Switching to dx12 on steamdeck

[Unturned Hunter]

I've been having issues with frames around water on the steam deck. Multiple people have told me vulkan is the problem. But switching to dx12 in game will cause the game to not launch. Tried to change it in the system.xml file also but it still won't launch. Is there a way to make dx12 work?

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Steam Deck is running Linux so you probably have to use the Vulkan option anyways.

I don't really understand why anyone would want to strain their eyes and just not have a good overall gaming experience trying to play a game like GTA or RDR on Steam Deck. Kind of pointless if you ask me.

[Unturned Hunter]

Originally posted by Bad 💀 Motha:

Steam Deck is running Linux so you probably have to use the Vulkan option anyways.

I don't really understand why anyone would want to strain their eyes and just not have a good overall gaming experience trying to play a game like GTA or RDR on Steam Deck. Kind of pointless if you ask me.

Game looks fine on sd and the only performance issue is the before mentioned fps drops only near water. I enjoy being able to chill in bed after a long days work and play whatever I want on sd

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Change the following and see if helps.

Water Quality and Water Physics to Medium or Low (this has to do with water in Streams, Rivers, Lakes)

Reflections on Low (this has to do with rain and wet surfaces)

[Unturned Hunter]

Originally posted by Bad 💀 Motha:

Change the following and see if helps.

Water Quality and Water Physics to Medium or Low (this has to do with water in Streams, Rivers, Lakes)

Reflections on Low (this has to do with rain and wet surfaces)

I tried that. I tried even turning everything to the lowest setting and still nothing. Also it ALWAYS drops to exactly 29fps around water only, otherwise its a sturdy 45-50fps. After digging around other forums and reddit posts I ended on it being the vulkan thing. Many people told me dx12 fixes it but I just can't get it to work.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

It drops to 29 and that's a big deal?
It's just normal.

[Unturned Hunter]

Originally posted by Bad 💀 Motha:

It drops to 29 and that's a big deal?
It's just normal.

It's not the number hat bothers me it's the instability of it that irritates me. How jagged/not smooth it is. Anyway I fixed it. It was the vram. I had it set to 4 but it's gotta be 1 for rdr2 apparently

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Well that's the thing; you really NEED 3-4 GB VRAM for RDR2.
What screen res is it set to run at? The Steam Deck is only 1280x800, correct?
Although I think it can upscale to 1080p or 2160p (4K) on some games for External Display.

Maybe do a Google search: Steam Deck best graphics settings for RDR2
Can look on YouTube as well.

[EndureThePain]

umm so i did the same thing cause i believed the issue was vulkan and now the game wont start and i dont know to revert the settings back from dx... any tips ?

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Originally posted by EndureThePain:

umm so i did the same thing cause i believed the issue was vulkan and now the game wont start and i dont know to revert the settings back from dx... any tips ?

Edit the system.xml file in the Documents > Rockstar Games > RDR2 folder

[Warlock]

Originally posted by Bad 💀 Motha:

Steam Deck is running Linux so you probably have to use the Vulkan option anyways.

I don't really understand why anyone would want to strain their eyes and just not have a good overall gaming experience trying to play a game like GTA or RDR on Steam Deck. Kind of pointless if you ask me.

The gane runs totally fine ar 1080p 30fps lock, only if you see water it drops for some reason

[Bad 💀 Motha]

30 is too low. The input lagg is going to feel extremely sluggish below 40 fps.

Helps to keep VSync off though, at least within the game settings otherwise it has some odd game issues such as ridiculously long load times and such

[Oldman]

So at the end, nobody knows how to run rdr2 on dx12. I've tried many versions of Proton and Proton ge included. Non of it worked. It really seem like Linux won't work with dx12. I've seen a lot of videos. The only way to run rdr2 on dx12 is to change system from Linux to Windows. Performs good, but I don't have balls to do so. Gotta play on 30fps lock, cuz otherwise experience will suck.

[jpcarsmedia]

Reset your graphics to default and tweak settings from there. Should be getting better performance.

[Oldman]

Originally posted by jpcarsmedia:

Reset your graphics to default and tweak settings from there. Should be getting better performance.

thx