For anyone interested in this upcoming JRPG from Gust and Koei Tecmo, there is a demo to try beforehand. The game needs no tinkering to run from what I can tell. In fact, switching to ProtonGE breaks cutscenes and crashes the game, which is the opposite outcome from previous entries with FMVs.

Also the atfix file is not really needed. The game runs smoothly at max as far as I can tell with no sync issues. Figured I'd share findings with the demo before I make a full report once I grab the game.

Hi, I recently installed linux and I am using KDE plasma with wayland. I installed and tried to play some counter strike 2, but when the game launches, I cannot use the mouse to interact with the UI. I tried to go on an offline game with bots, and the mouse works (aim and shoot works), but I cannot interact with the buy menu or any other UI element.

I thought it was an overlay issue, so I disables steam overlay and closed Discord, but it did not work. I tried to run the game on windowed with the launch options, but it did not work. I also tried this in the launch options SDL\_VIDEODRIVER=x11 %command%, but still nothing happened. I tried adding window rules [CS2] description=Counter-Strike 2 Fix windowclass=cs2 focusstealingprevention=0 focusstealingpreventionrule=2 but still nothing. Finally I tried to launch cs2 using proton instead of natively, and it works, but then I cannot join any valve server becasue it says I have some file signature missing or somehing.

Any idea how to fix this? thank you!

PS: I have an AMD GPU and everything is up to date, I am on arch

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I'm not usually one to rush out and day-one upgrade, but 9950X3D and 9070XT actually felt like a fun max-out side quest for my Fedora machine.

The purpose of this machine is primarily workstation related, but I do enjoy a bit of Linux gaming. Something about it is just cooler than gaming on my Windows workstation. 😁

Currently it contains a 9950X and 7800XT that will be repurposed for the wife's newly found interest in PC gaming. This gave me a justifiable "excuse" I suppose. 😅

Full specs:

Ryzen 9950X3D
192GB Dominator Titanium @ 5600MHz (4DIMMs!)
MSI X870E Carbon (Dual boots two distros)
2x 4TB WD SN850X
8x 14TB WD Red
4x 8TB WD Red
1x 4TB 2.5" WD SSD
LSI Logic SAS card
Radeon 9070 XT
Fractal Define 7 XL
Arctic Freezer III 360mm
Noctua Redux fans
Seasonic Prime TX-1300

Short of going Threadripper, I felt this would give me just about the best possible experience.

AMD did not disappoint this generation, kudos to them!

Do you guys know about your own FPS changes from switching to a specific kernel, and from what game, do you know where I can find RECENT and reliable benchmarks on this, if not, then where can I just find any benchmark on this, iirc there was a video, i lost it, it was still taken quite awhile ago and might not be up to date, i hope to find a place where I can get updates on what increases linux fps if not the kernel atleast like yearly or just one thats recent. If not then please share your own FPS changes (and game), its unfortunate that the last reddit post on this was deleted by the owner.

Also since I am considering switching to cachy, I would like to hear stuff on that specifically, there is quite a bit of arbitrary rankings or rankings given on whats a good kernel without much explanation as to why so I want to hopefully find out data for which is good.

Hello, I’ve tested Linux before via dual boot via two drives but it wasn’t for long. Also I’m down a SSD as I’ve been built a new PC. I’ve been wanting to switch to Ubuntu for good, but I have 4 main concerns holding me back.

Fully AMD system now. R7 7700 RX 9070 XT 2TB SSD 12 TB HDD

Displays 27” 1440p 165hz 27” 4K 144hz Hyte y70 touch display

Monitor?: When testing previously I had a different 4k monitor and I had constant issues with the 4k display so I ended up returning it. Black screen majority of the time with occasional spurts of signal. I was told to change some profile/setting before logging in (iirc it started with an X) it didn’t make a difference. Hoping new GPU wouldn’t give me this issue?

HDD full of back up files + games: I have all but one of my steam games installed on my 12 TB HDD. When testing previously I had issues using the HDD on Linux. It was appearing as an external drive iirc, would that cause problems? Will I be able to download steam and play my games without having to reinstall them or wipe the drive? What about cracked games installed or any I’d be interested in for the future?

Gamepass?: Will I be able to play PC GamePass games? Planning to play Expedition 33 on release, but will stick with Win 11 for the time being if I can’t.

Bonus - Wallpaper engine?: Lastly can I run wallpaper engine? Or is there any Linux substitute with wallpaper engine file compatibility? No wallpaper engine isn’t a deal breaker, but it would be nice to continue using.

Thank you bearing with me and for anyone who has any input!

