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Shadow Warrior Classic (1997)
Gold
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Rebeca Reboco(4 reports)
2 hours overall
Rebeca Reboco (4 reports)
2 hours overall
2 weeks ago

If you think the standard dosbox emulation looks horrible. you can use Luxtorpeda to make the game look better and use the raze sourceport

2 weeks ago
Tinker Steps:Custom Proton: Luxtorpeda

if you want to use Luxtorpeda, use the ProtonUp-qt application and change the proton version to Luxtorpeda and thats it, the game looks 100 times better now

Custom Proton: Luxtorpeda
Distro:Linux Mint 22.1
Kernel:6.11.0-17-generic
RAM:16 GB
GPU Driver:NVIDIA 550.120
GPU:NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti
CPU:AMD Ryzen 7 2700 Eight-Core
Rebeca Reboco(4 reports)
2 hours overall
Custom Proton: Luxtorpeda
Distro:Linux Mint 22.1
Kernel:6.11.0-17-generic
RAM:16 GB
GPU Driver:NVIDIA 550.120
GPU:NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti
CPU:AMD Ryzen 7 2700 Eight-Core
ghazi(8 reports)
< 1 hour overall< 1 hour on Linux
ghazi (8 reports)
< 1 hour overall< 1 hour on Linux
3 years ago

With luxtorpeda proton and raze engine, it works like a charm.

3 years ago
Tinker Steps:Custom Proton: luxtorpeda v53, Set launch options
gamemoderun %command%

You need to change your proton version to luxtorpeda proton to be able to play it natively without any lag or bugs and in the resolution you like.

Custom Proton: luxtorpeda v53
Distro:Arch Linux
Kernel:5.17.5-arch1-1
RAM:4 GB
GPU Driver:3.1 Mesa 22.0.3
GPU:Intel Mesa Intel HD 4400 (HSW GT2)
CPU:Intel Core i3-4150 @ 3.50GHz
ghazi(8 reports)
< 1 hour overall< 1 hour on Linux
Custom Proton: luxtorpeda v53
Distro:Arch Linux
Kernel:5.17.5-arch1-1
RAM:4 GB
GPU Driver:3.1 Mesa 22.0.3
GPU:Intel Mesa Intel HD 4400 (HSW GT2)
CPU:Intel Core i3-4150 @ 3.50GHz
AlexS(846 reports)
< 1 hour overall< 1 hour on Linux
AlexS (846 reports)
< 1 hour overall< 1 hour on Linux
3 years ago

(GOG version) Works good

3 years ago

Played GOG version with Proton 7.0-1/DOSBox.

Start params for DOSBox:

%command% -conf "../dosbox_swarrior.conf" -conf "../dosbox_swarrior_single.conf" -noconsole -c "exit"

Proton 7.0-1
Distro:ROSA Fresh Desktop 12.1, platform 2021.1 (64 бит)
Kernel:5.10.74-generic-2rosa2021.1-x86_64
RAM:12 GB
GPU Driver:4.6 Mesa 21.2.4
GPU:AMD Radeon RX550/550 (POLARIS12, DRM 3.40.0, 5.10.74-generic-2rosa2021.1-x86_64, LLVM 12.0.1)
CPU:Intel Core i5-3470S @ 2.90GHz
AlexS(846 reports)
< 1 hour overall< 1 hour on Linux
Proton 7.0-1
Distro:ROSA Fresh Desktop 12.1, platform 2021.1 (64 бит)
Kernel:5.10.74-generic-2rosa2021.1-x86_64
RAM:12 GB
GPU Driver:4.6 Mesa 21.2.4
GPU:AMD Radeon RX550/550 (POLARIS12, DRM 3.40.0, 5.10.74-generic-2rosa2021.1-x86_64, LLVM 12.0.1)
CPU:Intel Core i5-3470S @ 2.90GHz
Strat ( ◕_◕)(26 reports)
< 1 hour overall(< 15 minutes with Proton)
Strat ( ◕_◕) (26 reports)
< 1 hour overall(< 15 minutes with Proton)
5 years ago

Works as well as on other platforms

5 years ago

The game itself isn't a great port but works as well as the native, which is surprising given it's running through an added DOSBox layer. Linux>Proton>DOSBox>Game.

Proton 4.11-12
Distro:Void Linux
Kernel:5.3.10_1
RAM:16 GB
GPU Driver:NVIDIA 430.40
GPU:NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
CPU:Intel Core i7-4790K @ 4.00GHz
Strat ( ◕_◕)(26 reports)
< 1 hour overall(< 15 minutes with Proton)
Proton 4.11-12
Distro:Void Linux
Kernel:5.3.10_1
RAM:16 GB
GPU Driver:NVIDIA 430.40
GPU:NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
CPU:Intel Core i7-4790K @ 4.00GHz
Alyx Vance λ(33 reports)
(< 1 hour with Proton)
Alyx Vance λ (33 reports)
(< 1 hour with Proton)
6 years ago
Bronze
6 years ago

terrible and terrible, mouse is so laggy and it's not playable under proton also NEVER play dos games on steam using proton install dosbox from your distro's repositories and use this thing https://github.com/dreamer/steam-dos/releases

