Others experience with Starfield on Linux?

[Low Standards]

How has your experience been?

[Mocklyn the Merrymaker.]

For some strange reason it doesn't seem to change the nature of the game. Might try it on Mac OS next.

[oak]

Originally posted by Low Standards:

How has your experience been?

Perfectly fine, equivalent to playing it on windows.

I’m modding my playthroughs with mod organiser, script extender etc

There are just 2 things I haven’t been able to crack - when using MO2 the steam screenshot hot key doesn’t work, and I can’t get the CK to work properly. Others with Linux have had the ck working, so it might be distributed or gpu (I’ve got Nvidia) related.

[Low Standards]

Originally posted by oak:

Originally posted by Low Standards:

How has your experience been?

Perfectly fine, equivalent to playing it on windows.

I’m modding my playthroughs with mod organiser, script extender etc

There are just 2 things I haven’t been able to crack - when using MO2 the steam screenshot hot key doesn’t work, and I can’t get the CK to work properly. Others with Linux have had the ck working, so it might be distributed or gpu (I’ve got Nvidia) related.

Thanks for the info Oak. I hope I can get the CK working on Fedora. If not, no big deal. Thanks again.

[oak]

I can’t work out what’s tripping the ck up, I don’t want to go back to windows so even though it shouldn’t matter, or rather even though I should be able to work out what’s missing, I might try fedora or arch (steam is is based on arch I think?) and see if that changes my luck.

FWIW if you’re tinkering with it now you missed the worst of it. Initially SF was non functional on Linux and then there were some bad performance issues. Now it’s smooth.

I should find someone who wants to swap their Radeon for my Nvidia card lol or finally upgrade, it’s been a few years.

[Low Standards]

Originally posted by oak:

I can’t work out what’s tripping the ck up, I don’t want to go back to windows so even though it shouldn’t matter, or rather even though I should be able to work out what’s missing, I might try fedora or arch (steam is is based on arch I think?) and see if that changes my luck.

FWIW if you’re tinkering with it now you missed the worst of it. Initially SF was non functional on Linux and then there were some bad performance issues. Now it’s smooth.

I should find someone who wants to swap their Radeon for my Nvidia card lol or finally upgrade, it’s been a few years.

Like you I just can't go back to Windows. I never really considered it an OS. More like an advanced marketing tool. I been on Windows 99% since Windows 3.11 and I didn't even like it then. Now with the new AI push I am out.

The reason I keep going back is for the Steam games. I don't want to own 3 machines but I love the thought of modding and making a game better. It is really a struggle.

My hope now is on the Steam Console. Maybe I can keep an instance of the CK on a Proxmox instance of Windows and play it on the new Steam console.

I would love to hear your thoughts on the matter.

[oak]

Originally posted by Low Standards:

Originally posted by oak:

I can’t work out what’s tripping the ck up, I don’t want to go back to windows so even though it shouldn’t matter, or rather even though I should be able to work out what’s missing, I might try fedora or arch (steam is is based on arch I think?) and see if that changes my luck.

FWIW if you’re tinkering with it now you missed the worst of it. Initially SF was non functional on Linux and then there were some bad performance issues. Now it’s smooth.

I should find someone who wants to swap their Radeon for my Nvidia card lol or finally upgrade, it’s been a few years.

Like you I just can't go back to Windows. I never really considered it an OS. More like an advanced marketing tool. I been on Windows 99% since Windows 3.11 and I didn't even like it then. Now with the new AI push I am out.

I've run linux on my primary computers on and off since '94, but have always found myself ultimately back in the grip of Windows for game compatibility. I can't recall the specific trigger, but may 2023 I called time of death on Windows. I think it was obnoxious updates and perhaps them force reinstalling onedrive one time too many that tipped me over the edge. I *feel* so much more relaxed since then.

Otherwise, like you my experience has been varied for decades; my first independently owned PC was windows 3.1, within a few months of that though (and thanks to Uni) I had already switched to first OS/X (oh Warp, what might have been) and then Slackware Linux. Since then Windows has been a necessary evil keeping my linux boxes sidelined to server roles. Now I maintain one strictly for work functions that demand it.

The reason I keep going back is for the Steam games. I don't want to own 3 machines but I love the thought of modding and making a game better. It is really a struggle.

I get that. After switching over I had to dual-boot Windows for Starfield, Cyberpunk and Forza Horizon (gamepass). Then SF and Cyberpunk became playable and I picked up FH on Steam, so bye-bye windows partition. CK is the only thing even tempting me to think about a Windows dual-boot. CK crashes under Proton 9 a minute after loading, and while it loads and is usable under Proton 8, the save functionality isn't there (missing a function). I've stubbornly avoided Windows until now, and it frustrates me no-end I can't work out why CK is crapping out.

My hope now is on the Steam Console. Maybe I can keep an instance of the CK on a Proxmox instance of Windows and play it on the new Steam console.

I would love to hear your thoughts on the matter.

I'd consider a VM for the CK if it wasn't so resource hungry. I admit I haven't tested the theory, but my guess is that it would run like a dog under any virtual environment that wasn't heavily resourced.

[oak]

Oh, and meant to add: otherwise, I haven't found game compatibility to be an issue at all. I don't do multiplayer games that would put anticheat measures in the way, so that helps me I'm sure. It will definitely be a YMMV case, because not everyone has the same games library, but I am genuinely impressed with just how far things have come as far as gaming on linux is concerned. A surprising number of games on steam have linux branches, and Steam+Proton + the community at large have done a great job filling the gap between the rest.

[Low Standards]

Originally posted by oak:

Oh, and meant to add: otherwise, I haven't found game compatibility to be an issue at all. I don't do multiplayer games that would put anticheat measures in the way, so that helps me I'm sure. It will definitely be a YMMV case, because not everyone has the same games library, but I am genuinely impressed with just how far things have come as far as gaming on linux is concerned. A surprising number of games on steam have linux branches, and Steam+Proton + the community at large have done a great job filling the gap between the rest.

It is an amazing technology and I personally never though it would happen. It is such a game changer I don't understand why people don't talk about it more. Sad really.

Almost all the games I tried work well without crashing. I installed all video codex I could find but still some game opening scenes wind up not working.

[oak]

Originally posted by Low Standards:

Originally posted by oak:

Oh, and meant to add: otherwise, I haven't found game compatibility to be an issue at all. I don't do multiplayer games that would put anticheat measures in the way, so that helps me I'm sure. It will definitely be a YMMV case, because not everyone has the same games library, but I am genuinely impressed with just how far things have come as far as gaming on linux is concerned. A surprising number of games on steam have linux branches, and Steam+Proton + the community at large have done a great job filling the gap between the rest.

It is an amazing technology and I personally never though it would happen. It is such a game changer I don't understand why people don't talk about it more. Sad really.

Almost all the games I tried work well without crashing. I installed all video codex I could find but still some game opening scenes wind up not working.

If you're not using it already, protondb is helpful sometimes people mention command line args to add to the games properties in steam, or specific proton versions that sort issues out etc.

[Low Standards]

Originally posted by oak:

Originally posted by Low Standards:

It is an amazing technology and I personally never though it would happen. It is such a game changer I don't understand why people don't talk about it more. Sad really.

Almost all the games I tried work well without crashing. I installed all video codex I could find but still some game opening scenes wind up not working.

If you're not using it already, protondb is helpful sometimes people mention command line args to add to the games properties in steam, or specific proton versions that sort issues out etc.

Interesting. Thanks I will check it out.