Quoting: sarmadHmmm... why couldn't Valve provide a similar line up of AAA titles at the launch of Steam Machines? They could've been successful if they provided such a line up.

because stadia is 1 OS and 1 set of HARDWARE..... mostly AMD

steamOS runs on every hardware with different drives and so on. more to test
also back then VULKAN wasnt a thing

i hope they bring their games to linux on steam, gog and itch too

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Quoting: chancho_zombieWhere is the steam play/proton icon? I never know which games are officially supported, luckily I found this curator

https://store.steampowered.com/curator/33483305-Proton-Compatible/ [External Link]

firefox addon
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-CA/firefox/addon/protondb-for-steam/ [External Link]

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[quote=Cecco_d_Ascoli][quote=mylka][quote=Cecco_d_Ascoli]

Quoting: mylkaThanks for the insight, understood, gonna delete one of my two installs.

Just tried what you suggested on my system:
Running the native Linux version with "aces -forcestart -driver:vulkan", I end up with a black screen as well.

https://forum.warthunder.com/index.php?/topic/415043-testing-vulkan03052019-%C2%A1el-cliente-vulkan-funciona-vulkan-client-working/page/6/&tab=comments#comment-7982632 [External Link]

i use kde an have to kill it, to play with vulkan

seems like xfce has the same problem. i highly recommend some shortcut, to start it again. on KDE i use super+space and run it again....... because after you kill it, you cant move windows

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[quote=Cecco_d_Ascoli][quote=mylka][quote=Cecco_d_Ascoli]

Quoting: TermyThe exact differences between the Linux and Win version are not known to me. To my experience replay/recording options are different, sounds (engines, guns) seem a bit different and flight stick controls vary (i.e. get messed up after every other WT-Linux patch).

Presently I have two separate installations of War Thunder:
1) Linux native: the downloaded and upacked archive from WarThunder hompage with OpenGL
2) Windows native via Proton under Steam for Linux:
Got it by going into my Steam account and selecting/checking:
- Settings>Account 'Beta Participation' check
- Settings>Steam Play 'Enable Steam Play for supported titles' check
+ Settings>Steam Play 'Enable Steam Play for all other titles' check
+ 'Run other titles with: Proton 4.2.5'

When WarThunder started downloading
(for which I chose a completely new Steam folder)
- I rightclicked onto it in my library
- went to:
Properties>General ‚Force the use of a specific Steam Play compatibility tool‘ check
(set to 'Proton 4.2.5‘)
- Then the Download restarted, and the Windows version was downloaded

Which after completion in itself - via Steam and Proton - already worked like a charm.
- And then I followed Termy‘s hint and set:
- WarThunder>Rightclick>Poperties>launch options "%command% -forcestart -driver:vulkan"

Which improved the performance even further.

All in all fps in Mixed RB went from 20-50 Linux-OpenGL (medium settings, most effects off) to 60-130 Proton+Vulkan, note: with graphics settings much higher (high, middle visual range of trees etc.), more details and nearly all effects (haze, particles, suspension physics, etc.) on

i know that, but some games just dont work on a NTFS drive. i have the same issue with Deus Ex: Human Revolution - Director's Cut
on NTFS it does nothing, when i move the game to an EXT4 drive it works

i think the downloaded war thunder from the website and steam arent different. steam just starts the launcher. you cant do this with war thunder



you dont need the game twice. as i said. just go to the game folder/limux64
there is a zip file. unpack and the ACES file starts the native linux version. console: aces -forcestart -driver:vulkan
and you play the linux version with vulkan. i tried it and just a black screen, like months ago
still have to "killall kwin_x11" first (but at least it doesnt freeze my pc.... but i just tested it 10min)
FPS went from 30 (opengl) up to 130 (vulkan) with same settings

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multiple titles that stopped working due to changes with Easy Anti-Cheat like Darwin Project, Paladins and Pandemic Express.

thats the point. MULTIPLAYER games can stop working.
i dont know a case, in which a SINGLEPLAYER games stopped working after an update and Marble It Up! is a SP game

maybe valve officially supports anti cheat software within proton soon, then you have less risk buying a MP game

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[quote=Cecco_d_Ascoli][quote=mylka][quote=Cecco_d_Ascoli][quote=Termy]

Quoting: mylkaWell, via Proton it does...
(can't say how things look like on under Windows as OS though)
... and I am still darned surprised how well it turned out, the fps and visual improvement is just staggering compared to what I got used to under the Linux-native version.

Would have preferred a Linux-native Vulkan implementation very much myself but being pragmatic and rather playing than waiting I'm gonna stick to the Protonised-Windows-Vulkan-version for now, just look at that sunset and those gorgeous flames!

war thunder has a linux folder with a .zip in it
i unpacked it an can start the linux version (the aces file), but without the launcher and steam loggin
i tried vulkan again and still just a black screen. opengl works, but still bad perfomance

i wonder if they did anything on the linux version in the past months. most of the files are the same as on windows.... actually just the files in the linux folder are different

it is so sad they started vulkan and dropped it. i mean they know stadia is coming soon and instead of optimizing and testing a linux version, they do nothing

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[quote=Cecco_d_Ascoli]

Quoting: Termy

Quoting: mylkaSame here. Due to massive lags and freezes with the linux-client after update 1.89 I today first tried out running it through Steam and Proton and then - following your advice - forced the use of Vulkan.
Thus I experienced quite an impressive leap in fps and(!) now possible graphics settings - even on my elderly system.

Much obliged, chaps!

Quoting: mylkahave you tried switching the windows version to vulkan?
at least less CPU usage... maybe better FPS

THANK YOU for that idea - increased my performance even more (i only have a i5 3550 with a rx580)

so the windows version works with VULKAN without any promlems?
too bad they dont put any effort in the linux client

i installed it on an NTFS drive, because i dont have any space left on my linux drive, but it wont start. i cant try it til i finished other games

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Quoting: ThormackI am playing with PROTON.

Game runs really nice.
Much better FPS than Linux port.

have you tried switching the windows version to vulkan?
at least less CPU usage... maybe better FPS

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Quoting: liamdawe

Quoting: KimyrielleWhat a nice little gem! Good find, Liam! :)

It's interesting, as I've seen a great many people say discovery is an issue on Steam and that the discovery queue does nothing and yet even someone like me (who goes over hundreds a month) is able to find new games with it...

do ppl really search for new games on steam?
i read news sites, or watch youtube videos from ppl who find them for me

anyways. does this game really use VULKAN? my gallium hud isnt working, so there isnt OpenGL
if so... even they can do it. why cant others like WAR THUNDER do it too

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too bad they dont care about linux and vulkan
i havent played it in months, because the game freezed my pc and the wt forum isnt very promising

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