Posted February 04, 2015
Hi. Are there any Linux owners having performance issues with this game? I can barely play in Europolis, it's giving me a headache!
I'll reproduce here what I've written on the Red Thread Games forum in hopes I can find more people with these problems.
My computer specs:
Linux kernel 3.18.5-1-ARCH x86_64
ASUS M5A97 motherboard
AMD FX-6300 Six-Core Processor 3.50 GHz 64 bits
12 GB DIMM DDR3 1333 RAM
Radeon R9 280 3GB GDDR5
I'm using proprietary ATI drivers and have tried fiddling with all Catalyst options to no avail. I've also modified compositing options on Gnome with no visible effects.
The game runs terribly. Most of the time it barely reaches 30 fps, but in scenes with a lot of light sources or lighting-intensive stuff (the jail tower, therapist's office, Europolis...) it is almost unplayable (Europolis is actually unplayable, about 10 fps). It does not matter which graphics settings I choose, it's all the same for the game.
I guess you can say Linux is a complicated platform to develop for, and I totally get it, but I also got sold a product I would very much like to enjoy. Can you help me please?
I want to say I run other more demanding games without any trouble. Also Unity-powered games.
I also get black glitches, but I understand this is an acknowledged bug, and it's not very common in my case. I'm way more worried about performance. I was tempted of asking for a refund, but I want to like this game so much...
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I've done some more testing. Everything turned off / at minimum, and resolution lowered to 720p makes zero difference, which is baffling. Also CPU never goes above 40%, so the issue is definitely not the computer's CPU power.
The moment where it uses the most CPU power is when exiting.
By the way, I can play maxed out Arma 3 with this computer (although on Windows, and I don't have Windows anymore). That game is way more CPU-intensive than Dreamfall Chapters, and I'd dare say more GPU-intensive as well.
It can also run X Rebirth maxed out, which was, up until now, the most badly optimized piece of software I knew.
I'm inclined to blame Linux (or badly targeted programming). Are there any more performance patches planned for this game?
Again, thanks for putting up with my whining ;)
By the way, on Linux the only way to have settings saved on exit is to disable fullscreen and click the close window button. Otherwise the game simply does not save the settings you changed if you quit using the menu. I'm very disappointed on the technical front. Sadly I cannot speak about the quality of the experience because there are simply too many problems in the way.
I'll reproduce here what I've written on the Red Thread Games forum in hopes I can find more people with these problems.
My computer specs:
Linux kernel 3.18.5-1-ARCH x86_64
ASUS M5A97 motherboard
AMD FX-6300 Six-Core Processor 3.50 GHz 64 bits
12 GB DIMM DDR3 1333 RAM
Radeon R9 280 3GB GDDR5
I'm using proprietary ATI drivers and have tried fiddling with all Catalyst options to no avail. I've also modified compositing options on Gnome with no visible effects.
The game runs terribly. Most of the time it barely reaches 30 fps, but in scenes with a lot of light sources or lighting-intensive stuff (the jail tower, therapist's office, Europolis...) it is almost unplayable (Europolis is actually unplayable, about 10 fps). It does not matter which graphics settings I choose, it's all the same for the game.
I guess you can say Linux is a complicated platform to develop for, and I totally get it, but I also got sold a product I would very much like to enjoy. Can you help me please?
I want to say I run other more demanding games without any trouble. Also Unity-powered games.
I also get black glitches, but I understand this is an acknowledged bug, and it's not very common in my case. I'm way more worried about performance. I was tempted of asking for a refund, but I want to like this game so much...
---
I've done some more testing. Everything turned off / at minimum, and resolution lowered to 720p makes zero difference, which is baffling. Also CPU never goes above 40%, so the issue is definitely not the computer's CPU power.
The moment where it uses the most CPU power is when exiting.
By the way, I can play maxed out Arma 3 with this computer (although on Windows, and I don't have Windows anymore). That game is way more CPU-intensive than Dreamfall Chapters, and I'd dare say more GPU-intensive as well.
It can also run X Rebirth maxed out, which was, up until now, the most badly optimized piece of software I knew.
I'm inclined to blame Linux (or badly targeted programming). Are there any more performance patches planned for this game?
Again, thanks for putting up with my whining ;)
By the way, on Linux the only way to have settings saved on exit is to disable fullscreen and click the close window button. Otherwise the game simply does not save the settings you changed if you quit using the menu. I'm very disappointed on the technical front. Sadly I cannot speak about the quality of the experience because there are simply too many problems in the way.
Post edited February 04, 2015 by Sallen
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