Any luck on linux?

[Neon Lotus]

Has anyone had any luck playing this on linux? The game seems to work fine but the mouse lags so much it's unplayable.

I saw on protondb that someone had fixed the mouse lag using an old version of proton but it doesn't seem to make a difference for me.

[Neon Lotus]

Proton-6.1-GE-2, that's the version that worked for me.

[Schattenspiegel on Linux]

When running GoG or DVD version through Lutris I had no problems with the following settings:
wine version: lutris-fshack-6.21-6-x86_64
deactivate DXVK
Activate dgvoodoo2
activate virtual desktop @1024x768

[jedavis]

Originally posted by FractalChaos:

Proton-6.1-GE-2, that's the version that worked for me.

Where did you find that? I show 6.3-8 and 5.13-6 but no in between version you say. Not counting any older or newer.

[Neon Lotus]

If you go to the github page for proton-ge you can download any version you want by clicking on "release". Or just go here: https://github.com/GloriousEggroll/proton-ge-custom/releases

[Mayostor]

For those who want to play this game like me on Linux and have stuttering and high mouse lag, this workaround fixes for me :
- Open a terminal, and use this command ->
WINEPREFIX=/home/$USER/.steam/steam/steamapps/compatdata/7210/pfx winecfg

This opens winecfg for the proton's libs specifically for the game "Runaway". The ID for the game is "7210" but i'm not sure this is for everyone, if not sure, check the game ID in Steam, right click on the game, "Properties...", go on "Updates" tab, copy the right ID and replace "7210" occurence in the terminal with the right ID.

- In winecfg opened, go in "Display" tab and check the option "Emulate a virtual desktop" and set the resolution to 1024x768. Validate winecfg by clicking on "OK" button.
Normally you can now run the game with Steam/Proton.

At the moment with my tries i run the game with Proton 4.11 but i think this workaround runs with any version. In my opinion, it's an eternal and old known problem with old games using GDI/DirectDraw/DIB engine, they use direct framebuffer access and Wine uses OpenGL access (which is slower for direct FB games), see explanations here : https://wiki.winehq.org/DirectDraw
I don't know if the problem is similar for Vulkan drivers, but i think we have to keep constantly in mind this problem when we want to play old games. Many issues are probably related to what i say.

Please answer me for your tests to help eventually other players if this workaround doesn't run well.

Edit for who wants in "fullscreen" with this workaround (tested in Wayland session) :
If playing in window mode is uncomfortable for you, try this supplementary : try to install with your linux's distrib package manager to install "gamescope" compositor.
For Fedora for example : sudo dnf install gamescope
Then, in Steam, right click on the game in your list, "Properties..." and in the General tab (default tab) you'll see "%command%". Replace with this :
gamescope -h 768 -H 1080 -U -f -- %command%
Explanation : gamescope is a compositor who helps to resize any display content and you can do a "fake" fullscreen mode.

[Thornok]

how do you run winecfg for proton ?

[daftCAT7]

Proton 5.13 fix mouse and animation lag for me, now its playable.

[Mayostor]

Originally posted by Thornok:

how do you run winecfg for proton ?

You have to install Wine. Winecfg is a tool to setup "prefixes" installations and it runs both for Wine and Proton prefixes. It often helps to configure a prefix to install some necessary Win libs to run the game/app. Maybe the default proton already comes with winecfg let installing complete Wine not necessary but i haven't found it in steam directory.