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Capped refresh rate to 40hz.
The game can run at 60fps a fair amount of the time, but can dip into the 40's and at time sub 30.
Cutscenes are broken using native Linux version.
Using Proton is a must if you care about cutscenes, as the native Linux version will display a black screen when cutscene should play.
I capped the game at 40hz as it can run quite hot and I observed dips into the 40's anyway.
Only occured occasionally when putting the Deck to sleep and waking it after some time. Fixed on relaunch.
Played on both a Linux Mint desktop and Steam Deck, perfect on both.
Audio worked fine for me using the native build. If using an external display, you may need to force higher resolutions in the Steam properties menu for the game as the highest it would go for me in game prior to any changes was 720p.
Ran Epic version via NonSteamLauncher. Didn't change any settings since it ran at 800p 90fps just fine.
Two times the audio disappeared during a match, and the controls on the end results screen died too, but once back on the main homescreen it fixes itself.
Frame rate in menus drops to the low to mid 40's for some reason.
Every time you boot the game, your first or second match will include a 2 - 3 second freeze, after which the game will run fine.
There's also a consistent lag when entering a match. The 3 second countdown as a fight begins isn't in sync with your game so you can often start fighting on "2" or at worst you get control as the countdown has just started.
Almost perfect. There can be some slight slowdown during intense fights, but it tends to occur when you're getting knocked around beyond ability to fight back on a busy stage.
The game is hardcapped to 60fps. Doesn't support 16:10 so black bars on the top and bottom. Otherwise perfect on max settings.
The game is capped at 30fps which results in less than fluid aiming. It crashed on me a single time, right at the end of the game during the final boss fight, but I eventually beat it a second time with no crashing.
Bethini and ModOrganiser for stability mods only.
On medium presets, looking down on Whiterun from Dragons reach would cause major frame drops into the 30's. More general framerate hovers around the high 40's. In combat can absolutely tank into the 20's.
Bethini didn't make much difference to the framerate on medium. On low or poor presets, the game Raj significantly better, but looked closer to the Switch port which isn't in keeping with the power of the Deck.
Recommendation to play the Special Edition instead. The same test (looking down at Whiterun from Dragonsreach) reproduces no such issues on the same presets, with the draw distance cranked higher.
Initial review was negative as I was running it using Proton 6.3, which I've found makes for a stuttery mess in Bethesda games.
Upping the proton version to 7, experimental, or recen GE versions (I tried 28 and 29) led to very pleasant experience.
Looking down on Whiterun from Dragonsreach can still lead to some framedrops, but where I was seeking drops to the high 30's, they only drop into the mid 50's and generally improve as the game is played.
I recommend tinkering with shadows. Turning them from high to low left me with a near constant 60fps, but with shadows, stuttering was fairly frequent.
Bethini.
Bethini preset set to medium with recommended tweaks enables. Important as default Skyrim medium presets causes framedrops into the 40's. Increased view distance to around two thirds.
With these settings, game runs at a near locked 60fps. Without them, game tends to dip into 50's frequently and occasionally 40's.
