PlanetSide 2 Shader pre-caching issue

protonclosed appid 218230

ValveSoftware/Proton#6663 · opened 2023-04-06 by ghost · updated 2023-04-06 · 3 comments · github · game page · search this game

?ghost 2023-04-06 github

Compatibility Report

Name of the game with compatibility issues: PlanetSide 2
Steam AppID of the game: 218230

System Information

GPU: RX 580
Driver/LLVM version: Mesa 20.3.5
Kernel version: 6.1.0
Proton version: 6.21-GE-2 (occurs on vanilla as well as the 7.x/experimental series)

I confirm:

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

steam-218230.log

Symptoms

The game ran perfectly fine with a smooth 60 FPS until a recent shader pre-cache has led the game running at a fixed 1-2 FPS when the main menu is displayed. Entering the server causes Game error G12.

I've tried this with multiple Proton versions with the same result. I deleted the cache and even the entire game, re-downloaded, and resulted in the same problem. I am not sure how to get the game back to the way it was.

Reproduction

Steam Flatpak was used, just run the game after a shader pre-cache.

Mmbriar 2023-04-06 github

Has nothing to do with shader pre-caching, but you don't have a working vulkan driver for your AMD GPU, instead software rendering is used:

info:  llvmpipe (LLVM 15.0.7, 256 bits):
info:    Driver: 0.0.1
info:    Vulkan: 1.3.230

Kkisak-valve maintainer 2023-04-06 github

Hello @hunter2k01, we're using one issue per unofficially supported game title, and usually I'd transfer this issue report to #5295, but as @mbriar points out, you're seeing a general video driver in Flatpak issue, not a Proton issue. This issue is something for the mesa package maintainers for Flatpak to ponder.

?ghost 2023-04-06 github

Has nothing to do with shader pre-caching, but you don't have a working vulkan driver for your AMD GPU, instead software rendering is used:
info:  llvmpipe (LLVM 15.0.7, 256 bits):
info:    Driver: 0.0.1
info:    Vulkan: 1.3.230

you're seeing a general video driver in Flatpak issue, not a Proton issue. This issue is something for the mesa package maintainers for Flatpak to ponder.

If this is a problem with the mesa driver in Flatpak then how do other games that utilize it able to run completely fine? (as in, no noticable issues, the games run with a much more expected FPS count)

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