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Works great, I've only found 1 issue and that is that sometimes launching the game the first time it will have a lower fps overall for some while the game will normally have around 80-90 fps i get 50-60 on first launch, but relaunching the game fixes it.
gamemoderun %command%
Microphone not detected. Tinkering may be required.
Mouse isn't fully captured by the window when using Wayland. Adding PROTON_ENABLE_WAYLAND=1 doesn't help. A workaround is to use fullscreen.
As noted in the release notes for version 7.6, Embark states that they're committed to supporting Proton (Experimental) and maintaining Linux compatibility, particularly with regards to anti-cheat. Windows has become more unstable in recent years, and doesn't seem to be getting better. With that said, Embark's statement combined with the currently smooth experience makes Linux a much more appealing platform for playing The Finals.
gamemoderun mangohud obs-gamecapture %command%
Experimental or latest Proton-GE is required for anti cheat to work.
Compared to Windows i lost about 10 to 20 FPS and i experiance ocasional drops / stutters. Still mostly maintaines 120 FPS
Occasionaly crashes when loading into a map
Gameoptions dont work for me and some common one sugessted here just prevent my game from booting at all. Most significant FPS and stability gain for me was tuning my Graphic-Settings ingame.
no tinkering at all required, runs great out of box
protontricks-> The Finals -> select the default wineprefix -> run winecfg -> In the graphics tab check "Automatically capture the mouse in full-screen windows"
The curser would not be limited to the game and if I clicked it when it was outside the game window the game would unfocus. That was using Gnome, with KDE Plasma this did not occure.
Using KDE Plasma as my Desktop Environment I had a way better experiance that with Gnome. Performance is similar to Windows. I did not encounter any other bugs in game.
gamemoderun %command%
occasionally missing textures appear as black empty voids.
app tries to force its way to always ontop.
crashes every 3-4 TDM, 2-3 quickplay games.
among the frequent crashes the game loves to recompile shaders every time it boots, leading to lengthy launches.
Its very playable but there needs to be some fixing
high gpu usage lower fps than windows and high cpu game ms
install, start and play :)
runs perfectly fine without any problems (except my hardware being bad, but that's besides the point)
PROTON_ENABLE_WAYLAND=1 PROTON_ENABLE_HDR=1 PROTON_FSR4_UPGRADE=1 SDL_VIDEODRIVER=x11 gamescope --backend sdl -H 1080 --mangoapp -- gamemoderun %command%
Game refuses to run in the main monitor (multi-monitor setup)
Some unstability if using DLSS, working ok with FSR.
Related to the window issue. Absent if using gamescope.
Adding on DarkSideAvatar's report (https://www.protondb.com/app/2073850/#pqnmcx6cTn). The game benefits a lot from using gamescope.
I'm using GNOME 48 under Wayland. Right now, there's a bug in gamescope that causes the Wayland backend to fail to run.
The SDL backend called with --backend sdl works, but everything rendered inside is color-shifted (I have no clue about which component is causing the issue here). The SDL_VIDEODRIVER=x11 envvar fixes this issue for this configuration.
Runs BETTER on Linux Fedora w/ Proton than on Windows native.
I think this along with a handful of other games are a prime example of Linux gaming becoming more and more desirable with Windows becoming too resource-hungry with background processes.
mangohud %command%
My mic is really low on volume. But i think this is because of the driver in the kernel
Would want to have more money to donate and contribute to this amazing game changer project. Thanks YAll
like the game, but i have to wait like for 5mins atleast to finish compiling the shaders
PROTON_ENABLE_WAYLAND=1 PROTON_ENABLE_HDR=1 PROTON_FSR4_UPGRADE=1 game-performance %command%
Game works perfectly, even FSR4 upgrade works with the provided launch options on CachyOS
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Top notch performances + Cinnamon workaround bonus :)
https://gist.github.com/blakkd/c3cfed5948c60d6e7ed28583c86c4e01
LD_PRELOAD="" PROTON_USE_EAC_LINUX=1 PROTON_ENABLE_NVAPI=1 DXVK_ASYNC=1 gamemoderun mangohud %command% -useallavailablecores
Running the game on low and fps is around 70
Some main menu panels such as the battle pass cause excessive frametimes when opened and closed. Frame time in general is pretty bad but not unplayable (I didnt notice it on windows)
I was expeciencing easy anti cheat kicking me from the game frequently. However this seems to be fixed and could have been the result of a game update.
You will have to do a decent amount of adjusting and testing to get this game to run OOTB. People saying otherwise are very lucky.
