I start steam and get a popup from luxtorpedia to select an engine. The process mentiones d3ddriverquery64.exe -d3d12 and d3ddriverquery64.exe

what is this?

Hey everyone in the GNU/Linux Gaming thread!

I wanted to share some exciting news about an upcoming game that will be available soon: Short Stories: Whispers in the Walls by Risen Realms.

This game is a first-person atmospheric experience that blends suspense and horror, and it will be running natively on Linux!

In Short Stories: Whispers in the Walls, you step into the shoes of Detective John Palisnki, who is drawn to a small town following a tragic suicide.
As you delve deeper into the mystery, you'll encounter chilling secrets and unravel the story behind the walls.

Make sure to keep an eye out for its release!
It's a great addition for those looking for new gaming experiences on Linux. Happy gaming!

Wishlist us in Steam here:
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Hello,

For qutie some time I am having a weird issue occuring with a few linux distrobutions where all my monitors go black and return to normal every few seconds. This issue only seem to occur when a monitor is connected with an HDMI cable to my computer. When the monitor goes black, the system also seems to lock up during the period the screen is black.

The weird part is: When I lower the refresh rate of the HDMI monitor from the default 100 Hz to 75 Hz, the system seems to run fine without issues. When the Nvidia driver is not installed, the system also seems to run fine, with the monitors not blinking.

System specifications:

• Motherboard: Asus ROG Strix B450-F Gaming
• CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D
• GPU: Nvidia RTX 3080 with driver 560.35.30
• Monitors: 3x LG UltraGear 27GL850 (2560x1440@144Hz)
• OS: Fedora 41

What could be the cause of this issue?

I tried searching

~/.steam/steam/steamapps/compatdata/1174180/pfx/ (Doesn't exist)
~/.local/share/Rockstar Games/Red Dead Redemption 2 (Doesn't exist)
~/.steam/steam/steamapps/common/Red Dead Redemption 2 (Doesn't exist)
/mnt/980 PRO 1TB/SteamLibrary/steamapps/common/Red Dead Redemption 2

Hi all, shader cache fixes some issues with The Finals. No other games need it but turning the option on means it does it for every game, even stuff like Black ops 3 and Borderlands 3 which have HUGE caches. Help appreciated

Hi guys, I'm running ASA on Fedora Linux but it's launching from igpu instead of dgpu. Is there a way to fix this? I can launch other games without any issues on dgpu. But not ASA for some reason. Tried with some launch options as well didn't work. Any suggestions?

System : AMD processor, Fedora 40 with KDE, rtx 3060 (NVIDIA drivers installed and lspci shows default GPU as rtx 3060)

I use Linux for almost 13 years by now (Gentoo for 2, Debian for 8), and I've almost always used it for everything, specially for gaming. I think maybe the stuttering and how wine gaming works has changed over the years, but is it really neccessary to compile shaders at that point?

• 32GB RAM DDR4
• AMD Ryzen 7 5700X
• RX 6600XT 8GB

Title.

I'm at this point of Elden Ring where I would like to farm runes to level up more easily. I found a famous location on Elden Ring for this (it is around the Mohgwyn Palace, where a bunch of Albinaurics are sitting) and got a bunch of arrows to shoot at the bird across the canyon. This, however, is not fun at all, so I would like to automate the process.

Any macro recording options or recommendations?

And is there a way to force a specific version ? I know there's force steam to use X on a per game basis, but that's only to force proton I believe, not Steam Linux Runtime...

I want to automate adding some non steam vn games to my library to run with proton and also launching them from command line.

I found this spec that matches my manually created entries but I'm missing some info on appid and enabling proton.

The file is at $HOME/.steam/steam/userdata/<USER ID>/config/shortcuts.vdf and I'm looking at it with hexdump -C.

00000010 70 70 69 64 00 46 d3 6f 9c 01 41 70 70 4e 61 6d |ppid.F.o..AppNam|

Here the first appid is in hex, matching appid\0x00(.*)\0x01AppName capture but converting to decimal and running steam steam://rungameid/$(echo $((16#46d36f9c))) doesn't seam to work.

