Linux

Building & testing a local mesa version for DOOM: The Dark Ages

The “Revelations” DLC for DOOM: The Dark Ages introduced a texture problem with newer mesa versions. A fix was implemented but I did not want to wait for the official release. The only option was to compile the branch myself and run this local version against DOOM. I did all of the following steps on my Ryzen AI 350 Zenbook with CachyOS. I began by cloning the official repo and following the build setup steps in the official docs. Since there was no specific guidance for Arch, I tried to collect the packages with this command (I might have had some of the dependencies already on my machine prior to building mesa): [Weiterlesen...]

Linux for gaming is long ready

In 2005, when my then-roommate decided to install Linux on a contemporary student notebook, I was sceptical — and rightly so: almost nothing worked, no WiFi, no sound, let alone any cutting-edge Windows games from the time. The experiment was nuked a day later. 17 years later, Valve put a Linux gaming machine in my palms and the world changed. To be honest, they had already tried this in 2015 with the first and failed iteration of the Steam Machine, but the translation layer Proton that brings Windows games over was not ready until 2018. [Weiterlesen...]

Enabling FSR 4 on GE-Proton under Bazzite Linux

TL;DR: In Silent Hill 2 or any other (non-Vulkan) game that supports FSR 3.1 add the following Steam launch options and be sure to select the latest GE-Proton PROTON_FSR4_UPGRADE=1 SteamDeck=0 %command% The long story: make sure GE-Proton is installed and selected for the game in properties / compatibility. Under Bazzite I used Proton+ https://github.com/Vysp3r/ProtonPlus the game must support FSR 3.1 or the auto upgrade will not work Vulkan games like Doom: The Dark Ages are currently not supported for FSR 4 see https://github.com/optiscaler/OptiScaler/wiki/FSR4-Compatibility-List under properties and command line options add PROTON_FSR4_UPGRADE=1 %command% some games disable certain options (like Silent Hill 2) when under Proton/SteamOS and you must add SteamDeck=0 as well to be able to select FSR 3.1 to verify that the upgrade worked, use the additional switch PROTON_FSR4_INDICATOR=1 that will add a text overlay to your game only RX 9000 cards (i.e. 9060 or 9070) support this method a hack exists for older cards Links: [Weiterlesen...]

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