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Played with Proton-Experimental [bleeding-edge] in 'Highest Quality' preset settings, 1080p windowed fullscreen with 60 FPS (cutscenes are locked at 30 FPS). Nvidia DLSS in BALANCED mode.
I didn't need Proton-GE for video codecs. All videos/cutscenes worked without any problems.
An amazing game, and it works much better in Linux than the first game.
I tried playing this game with the default Proton, experimental, Cachy's Proton, and the latest GE Proton. None of these worked properly. Either the game would not boot or the videos would not play.
Then I switched to an older version, GE-Proton7-55, and the game works perfectly.
Could not re-enter game after alt-tabbing out when game was in fullscreen
Been playing missions with a friend through the torii gate system, had no issues so far.
As many others have noted, if launched without any tinkering, cutscenes might not work.
MANGOHUD=1 %command%
Opening steam menu (shift + tab) freezes the game from 10 seconds to 1 minute long.
With any other version of Proton and GE-Proton the game would not load any cutscene, making it impossible to log into the menu. With Proton Experimental it fixed itself and runs smoothly.
Videos are .wmv format and do not run as-installed.
Played in expeditions mode without EGS crossplay. No issues encountered.
Nioh 2 works perfectly in gameplay. The only issue is that Steam-provided versions of Proton do not include encoding for the video files used. These videos are seldom used for story content, but are notably used for attack demonstrations in the game's upgrade tree. Since GE 10-4 failed to run for me, I resolved this issue by re-encoding the video files in steamapps/common/Nioh2/movie/. If your videos don't run, then you can fix them by opening the console, navigating to that folder, and running the following:
- for FMV in *.wmv; do ffmpeg -i $FMV ${FMV:0:-4}.mp4; rm $FMV; mv -- ${FMV:0:-4}.mp4 $FMV; done
This command is extremely CPU-intensive, but after running it once videos work perfectly and there are no problems that I can spot with the game. These videos also may be included in Steam's precaching but I do not have this enabled so I cannot say for sure.
In-game videos don't work out of the box, cinematics or small tutorials. For proton-experimental, I had to enable steam shadercache and download an extra 4.5 Gio of transcoded videos. I also tried GE-Proton without shadercache but got blank videos for GE-Proton 10.4. I then downgraded to GE-Proton 9.27 and everything works perfectly.
Had the same experience as on PS5.
The default steam proton version would show cinematics, requiring using proton experimental
Seems issues around video playback have been resolved by now. I prefer resolution to other graphics settings, so 100% render scale and low settings gives a reasonably solid 45fps.
Working as intended on linux no problems here.
Another greate game that runs on linux.
As soon as a mission started, it would instantly freeze and crash
Apparently this is due to the nvidia 560 or later drivers, no matter what settings I change (DLSS or no DLSS, 120 fps, 60 fps), or proton version I use (7.0, GE, Experimental, ...). It would still crash.
IT WORKS IF:
- I revert to the nvidia 550 drivers (you can get every component of the 550 drivers in the arch linux archives, and add them to the
IgnorePkgin/etc/pacman.conf) - Use the LTS kernel
- Use proton experimental
I've had a ton of issues in many different games since ugrading nvidia drivers to 560, so I'm gonna stay on 550, and maybe check out 570 when it comes out
Tried with NVIDIA 560 drivers and the game would freeze after a few minutes. It runs fine with NVIDIA 550 drivers
Minor stuttering and FPS drops during prerendered video.
Works out of the box with slight performance dips compared to windows
Occasional frame drops in scenes with a lot of particle effects.
Game runs a little slower than on windows -- occasional 10-20fps drops can happen in certain stages where they were not in windows. Did not experience any issues with cinematic movies both in the base game and DLC.
intro video is bugged, ive seen a fix for other games but did not care for it
you can lock it to 30FPS but the game is better on 60
Once the Controller turns itself off it doesn't come back in-game, but works in the overlay
Crashes after about an hour on Proton 9.0-2, GE-Proton9-13 and Experimental (I think it's nvidia 560 driver)
120fps even more unstable 60 works, turned off dlss
Works very well out of the box without tweaks
Didn't try active multiplayer but passive stuff (e.g. summons) work fine
GPU crash after spending a few seconds in the menu
Issue coud be RDNA3 specific because I haven't seen other RDNA3 reports.
Shortly after starting the game, the system freezes and the screen flickers to black. After that, sometimes the game simply crashes, sometimes the entire screen stops updating (but other applications still seem to be running, e.g. sound is still playing from a music player in the background). Rebooting is required to restore the system to a usable state.
Works great out of the box
DLSS works without changing launch options
Installed GE-Proton to get all the videos to play, Nioh 2 runs very smoothly on Linux, no fps drops, amazing experience.
PROTON_ENABLE_NVAPI=1 __GL_SHADER_DISK_CACHE_SKIP_CLEANUP=1 %command%
Without installing GE-Proton the some of the tutorial videos and some of the cutscenes don't play, but apart from that it plays flawlessly on Linux.
GAme installs and runs without any issues on latest Proton
This is an update on my previous report. With a new, clean prefix (/compatdata/1325200/pfx) all of the videos play correctly, including the first boss in the Tendu's Disciple DLC.
The video playback issue I reported previously was due to the installation of dotnet48 in the game prefix. I used this to allow WeMod to run - but having it present caused the video playback issue.