• How can these manually added games launched from command line?
• How to set appid if adding manual entry? I'm guessing it has to be in range that doesn't clash with the steam catalogue?
• How can I set the entry to use steam experimental from the command line?

ANybody?

I find it funny that Halo's never brought up in these discussions or surrounding anti-cheat. Also, the fact that Microsoft games work on Linux is why I'm not convinced Microsoft is trying to sabotage Linux with anti-cheat. They're not even using one of the anti-cheats Valve worked with.

My non-steam files are way to big, I have heroic launher but I only have a fallout new vegas installed,

It says that it could be other files but I don't have enough files for it to even be 50 GB.

https://preview.redd.it/d8gjp0vpqizd1.png?width=605&format=png&auto=webp&s=509f0a3453ac18a6d608bfbaea4b2d6e5a2a7378

So i shamefully never been able to play games that required c++. I did try a bunch of tuorials or instuctions i saw on reddit,etc. About 8months after my first c++ missing i have been able to resolve the problem(i tried the two lutris methods, bottles way, heroic way the steam tinker launch, proton tricks and winetrick, i know they work the same way). I dont if i lacked insight and missed the info or what but what made it work for me was simply chosing the win 64 shipping .exe of the game i would download.

tldr: maybe try the win 64 shipping .exe for c++ missing

Hi!

I want to stretch my game to a 4:3 1920:1440 on my primary display. But i get blackbars despite the -S flag.

My launch option is the following: gamescope -w 1920 -h 1440 -S stretch -e -f -r 144.0 --immediate-flips --force-grab-cursor --expose-wayland -- %command%

Anyone have any ideas why?

I use Arch Linux & Proton Experimental

Thanks in advance!

I'm currently working with a bit of hardware that doesn't support Ubuntu Desktop OS but i've been asked to try to get steam running on it to run things through Proton. Anyone onow if this is possible?

Has anyone else had this issue? The launcher just gives me unknown error #1 and I've verified all the game files.

In desperation I uninstalled it completely and am slowly re-downloading the entire 64GB.

It's been like this for almost a month now :'(

Hey i use garuda dragonized gaming edition and all of a sudden i can't open my device when i boot up i get loading linux linux-zen loading initial ramdisk and nothing happens it freezes like this so i want to use kde again i installed gdm and gnome it worked fine but i want sddm i tried reinstalling sddm and kde nothing happened and i tried to reconfigure it and didn't work also so how can i make it work again im on lenovo loq 15iax9 laptop

Hey everyone,

I wanted to open a discussion about the Shader Pre-Caching feature in Steam and whether Valve should consider disabling it by default. For those who may not be familiar, shader pre-caching is designed to improve game performance by downloading and storing pre-compiled shaders, which can help reduce load times and stuttering during gameplay.

https://preview.redd.it/v2h5afaj5hzd1.jpg?width=1280&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=10ea12cbc11e6b9ccd47bd1d4b6773d661ce709e

1. Frequent Downloads: A lot of users have noticed that starting Steam often triggers massive shader pre-caching downloads—sometimes between 2-8GB daily—without any actual game updates. This can be quite frustrating and seems unnecessary.
2. Concerns for New Users: This feature can be particularly confusing for new Linux users who may not understand why they are experiencing so many downloads every day.

Drivers and GPL Support Dates:

• AMD: Mesa 23.1 was officially released on May 10, 2023.
• Intel: Mesa 23.3 was officially released on December 2, 2023.
• NVIDIA: Graphics driver version 520.56.06 was released on October 12, 2022.

Recommendations for Users:

• Disable Shader Pre-Caching: For those with new drivers above the specified versions, it’s advisable to turn off this feature in the Steam settings under Downloads. This can help reduce the frequency of those large downloads.

https://preview.redd.it/eq0s253l5hzd1.jpg?width=849&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=23518779f7cef826cf416c11bbb99b2843eb23ae

Conclusion: While shader pre-caching aims to enhance gaming performance, its current implementation has led to excessive downloads and user frustration. Given these issues, do you think Valve should disable this feature by default? Or do you believe it still has its merits for certain users?