A friend of mine on Arch (5700X3D & 6700XT) was having major stability issues with MH Wilds. Oddly, I wasn't (9800X3D & 7900XTX) unless I turned on certain options or artifically lowered my VRAM amount to 16GB. After a lot of trial and error we finally managed to get the game stable. What used to be crashing every hunt or two has turned into 0 crashes/disconnects after multiple sessions of many hours each. They suggested I share what we did that finally got everything working in case others are having similar issues. (We tried options one at a time before going "scorched earth" and doing everything listed below all at once. Since then, they haven't had a single crash.

Make sure your system is up to date, especially Mesa and VKD3D. (25.x is ideal unless you're avoiding the VRAM bug which is already patched in Arch but not other distros.)

Close Steam, then install the latest Proton-GE which is 9-26 at the time of writing. ProtonQT-Up (Appimage or Flatpak) can do this easily. If you use this tool you can also change MH Wilds to use GE-Proton9-26 from there instead of in steam.

https://github.com/gloriouseggroll/proton-ge-custom/releases

Open the MH Wilds install directory (~/.steam/steam/steamapps/common/MonsterHunterWilds/) by default.

In this folder, delete the files 'shader.cache', 'vkd3d-proton.cache', and 'vkd3d-proton.cache.write'. This will force the game to regenerate all the shaders the next time you launch it.

Go to ~/steamapps/compatdata/ and delete the folder '2246340' to force Steam to regenerate a brand new proton prefix for MH Wilds using GE-Proton9-26 (or latest).

https://github.com/praydog/REFramework-nightly/releases

Go to the above link and download the latest nightly of 'MHWILDS.zip'. This is REFramework and while it does enable the use of mods it also fixes a lot of issues with the PC release of MH Wilds. Once it's downloaded, open the .zip and move the dinput8.dll to the MH Wilds folder.

In the MH Wilds folder, open 'config.ini' in your text editor of choice and find the line 'ParallelBuildProcessorCount=8'. Change this value to either the number of threads your CPU has, or that number -4. For example, an 8c16t CPU would set the value to either 16 or 12.

Open Steam back up

Optional (Potentially) - Go to Steam settings -> Downloads and turn on 'Enable Shader Pre-caching'.

If you didn't already change MH Wilds to GE-Proton9-26 (Or latest), do so now through the properties of MH Wilds, compatibility.

Go to the properties of MH Wilds and add this to the Launch options. (Feel free to include Gamescope if desired or for HDR. You can also add gamemoderun if desired.)

WINEDLLOVERRIDES="dinput8.dll,dstorage.dll,dstoragecore.dll=n,b" -- %command%

Launch the game and let it compile all of it's shaders then go to settings from the main menu and ensure that these settings are changed.

Frame Generation -- Disable (This seems to cause crashing/freezing even on otherwise stable setups.)
Water Effects -- Disable (Should be safe to enable except in the forest)
Surface Quality -- Low
Depth of Field -- Off

After that, close the game so that your config saves. Beyond the above settings, everything else should be save to do with as you wish though I'd recommend not using the optional 4k texture pack at all unless you have a lot of VRAM. (More than 16GB). It should be safe to use this only in cutscenes.

Hello! I am relatively new to Linux and have been wanting to install mods for The Sims 4 on Steam Beta, but I'm struggling to understand file pathing and such with Linux.

Is it possible?

Thanks in advance!

I notice in games such as Stalker 2 and Black Myth Wukong that VRR doesn't feel/look right. My monitor goes from 240hz to the frame rate instead of just fluctuating refresh along with fps. On Cach os with latest kernel and using full AMD build (7900xt/7800x3d) GPU tuned with LACT.

So I just installed BazziteOS a couple of days ago, everything running fine and dandy. Decided to open lutris and get my other game libraries there. No problem setting up GOG but when I installed the epic games launcher, I got stuck in the login process. It makes a security check right after inputting my credentials, and the built in browser hasn't been able to bypass it. I tried with a vpn and nothing. I could login with no problem in any other browser with no problems, but epic in lutris it's still stuck there. Has anyone had this error before? Any solutions?

I bought RDR1 on Steam today and when I open it, the screen freezes black right after the disclaimers and the game crashes about a minute after. I've already tried some versions of Proton, but from 8.0-5 below the game just doesn't open. I've already tried -popupwindow on Steam as it worked for Red Dead 2, still to no avail. I also can't find many guides on how to fix it, so if anyone who went through the same problem could help me, I'd appreciate it.

So iv been looking at power reporting and figured out the tdp vs tbp thing with rdna3 on linux. LACT and core ctrl both show a limit of 333w for my card (tdp) which is equal to the +15 limit i have on windows of 390w (tbp) However even with LACT showing 333w i dont see it going anywhere near that usually around 290w. Core Ctrl acted the same except when power limit was toggled it suddenly jumped up to 320-330w. I cant do the same on LACT. Whats going on here? Id like to just use LACT because it runns as a service and has zero fan. I dont see a difference in performance....almost like its a display bug?

