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It was smooth. I tested by playing the malian single player challange. I got 9 000 points (gold).
-vulkan
The -vulkan launch option is a must, otherwise your fps will be ~~60ish but with lots of staggers (0.5-1second pauses).
"Link Xbox Network Profile" opens a sign in window and then the game freezes.
Proton-GE is more performant.
It used to work before but now I had to set the Proton version otherwise it would open a dialog saying "Failed to find a supported hardware rendering device. Ensure that your system meets the minimum requirements for Age of Empires IV. Verify that DirectX is properly installed and that you have the latest drivers for your system."
Game does not work any more. I just get a dialog box saying that the game could not find a supported hardware rendering device.
Game does not work any more. I get a dialog box saying "Failed to find a supported hardware rendering device. Ensure that your system meets the minimum requirements for Age of Empires IV. Verify that DirectX is properly installed and that you have the latest drivers for your system.
Works perfectly
Frame rate was very bad before sorting out drivers - needed to use Nvidia instead of default nouveau
LD_PRELOAD="" gamemoderun %command% -vulkan
On the first start game lowers resoluton and resolution scale. Luckely you can turn them back in the settings menu Graphics-Gameplay resolution scale. Without LD_PRELOAD="" game starts lagging after about half an hour of playing. After adding LD_PRELOAD="" gamemoderun %command% -vulkan everything seems good. Was able to play ranked 2v2 and ranked 1v1 with no problems.
proton 9 or experimental led to stuttering / game slowdowns, but all fine with proton hotfix
Mouse likes to escape the screen.
Random slowdowns and hitches occasionally.
Recommend experimental or proton 9.0-4.
Might look good if you can get HDR support
Does not look good
It runs well but looks terrible at max settings. Not sure if this is because of a lack of HDR
Lower framerate and less consistent framerate compared to windows
Games could randomly crash, it looks like limiting framerate to 30fps and reducing resolution helps. Used to work better, not sure if it was a driver update or game update that changed things.
Fantastic! Works out of box, you just have to enter Graphics settings and set everything to max and 4k. Linux gaming is awesome !
Game runs flawless at 4k, no sweat for the 3090 at 120fps.
__GL_SHADER_DISK_CACHE=1 __GL_SHADER_DISK_CACHE_PATH="/home/hab/.var/app/com.valvesoftware.Steam/data/Steam/steamapps/common/Age of Empires IV" gamemoderun %command%
Only with steam flatpak, tinkering with gamemode solves it
textures load a few ms late
FS has issues, better use Borderless FS
Steam Version: 1731433018
AOE4 v12.0.2246.0
Steam update (or recent siege rework patch) breaks the game!
MASSIVE PERFORMANCE DROPS on inputs (M&K/B) after some time playing (random?) use this WORKAROUND (as a launch command):
LD_PRELOAD="" %command%
É um jogo que muitos profissionais de tecnologia jogam. Programadores e afins jogam no Linux.
Many crashes after last AOE4 update
O jogo funcionava muito bem antes da última grande atualização. Ainda está funcionando mas apresentando crashes frequentes.
Mouse cursor is initially a bit off, you have to navigate your way through the menu with your keyboard to fix the resolution. After that, it's gone.
Regular drops in FPS
Fun strategy game, could get booring after a while. But you will start playing it again later.
Fully working, even with modded maps from steam workshop. Not a single issue faced.
gamemoderun %command%
Had some weird frame drops when scrolling around and specifically circling my mouse around farms.
However I found that having gamemoderun installed and using the launch option fixed those issues: gamemoderun %command%
Moving the mouse's perspective will result in extremely low fps
Moving the mouse's perspective will result in extremely low fps
Missing HDR
SHIFT button was not released had to press it again to release
Got FPS drops
Got FPS drops, Game is very smooth on Windows but on Linux is a bit laggy
gamemoderun mangohud %command% -high -vconsole -vulkan -vulkan_disable_steam_shader_cache -dx12
FPS spikes like about 50 fps spike
Good servers and no problems with the servers
If we dont count the giant FPS spikes good game and even playable with the FPS spikes but its annoying
VK_ICD_FILENAMES=/usr/share/vulkan/icd.d/nvidia_icd.json %command%
The desync issue in multiplayer games appears to have been resolved since I last played.
Works out of the box!
The only thing, which I needed to perform was tuning my graphics settings to maximum, as they were set to minimum.
DXVK_FILTER_DEVICE_NAME="Quadro T2000 with Max-Q Design" %command%
Game starts in low res mode. Mouse cursor is off. Need to use keyboard arrow keys and tab to select correct resolution.
DXVK_FILTER_DEVICE_NAME needs to be set in launch options, otherwise game crashes immediately on startup, along with an error message saying it could not find the display card. You can find the correct device_name with vulkaninfo | grep deviceName
_GL_SHADER_DISK_CACHE=1 __GL_SHADER_DISK_CACHE_PATH="/home/hab/.var/app/com.valvesoftware.Steam/data/Steam/steamapps/common/Age of Empires IV" gamemoderun %command%
On first stratup. After inital startup works the game seems to run okk for now on Proton 8.0-5
Use Protin 8.0-5 On first startup tell the steam app to wait and to to shut down then restart once game has loaded. Game will load normaly going foward.
Better than expected
It started in a low resolution window and suggested low video settings as if blind to my GPU but it was not an issue. I ignored the warnings and was fine at 1080 @ 100% scale and medium-high settings.
Tested and working: Campaign progress via Steam cloud saves, Multiplayer observation of random games, Friend/group/game requests, Multiplayer friend match versus AI [>90 min]
Major stutter when scrolling around the map.
If you wiggle the mouse over farms there is major fps/frametime drops.
Game seems to run fine but randomly freezes and have to force quit. Not playable for me. Tested only single player.
Random units freeze
