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gamemoderun %command%
Without using GE Proton (or perhaps other special versions or tinkering), some videos in the game will not play, instead they display a "video test screen". Neither standard Proton in Steam nor Experimental had working video playback.
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Multiplayer on "official" or "best available" servers does not work
Only local server option works
Issue report about multiplayer here: https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Source-1-Games/issues/5986
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If running with Linux kernel 6.8.9 or newer, make sure "Resizable BAR" and "Above 4G memory" features are enabled in BIOS, or the game will crash when loading.
As long as you don't mind missing out on multiplayer, the game in its current state works decent.
RADV_PERFTEST=gpl,sam,nggc,dccmsaa STAGING_SHARED_MEMORY=1 STAGING_WRITE_COPY=1 mangohud gamemoderun %command%
In some cutscenes the voice audio is only coming from the right speaker.
FPS fluctuates a lot even when using the automatic configurator, usually between 60-144 FPS but sometimes going as low as 50.
Multiplayer is not functional on Linux platforms (which includes Steam Deck).
mangohud taskset -a -c 0-3 gamemoderun %command%
At least with my hardware, some tinkering is needed to avoid horrible FPS drops.
The important bit I think is using taskset to limit the CPU cores the game uses, this fixed the issue of the game running at 25-60 FPS and is now around 100 instead (the cap).
For my 5900X, taskset -a -c 0-3 seems to achieve a good result.
gamemoderun %command%
Cutscenes do not play properly in the native version (audio only, no video)
mangohud gamemoderun %command%
Everything works perfectly except for the DLC intro cutscene (Subject 2923), view it on YouTube or perhaps try GE Proton.
