At this point, it’s almost entirely kernel-level anticheat

Mine works just fine with torrenting…

I only know this because I was able to download a distrobox image of SteamOS on my Bazzite installation (it was in the drop-down menu), and it’s actually Arch instead of Debian. Not sure if it’s legit or what…

This is the version based on Debian, which is ~10 years old.

The new one is based on Arch.

I’ve got Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition (with DSFix) working just fine.

I don’t remember having to do anything weird… Have you tried ProtonGE? Maybe it was DSFix that makes it work? I don’t remember if I tried playing without DSFix first.

Bazzite

If you click settings for the game, and go to “compatibility,” you can click the dropdown and choose “Proton Experimental” (or Proton-GE imo). The game will probably need an “update” but it will just take a few seconds.

Maybe it’s your hardware? I recently got a Framework laptop, and Bazzite has a distro image tailored specifically for the hardware, and I think that makes a big difference.

But even still, I ran Arch (well EndeavourOS) on my old Laptop, and it ran the games that the specs could run…

When you launch a game for the first time are you letting it go for a bit (sometimes a minute or two even) while it seems like nothing is happening? This is just for the initial launch, but in my experience, it can seem like it’s not working but if you just let it go it will load. Then every time after that it’s right away.

Also, check your Steam settings re: compiling shaders and uncheck the setting to have them compile while playing. This will compile the shaders before the game launches (a pop-up will show you the % complete), and it prevents stuttering.

Other than that, all I can think is hardware… Or maybe you’re just super unlucky at picking games. I do always check ProtonDB first, so that could be why I’ve had nothing but good experiences.

I have beamng, but the one that plays like Wipeout, and I believe that one works. Though I think I’ve only tried it on my Steam Deck and not on Bazzite. Also, I understand it’s a different game.

Edit: Yeah, looking at protondb it looks like Space Engineers is one people have some issue with. Sometimes you can get it to work using solutions on there, but I guess every now and then you don’t. Hasn’t happened to me yet.

All of them… Lol. Way too big of a back log.

But I just picked up Tape to Tape and it’s super fun. Giving me vibes of old 16bit hockey games. What else…

I finally got Neon White on PC. Got it way back when it came out on Switch and played a little, but really prefer mouse and keyboard for fps. Very fun game.

Lorn’s Lure is another one I’ve been playing a lot. Amazing game, nothing quite like it.

Was enjoying UFO50, but haven’t picked it up in a couple weeks. Gonna go back to it.

What about you

I meant the:

-force-d3d12

one. Might need to put “%command%” after it, but I’m still not 100% sure what that even means and why its there so I dunno.

Edit: I would also check out the entry for the game on ProtonDB if you haven’t already (sorry if someone else has already told you all this elsewhere in the thread) to see if anyone else has had similar issues: https://www.protondb.com/app/949230

I haven’t played C:S2 yet, so I can’t say personally, but it could just be a poorly optimized game.

Did you try their fix? Often it really is as easy as adding a launch option

I’m running Bazzite, and haven’t had a single issue running a game…