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Turn off VSync, causes a lot of lag
VSync caused major lag
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Installed nVidia as per the official nVidia readme and Arch nVidia wiki. Tweaked system via X - Grok recommendations for Kubu 24.10. System in performance mode. Alien Isolation plays perfectly.
Perfect out of the box
Played the base game start to finish as well as the Crew Expendable and Last Survivor DLCs, no issues at all.
This is one of the best native Linux games. Optimization is at the highest level, no problems in the game. Maximum graphics settings, not a single problem except for extremely rare freezes (probably when loading levels). Otherwise, FPS is extremely stable, and stays at the monitor frequency. In general, the gameplay is as comfortable as possible, I recommend the game to absolutely everyone!
I'm unsure if this has something to do with Wine/Proton, but sometimes some sounds get attached to your mouse movement, so they keep playing as you turn your body around. Restarting the game fixes it
Tested on Heroic Launcher using Proton-GE-Proton9-15
One of the best things to exist on the Alienverse and one of the best horror games in general out there!
Runs perfectly fine and the game is greatly optmized. Didn't test the native version, but it runs flawlesly through proton!
Steam pages says its supports the dualsense, this is not true. it only supports xbox, playstation controllers work only if steam input is on and it will be registered as an xbox controller.
Runs fine minus the whole lie about supporting dualsense.
Cargan los sombreadores de Vulkan, pero no abre
Buscando soluciones encontré que este juego tiene a fallar en distribuciones basadas en Arch, realmente nada de lo que probé en internet funcionó para que iniciará
On the native version I got 25 fps on the absolute lowest settings at 720p. Switched to Proton experimental, now I get upwards of 90 fps on the highest settings at 1080p.
gamemoderun %command%
There were a couple times when I randomly crashed, but it was very smooth and stable overall.
Renamed AMD_IDENT.USM, CA_IDENT.USM, and FOX_IDENT.USM under Steam/steamapps/common/Alien Isolation/DATA/UI/MOVIES/ to skip the intro videos.
This game can be kinda buggy in general but it runs great otherwise.
Menuing was unexpectedly slow, but switching to GE Proton fixed this.
No other issues! Game works pefectly.
The native Linux version works fine out of the box
When I start the game in my hardware (Ryzen 7 Pro 4750U) it shows a warning that says "Unsupported graphics card or driver" but otherwise the game runs perfectly fine out of the box. I played the game from start to end several times including all DLCs and everything just works.
some crashes during cut scenes
crashed twice during first major cutscenes. I skipped it
Works as intended without any issues. Proton Experimental.
Suspense game from humans and aliens. Works perfect
I made the video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oswrpwp4BT4 but I highly recommend playing it in hard or higher. Gives that extra OHHH SNAP!! to it.
Any problem with libraries can be easily solved with 3-5 minutes of googling.
Some animations and NPCs behaviours got a little weird, but no real gameplay interference.
It's just like Windows, with all the ins & outs of the engine
The game is not recommended in Experimental mode under openSUSE Tumbleweed with KDE Plasma. It causes the complete dysfunction of the Plasma desktop once you quit from the game. The best solution is Proton 8.0-4 which includes a fully workable gamepad (PDP Xbox Series X compatible), including the vibration.
Disabling the SSAO and lowering the shading from Ultra to High will guarantee the best framerates, including keeping the Antialiasing TA2x and the Anisotropic at 16x with Mesa 23.2.
Sporadic ingame bugs such the Alien that might come out of the walls without triggering any collision sprite, then disappear into thin air :) It just don't depend on the system, it's the game itself even if it aged well, anyway.
time to time would not open
It ran alright on native getting 60fps except when there was flashing lights or a lot of effects. With Proton Experimental it has ran perfectly on ultra settings with only lag on the loading screens.
Could not run it out of box, had to force Proton, runs great after (seems like Arch Linux issue)
Even though the game is listed as "Native", I could not launch it. After quick googling, seems to have an issue with Arch Linux systems (I ran EndeavourOS).
Forcing the game to go through Proton (at the time of review, 8.0-2) fixed the issue.
Game runs and performance is great, but on Arch Linux (I use EndeavourOS) you might have to force Proton. 8.0-2 worked for me, did not need Experimental.
Works fine on Thinkpad T495 with AMD Vega 8 mobile GPU
I didn't expect that the game would run so fluently without being forced to solve issues first. Even with medium settings and above, if can deal with rare framerates below 20. But it's an integrated GPU with shared memory of 2GB max. Especially because of the hint from 'Feral Interacitve' that it would had been ported / optimized for nVidia-GPUs only.
- (Proton 7.0-6)
Native wont start - used proton 7+ and experimental with no problems
env RADV_PERFTEST=rt __GLX_VENDOR_LIBRARY_NAME=mesa MESA_LOADER_DRIVER_OVERRIDE=zink GALLIUM_DRIVER=zink gamemoderun %command%
The game has a native port and people recommend using proton, so what should you do? By default, without ticking any compatibility tools, the steam will download the Windows version of the game, but won't launch it with proton, making the game unlaunchable.
At this point you have Two options: 1 - Use proton and thus, the windows version of the game. 2 - You want to play the native port but you're confused, as no documentation's available online.
If you want to use the linux port, uninstall the game, then go in the properties of the game, then tick the "Steam linux runtime" as the compatibility tool. This will show steam you want to use the linux port of the game. Then re-install the game. Once that's done, the linux port will be downloaded and ready to launch.
Now you probably noticed i used extra-launch arguments. Those are optional, their purposes are to use Zink (to let the game run OpenGL on Vulkan), and the activation of Feral's Gamemode.
Refresh rate does not fit properly to the monitor. Some flickering. Could be fixed with startup options.
Native version does not launch on Arch because it heavily relies on Debian (missing files). I tried manually installing missing libraries and symlinking but could not get around Proton on Arch. Just force Proton Experimental via the properties and enjoy playing.
Works perfectly on max graphics with no performance issues.
One crash when shift + tabbing to use the Steam Overlay, but no issues otherwise
With the game originally made with controllers in mind, the control scheme is fun to use and easy to pick up. Seeing as the game is very well optimized you can reasonably turn down the settings for more playtime on this game. I've only played in story mode, but with ultra settings and uncapped FPS, the Steam Deck still kept up for about 3 hours from a full charge.
