support steam deck?

[人生の夜明け]

I want LOM to support the steam deck
https://www.steamdeck.com/

[Mazzle Dazzle]

I mean obviously it's a PC.

[RandomLinuxUser]

Steam Deck will run Linux so, no. This game freezes after a few minutes of play using Proton right now. There's already a GitHub issue for it, but I don't see it getting fixed in the near future.

Edit to clarify: if you install Windows on it instead of SteamOS, sure. My comment only applies to it as shipped.

[Mazzle Dazzle]

Originally posted by drew.brunning:

Steam Deck will run Linux so, no. This game freezes after a few minutes of play using Proton right now. There's already a GitHub issue for it, but I don't see it getting fixed in the near future.

Edit to clarify: if you install Windows on it instead of SteamOS, sure. My comment only applies to it as shipped.

I've actually played on linux, if you disable the music it works without crashing. Even if you don't, I was able to play in 30 minute increments before a crash occurred. I played through primarily on linux and disabled the music audio a bit into it. I actually got far better framerates on linux as well.

[RandomLinuxUser]

I've got two saves I've been testing with that reliably crash. One is 6 minutes of game play from the start of the game and crashes when moving between screens. The other is 14 minutes and always crashes during the first boss fight. 30 minutes would be incredible if I could make it that long without this game crashing using SteamPlay and Proton.

At your suggestion I've tried with sound effects and music both set to 0 to disable them. Unfortunately the crash still occurs reliably with audio settings not making any impact.

Based on ProtonDB, you seem to be the only reporter who's been able to get this game to work without serious issue.

[omgitsbees]

At the very least you will be able to stream Legend of Mana from your PC to Steam Deck.

[Mazzle Dazzle]

Originally posted by drew.brunning:

I've got two saves I've been testing with that reliably crash. One is 6 minutes of game play from the start of the game and crashes when moving between screens. The other is 14 minutes and always crashes during the first boss fight. 30 minutes would be incredible if I could make it that long without this game crashing using SteamPlay and Proton.

At your suggestion I've tried with sound effects and music both set to 0 to disable them. Unfortunately the crash still occurs reliably with audio settings not making any impact.

Based on ProtonDB, you seem to be the only reporter who's been able to get this game to work without serious issue.

Its cause its still loading the audio files. I deleted all of the files labeled music in the sound folder.
Edit: At least I think that's why, I'm not 100% sure. I'm using linux mint and proton GE.

[RandomLinuxUser]

Originally posted by Mazzle Dazzle:

Its cause its still loading the audio files. I deleted all of the files labeled music in the sound folder.
Edit: At least I think that's why, I'm not 100% sure. I'm using linux mint and proton GE.

Just tried this; unfortunately to no avail. For what it's worth the hang/crash being reported by most people so far has the music continue playing just fine after the rest of the game freezes until the game crashes. Given that it happens when changing screens or during combat when the music is already loaded it seems more likely related to a graphics issue.

[Mazzle Dazzle]

Originally posted by drew.brunning:

Originally posted by Mazzle Dazzle:

Its cause its still loading the audio files. I deleted all of the files labeled music in the sound folder.
Edit: At least I think that's why, I'm not 100% sure. I'm using linux mint and proton GE.

Just tried this; unfortunately to no avail. For what it's worth the hang/crash being reported by most people so far has the music continue playing just fine after the rest of the game freezes until the game crashes. Given that it happens when changing screens or during combat when the music is already loaded it seems more likely related to a graphics issue.

Me playing for an hour on linux as proof. Its
either audio related or related to loading and unloading audio assets. It definitely crashed before I did it. I show what I did in the video as well.
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1089726694

[Abaxoth]

Originally posted by Mazzle Dazzle:

Originally posted by drew.brunning:

Just tried this; unfortunately to no avail. For what it's worth the hang/crash being reported by most people so far has the music continue playing just fine after the rest of the game freezes until the game crashes. Given that it happens when changing screens or during combat when the music is already loaded it seems more likely related to a graphics issue.

Me playing for an hour on linux as proof. Its
either audio related or related to loading and unloading audio assets. It definitely crashed before I did it. I show what I did in the video as well.
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1089726694

Wow! This is amazing. I don't see any FPS drops too.

[Mazzle Dazzle]

Originally posted by Abaxoth:

Originally posted by Mazzle Dazzle:

Me playing for an hour on linux as proof. Its
either audio related or related to loading and unloading audio assets. It definitely crashed before I did it. I show what I did in the video as well.
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1089726694

Wow! This is amazing. I don't see any FPS drops too. :NorminBlue:

Yea it runs better on Linux if you delete the sound files. That was what I was saying before. Whatever is going wrong, it's somehow related.

[RandomLinuxUser]

Thanks for the video.

Originally posted by Mazzle Dazzle:

Me playing for an hour on linux as proof. Its
either audio related or related to loading and unloading audio assets. It definitely crashed before I did it. I show what I did in the video as well.
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1089726694

Could you clarify the video title part here: " I had to delete the sound files - the config file" - which config file did you need to delete? That may be the part I missed when just deleting the audio files. If I can get this to work, I can definitely update the GitHub issue with more details so that hopefully the Proton team can get it resolved so that we can play with audio.

[RandomLinuxUser]

Originally posted by Abaxoth:

Wow! This is amazing. I don't see any FPS drops too. :NorminBlue:

Yeah, even when seeing frequent crashes and without modifying the sound files, I don't see any of the performance issues others are reporting on Windows. It's really just that I can't get 15 minutes through the game without it crashing still.

[Abaxoth]

Originally posted by drew.brunning:

Originally posted by Abaxoth:

Wow! This is amazing. I don't see any FPS drops too.

Yeah, even when seeing frequent crashes and without modifying the sound files, I don't see any of the performance issues others are reporting on Windows. It's really just that I can't get 15 minutes through the game without it crashing still.

We are on to something here. I tried what you just did right now (moved all the sound files in the windata/sound folder that starts with music in its filename) and I did not experience the slowdowns at all. Both in combat and world view. I only went in for like 5 minutes and no-crashes also, I will try to continue my playthrough on Proton tomorrow (since I'd rather have no sound/sfx-only) than with everything intact but low-fps.

Sadly I tried this on Windows and it didn't seem to help with the fps issues (I play this game currently on Windows 11 via VMWare 16) and yeah I get the slowdowns on combat and worldview. Combat seems to be fine in most cases until I use a special technique / ability where it goes as low as 10fps.

[Abaxoth]

It would be funny if the cause of the slowdowns (for WIndows) and crashes (for Proton) is cause by DRM related to sound/music .

[Mazzle Dazzle]

Originally posted by drew.brunning:

Thanks for the video.

Originally posted by Mazzle Dazzle:

Me playing for an hour on linux as proof. Its
either audio related or related to loading and unloading audio assets. It definitely crashed before I did it. I show what I did in the video as well.
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1089726694

Could you clarify the video title part here: " I had to delete the sound files - the config file" - which config file did you need to delete? That may be the part I missed when just deleting the audio files. If I can get this to work, I can definitely update the GitHub issue with more details so that hopefully the Proton team can get it resolved so that we can play with audio.

Sorry I meant... I deleted all of the items in the sound folder subtracting the config file. I left that there.