes it in steam - go into launch options and paste: RADV_DEBUG=novrsflatshading %command%

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How to get MangoHUD to work on Dead Cells?

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 18. April 2026 - 02:04

I am on CachyOS and like using Mangohud to look at temps and fps, but it doesn't appear with dead cells. I installed mangohud-lib32 and tried using --dlsym mangohud, but it doesn't work either way

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Updates on 50 series NVIDIA pc setups?

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 18. April 2026 - 00:58

I mostly just use my pc for games as I have a 5090. I have used Linux on it in the past, but there have been a lot of bugs particularly with this card compared to other NVIDIA cards when I have. Has there been any significant updates for the 5090 on Linux, such as not losing apparently 20% of performance?

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Car mechanic simulator 2021 is very unoptimised

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 18. April 2026 - 00:57

I've been using and experiencing almost one year of gaming on Linux. Sincerely, this is the most inefficient one I've found out on Steam.

Using RX 7600 + Ryzen 5 5600 + 32 GB RAM, Gamescope, Mangohud cap to 60 FPS and up-to-date ProtonGE, this game reaches 60 FPS at average 80% GPU usage, according to my Mangohud @ 1080p. This is unpleasant for such a 5-year-old software. Also, at LOW presets. At Ultra or high, it looses 60 fps sustainability.

If you're interested to buy it, choose when it's on sale, or you'll be spending too much dollars per frame generated. Right now it's 4 bucks or 2.5 on my local currency.

I don't know if it's the proton version tho.

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linux on macbook air

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 17. April 2026 - 23:09

ive always been told linux is hard to use bad for gaming this and that so i was so sceptical about using it but my 2017 macbook air was dying could barley run anything even struggled on safari then i found chimeraOS (idk if i spelt that right) and went from 30-60fps on roblox to 240 and then 15fps in minecraft to 230 and lots more you guys need to start advertising this stuff cause once i find out if it can run rust apex legends fortnite and more im turning my main windows pc into a linux machine

(anyways if i dont replie or wtv it is u do on here its cause i never use redit im just bored and wanted to rant about that)

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What are my options for an HTPC style distro for gaming? Currently only aware of Bazzite Deck and Nobara HTPC

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 17. April 2026 - 22:49

Hi all,

I was checking out Linux for a while but kind of came to the conclusion that Windows still works better for my use case. That being said I did like the potential of it as an HTPC setup because my PC is actually really close to my TV so I can hook it up when I want a larger screen.

While looking into different distros I learned about Nobara’s HTPC image and Bazzite deck. I’m curious if there is any other HTPC style distro worth looking into?

Hardware I run:

CPU: Ryzen 5 9600x

GPU: Radeon 9070XT

RAM: 32GB DDR5 6000 CL30

TV: nothing crazy just a base model TCL 4K@60Hz

Edit: forgot to mention though I think it’s obvious from the post that I’m lookin to dual boot this HTPC OS and Windows :)

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BABELUM: Linux Edition released for free! A thank you gift to the open-source community

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 17. April 2026 - 22:40

Recently BABELUM was released on Steam (Windows/Steam Deck, 14.99€).
But we decided to release a Linux build for free!

The Linux Edition is a thank-you to the open-source community: you are heroes in the shadows, you deserve some love in return. All our future games will follow this rule.

BABELUM was also created using Godot and Blender, both children of the open-source community: thank you!

Released on:

Context:
BABELUM is a solo dev indie action-educational game inspired by the classic “Snake” (90s Nokia) style gameplay, where players collect and spell words, learning a real language while climbing the Tower of Babel.

In one sentence: Duolingo meets Snake (90s Nokia style).

Press Kit: https://retrotales.eu/press/babelum/

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Death Standing 2 Patch 1.4 - Game won't launch anymore.

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 17. April 2026 - 21:23

https://preview.redd.it/j83vof8pwsvg1.png?width=344&format=png&auto=webp&s=76ebcdda40f299f4af9d55eac6733c04889ac5d9

The latest game patch (1.4) + Nvidia 595.58.03 has resulted in the game instantly crashing for me right at the start after a short black screen with the title on it.

Up until today's gamepatch the game ran absolutely flawlessly.

Observing the VRAM usage when the game starts tells me that the VRAM of the card is barely used at all, so i assume the game's error output is a "false positive". Tried all proton versions (Experimental, Hotfix, GE). All of them having the same issue.

Anyone else facing this issue / found a solution?

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LACT Ventilation Curve not working quite as expedted

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 17. April 2026 - 21:07

Hello!

I've recently acquired an RX 9070XT. Working like a charm! The only thing is that, when trying to define my Undervolt Profiles on LACT, I've come to notice that LACT's ventilation curve is behaving quite weird.

While core temps and junction temps are absolutely fine and stay below 75 degrees at all times when providing heavy workloads, the fans just go absolutely insane.

I've provided a screencap that shows this issue. Check that core/junction temps seem really low, but the fans are hitting almost 100%. Could that be due to mem temps reaching +80 degrees? Which sense would it make? This should be following core (edge, as shown in LACT) temps.

My UV profile is really stable, been testing the whole afternoon and I feel like I've reached a sweetpoint.

Screencap of this weird issue

My \"UV 1\" profile

My \"UV 3\" profile, the one that I use the most, great balance between performance and power consumption (250W max usually)

Thanks!

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How to use Rampage Trainer with GTA V on Linux

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 17. April 2026 - 20:34

I stumbled upon this solution and I couldn't find it posted anywhere else, so I'll put it up here for anyone who needs it.

Firstly, GTA 5 only runs on Proton 10-30 at the time of me writing.

In terms of Rampage, install the Scripthook and Rampage files as one would on Windows, refer to the readme's. Now, the thing that makes it work is adding an Environment Variable on Heroic Launcher or Launch Option on Steam.

For Steam, add the Launch option: WINEDLLOVERRIDES="xinput1_4=n,b;dinput8=n,b;scripthookv=n,b" %command%

For Heroic, go to the Settings, in Advanced, under Environment Variables, add the Variable name "WINEDLLOVERRIDES" with the value "xinput1_4=n,b;dinput8=n,b;scripthookv=n,b" (don't add the quotes "" for this one)

Hope this helps someone, I just switched to Bazzite and hope to be a small part of the movement.

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Pragmata issues

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 17. April 2026 - 20:30

Hi, guys. How's Pragmata's performance on system similar to mine:

Laptop Lenovo LOQ 15AHP10

Ryzen 7 250

24gb ram

Nvidia RTX 5060 8gb

OS: CachyOS

Proton: latest cachyos-proton slr.

DE: KDE Drivers: 595 (latest) Kernel: 7.0

I mean fps are super fine it's 80-100 with Ray Tracing.

But there are constant mini freezes, more of stuttering. I thought it might be vram, so I turned off RT and the settings page showed 6.3gb used of 7.9.

But that didn't fix anything, there are some of the locations where fps drop to 30 and GPU power consumption drops from 90-80 to 40-60.

What I also noticed is mangohud shows 7.9gb VRAM used. Maybe there are any leaks or something?

How's the game performance for you?

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