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OzFalcon Feb 26, 2022 @ 3:53pm
26-02-2022 Steam Deck Update Causing Issues
There was a small 20mb? patch released the same day the notice for Steam Deck verified. Now game play is choppy and Wintermute saves crash to desktop on house to outside transition or is so choppy it's unplayable.
Starting a new Wintermute (removing saves) solves the crash to desktop.
But the graphics are still choppy.
Everything was fine prior to 26-02-2022 20mb patch.
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Wormblain Feb 26, 2022 @ 8:12pm 
Another Linux user here seeing the same thing minus the choppiness. Survival mode games either freeze entirely or crash to desktop.
[SQ]Noname Feb 27, 2022 @ 5:03am 
Also running choppy at ~18 FPS here on Linux since this weekend. Adding -force-glcore as a launch option fixes it.

Are there any Windows users experiencing this too or is it a Linux-only issue?
Lysius Feb 27, 2022 @ 11:44am 
I started a new game in story mode today and have not experienced any performance issues or instabilities on Fedora 35.
However, I'm using an RDNA2-GPU and a Zen2-CPU, so these are exactly the same architectures that the Steam Deck is using.

The only problem I encountered was sound not playing, Not sure what finally resolved it (might be the wrong output device in use), but it works now. Unfortunately the pulseaudio connection is closed as soon a the game loses focus, which means you can not use pavucontrol or some other application to change settings for the game (e.g. move to different output device). To change between headset and monitor-speakers, I had to ssh into the machine and use pactl while the game itself stays active.
Wormblain Feb 27, 2022 @ 4:19pm 
Originally posted by SQNoname:
Also running choppy at ~18 FPS here on Linux since this weekend. Adding -force-glcore as a launch option fixes it.
Did you observe any crashes when playing, either before or after adding that command line option? I had several, all at least 10 minutes in, seemingly at random.
OzFalcon Feb 28, 2022 @ 12:16am 
Small info update,
I set GFX to minimal settings and the game plays but is not smooth.
When I set GFX to ultra/custom the game crashes to desktop.
I have even tried drop res to 1280x720 and it still struggles.

Just noticed another small patch to Linux of 1.3mb Today 28-2-22
But game play was still choppy after said patch.

I'll try the -force-glcore and see if that helps.
Last edited by OzFalcon; Feb 28, 2022 @ 12:19am
Arthur Feb 28, 2022 @ 2:49pm 
Ditto. Since this update, experience is choppy from the moment the main menu loads. The mouse stutters around the screen, arrow keys have about a half-second lag moving through the menu items. Changing the display resolution or down-grading graphics quality does not improve things.
Arthur Feb 28, 2022 @ 2:56pm 
Originally posted by Arthur:
Ditto. Since this update, experience is choppy from the moment the main menu loads. The mouse stutters around the screen, arrow keys have about a half-second lag moving through the menu items. Changing the display resolution or down-grading graphics quality does not improve things.

As suggested in the pinned FAQ, setting "alternative launch parameters," specifically, adding:

-force-glcore

Fixed the problem entirely for me, on Ubuntu 20.04.

https://steamcommunity.com/app/305620/discussions/0/1470840994979624039/
Lysius Feb 28, 2022 @ 3:44pm 
This problem very likely depends on GPU and/or drivers. Are you using nvidia? Please post proper information.
I have no problem (yesterday and also after the new update today) running Ultra Quality at 2560x1440 on a RX6700 with Mesa 21.3.6 and Kernel 5.16.11. Not using any non-standard launch options.
RabbitRidge Feb 28, 2022 @ 7:16pm 
No updates pushed on Epic obliviously since they don't generally support Steam devices.

Edit: is the OP referring to the Steamworks Common Redistributes update? If so that could impact other games beyond TLD.
Last edited by RabbitRidge; Feb 28, 2022 @ 7:44pm
OzFalcon Feb 28, 2022 @ 11:51pm 
Originally posted by RabbitRidge:
No updates pushed on Epic obliviously since they don't generally support Steam devices.

Edit: is the OP referring to the Steamworks Common Redistributes update? If so that could impact other games beyond TLD.
This was an update to TLD specifically not a steam dist update.
If the update was indeed for steam devices then it also brought in the regression.

Anyway the point of my OP was to field the question to narrow down the suspects from my steam install/machine or a broader problem. As others have had this issue we can safely say it was a broader problem.
OzFalcon Feb 28, 2022 @ 11:58pm 
Originally posted by Lysius:
This problem very likely depends on GPU and/or drivers. Are you using nvidia? Please post proper information.
I have no problem (yesterday and also after the new update today) running Ultra Quality at 2560x1440 on a RX6700 with Mesa 21.3.6 and Kernel 5.16.11. Not using any non-standard launch options.

The problem likely does depend on GPU/Drivers however the problem only occurred after the 20mb patch. It's likely the patch brought in some regression possibly related to NVIDIA.

I say possibly because while you are running AMD without issue and I am running NVIDIA with issue, We can not assume the others with this issue are in the same boat.
OzFalcon Mar 1, 2022 @ 12:03am 
Originally posted by SQNoname:
Also running choppy at ~18 FPS here on Linux since this weekend. Adding -force-glcore as a launch option fixes it.

Are there any Windows users experiencing this too or is it a Linux-only issue?

Adding -force-glcore fixed the issue here also.
Which is interesting because when I 1st started playing TLD I had to use -force-glcore.
Then after some patches (Possibly around the time Chapter 3 was released) it was fine without it.

I am yet to push the Quality/Detail levels back up with -force-glcore option.
OzFalcon Mar 1, 2022 @ 12:28am 
Seems there was another patch pushed today of 233.7KB 01-03-22
This seems to have resolved the regression.
ie. TLD runs ok without the use of -force-glcore option now.
jape Mar 1, 2022 @ 7:03am 
Still crashing for me on ubuntu 20, nvidia driver 470. Haven't tried custom launch options.
Brisse Mar 1, 2022 @ 11:22am 
I'm also getting quite bad and inconsistent performance after this update.

Debian testing
Ryzen 2700X
R9 Fury
Mesa 21.3.5

The update changed the renderer from OpenGL to Vulkan, which seems to have solved the annoying z-fighting that we had to endure up until now, but it's a shame the performance took such a nose-dive becouse it's even worse than enduring the previous z-fighting glitch.
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