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.
Comandante Ñoñardo Dec 10, 2020
On the subject of Proton and Stadia. I strongly believe Proton will always be the best choice if you care about gaming on Linux. Valve has poured so much into the ecosystem, and Cyberpunk being playable is yet another proof of that. You want native releases? Most if not all of Valve's games are natively available, including their big budget VR game Half Life: Alyx. And they haven't stopped improving Linux, their goal has been to make games as playable on Linux as on Windows. You may be buying a Windows game, but consider this..
- Buying Cyberpunk gives money to decent if not infalable developers
- These same developer are under GOG brand. GOG promotes DRM-Free gaming
- Valve gets 30% cut. They are clearly spending money to improve Linux. So why wouldn't you buy on Steam
- It counts as a Linux purchase when you play through Proton
Meanwhile, what has Google done as of late for Linux Gaming? Yes, Stadia is available on Linux but how can you be sure the reason it's on Linux is because their intentions are good? That they want to help Linux? I think they want to help themselves. Streaming does not seem like a difficult thing to provide for Linux. For any platform you need players for it to succeed. So it would be stupid of them to not support Linux.
Last edited by Linuxwarper on 10 December 2020 at 3:41 am UTC
Quoting: LungDragoQuestion - if I play Cyberpunk using a streaming service, can I transfer my save files once Nvidia gets its shit together?
Via Stadia: No
Via GeForce Now: Supposedly you're using your own Steam account, so you wouldn't even have to transfer, it'd be there.
(Nvidia just gives you access to a streamed windows device)
Quoting: LinuxwarperBuying Cyberpunk gives money to decent if not infalable developersCD Projekt Red pushed crunch times for over a year now, and it ain't over, game is still full of bugs.
Devs may be decent, company is not. But I agree with all your other points.
EDIT:
Over a million concurrent peak players at launch, placing it top 4 most concurrent peak players on steam, within a few hours.
They clearly do not seek our money.
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Last edited by Shmerl on 10 December 2020 at 4:12 am UTC
TheRiddick Dec 10, 2020
Quoting: Shmerlinstaller alone is 104 GB for me.
That is odd, not sure why its 104GB for you, pretty sure mines up to date, maybe what happened is you downloaded something extra?
The only annoying thing was the cracking audio, surprisingly not bothered by any shader compilation.
Let's hope the vulkan extension boost the perfs but at least it runs.
Intro video:
Character creation screen:
First in-game area (a bar):
Sometimes things glitch out in video sequences:
There are still some graphical glitches (like blinking black things and etc.). So things aren't perfect yet.
Last edited by Shmerl on 10 December 2020 at 5:17 am UTC
Quoting: TheRiddickThat is odd, not sure why its 104GB for you, pretty sure mines up to date, maybe what happened is you downloaded something extra?
Nothing extra, straight download from GOG. It is weird that it's so huge while the game is 60 GB. May be it's languages like above.
Last edited by Shmerl on 10 December 2020 at 5:16 am UTC
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