
m1kc
Published
Singleplayer works great. Didn't test multiplayer.
Zooming is laggy
VK_ICD_FILENAMES=/usr/share/vulkan/icd.d/nvidia_icd.json __NV_PRIME_RENDER_OFFLOAD=1 __GLX_VENDOR_LIBRARY_NAME=nvidia %command%
Locked it at 40 fps, customized grpahics settings a bit. Total power consumption ended up at ~12 W, that's roughly 3,5 hours of gameplay.
Worked perfectly out of the box, no tweaks at all, 150+ fps on highest settings.
Frequently crashes without these flags
30-60 fps on RTX 2060 is not a whole lot
Fixable by flags
A bit sluggish, crashed once or twice, but it's definitely playable
%command% --use-d3d12 -USEALLAVAILABLECORES
Flawless. Framerate is stable, no problems noticed. Gamepad works, too.
30 fps lock
fps is OK most of the time, but drops to ~10 at certain points
Videos don't work
Can't move the game to screen 2, not sure why
- Right after install, go to
steamapps/common/Thronebreaker The Witcher Tales/Thronebreaker_Data/StreamingAssets
and rename or remove thevideos
folder. They don't work, and they break the game. - Wineprefix must be reset after every launch. I'm not sure why it breaks in the first place, that's my first experience with that kind of thing. Good news is, it can be done with one command, and you don't even have to use the same Wine version.
- Automatically: go to Properties > Set Launch Options and type
wineboot; PROTON_NO_ESYNC=1 %command%
. You're good to go, now it will automatically reset on every launch. - Manually: open
steamapps/compatdata/973760/pfx/drive_c
in terminal and type something likeWINEPREFIX=$(pwd) wineboot
. - Launch the game 3-4 times in a row to make sure you got that right.
- After first launch, go to game settings and turn off VSync, this will remove unpleasant stutter.
Stability issues are fixed with PROTON_NO_ESYNC flag.
If mouse is broken and you can't click anything, press and release Alt, then Ctrl, then Shift, then Super and it should work then (modifiers just get stuck sometimes).
It works but crashes at random moments. Workarounds exist but they are tiring (if I knew in advance, I wouldn't go for it).
Can't move the game to screen 2, not sure why
The main catch with this game is the ESYNC/videos puzzle. If ESYNC is on, the game crashes at random moments, also, it sometimes hangs when a video is about to start. If ESYNC is off, videos don't work at all, all you get is black screen. Renaming or removing the videos/ folder allows you to skip most of them but there are moments when it's required to watch a video to progress forward. So, the most sane config is probably playing with ESYNC off and turning it on when a video is about to start, but... you sorta don't know in advance where videos are supposed to be, so you'll have to guess. Also, sometimes videos play right after a match so you must play it with ESYNC on, risking a crash again. It's just insane.
Also, if you still decide to give it a shot:
- Turn VSync off in game settings, it hurts framerate stability a lot.
- If mouse is broken and you can't click anything, press and release Alt, then Ctrl, then Shift, then Super and it should work then (modifiers just get stuck sometimes).