A list of games currently broken in some way on Mesa drivers.
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Native Games, General Bugs
| Game |
Bug Link |
Notes and workarounds |
GPU |
Mesa / LLVM Version |
Fixed version
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| Battleblock Theatre |
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May be a game bug. Does not start on official released version. On Steam there is a beta branch that fixes it. You have to contact support to get a code for this, as it is not allowed to be shared :( Support page |
AMD RX 480, AMD HD 6870 |
5/01/17 / llvm 3.9 |
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| Bioshock: Infinite |
#103300 |
Graphical glitches. |
AMD RX 460 |
All |
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| Hero Siege |
#101384 |
(Probably) missing dependencies: libopenal-dev:i386, libxrandr_dev:i386, libglu-dev:i386 - segfault on startup |
AMD RX 480 |
Mesa 17.2-devel / LLVM 5.0-git |
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| Layers of Fear |
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Some furniture and walls are invisible. Tessellation shader compilation failure. Updated testing: Crashed on start-up seems to globally overload new/delete in a way incompatible with Mesa |
AMD RX 470 (any AMD/Intel?) |
Mesa 17.x, LLVM 5.0 (also Mesa 13.x?) |
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| Minecraft ProjectE |
#100960 |
A Minecraft block isn't rendered at the correct position. |
all cards |
all versions |
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| Star Trek Voyager Elite Force |
Bug report |
Shadows not rendered correctly |
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regressed since Mesa 18.0 |
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| Strike Suit Zero |
#76484 |
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| Sublevel Zero |
Game FAQ |
Developers don't really support Linux and specially not Mesa, probably application side. Uses Unity.
See also "Graphics glitches with volumetric lighting on Linux+Mesa+RadeonSI". |
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| Unreal Tournament 4 0.1.6 |
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changing character models in player options, graphics freezes completely for a while, then displays static with a flickering box on it and either the kernel panics (from radeonsi) or X restarts after a while. Also some textures are completely black every now and then |
Intel HD 7950, Arch |
mesa 13.0.3 |
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| X3: Terran Conflict |
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Runs slowly when a lot of text is rendered on screen mesa bisect good description of issue |
Any AMD Mesa graphics configuration after commit 07c65b85ea |
After commit 07c65b85ea |
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| Peace, Death! |
#101675 |
Instant crash on RadeonSI and LLVMPIPE |
AMD R7 370, Arch Linux |
mesa 17.1.2 / LLVM 4.0.0 |
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| Riptale |
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Instant crash on RadeonSI, works with LLVMPIPE (Game Maker bug?). Game starts up if you run the "runner" file directly with R600_DEBUG=mono flag |
AMD RX580, Arch Linux |
mesa 18.1.4 / LLVM 6.0.1 |
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| Undertale |
#103915 |
Segfaults on startup, Crude workaround: run with LIBGL_ALWAYS_SOFTWARE=1 |
AMD Vega 56 |
Mesa 18.1.2 / LLVM 6.0.0 |
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| Valhalla Hills |
#100400 |
Instant crash on RadeonSI, memory free of wrong size somewhere in llvm. |
AMD Rx 480, Gentoo Linux |
mesa 18.0.0 / LLVM 6.0.0 |
Bug is marked as fixed in llvm 4, but it isn't fixed as of llvm 6
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| Dirt: Showdown |
#100069 |
Using advanced lightning in the options makes the game very slow and shows graphical artifacts. |
AMD Radeon HD 7970, Arch Linux |
all mesa versions |
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| Dirt: Showdown |
#99995 |
Very slow rendering workaround: MESA_EXTENSION_OVERRIDE='-GL_ARB_shader_image_load_store -GL_ARB_compute_shader' |
Geforce GTX 750 |
mesa 17.0 |
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| Hitman (2016) |
#99923 |
Lightning issues, broken rendering. LLVM regression. |
various GCN 1.0 / GCN 1.1 cards |
mesa 17.1 / LLVM 5.0git |
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| War Thunder |
#101978 |
Slow Performance, regression. |
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mesa 17.3 |
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| ARMA: 3 |
#101739 |
Incorrect rendering of trees. Workaround: glsl_correct_derivatives_after_discard=true |
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| Civilization VI |
#104602 |
Graphical artifacts: flickering triangles |
RX Vega |
mesa 18.0 |
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| Rise of the Tomb Raider |
#106151 #106877 |
Random GPU hangs |
RX Vega |
mesa 18.0 |
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| Dolphin (emulator) |
#105339 #105941 #107020 #107991 |
Crashing while playing games |
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| Unreal Tournament 2004 |
#105494 |
Cube map reflection bug |
various Intel + AMD GPUs |
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| Dying Light |
#106287 |
Graphical glitches, regression since Mesa 18.0.1 |
various AMD GPUs |
Mesa 18.0.1 |
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| Counter Strike: GO |
#100239 |
Graphical glitches |
Polaris based AMD GPUs |
Mesa 18.1.3 |
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| Anima Gate of Memories |
#106875 |
Graphical artifacts |
RX Vega 56 |
Mesa 18.1.1 |
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| Medieval II: Total War |
#106224 #107907 |
Depending on configuration, game crash on startup or in menu while idle |
AMD R9 270 |
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Native Games, Requires Compatibility Context
| Game |
Bug Link |
Notes and workarounds |
GPU / Mesa driver |
Mesa / LLVM Version |
Fixed version
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| Dear Esther |
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native port from Humble Bundle |
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| Dead Island Definitive Edition |
