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Techtonica

protonopen appid 1457320Game compatibility - Unofficial
ValveSoftware/Proton#7371 · opened 2023-12-23 by cecton · updated 2023-12-23 · 0 comments · github · game page · search this game
Ccecton 2023-12-23 github

Compatibility Report

  • Name of the game with compatibility issues: Techtonica
  • Steam AppID of the game: 1457320

System Information

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.

Symptoms

The game works but with terrible performance. I read the dev team is actually playing and testing on the Steam Deck but the performance there are atrocious. It looks like the performance are atrocious for everybody:

  • users on Windows on the Steam Discussions report low FPS despite having powerful hardware
  • I personally have a beefy machine on Linux and the game runs at 60-70 FPS in 1080p in the beginning. 165 in the menu (which is actually low for a menu)
  • Steam Deck users have 30 fps but 15 fps on a 1080p screen

After changing the CPU topology, I get a bump to~ 120 FPS (1080) where I had 60-70 FPS (1080p). The game is made with Unity so I assume this could be related to this issue.

Both launch commands give me 120 FPS:

  • WINE_CPU_TOPOLOGY=6:0,1,2,3,4,5 %command%
  • WINE_CPU_TOPOLOGY=8:0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7 %command%

Related feedback (mine) on the developer's website: https://techtonica.featureupvote.com/suggestions/516773/performance-improvement

Reproduction