Two bits of major news to cover for the Steam Play Proton compatibility layer, with some exciting major changes coming in with updates. Don't know what Steam Play Proton is? Go take a look at our dedicated page.
Firstly, if you have an AMD GPU and you don't mind grabbing the latest development code for the Mesa graphics drivers - Cyberpunk 2077 should actually work on Linux with the new Proton 5.13-4 release. Valve developer Pierre-Loup Griffais mentioned that CD PROJEKT RED allowed them some early testing time to get the work done for both vkd3d (the Direct3D 12 to Vulkan layer) and radv (the AMD Mesa Vulkan driver). As an NVIDIA GPU owner, this makes me quite jealous as it seems my only other current choice on Linux is Stadia or GeForce NOW (unofficially - until later in 2021).
Additionally, there's now also a new Proton Experimental branch available which has the start of major architectural changes to Wine. This brings with it a plan to reduce CPU overhead and improve performance in scenarios related to input and windowing. Seems Proton Experimental is an additional version of Proton, so you would install it along side the other versions currently available for this compatibility tool.
You can find the Proton changelog here.
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Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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Ahh, just tried it but in character creation, all the models are black. So can't play it at the moment until this is fixed.
Hard to create a character when you can't see the effects of the options.
I am on the latest mesa-git.
Any other AMD users had the same issue?
Hard to create a character when you can't see the effects of the options.
I am on the latest mesa-git.
Any other AMD users had the same issue?
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legluondunet Dec 10, 2020
A lot of people will think about upgrade their PC hardware cause CP77 needs very high PC configuration to obtain 60 fps
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Quoting: LinuxwarperValve gets 30% cut. They are clearly spending money to improve Linux. So why wouldn't you buy on Steam
Valve doesn't get 30% cut for a game of this magnitude, they will get 20% only and I wouldn't be surprised if CDPR made extra deal for even smaller cut.
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WorMzy
Thanks. You said what I wanted to say.
Looks like game developers are thinking "Why we support Linux, when Linux users have WINE/PROTON and they already are buying games from us. Yes, they have some pains to play our games but they don't care it so why we care them, why we support them?!"
Buying unsupported game sends game developers signal that you anyway paying of them. So they don't have reason to support Linux. No one makes games for supporting gamers, it's business.
QuoteHowever, by buying a game that doesn't support Linux, you are sending the message to the dev that they don't need to support Linux to get your money. Why should that dev support Linux if you're going to give them money either way?
Thanks. You said what I wanted to say.
Looks like game developers are thinking "Why we support Linux, when Linux users have WINE/PROTON and they already are buying games from us. Yes, they have some pains to play our games but they don't care it so why we care them, why we support them?!"
Buying unsupported game sends game developers signal that you anyway paying of them. So they don't have reason to support Linux. No one makes games for supporting gamers, it's business.
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Quoting: ShmerlHere is what I use on Debian testing to build it for example. The intention is to use it without replacing system Mesa packages, with any needed game on demand.
Thanks for the script again, but it's proved too difficult for me. After resolving some issues I ended with a long log that ends with
Spoiler, click me
CMake binary for MachineChoice.HOST is cached as not found
No CMake binary for machine MachineChoice.HOST not found. Giving up.
Run-time dependency xcb-shm found: NO (tried pkgconfig)
meson.build:1814:4: ERROR: Dependency "xcb-shm" not found, tried pkgconfig
Looks like I would need more and more staff I understand less and less on my system. Giving up. I guess I'll wait for Mesa 21 release while trying to uninstall everything I installed today... :).
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Quoting: Liam DaweRemember if you need tech support, we have a dedicated Forum.
Ups, that wasn't asking for additional tech support. :).
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legluondunet Dec 10, 2020
Buy a new PC with a SUPER config to play CP77 or play on cloud Stavia or GeforceNow?
Play on console? The game looks too cheap on PS4 and Xbox one.
Finally playing on cloud will hurt less my wallet.
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Play on console? The game looks too cheap on PS4 and Xbox one.
Finally playing on cloud will hurt less my wallet.
Last edited by legluondunet on 10 December 2020 at 4:42 pm UTC
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Quoting: BasianiWorMzy
QuoteHowever, by buying a game that doesn't support Linux, you are sending the message to the dev that they don't need to support Linux to get your money. Why should that dev support Linux if you're going to give them money either way?
Thanks. You said what I wanted to say.
Looks like game developers are thinking "Why we support Linux, when Linux users have WINE/PROTON and they already are buying games from us. Yes, they have some pains to play our games but they don't care it so why we care them, why we support them?!"
Buying unsupported game sends game developers signal that you anyway paying of them. So they don't have reason to support Linux. No one makes games for supporting gamers, it's business.
Game sold over 1 million copies at Steam alone , do you really think they will care about a Linux port?
You can't get a Linux port deal from huge games like this if you are not Google and throw money to them for porting the game for your platform.
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Quoting: BasianiWorMzy
QuoteHowever, by buying a game that doesn't support Linux, you are sending the message to the dev that they don't need to support Linux to get your money. Why should that dev support Linux if you're going to give them money either way?
Thanks. You said what I wanted to say.
Looks like game developers are thinking "Why we support Linux, when Linux users have WINE/PROTON and they already are buying games from us. Yes, they have some pains to play our games but they don't care it so why we care them, why we support them?!"
Buying unsupported game sends game developers signal that you anyway paying of them. So they don't have reason to support Linux. No one makes games for supporting gamers, it's business.
You are right, but there is more to consider. Namely, if you want more people to adapt Linux as a Linux platform. If not, buying only native games is the right approach. Otherwise, I would say buying AAA games that don't have a native version but work in Proton is also good for Linux gaming. Why?
Look at the past. We already had an era when Steam was all in on Linux with Steam OS and many AAA developers responded by porting their game to Linux. Didn't work. Sure, Linux adoption grew, but not enough. Now developers know that Steam OS isn't such a boom as was expected, so the big business oriented AAA games developers don't see any business valid reason of why to port to Linux anymore. Despite that, many AAA games work on Linux thanks to Proton.
Why do I make the distinction between AAA games and indie games here? When it comes to Linux adoption and people talking about why when it comes to gaming Linux isn't there yet (which I disagree with btw), it was always in reference to some AAA game that does not work. But as time goes on, more and more AAA games which didn't work before work now using Proton. If people stop using Proton altogether in favor of buying only native indie games, Proton will get less development and this trend will start going down instead of up, meaning less and less new AAA games will work in Proton, meaning less and less people will see Linux as a valid gaming platform.
Last, but certainly not least, the absolute best way to support native Linux gaming is to support the Godot engine. Buying any native game (expect those developed in Godot or other open source engines) fades in comparison to that.
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legluondunet Dec 10, 2020
Quoting: BasianiWorMzy
QuoteHowever, by buying a game that doesn't support Linux, you are sending the message to the dev that they don't need to support Linux to get your money. Why should that dev support Linux if you're going to give them money either way?
Thanks. You said what I wanted to say.
Looks like game developers are thinking "Why we support Linux, when Linux users have WINE/PROTON and they already are buying games from us. Yes, they have some pains to play our games but they don't care it so why we care them, why we support them?!"
Buying unsupported game sends game developers signal that you anyway paying of them. So they don't have reason to support Linux. No one makes games for supporting gamers, it's business.
You are an idealistic, but we saw that waiting for Linux native games does not work for AAA games.
Only indy makes the effort.
If Wine is the new standard to dev and play games on Linux, then it's ok for me.
All I want is to play on Linux.
I agree with you on one point: it's not normal we don't benefit game support when we buy this expensives games.
But you can still ask for a refund.
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