Running Ark under Steam Play / Proton on Linux

[MegaSaturnv]

Trying to run Ark under Steam Play (Proton 4.2-2) instead of using the native Linux version because I get better performance, reliability and there are more graphics settings. A few patches ago it was fine, but now Ark won't let me launch it with DirectX 10. I get the following error message: "DX11 feature level 10.0 is required to run the engine."

Tried right clicking the game > Launch Ark with DirectX 10 graphics - doesn't work, just runs under DirectX 11. Tried using launch options such as "-USEALLAVAILABLECORES -sm4 -d3d10" - doesn't work, still runs under DirectX 11.

Help is much appreciated.

[MegaSaturnv]

Also tried various configurations for "PROTON_USE_WINED3D=1", "PROTON_NO_D3D11=1" "PROTON_NO_D3D10=0" in the launch options as documented here: https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton#runtime-config-options

[Jacob Locke]

I just did a search and found this post. I'm relatively new to both Linux and Steam Play.

How do I choose to install the windows version of Linux and run with Steam Play as opposed to installing the Linux version? TIA for any help.

[#4o4__Sk1LL_NoT_FoUnD]

Originally posted by Brashen:

I just did a search and found this post. I'm relatively new to both Linux and Steam Play.

How do I choose to install the windows version of Linux and run with Steam Play as opposed to installing the Linux version? TIA for any help.

that never worked for me

[MegaSaturnv]

Originally posted by Brashen:

I just did a search and found this post. I'm relatively new to both Linux and Steam Play.

How do I choose to install the windows version of Linux and run with Steam Play as opposed to installing the Linux version? TIA for any help.

Make sure 'Enable Steam Play for supported titles' is ticked in Settings > Steam Play.

Then, right click Ark (for example) in your games list > properties > Bottom of 'General' tab, click 'Force the use of a specific Steam Play compatibility tool' and choose a Proton version.

I should add it wasn't easy to find this information - had to crawl through quite a lot of posted issues on steamlinux & Proton's Github pages about a month ago. The option should be more obvious such as a dropdown arrow near the download button. However, someone on Github suggested having the Windows version of native Linux games easily downloadable on Linux may discourage developers from fixing the native Linux versions of their games...

[r00n1n_z3n]

It works better with proton 4.2-3 than with the native version.

I have Ubuntu 18.04 with 8 in RAM and a GTX 745 with 2GB.

[MegaSaturnv]

Originally posted by r00n1n.z3n:

It works better with proton 4.2-3 than with the native version.

I have Ubuntu 18.04 with 8 in RAM and a GTX 745 with 2GB.

It does indeed run better with proton, but unfortunately it no longer works for me. That's what the question's about. Ark under Proton ran fine earlier this year (about January time). Now I can't seem to launch ark with DirectX10 - it only runs under DirectX11.

[botman]

Does it work now? I'm planning to buy it in this sale.

[Fox]

@pavakpaul, I can't get the damned game to work native in Linux, no matter what I do.

[botman]

Originally posted by Fox:

@pavakpaul, I can't get the damned game to work native in Linux, no matter what I do.

I bought the game before and had to get a refund when the game refused to play after playing it for some time. That is why I am thinking if Proton works (back then Proton wasn't here.)

[Inscripted]

Bump. Using a windows install under proton 3.7(The only version that worked) on a ubuntu 18.07 linux system. Presently no version of proton seems to be working and the game will not open. Anyone else having this problem? Any solutions?

So far I have tried:

- Reinstalling/uninstalling ark
- Reinstalling/uninstalling all proton versions
- Checking integrity for both ark and proton versions
- Wiping all my HDDs clean, then doing the above again
- Changing drivers and proton versions

Nothings worked, only the really bad linux edition boots up.

EDIT: Found some potentially relevant information if anyone is interested, https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton/issues/3218

[MegaSaturnv]

Originally posted by Inscripted:

Bump. Using a windows install under proton 3.7(The only version that worked) on a ubuntu 18.07 linux system. Presently no version of proton seems to be working and the game will not open. Anyone else having this problem? Any solutions?

So far I have tried:

- Reinstalling/uninstalling ark
- Reinstalling/uninstalling all proton versions
- Checking integrity for both ark and proton versions
- Wiping all my HDDs clean, then doing the above again
- Changing drivers and proton versions

Nothings worked, only the really bad linux edition boots up.

EDIT: Found some potentially relevant information if anyone is interested, https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton/issues/3218

Thanks for the link to that Github issue, it might help quite a bit. I'll have to re-download Ark and try it again. I ended up uninstalling it months ago because the Linux port of Ark was unplayable (all particle effects were replaced with black squares - making caves impassable) and it just takes up way too much HDD (SSD) space. :p

[Sir Porksalot]

I also attempted all of the suggestions here. I found on another thread (for another game) that THIS is the command you need, and I was able to get past the error message.

PROTON_USE_WINED3D=1

I am on an older machine with a slightly more modern nVidia graphics card, running Ubuntu 22.04. I used Proton Experimental.