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tylermason Well, changed behavior is always the best apology.
tylermason Well, changed behavior is always the best apology.
Here's a guide to running XCOM Enemy Unknown / Enemy Within with Long War mod + Long War Rebalanced mod on Steam Proton.
There are 2 versions of XCOM in Steam, the windows version and the linux version.
I installed the Windows version.
This guide is meant for the Windows version of XCOM on Steam.
Here's another guide to running Stalker Anomaly mod on Steam Proton
Anomaly mod is available on their ModDB page.
It is totally free of charge, and not purchasable on Steam or anywhere else.
For this guide, you will need to install Protontricks, and ensure you have an unzipping tool already installed (such as 7zip)
Guide to running Ultima VII Part 2 Serpent Isle
This 1993 game is the one that inspired Larian Studios to make Divinity Original Sin 1 and 2.
I have the fondest memories of playing this and World of Xeen in my younger days.
Nostalgia is a powerful thing.
I'll add something I've noticed myself
THE ELDER SCROLLS V: SKYRIM (REGULAR VERSION)
Issue: game doesn't recognize dedicated GPU despite it's drivers being installed via doflicky (Hardware Drivers app), launches into black screen then crashes
Solution: while installing GPU drivers check the "install 32 bit version". After that reboot and Skyrim's launcher should now recognize both GPU's and launch game normally
Guide to running Cyberpunk 2077 v2.0 (with Phantom Liberty)
Install game, set runner to Proton v8.x.x or Proton Experimental
Set Launcher Options : "VKD3D_CONFIG=dxr,dxr11 PROTON_HIDE_NVIDIA_GPU=0 PROTON_ENABLE_NVAPI=1 gamemoderun %command% --intro-skip -skipStartScreen --launcher-skip --nogamepad -dx12"
Note that the commands "VKD3D_CONFIG=dxr,dxr11 PROTON_HIDE_NVIDIA_GPU=0 PROTON_ENABLE_NVAPI=1" enables Nvidia 30xx users to use Raytracing in-game, at a somewhat substantial cost to FPS.
Game feels well-optimized, i have most settings on high and max (no Raytracing), game runs smoothly at perceived >60fps.
CP2077 is absolutely a towering achievement in world building and atmosphere. Very movie-like cyberpunk and intense set-pieces. Basically Deus Ex 1 + Blade Runner on steroids.
Everything except for campaign coop works out of the box with Proton. I was finally able to play an entire campaign mission with a friend without desynchronization today by replacing the ucrtbase.dll file. Here are the commands to do so:
mkdir /tmp/ucrtbase
cd /tmp/ucrtbase
wget https://download.microsoft.com/download/9/3/F/93FCF1E7-E6A4-478B-96E7-D4B285925B00/vc_redist.x64.exe
cabextract vc_redist.x64.exe
cabextract a10
chmod u+w "[/path/to/steamapps]/compatdata/976730/pfx/drive_c/windows/system32/ucrtbase.dll"
yes | cp ucrtbase.dll "[/path/to/steamapps]/compatdata/976730/pfx/drive_c/windows/system32"
You will have to replace [/path/to/steamapps] with the path for your system. If you have it installed on a separate drive (like me) it will be in the folder on that drive.
I recently switched from Arch to Solus. The native Valve games such as TF2/CSS/DoDS etc no longer launch out the box on most distros. On Arch, I was able to resolve this by installing the AUR package and using a launch option.
Solution for eopkg steam:
Simple launch option on Steam, no extra packages required. Same one I used on Arch just added a .4 at the ending:
LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib32/libtcmalloc.so.4 %command%
(Alternatively, you could just use Steam flatpak)
It has a native version, but I had to run it with Proton or it crashed. The audio also crackled and was pitch shifted until I enabled Spatial Audio (Dolby ATMOS) in the audio settings. Ran a lot smoother with V sync too. Any other bugs were just because the game is buggy in places.
Can't speak to the enhanced edition since I don't have a Ray Tracing card.
Since a couple month i can't play Forza Horizon 5 anymore after more than 85 hours gaming.
On startup i can't type an "@" to log in.
I tried all possible versions shift 2 shift 8 or alt2.
I had some graphical glitches in the DLCs (gravity gun model invisible and other textures missing) after the 20th anniversary update. Not sure if this is necessary for the main game as well. I fixed it by using the -vulkan
flag in the steam launch options:
right click > properties > type %command% -vulkan