FYI, Wine 4.12 has a major bug that breaks some prefixes. See: https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=47464

Fixed in Wine master: https://source.winehq.org/git/wine.git/commit/e245df2a0c8d1270a4cc0129407072c917a0c325

Quoting: ShmerlFYI, Wine 4.12 has a major bug that breaks some prefixes. See: https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=47464

Fixed in Wine master: https://source.winehq.org/git/wine.git/commit/e245df2a0c8d1270a4cc0129407072c917a0c325

I quickly skimmed the bug report, and didn't see anything about this, but could the 'failure to connect to the mount manager' upon creating new prefixes be related to this? It's been driving me crazy the past couple of hours. Old prefixes continue functioning fine.

Quoting: wvstolzingI quickly skimmed the bug report, and didn't see anything about this, but could the 'failure to connect to the mount manager' upon creating new prefixes be related to this? It's been driving me crazy the past couple of hours. Old prefixes continue functioning fine.

This is supposedly about crashing wineboot. I avoided it altogether, by building Wine with the fix already.

Quoting: Shmerl

Quoting: wvstolzingI quickly skimmed the bug report, and didn't see anything about this, but could the 'failure to connect to the mount manager' upon creating new prefixes be related to this? It's been driving me crazy the past couple of hours. Old prefixes continue functioning fine.

This is supposedly about crashing wineboot. I avoided it altogether, by building Wine with the fix already.

4.12.1 fixed the problem for me; so maybe the issues were related.

Quoting: wvstolzing4.12.1 fixed the problem for me; so maybe the issues were related.

Yep, it includes the fix: https://source.winehq.org/git/wine.git/shortlog

TW3 is 70% off on GOG if anyone needs: https://www.gog.com/game/the_witcher_3_wild_hunt_game_of_the_year_edition

How has your playthrough fared recently, or did you change to another game?

Haven't posted for a good while since I stopped playing the game for some reason. But I do intend to finally get into the expansions. Been busy with RimWorld for a long while now. It's a great game, and runs natively :)

I also paused, due to other things coming up, but I hope to get back to it :)

Testing TW3 with Navi card (Sapphire Pulse RX 5700XT) using Mesa master / llvm10 (Mesa-aco doesn't support Navi yet):



Nice boost in framerate - 110+ fps.

[TW3 discounted again (70% off)](https://www.gog.com/game/the_witcher_3_wild_hunt_game_of_the_year_edition).

A new milestone for Mesa-aco-navi, it's is finally working for TW3!

Performance so far isn't better than llvm yet, but developers didn't yet focus on Navi optimizations, but were wrangling GPU "hazards" that were causing hangs.

Sapphire Pulse RX 5700 XT, 1920x1200:

radv/aco:



radv/llvm:

Finally got an 144 Hz adaptive sync monitor (LG 27GL850-B, 2560 x 1440). Sapphire Pulse RX 5700 XT pulls around 85 fps in it in TW3 (using aco):



Enabling adaptive sync was easy. Just added VariableRefresh setting to /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-amdgpu.conf like this:

Section "OutputClass"
    Identifier "AMDgpu"
    MatchDriver "amdgpu"
    Driver "amdgpu"
    Option "VariableRefresh" "true"
EndSection

Also, KDE compositing should be disabled, for monitor to start adjusting refresh rate to the fullscreen window.

I kind of paused playing TW3, while waiting for this monitor, but now I'm going to get back into it :D

Last edited by Shmerl on 1 Nov 2019 at 12:54 am UTC

I found an interesting area, hidden on the slope of the plateau that overlooks Pontar (near the nest of the royal wyvern from Phantom of the Trade Route contract).

Not sure yet what that is. Looks like some ancient ruin, with circular ledge carved into the mountain with cobblestone ornaments. It's pretty hard to notice, unless you try climb on the mountain from the river side (which I was doing for fun and saw that structure). But you can't get to it climbing up, you need to get down to it from the top of the plateau.

View from the top:



When entering the stone circle:



Looks like some kind of altar with some statues around it, probably to Melitele?





Magnificent view of the Pontar from there



I suppose it could be a part of some quest, or may be just one of those hidden ruins that are scattered around. Interesting to discover such places sometimes :)

UPDATE: There is also an entrance to the cave, which is actually connected to the cave where refugees were hiding from the wyvern, with another unmarked cave exit leading straight to the wyvern nest (I missed that cave entrance before).

UPDATE2: Yep, the statue looks like one of young Melitele in [St. Lebioda's Hospital hospital in Vizima](https://witcher.gamepedia.com/File:Melitele_statue.png).

Last edited by Shmerl on 10 Nov 2019 at 4:14 am UTC

Quoting: ShmerlNot sure yet what that is. Looks like some ancient ruin, with circular ledge carved into the mountain with cobblestone ornaments.

possible spoiler:

Spoiler, click me

It's an important location in the Hearts of Stone expansion -- can't say more, lest I spoil something!

I figured it's part of some quest, since it looks too elaborate to be random. But I guess they didn't expect players to explore random mountains :)

Last edited by Shmerl on 10 Nov 2019 at 5:34 pm UTC

Comparing latest Mesa master with llvm10 and aco (this time in Velen, where it's apparently more demanding on the GPU than in Novigrad, despite common misconception):

llvm:



aco:



So basically the same.

Actually in less demanding environment (Novigrad, Golden Sturgeon) llvm is couple of FPS faster.

Last edited by Shmerl on 14 Nov 2019 at 3:30 am UTC

Shmerl,

in the last two shots, it appears ACO is missing some sunshine coming out of the trees.

I'll check. It could be a temporary change in the environment.

Looks fine to me (I didn't set up HUD for these, but I did switch RADV_PERFTEST:

aco:



llvm:



Light depends on the moving clouds, so it's always shifting.

Came across that area as well while exploring, and don't think I had come across it in a quest by the time I stopped playing. Memory may be foggy on that now, however. It was a really lovely area as well.

Came across another one near a key story place that you may not have reached yet (so I won't divulge much) that also looked pretty cool. Was a village of some sort I think. Several foglets were there, wildly out-levelling me. I managed to kill one after 15 minutes or so, but didn't bother to try to hack away at the others. Bonkers how little damage you do against red-skull enemies :D

I fully intend to go back to the game and play the expansions, but I've been too hooked on RimWorld recently, and have half an eye on PC upgrades.