Distro:Arch Linux
Kernel:5.2.3-11-tkg-pds
RAM:8 GB
GPU Driver:NVIDIA 430.34
GPU:NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
CPU:Intel Core i5-4690 @ 3.50GHz
Alyx Vance λ(33 reports)
(< 1 hour with Proton)
Distro:Arch Linux
Kernel:5.2.3-11-tkg-pds
RAM:8 GB
GPU Driver:NVIDIA 430.34
GPU:NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
CPU:Intel Core i5-4690 @ 3.50GHz
Unknown
(< 15 minutes with Proton)
Unknown 
(< 15 minutes with Proton)
6 years ago
Gold
6 years ago

Works fine in DosBox, only framerate drops from time to time.

Distro:Arch Linux
Kernel:5.2.2-arch1-1-ARCH
RAM:32 GB
GPU Driver:4.5 Mesa 19.2.0-devel (git-3f3665b8d5)
GPU:AMD Radeon VII
CPU:AMD Ryzen 7 1700 Eight-Core
Unknown
(< 15 minutes with Proton)
Distro:Arch Linux
Kernel:5.2.2-arch1-1-ARCH
RAM:32 GB
GPU Driver:4.5 Mesa 19.2.0-devel (git-3f3665b8d5)
GPU:AMD Radeon VII
CPU:AMD Ryzen 7 1700 Eight-Core
WhiteF4lkon(41 reports)
(< 15 minutes with Proton)
WhiteF4lkon (41 reports)
(< 15 minutes with Proton)
6 years ago
Bronze
6 years ago

Runs, but lags and freezes prevent play.

Distro:Linux Mint 19 Tara (64 бит)
Kernel:4.15.0-54-generic
RAM:12 GB
GPU Driver:NVIDIA 430.26
GPU:NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
CPU:AMD Phenom II X4 B55
WhiteF4lkon(41 reports)
(< 15 minutes with Proton)
Distro:Linux Mint 19 Tara (64 бит)
Kernel:4.15.0-54-generic
RAM:12 GB
GPU Driver:NVIDIA 430.26
GPU:NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
CPU:AMD Phenom II X4 B55
strong linux(41 reports)
(an hour with Proton)
strong linux (41 reports)
(an hour with Proton)
6 years ago
Platinum
6 years ago

работает

Distro:Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS (64 бит)
Kernel:4.15.0-43-generic
RAM:4 GB
GPU Driver:3.1 Mesa 19.0.0-devel - padoka PPA
GPU:AMD JUNIPER
CPU:Intel Core2 Duo E6550 @ 2.33GHz
strong linux(41 reports)
(an hour with Proton)
Distro:Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS (64 бит)
Kernel:4.15.0-43-generic
RAM:4 GB
GPU Driver:3.1 Mesa 19.0.0-devel - padoka PPA
GPU:AMD JUNIPER
CPU:Intel Core2 Duo E6550 @ 2.33GHz
Stoney_Fish(1032 reports)
(< 1 hour with Proton)
Stoney_Fish (1032 reports)
(< 1 hour with Proton)
7 years ago
Platinum
7 years ago

Perfect

Distro:Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS
Kernel:4.15.0-38-generic
RAM:16 GB
GPU Driver:NVIDIA 396.54.09
GPU:NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
CPU:Intel Core i5-7400 @ 3.00GHz
Stoney_Fish(1032 reports)
(< 1 hour with Proton)
Distro:Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS
Kernel:4.15.0-38-generic
RAM:16 GB
GPU Driver:NVIDIA 396.54.09
GPU:NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
CPU:Intel Core i5-7400 @ 3.00GHz
Unknown
(an hour with Proton)
Unknown 
(an hour with Proton)
7 years ago
Silver
7 years ago

Framerate drops a lot sometimes but it is completely playable otherwise

Distro:Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS
Kernel:4.15.0-36-generic
RAM:6 GB
GPU Driver:3.0 Mesa 18.0.5
GPU:AMD KAVERI
CPU:AMD A6-7400K Radeon R5, 6 Compute Cores 2C+4G
Unknown
(an hour with Proton)
Distro:Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS
Kernel:4.15.0-36-generic
RAM:6 GB
GPU Driver:3.0 Mesa 18.0.5
GPU:AMD KAVERI
CPU:AMD A6-7400K Radeon R5, 6 Compute Cores 2C+4G
Unknown
Unknown 
7 years ago
Platinum
7 years ago

works as expected

Distro:Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS (Kernel 4.15.0-33-generic)
GPU Driver:Mesa 18.3.0-devel
Unknown
Distro:Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS (Kernel 4.15.0-33-generic)
GPU Driver:Mesa 18.3.0-devel
Unknown
Unknown 
7 years ago
Platinum
7 years ago

Smooth, no issues

Distro:Ubuntu 18.04.1(Kernel 4.15.0-33)
GPU Driver:NVIDIA 396.54
Unknown
Distro:Ubuntu 18.04.1(Kernel 4.15.0-33)
GPU Driver:NVIDIA 396.54

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