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Steam Deck - Apex Legends Not Playable with Mouse + Keyboard (Desktop Mode AND Gaming Mode)

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ValveSoftware/Proton#6022 · opened 2022-07-22 by Saffsanity · updated 2022-07-22 · 1 comments · github
SSaffsanity 2022-07-22 github

Compatibility Report

  • Name of the game with compatibility issues: Apex Legends
  • Steam AppID of the game: 1172470

System Information

GPU: AMD RDNA2 Van Gogh (Steam Deck)
Driver/LLVM version: Mesa 22.0.0
Kernel version: 5.13.0
Proton version: Tried Proton 7.0-3, Experimental, GE 7-24
System Software: Both Stable and Preview branches

I confirm:

  • [*] that I haven't found an existing compatibility report for this game.
  • [*] that I have checked whether there are updates for my system available

Symptoms

Apex is nearly unplayable with mouse + keyboard on Steam Deck for the following reasons:

  1. Performance is stuttery and significantly worse in Desktop mode compared to Gaming mode. Frametimes are inconsistent and framerate is worse overall at same resolution as portable mode (preferred usage).
  2. Gaming mode will not accept mouse input, instead looking directly downwards.

See also: https://www.reddit.com/r/SteamDeck/comments/vig02x/apex_legends_other_games_cant_use_a_mouse_in_game/

Based on my limited reading issue #1 is most likely due to the compositor being x11 instead of wayland, but when I try to launch with wayland as a launch option it fails regardless of proton version

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