Alot of the Launch Options I'm using are optional and may not have an effect on your gameplay. I found that these made the game more stable but it might just be all in my head.
I would at least recommend "gamemoderun mangohud %command%"
PROTON_ENABLE_WAYLAND=1 PROTON_ENABLE_HDR=1 %command%
The game works great, I play this game a lot and if there is any issues when an update drops, its usually resolved within 24 hours. This is not a surprise though. While Linux is not directly supported by the developers, they do want the game to work in Proton :)
Last but not least I had to use a custom Proton only because I have issues with the mouse not being captured properly. Proton Wayland resolves this issue.
Runs better than on Windows with GE Proton
I was experiencing the problem where I could only play a few rounds before having to restart, but this latest patch seems to have fixed that.
Forced proton experimental
If I tab over to another application, when I go back I have some weird issues. Sometimes the game just freezes, other times something else breaks. Like one time the space bar on my keyboard stopped working. But when I tabbed out and back in again, it started working again.
Did not need to change anything to get it to work. Just used proton 10
Works out of the box on Linux with great performance. Smooth gameplay, no extra tweaks needed.
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When I join a match with voice chat enabled, the audio gets muffled, cuts out, and stops working for about 5 seconds, then it happens again. I'm using Bluetooth headphones, and I think the issue is with the headphones themselves, because it's really similar to a problem I had a while ago with some games on Windows, related to the hands free telephony service.
The game runs perfectly right out of the box using Proton on Steam. No crashes, no audio issues (aside from known Bluetooth quirks), and solid performance throughout. Great experience overall
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The game works if tinkering a little. Can recommand it
frequent crashing without forcing proton experimental. Once I set that it took a long time to load but I was able to play with no issue
Game would crash occasionally on any proton version other than hotfix.
Just switch to proton hotfix and you are ready to go. Game would crash after a short period of time on any other version of proton. Just use proton hotfix. I ran the game for 2 hours without issue, so I assume that currently proton hotfix remedies the crashing.
mangohud %command%
Performance is great, aside from occassional stutters due to the newest update. But because of the consistent crashes, sometimes within the first few minutes, sometimes within the first few rounds, this game is just unplayable.
Unless you can bare getting constant temp-bans for 'abandoning' matches, and if you're fine with reopening the game 100 times, don't bother.
Out of memory issue, I need to restart after every game, which is annoying but I get no disadvantage
Need to restart the game because of an out of memory issue. With each game the more memory is consumed. I incresed the SWAP-Partition and I now restart the game after every match. This way I can rejoin and be ready as the next game begins.
Around 200-290fps with 1440p had one pc crash but turned down OC and worked fine after.
Perfect performance
Works perfect out of the box, no tinkering, no need to increase vm map size, nothing, just Proton Hotfix and works at 120~fps on high.
Oops all Crashes
PROTON_ENABLE_NVAPI=1 PROTON_USE_EAC_LINUX=1 LD_PRELOAD="" gamemoderun %command%
No proton version works for longer than a minute
env --unset=SDL_VIDEODRIVER %command%
after updates fixes in 1-2 day
THE FINALS is the prime example of how current games must works on linux in terms of support: just hit download and play ..of course if update wasn't rolled few days ago, since this may and probably will break game :) in this case you can just force any rolling-release Proton (Proton-GE / Proton-Exp in my e.g.) and enjoy game even right after updates
the only issue that exists is shader cache can take while but it isn't much. used proton expermiel cuz i felt like it.
In short, I have had to spend probably close to 15 hours tinkering and modifying my system to get it to work.
PROTON_ENABLE_NVAPI=1 PROTON_USE_EAC_LINUX=1 LD_PRELOAD="" gamemoderun %command%
Fullscreen Exclusive and Fullscreen Windowed modes cause significant crashing events. Windowed mode does not seem to have this issue.
Logging is ineffective and will not generate for Proton, Wine, or Steam when configured as a launch option. Was able to get logs generated once and it talked about Vulkan problems but changes recommended to fix them were ineffective.
Regular crashes within 56 seconds of game starting in windowed fullscreen. Playing in windowed mode seems to resolve the problem but is miserable from a screen size aspect.
Man, this game is great when it runs. I've watched my resource allocations of both CPU and GPU and neither show abnormal behaviors. I have no idea what causes the crashes or why or how but when the game runs smoothly, it's a silky experience.
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Completely indistinguishable from the Windows experience with no tweaking needed.
