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Is Linux Ready For Mainstream Gaming In 2025? (news.itsfoss.com)
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[-] Lexam@lemmy.world 33 points 2 years ago

I have no problem playing games on Linux. Currently playing Baldur's Gate 3. Only thing I had to was turn on compatibility in the steam settings.

[-] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 years ago

I'm playing Hogwarts Legacy and needed to tune one system setting to fix occasional crashes. That's it, and that's the most trouble I've had in a few years.

[-] SolarPunker@slrpnk.net 2 points 2 years ago

Which one? Maybe it can help my audio issue who brings random audio glitches

[-] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 years ago

I think it was increasing vm.max_map_count. I had some weird glitches and it would crash after an hour or so, and this seems to have fixed it.

[-] SolarPunker@slrpnk.net 2 points 2 years ago

Thanks

[-] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago

I hope that fixes it!

[-] SolarPunker@slrpnk.net 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Arch Linux already incremented vm.max count in a recent update, it seems fixed using these launch options: DXVK_MEMORY_LIMIT_MB=14384 PROTON_ENABLE_NVAPI=1 DXVK_ASYNC=1 PULSE_LATENCY_MSEC=30 gamemoderun %command%

With latest Proton-GE

[-] Saurok@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

Do you mind me asking you which distro you use? I've tried running BG3 on Linux Mint and I can't seem to get the game to ever load into the world. I get all the way to the in-game menu and into the loading screen after that and then it hangs and crashes. Every time. I've tried using a couple different versions of Proton, tried out a few different versions of Nvidia graphics drivers... No luck yet.

[-] Hugin@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

It runs fine on Linux Mint Debian under proton for me.

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