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With OpenGL core profile 4.5 and OpenGL version string 3.0, game opens a pop up saying OpenGL has to be 3.3 at least and it detects 3.0. Launching with MESA_GL_VERSION_OVERRIDE=4.5 MESA_GLSL_VERSION_OVERRIDE=450 fixes it. I tried with override 3.3 and 330 but it didn't work. |
HD Graphics 630 (Kaby Lake GT2) |
Mesa 17.2.3 |
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| Dying Light |
#96449 #107990 |
As of Mesa 18.2, compatibility overrides should not be longer needed. However it appears that the game is still broken. |
Broken after Mesa ~18 |
All |
Mesa 17.1
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| Full Bore |
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Non-native (Wine)
| Game |
Bug Link |
Notes and workarounds |
GPU / Mesa driver |
Mesa / LLVM Version |
Fixed version
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| Batman: Arkham City |
#107765 |
GPU crash with DXVK under RADV |
Radeon R9 380X |
all versions |
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| DIRT 3 & GTA V |
#107786 |
Objects are rendered a lot darker because of broken MSAA under DXVK. Workaround: Set MSAA to OFF |
all cards affected |
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| Fall of Light |
#107684 |
GPU crash with DXVK under RADV |
Radeon RX 580 |
all versions |
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| Mass Effect Andromeda |
#106958 |
Incorrect rendering using DXVK. |
RX Vega cards |
all versions |
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| Overwatch |
#102962 |
GPU crash on various cards |
various cards |
all versions |
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| The Witcher 3 |
#104193 |
Hard freezes the system when fighting rotfiends. See also Wine bug #43872 for details. Polaris specific (Vega isn't affected). |
AMD RX 480, radeonsi |
17.4.0-devel (git-b926da241a) |
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| The Witcher 3 |
#107022 |
Trees are rendered incorrectly under DXVK. Probably LLVM 7.0.0 regression. |
Radeon HD R9 290X |
18.2 |
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| Various Games |
#102885 |
Sparkle grid in shadows |
AMD Radeon R7 Graphics (Carrizo) |
17.2 |
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| Various Games |
#97516 |
Games fail to start: wglChoosePixelFormatARB failed to find a suitable format Affected: Brink, DOOM3: BFG |
all cards |
all versions |
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| Wolfenstein II: TNO |
#104302 |
Broken melting facial animations |
various cards |
all versions |
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| World of Warcraft |
#106595 |
Corrupted graphics when MSAA is enabled under DXVK. |
GCN Generation 1 cards |
all versions |
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Needs more info, more testing
| Game |
Bug Link |
Notes and workarounds |
GPU |
Mesa / LLVM Version |
Fixed version
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| 39 Steps |
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Black screen, never goes beyond that. Has to be kill -9 to get it to close. No error in terminal. Note: Works for me (same hw, same sw) |
AMD RX 480, Arch Linux |
mesa 17.1 / LLVM 4.0.0 |
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| Absolute Drift |
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Graphic corruption upon launching, multiple squares of horizontal lines. Note: File data.unity3d is missing in the build, can't start the game |
AMD RX 480, Arch Linux |
mesa 17.1 / LLVM 4.0.0 |
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| AI War: Fleet Command |
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Black screen, never goes beyond that. Has to be kill -9 to get it to close. No error in terminal. Note: Works for me (same hw, same sw) |
AMD RX 480, Arch Linux |
mesa 17.1 / LLVM 4.0.0 |
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| F1 2015 |
#99813 |
rendering problems - Feral Note: No render issues seen when using Mesa 13.0.2 (official release) likely git specific issue. |
AMD RX 480 |
?? |
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| Magicka 2 |
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Displays graphical artifacts when doing/taking damage (triangles flashing over the characters, definitely when using fire cone) Note: Works with RX480 using mesa 17.1.5 and LLVM 4.0.1 and rx460 mesa 17.1.6 and llvm 4.0.0 |
AMD R9 270, Fedora 25 |
mesa 13.0.2 / llvm 3.8.0 |
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Game Bugs
| Game |
Bug Link |
Notes and workarounds |
GPU / Mesa driver |
Mesa / LLVM Version |
Fixed version
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| Anomaly Warzone Earth |
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Not a Mesa but a game / steam bug. Fix described here Might need additional Steam fix described here After those two fixes, the game is working fine. |
AMD RX 480, Arch Linux |
mesa 17.1 / LLVM 4.0.0 |
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| Black Mesa |
#106394 |
Lately a game update fixed the requirement of GL_EXT_gpu_shader4. Sadly the game still crashes with "Out of Memory" errors. It is unknown if this is a game or a mesa bug. Workaround: set %command% -dev to the start options and set graphic options to lowest |
various cards, all versions are affected |
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| Cossacks 3 |
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Immediately crashes. Note: This game is marked as beta on Linux by the devs and while the game get a little further on Nvidia binary drivers it crashes there too. |
AMD RX 460, Solus |
mesa 17.2.3 / llvm 5.0.0 |
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| Divinity: Original Sin Enhanced Edition |
#93551 |
The game is utterly broken and needs to fake GL_Vendor among other things. Workaround: LD_PRELOAD hook |
AMD RX 480, radeonsi |
All |
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| Planetary Annihilation |
#65968 |
Turned out as game bug. Workaround: add %command% --software-ui to steam launch options |
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| Portal Stories: Mel |
#96512 |
character's hands and arms as full black |
Intel HD 7850, Fedora 25 |
09/01/17 |
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| The Binding of Isaac: Antibirth |
#107942 |
Game has a shader related bug. (running with wine) |
various cards |
all versions |
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| Trine 2 |
#100708 |
SDL related game bug. Workaround |
various cards |
all versions |
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