I was not able to determine what in dotnet48 caused the video playback issues. If you wish to use WeMod (or similar mod engine) with the game, I fund a workaround for the Tendu's Disciple boss fight : Progress up to the rest before the boss with WeMod. After saving, delete the prefix, and start the game - which creates a clean prefix. Proceed until after the boss cutscene. If you die after that, the game does not replay the boss video, so you can re-install WeMod and proceed to finish the game.
I had to go into the controller settings menu to get the correct button mapping for my Stadia controller. I guess I'm lucky that there was one mapping that matched xbox controller buttons (dafault was for Nintendo I think)
Videos. Whether they play is hit or miss. The ones that do not play ever are when I end a mission, and am possessed by someones spirit. Also, no tutorial video will play. Otherwise - hit or miss, but mostly the game is playable so far without the cut scense, since you can go and read a summary in the hut menu.
The main issue here is video playback. Other reports mention it as well. Given it is probably a codec/software issue - It would be nice if we could work out what is needed to make the videos play (aside, I've even seen this mentioned on Windows forums).
Absolutely no issues and runs on 120 fps with no slow downs at all. I did use DLSS on quality mode but even with that the game doesn't slow down one bit. Surprised controller support worked straight out of the box too.
On previous Proton versions the only workaround to avoid frequent crashing was disabling movie playback, which was a subpar experience no matter how you put it. Luckily things are different now. I've played for hours without a single crash, or any noticeable performance issues.
Only thing I can point out is that when browsing through the skill menu, the game will hitch ever so slightly before it actually plays the skill video, but it's entirely neglible.
The game now runs without any issues since proton 8.0. Crashes are no longer present after long sessions or visiting the skill menus.
mangohud gamemoderun ENABLE_VKBASALT=1 %command%
The game does not support 3840x1600 (only 3440x1440 and 2560x1080), so I had to mod that in.
I've had no issues while playing online with my friends.
The game doesnt have the prettiest of visuals, so I recommend using vkbasalt in order to clean up the picture.
The game works out of the box
The game just works in multiplayer
The game works very well and gives a locked 60fps at 4k.
Almost everything works (videos included), but you won't be able to shoot enemies with mouse + keyboard (controller needed)
__GL_SHADER_DISK_CACHE_SKIP_CLEANUP=1 gamemoderun %command%
You can't shoot when using mouse, but you can if using controllers
__GL_SHADER_DISK_CACHE_SKIP_CLEANUP=1 MANGOHUD=1 gamemoderun %command%
ProtonGE seems to be mandatory to get the video cutscenes working. These videos are also used in tutorial screens and skill upgrade menus to show gameplay clips of related gameplay mechanics and skills, so I'd say they're essential like the tutorial text itself. I experienced no crashing or stuttering after about 2.5 hours of gameplay.
works flawlessly even movies and cutscenes
Good game, subpar multiplayer experience due to crashing, playable single player but be aware of crashes when visiting menus
Later parts of the game, near the end and DLC, FPS can tank from 50 down to 30 or 29. Be wary you may need to turn down some settings for it to be playable in those areas. Otherwise, most of the game is perfectly fine.
Guaranteed crash when playing for 40min - 1 hour mark, every single time. The crash seems to happen later the less frequent you visit menus with videos (such as skills / cutscenes).
If you are playing coop, expedition modes in Nioh does not save until you finish the mission, which could take upwards of 30 min - 1 hr each. If you crash, all the progress will be lost, pretty frustrating. You are forced to speed run missions.
Most areas I can reach 50 - 60 FPS, with Texture & Effects High, Rendering Scale 60%, and keeping all other settings low with no changes to the steam settings. Like mentioned above, later areas can see massive FPS dips. Multiplayer is good, until it crashes. Single player crashes too but autosaves during mission so it is not nearly as bad.
__GL_SHADER_DISK_CACHE_SKIP_CLEANUP=1 gamemoderun %command%
game is smooth after using proton experimental. although movies dont work
In menu movies will cause a crash
While a pain, if you remove the skill movies, the story cutscenes don't cause any problem; vs removing the entire folder.
Approx. one per hour with pre-rendered cutscenes enabled
Not able to connect at all
You can either play with pre-rendered cutscenes enabled or disabled. With them enabled, the game will crash roughly once every hour. The game only saves when you rest at a shrine, so this can result in lost progress.
To fix this, go to the game's local files and rename the 'movies' folder. The game will then be perfectly stable.
One exception is the first mission of the first DLC. You must enable movies (rename the folder back to what it was) before entering the final boss of the mission, or you will be softlocked.
So:
- Rename the movies folder to disable prerendered cutscenes and make the game stable
- Watch cutscenes online, if you prefer
- Re-enable them before the final boss of the first DLC mission
This way you are really only missing out on the short videos the game uses to demonstrate skills.
However, you can always re-enable movies for a little while if there's something in particular you want to see. The game doesn't crash instantly, it takes a while (likely a gradual memory corruption issue).
__NV_PRIME_RENDER_OFFLOAD=1 __VK_LAYER_NV_optimus=NVIDIA_only __GLX_VENDOR_LIBRARY_NAME=nvidia
Game completely bricks on focus loss.
Switch Pro Controller. Eventually got it working perfectly.
Crashes probably about every hour or so. Game has autosave so it's not unplayable.
Some connectivity problems, some lag, nothing too horrible.
