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ACE COMBAT™ 7: SKIES UNKNOWN - Multiplayer stuttering

protonclosed appid 502500
ValveSoftware/Proton#9503 · opened 2026-02-15 by IslingrB · updated 2026-02-16 · 1 comments · github · game page · search this game
IIslingrB 2026-02-15 github

Compatibility Report

  • Name of the game with compatibility issues: ACE COMBAT™ 7: SKIES UNKNOWN
  • Steam AppID of the game: 502500

System Information

  • GPU: NVIDIA RTX 4070 Ti SUPER
  • Video driver version: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 590.48.01
  • Kernel version: 6.17.0-14-generic
  • Link to full system information report: System information
  • Proton version: GE-Proton10-29 (but the issue has also been observed on Proton 9.0-4, Proton 10.0-4, Proton Hotfix & Proton Experimental)

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

Multiplayer mode constantly stutters, both in-game and in menus. This issue begins as soon as the multiplayer menu is opened, and ends as soon as it is exited. Solo mode is unaffected and runs smoothly.

Reproduction

Launch the game, enter the multiplayer menu. The stuttering starts from there, and persists in any submenu and multiplayer game.

Additional notes

Precisions regarding the "I confirm" section:

Attached files

The attached & linked (upload of the recordings has failed, the linked recordings are on a Google drive) files include a recording of the stutters in the multiplayer menu, another recording of the stutters in-game, and a Proton log corresponding to launching the game, opening the multiplayer menu, joining a game, playing for a bit then exiting the game.

steam-502500.log
Menu stuttering
Game stuttering

Kkisak-valve maintainer 2026-02-15 github

Hello @IslingrB, we're using one issue report per unofficially supported game title, so I've gone ahead and transferred this issue report to https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton/issues/2307#issuecomment-3905035728.

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