Anyone running on Linux?

[Bassman Strikes]

I see Valve says it's unsupported on Steam Deck but on HoloISO (steam deck OS on regular PC hardware) it runs fantastic.

[Shroomy]

I'm running on linux, but pingwins get my feet freezin' bruh!

[SylenThunder]

Valve says it's not supported on the Steam Deck because the hardware isn't capable of stable FPS and gameplay.
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2023/09/yes-you-can-play-starfield-on-steam-deck-but-really-you-shouldnt/

I plan on doing a Linux vs Windows comparison in the near future, but work has kept me pretty busy and I haven't properly configured dual-boot.

[Bassman Strikes]

So their unsupported is only because of hardware limitations of the Steam Deck not so much that it won't run on Linux (which it does really well)

[SylenThunder]

Originally posted by Bassman Strikes:

So their unsupported is only because of hardware limitations of the Steam Deck not so much that it won't run on Linux (which it does really well)

Correct. I hear t runs pretty well with Proton. Someday this week I may actually get to try it.

[death incarnate]

I've run it on linux successfully. There is one quirk however, when using a controller (Xbox Series X) the game swaps the start and select button. This is somewhat fixable via Steam and letting it handle controller stuff. I haven't tried with a PS5 controller yet.

[oak]

I run it daily on a Linux desktop.
Mint 21.2, kernel 6.2.0-36, Ryzen CPU w NV 2070 Super and, currently, NV drivers 545.29.02 beta.

I just run it through the Steam client, no game manager.

There was a period (I think it was driver 535.something?) where it wouldn't run, and at the time neither would Cyberpunk, so I was switched back to Windows for gaming. Recent updates sorted that, and I developed a dislike of Cyberpunk, so I was happily able to jump right back to Linux. That's all an Nvidia issue though, I think Radeon drivers have been 'ok' since the beginning.

Comparison to Windows on the same hardware, maybe 10% additional FPS in Windows on average depending on area.

[death incarnate]

A question for my fellow linux users, does anyone else's mouse misbehave in game? Unless I hold the right button or maybe a key on the keyboard my cursor disappears. The mouse does NOT move the camera unless an additional button is pressed. The arrow keys also don't work.

[oak]

I had that happen 3 times? maybe. Not sure if it's unique to Linux, and certainly hasn't happened often. Yesterday I had the scroll wheel no longer scroll, fixed itself after restarting the game. Could just be general input issues with the game.

[oak]

Further FYI for Linux+Nvidia users, in case anyone's going to come across this.
In order to get DLSS to appear as an option with 1.8.86 I had to add the following to launch options for the game:
PROTON_HIDE_NVIDIA_GPU=0 PROTON_ENABLE_NVAPI=1 %command%

I hadn't added it before, hadn't needed to go into settings that deep. Don't know if that means I left any performance on the table, but oh well. Working now.

[death incarnate]

Originally posted by oak:

I had that happen 3 times? maybe. Not sure if it's unique to Linux, and certainly hasn't happened often. Yesterday I had the scroll wheel no longer scroll, fixed itself after restarting the game. Could just be general input issues with the game.

I'll have to experiment more, it seems for me that I have mouse and keyboard issues all the time in linux. For fun I rebooted to Windows and the problem went away. Not sure if this is X, Proton, Steam's controller input or what exactly. I'm also working with Streamdeck (not the console) cause I find it makes for a nice single button press for several things rather than deal with a controller or mouse and keeb.

[[TGSA] oujisan2236]

Originally posted by Bassman Strikes:

I see Valve says it's unsupported on Steam Deck but on HoloISO (steam deck OS on regular PC hardware) it runs fantastic.

got nothing to do with the software its most likley the hardware side