
JoseRH
Published
Caesar IV
Tinker Steps:Switch to older version: 4.11-13, protontricks
I struggled a bit with the description from the last post here due to different folders and things not giving me the expected result. What worked for me is similar but IMO a bit more visual.
- In Steam, switch compatibility to proton 4.11-13 for this game.
- In Protontricks, select the game, navigate to: "Select the default Wineprefix / Install a Windows DLL or component". Select "dotnet20" and "d3dx9_29" to install. Follow wizzar steps.
- Back in Protontricks, go to "Run taskmgr". Click "new task", type "cmd". In the command line navigate to the folder with: cd .steam/steam/steamapps/common/caesar 4/C4 and then run this file: registerdll.bat In the end it reads something like "types have been defines correctly". Close Protontricks and play normally.
Without tinkering, the launcher opens normally but you get an error when lunching the game.
Proton 4.11-13
Distro:Fedora Linux 38 (Workstation Edition)
Kernel:6.3.6-200.fc38.x86_64
RAM:48 GB
GPU Driver:NVIDIA 530.41.03
GPU:NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
CPU:Intel Core i7-8750H @ 2.20GHz
Proton 4.11-13
Distro:Fedora Linux 38 (Workstation Edition)
Kernel:6.3.6-200.fc38.x86_64
RAM:48 GB
GPU Driver:NVIDIA 530.41.03
GPU:NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
CPU:Intel Core i7-8750H @ 2.20GHz
STAR WARS Jedi: Survivor
As long as you are happy with the low FPS and los graphics quality, the game is playable and you get to enjoy the story
Tinker Steps:Switch to experimental
Secondary Launcher Problem:
Some times have to start the game twice for it to pass the EA louncher
Graphics:Heavy Artifacts, Missing Textures
Characters faces don't look great, sometimes even missing the entire head. Most commonly fucsia or green bright colours around the hair, beard...
Performance:Significant Performance Problems
This greatly changes depending on the area, sometimes I'm on a stable 30FPS, sometimes it dees as los as 5
If you want high quatily graphics and high FPS, play on another system.
Proton Experimental
Distro:SteamOS Holo
Kernel:5.13.0-valve10.1-1-neptune-02144-g7fffaf925dfb
RAM:15 GB
GPU Driver:4.6 Mesa 22.0.0-devel (git-676ccacebc)
GPU:AMD Custom GPU 0405 (vangogh, LLVM 13.0.0, DRM 3.45, 5.13.0-valve10.1-1-neptune-02144-g7fffaf925dfb)
CPU:AMD Custom APU 0405
Proton Experimental
Distro:SteamOS Holo
Kernel:5.13.0-valve10.1-1-neptune-02144-g7fffaf925dfb
RAM:15 GB
GPU Driver:4.6 Mesa 22.0.0-devel (git-676ccacebc)
GPU:AMD Custom GPU 0405 (vangogh, LLVM 13.0.0, DRM 3.45, 5.13.0-valve10.1-1-neptune-02144-g7fffaf925dfb)
CPU:AMD Custom APU 0405