Hi

So I am on the newest fedora gnome

I have the 9070XT

I have tried Steam Flatpack version and it does not use my GPU

I have tried Steam RPM version and it does not launch

Am I the only one that cannot game on these cards ?

When I try playing lethal company, I can load up the game just fine. It's when I try to start a lobby or join a lobby that I get stuck on the "Loading World" blackscreen with the game title. I tried updating my computer but nothing worked. I have a feeling its a shader issue? But I'm not sure. I've tried reinstalling the game, restarting my pc, all that. Any advice?

Here is some system information.

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Hi.

I have recently upgraded my monitor to modern gaming one - a AOC Q27G3XMN

And it seems really good in non HDR mode (using gamer2 default preset) .

However I'm having to work out how to use some of the modern features in Linux (which until now i've just ignored.)

My understanding (from looking at Arch wiki) that HDR is still very much WIP on Linux... However recent Plasma 6.3.x has improved support.

Specs:

GPU :7800 xt
OS : Endeavour OS (arch)
Desktop: Plasma 6.3 / Wayland

There are 2 things I need advise with

(1) Plasma

In Plasma (wayland) I can enable HDR, I can also see 'adaptive sync' .

- How can I tell what sensible setting I should use for 'Maximum SDR brightness' ? i.e what in the spec for my monitor should I look for (spec is https://aoc.com/us/gaming/products/monitors/q27g3xmn/specification )
- also - Is adaptive sync enabled all I need for VRR ?

(2) Gaming ..

As far as I can tell HDR in games doesn't work out the box (yet)

I believe I got HDR working in one game (jedi: fallen order ) - I used this to launch steam

# ENABLE_HDR_WSI=1 gamescope --fullscreen -w 2560 -h 1440 --hdr-enabled --hdr-debug-force-output --adaptive-sync --force-grab-cursor --steam -- env ENABLE_GAMESCOPE_WSI=1 DXVK_HDR=1 DISABLE_HDR_WSI=1 steam

Is this the way I should be doing things ? And would the above work for HDR (and VRR) in native Linux games ?

I haven't managed to find a native linux game in HDR yet.. War Thunder HDR is missing on Linux as far as I can tell .

Thanks for any advice

Ive been struggling lately to figure out why my power reporting is different on my XFX Merc 7900xt from windows 11 to Linux Cachy os kernal 6.13. But i think im on to whats going on. Iv read a few posts talking about how Linux reports GPU TDP rather than TBP which is reported in windows. The odd thing here is that it seems to be just rdna3 because other comparisons i see look more on par with windows, such as 6000 series AMD and the newer 9070xt as well. Screenshots iv seen show the same wattage. Back to the TDP vs TBP iv read that a simple equation is TDP x 1.2 = TBP roughly. This lines up perfectly with any 7900xt/xtx videos or screenshots iv seen comparing them to windows. That leads me to the conclusion regarding oc models. My xfx merc can hit 390w sustained with its +15 power slider in adrenaline. In LACT with everything unlocked it gives me a power limit of 333 but ill see max numbers of 292 ish which using that equation leads to of 350w from the equation. Thats in line with stock performance on my card with power limit at 0%. In windows id see 340w ish. Any input on this? Am i correct in my thinking? Im newer to Linux, trying to make sure im getting the most out of this card. RN im getting very good performance with running the Cyberpunk benchmark on Ultra settings NO rt and native 1440p i get 130fps average and 110fps 1% lows. Exact same as Windows with my card running at 390w. Other games i might get even better performance with linux. So im not getting bad performance or lacking of anything, im just thrown off by this number being different here but the same between linux and windows on other generations.

Don't know if this belongs here. I would like to thank everyone who is dedicated in forums and supporting everyone who swiches from windows to linux.

I made the jump from win10 to Nobara specifically. Since 8 weeks everything runs smooth. Steam was easy, i had some audio issues in the first place but someone posted a solution and i managed to make a script so now i have no "cracking" audio issues. With steam i play last of us, division 2, doom, forza horizon 5, horizon forbidden West, hunt 1896. For some gog and epic games i use the heroic launcher (back 4 blood, death stranding). For star citizen there is an org that created a helper script which guided me perfectly through the installation. For SC i use a warthog throttle and a vkb joystick and both worked out of the box. I wasnt sure if i could use my hue light setup but even that works with hyperhdr.

Overall i feel like the whole linux community is very pro active in finding and creating solutions.

I am happy i made the jump and as everything works flawless now, there is no going back.

tldr: thanks!

For those who are interested, my setup:

5700x3d RX6800 64 GB RAM uwqhd