Platinum IMO
Native version was borked for some reason but Proton works flawlessly.
Just set proton to 6.3-8, only this version can use the controller. Once set up, it works right out of the box.
tdp 9w and GPU frequency 1100mhz
runs gorgeously(hiccups during cutscenes but not too bad)
textures wouldnt render fully sometimes so something could look way out of place on rare occasions
If you can forgive a few small bugs such as items being stuck to your hands in cutscenes or a not fully rendered texture here and there then its perfectly playable
The Epic Games Launcher is somewhat involved
Missing cutscene animations aside, the fire on the flamethrower (DLC content) in particular is a texture I rarely ever see. It's annoying, especially considering that the walls and ground around you during the flamethrower attack start flickering.
Putting the Deck in sleep mode, then waking it up with the intent to use a 3rd party controller will sometimes result in buttons being pushed/held even after letting go of the input. Can be solved by reseting the Deck but still worth pointing out. Occured on my PS5 controller and an 8bitdo pro 2 gamepad
I only played in docked mode with a 3rd party controller, so I have no verdict on its handheld performance.
The native version works fine
The problems I had were more like problems with the game itself. Maybe I should've installed it on Windows to make sure.
After seeing a large number of reviews about launching through Proton, I thought that maybe the native one doesn't work or works poorly, but everything is fine
Game runs very smoothly, 90fps at most times of the game, just like playing on the consoles.
Slight crackling during intro movies
Make sure to install the legacy version, it's under game's properties > betas > sriv_legacy.
Make sure to install the legacy version, it skips epic games online services/not starting.
gamemoderun %command%
With the default version of Proton, the game instantly crashes upon starting.
With a forced experimental, I had these smaller issues:
- Settings (resolution, quality, …) don't get saved when loading a game.
- In the menu, the cursor is flickering a bit
Played through the entire game without major issues.
Some achievements didn't activate properly on Steam. Not sure if this is Linux related.
Linux version of Re-Elected didn't launch, both Windows and Linux version of the legacy branch were unplayable due to frequent freezing. Windows version of Re-Elected ran perfectly.
Works fine. Have no words, just awesome
Game will start with sriv_legacy option in "Betas". Don't user GE-Proton, use Valve's proton. Tested on Proton 7.0-5
With proton experimental, game locks up completely at main menu
Had to switch proton version, didnt really have any issues after moving to Proton 6.3-8, though the game defaults to "Low" graphics preset and the deck can manage "Medium" just fine, and which looks much better
Very frustrating to play due to these issues could be great fun but the game is broken for me right now.
taskset -c 0,1 steamtinkerlaunch %command%
Due to performance preferences changed all graphical values to "0" or some to "false.
very minor crackling heard after playing for a while but nothing game breaking.
Textures eventally turned black had to reboot. Some flickering.
Was able to link my 360 controller but only the analog sticks worked the face buttons wouldn't work.
My 2.5% save was wiped after update.
Noticeable sttuter not sure if my pc was to blame
Crashed multiple times during 2nd mission making it frustrating. Other than that the settings menu sometimes results in a crash to desktop.
Could not config graphics in game or the game would crash if you try to apply graphic settings in the menu.
(The native verson wasn't much better but got better performance.
gamemoderun %command%
Иногда теряется связь с сервером в кроссплатформенной игре (Windows and Linux).
Всё запустилось из коробки. Играл с другом на Windows, если я хост, то у него иногда происходят вылеты с сервера, если хост он, то соответственно наоборот у меня вылеты.
You can actually start the game and see the menu and configure your epic games account, the problem starts when you actually try to start to play.
Crashes on loading screen.
after trying different proton versions, GE proton, and experimental, only expermental allowed me to set controls, however it crashes on loading games, different versions crash at different points between opening credits, to loading game
The game needs 3rd party integrations that fail to install on launch.
runs great no issues
taskset -c 0,1 steamtinkerlaunch %command%
Characters had a one pixel outline around them with incorrectly rendered lighting
Occassionally freezes unrecoverably
Used several launch options for stability and personal comfort. Steamtinkerlaunch was used to modify the FOV with the SaintsRowFOV editor from the Saints Row mods forum while inside the correct Wine prefix. The DXVK_FRAME_RATE environment variable was set to 60 inside the steamtinkerlaunch utility to prevent freezing/crashing. Taskset was used to limit the number of CPU cores avaliable to the game to only 2 cores which also can prevent freezing/crashing.
Minor frames drops on minimum details while playing in 60 fps
The online services in this game have been retired. To remove stuttering, go to desktop mode and add the following to the /etc/hosts file. This will prevent the game from trying to communicate with non-existent services (thus causing the stutter).
127.0.0.1 sr3.hydra.agoragames.com
127.0.0.1 sr4.hydra.agoragames.com
Source: https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Saints_Row_IV#Stuttering_caused_by_My_Steelport_service_shutdown
Runs great once you put in the fix to stop the stuttering and use GE Proton
It may be dxvk building cache, but I notice some freeze frames for split second here and there.
It crashes after playing for a while. Does not matter which version of proton I use. Even tried proton experimental.
I would recommend you to use proton experimental on the opening sequence or it crashes. It will still inevitebly crash at random.
Stability and perfomance issues
After progress in storyline city starts lags so much
The more progress ingame the more crashes to meet
In phone passive income will stuck if you press on it few times
Crashes if second player dissconnected
Changing to proton experimental and GE proton dont help a lot
gamemoderun %command%
It crashed 2 times (6hrs playing) whereas it crashed multiple times on my friend's pc running under windows (we both were all the time playing coop).
(GOG version) Works good
Played GOG version with Proton 7.0-1.
Needs to run language_setup.exe in order to change game language.
gamemoderun %command%
Servers are down, co-op/multiplayer is borked
Native runtime is borked, co-op is borked for everyone, would advise setting up VPN for co-op with friends
Game occasionally freezes. Sometimes it recovers after about 30 seconds, otherwise I simply have to close the game entirely.
Proton Experimental (as of 11/23/2021) is the only way to get the game to work. Disable in-game radio.
Game will crash frequently if listening to the in-game music/radio (30-45minutes). Without listening to the radio the game will last multiple hours before another unexpected crash (which will still happen).
As mentioned - it's the game's music/radio that seems to determine length of time before another crash.
Other versions of Proton and the Native release would either crash frequently or not boot to menu at all. The game plays 'ok' but should definitely not be considered native or even platinum.
The native version is broken, but the game works fine on Proton.
Stutters briefly after first start. It looks like this is the result of compiling shaders.
has lags all the time
Stutter, stutter, stutter...
unplayable after first mission & stutters after a lack of input
freezing when theres a lack of input
on a new save, after the first mission the game appears to still load whilst also in the character creator. theres ways to interact with it but managing to accept a character still appears to load. on reloading the game if you load the save it will play the first cutscene of the second mission but infinitely loads
