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Use atfix: https://github.com/doitsujin/atelier-sync-fix/ Just drop next to the game's exe Thanks to the person who brought this up and the person who made it. I hope this can be integrated into Proton so it runs well out of the box. For some reason, this works without needing to add it to WINEDLLOVERRIDES as an environment variable. Even with this fix, some actions like jumping cause GPU utilization to drop temporarily along with the framerate.
Extremely low framerate without atfix.
The default setting for shadows is high, but it seems that this only affects shadow resolution. Setting this to standard/low does 40fps easily with all other settings at their maximum values, and has very little visual quality loss.
The game becomes unresponsive on loading screens sometimes, no screen update. There is no apparent logical cause, you can load and pick up where you left off and it'll work. The game auto-saves very often so it's livable but still quite inconvenient. This is with atfix, did go far enough to test without using it.
Lowered settings
In a previous report I made, the game would sometimes hang and only sometimes launch when you press play. As of the past week or so, it's been reliably starting every time. This is the same between PC and Steam Deck OLED.
You might want to adjust the gyro settings, based on feel
Does not work with any version of Proton OOB, from 4.11 to Experimental, and GE 7-31.
Black screen or "Application has crashed"
Laggy in certain areas for no apparent reason. Average framerates tend to vary wildly from 20s up to 90 although frametimes are very consistent and there is no stuttering. This is notable while exploring tartarus or simply being in the protagonist's room. Reducing the graphics settings only alleviates this slightly. It is also necessary to disable reflections to get playable framerates in some areas, they are on by default.
%command% --disable-gpu
It's difficult to play this game well on gamepad controls. I'd suggest flickstick or connecting an external KB/mouse.
This game's UI does not scale well up nor down.
Lowering graphics settings is necessary for a high framerate, but this is a pretty old game.
Aside from requiring configuration of the launch command, the OOB experience is poor due to the halfway-there controller input support, and needs configuration to make playing on the deck competitive with M/KB users, and to navigate the menus.
40hz will save you 1-3W of power draw depending on the scene. TDP and GPU clock controls are mostly useless in this case, the game always only draws as much as it needs to reach the frame target. Pushing these values will only cause framerate loss or frametime stuttering. (below 7W/700Mhz)
With the default settings (60hz, 60fps limit), you get 3-4hrs and that can be improved by using the 40hz/40fps limiter.
The initial menu has small text. The rest of the game is very well scaled to the 7" display.
Easily does 60fps stable, or 40fps stable with 40hz setting. No issues with suspend, although I always do it from pause menu or during a dialogue. Will only do preset resolution settings, and 1280x720 is the closest.
/home/username/fix.sh %command%
Add input labels, Alt+n controls
Without using a workaround, the game will always crash when trying to start a mission or cutscene.
Currently requires the workaround described by https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton/issues/7521#issuecomment-2307604405 Remember that the script must be set as executable and to use {} instead of ()
