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120 hours on windows, 1 hour on linux so far. no issues. used proton 9 stable. was able to login to my acct, play events, save game, etc. no curosor issues, glitching, or other issues i saw described. Was just as good as playing on my old windows PC
great tower defense
mouse cursor was small
Rating "excellent" though note that bloons multiplayer netcode is not the greatest to begin with. I found it no different than Windows/Android
I played several more hours on linux, overall it works well. I do agree with some other reviews that the cursor is small. I didn't notice it until I played some high level games where it was easy to lose my cursor amidst everything going on.
Crashed spontaneously around lvl 75 of 80 in Contested Territory while actively playing. In another session crashed during a contested territory game when I paused the game and came back 6 minutes later. In both cases the game window was still launched but I could not interract with it. killing steam's process and restarted resolved the issue, though progress in game was lost to nearest save checkpoint. The crashes are unique to running on linux as I have not experienced that type of crash on Windows or android.
Played several more hours since my last report. Leaving new report for the unexpected crashes. Otherwise this still is largely functional.
Just works after initial setup
Did not play nice with hyprland. Detected my vertical monitor instead of horizontal monitor and then in-game options would not allow selecting appropriate screen size. My hyprland controls wouldn't work to force it into tile/not. In the end I needed to update my ~/.config/hypr/hyprland.conf to include the following rules:
# dark souls iii
windowrulev2 = monitor YourMonitorName, class:^(steam_app_374320)$
windowrulev2 = workspace 5, class:^(steam_app_374320)$
windowrulev2 = tile, class:^(steam_app_374320)$
windowrulev2 = fullscreen, class:^(steam_app_374320)$
Update your monitor name based off of monitor name provided when you use hyprctl monitors. For example my monitor name is Monitor HDMI-A-2 (ID 1): so I would use windowrulev2 = monitor HDMI-A-2, class:^(steam_app_374320)$
Once you've updated the hyprland.conf, make sure to reload with hyprctl reload.
The rules force the game to the correct monitor, move it to a dedicated workspace, and forces to fullscreen.
Overall it is as stable as I'd expect it. Looks and plays great. Just took a few minutes to make sure it was forced to right monitor but if youre using hyprland then this should be a fairly trivial thing. reading other reviews it seems that this isnt an issue with other desktop environments.
BETTER THAN WINDOWS!
in hyprland the game didn't detect the appropriate monitor at first, but I was able to update my hypr.config file to move it to the right monitor via windowrulev2 and then in game settings I was able to change the game to windowed (my preference).
Comparison between Windows/Linux:
- WINDOWS: I 'played' 120 hours on windows, but this actually was only 80 hours of gameplay because my game crashed so frequently and then took ages to load. This was even though my hardware met and exceeded recommended requirements.
- LINUX: I am using the same GPU but have since upgraded RAM and CPU. The game is loading much quicker and I have had zero crashes after 2 hours of gameplay. Game runs smoothly and as expected.
Played 60 hours on linux - no issues
As title says, played 60 hours on linux with no issues. When i first played i had an issue with the game detecting the correct monitor but i confirmed this was a system issue with hyprland/wayland (i needed to use xrandr to set a primary screen). Since then I have played 60 hours (compared to 80 on Windows). I was able to finish NG+ and NG++ without issue and also did over 100+ co-op summons. It was smooth sailing the whole time. Well, except for the times I died but that was a skill issue ;)
