Rise of the Tomb Raider - macOS & Linux Support & Patch Info

[Feral Interactive]

This thread is now locked, please see the link below for future patch note changes to this game:

https://steamcommunity.com/app/391220/discussions/0/3108018684261323515/

If you have any issues, please contact [e-mail]


If you're having any problems or have suggestions for Rise of the Tomb Raider on macOS & Linux, please contact our support directly at http://support.feralinteractive.com or email us at [e-mail].

Please include as much information as possible about your problem and the hardware and software you are using to play the title. If you can access the pre game launcher following the instructions to generate a support report will help us provide assistance as it provides information about your installation and general system details like driver versions and GPU type.

Rise of the Tomb Raider Release Information

1.0.4 - June 4th 2018

• macOS - Adds support for eGPUs
  
• macOS - Adds support for the MacBook Pro Touch Bar
  
• Linux - Improved resource management on Nvidia devices when using driver version 396.18. The game should no longer crash when running at reasonable graphics settings for your hardware (2GB GPU - 1080p with Medium Texture Quality, 4GB GPU - 1080p with High Texture Quality)
  
• macOS & Linux - Volume sliders now also apply to cutscene audio
  
• macOS & Linux - Fixes a number of minor issues

1.0.3 - April 19th 2018

• Initial Linux release

1.0.2 - April 12th 2018

• Initial macOS release

[Feral Interactive]

You can access the beta branch for update 1.0.4 by following the below instructions:

- Right click the game in your Steam library
- Select Properties
- In the new window, select the Betas tab
- In the dropdown, select "mac_linux_public_beta"
- The update will download and install.

[PeTa]

I'm still having issues. When I get i.e. an achievement, so the according steam notification popup is shown, the game freezes.

[Pyc]

gpu nvidia gtx 680 4GB
cpu amd fx 8350
8GB ram
I have hard freezes, game unplayable on lowest settings
maybe because i use driver 390.48? I wait new version in repositories...

[Feral Interactive]

Originally posted by PeTa:

I'm still having issues. When I get i.e. an achievement, so the according steam notification popup is shown, the game freezes.

Hi PeTa,

Please contact [e-mail] so we can investigate the issue you are having.

[Feral Interactive]

Originally posted by Pyc:

gpu nvidia gtx 680 4GB
cpu amd fx 8350
8GB ram
I have hard freezes, game unplayable on lowest settings
maybe because i use driver 390.48? I wait new version in repositories...

Hi Pyc,

The minimum Nvidia driver version supported for this game is 396.18. If possible try updating to this first and let us know if this helps.

[Pyc]

Originally posted by Feral Interactive (Mac/Linux):

Originally posted by Pyc:

gpu nvidia gtx 680 4GB
cpu amd fx 8350
8GB ram
I have hard freezes, game unplayable on lowest settings
maybe because i use driver 390.48? I wait new version in repositories...

Hi Pyc,

The minimum Nvidia driver version supported for this game is 396.18. If possible try updating to this first and let us know if this helps.

thank's for answer. I'm wait new version in debian repos, after update I test it

[Aesoth]

Hi Feral! Thanks for your new beta patch! It's usefull for me, no more crash, better perfs. My config : Ubuntu 18.04/770GTX 2Go/16GoRAM/i52500K (3.9ghz), 1.0.4 - April 30th 2018, property drivers 396.18 with Medium graphic settings & 1080p

[Pyc]

i try beta release, works without hard freezes, playable, but I have memory leaks. game eat all my ram (8GB) and eat swap (4 / 16GB) after 12 hours gameplay (vram 1500-1700 MB / 4096 MB)
p.s. nvidia driver 390.48, 396.18 not in debian repos :(

[Feral Interactive]

Originally posted by Aesoth:

Hi Feral! Thanks for your new beta patch! It's usefull for me, no more crash, better perfs. My config : Ubuntu 18.04/770GTX 2Go/16GoRAM/i52500K (3.9ghz), 1.0.4 - April 30th 2018, property drivers 396.18 with Medium graphic settings & 1080p

Hi Aesoth,

Thanks for letting us know, we hope you continue to enjoy the game!

[Feral Interactive]

Originally posted by Pyc:

i try beta release, works without hard freezes, playable, but I have memory leaks. game eat all my ram (8GB) and eat swap (4 / 16GB) after 12 hours gameplay (vram 1500-1700 MB / 4096 MB)
p.s. nvidia driver 390.48, 396.18 not in debian repos :(

Hi Pyc,

Thank you for the update, we are continuing to work on this issue. For now the best solution I can suggest would be to try playing the game using the Ubuntu distro to see if this improves issue.

[khandha]

It looks like Nvidia released a new stable driver version 396.24 for Linux. Will this driver work or does it still require the 396.18 beta driver?

[THE DEATH]

Specs: Ubuntu 18.04, i7 6700k, GTX 1060 6GB, 32GB RAM, 480GB SSD, 1080p res. V-sync=off.

Feral's 'gamemode' is installed and running.

With Nvidia Driver from Ubuntu and from ppa:graphics-drivers/ppa:
390.48 - no crash, no freeze, but little slow game loading. 87 FPS bench, and HIGH settings.

With Nvidia Driver from ppa:graphics-drivers/ppa:
396.18 - a lot hard crashes(after like 20 min / 1 hour gameplay) and some soft crashes. 87 FPS bench, and HIGH settings.
396.24 - a lot hard crashes(after like 20 min / 1 hour gameplay) and dont have alot gameplays. 87 FPS bench, and HIGH settings.

Not tested with Ubuntu 17.10
Not tested with v.1.0.4 game.

Tested with Ubuntu 16.04 with lastest stable driver for Nvidia 390.30 - no crash. Cannot install 'gamemode' - dependency problems. But i use manual performance CPU mode. 87 FPS bench, and HIGH settings.
With highter Nvidia beta drivers = game hard and soft crash, just like in Ubuntu 18.04.

[THE DEATH]

Update game to v.1.0.4 beta(Ubuntu 18.04):
With Nvidia Driver from ppa:graphics-drivers/ppa:
396.24 - very good gameplay, and no crash or glitch. 87 FPS bench, with HIGH settings.

[THE DEATH]

Installing Feral's gamemode into Ubuntu 18.04:
cd /tmp/
sudo apt install meson libsystemd-dev pkg-config ninja-build git vulkan-utils libcurl4-nss-dev mesa-utils -y
git clone --recursive https://github.com/FeralInteractive/gamemode.git /tmp/gamemode
cd /tmp/gamemode/
./bootstrap.sh

And answer with Y for questions and will need enter you'r sudo pass, then exit with Q.

Now, to request the gamemode:

Set the steam launch options for Rise ot the Tomb Raider:
LD_PRELOAD=$LD_PRELOAD:/usr/\$LIB/libgamemodeauto.so %command%

And save it. Now start the game launcher and check if performance mode on CPU is set with command:
cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_governor


P.S.
So, after installing and request the gamemode, the gamemode will set CPU to performance mode just after start game launcher. After exit the launcher or exit from game, the performance state will stay.
Need some fix, to get back to powersawe state when exit from game or from launcher.

I also add the:
vulkan-utils libcurl4-nss-dev mesa-utils
For missing software/libs for Feral's "Generate report" from launcher.

[THE DEATH]

Game to v.1.0.4 beta(Ubuntu 18.04):
With Nvidia Driver from ppa:graphics-drivers/ppa:
396.24 - very good gameplay but hard crash after like 30min. 82 FPS bench, with HIGH settings and high hair settings.
I play with guns and explosions. No memory leak. RAM stay around 6-7GB usage.