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Styx: Shards of Darkness

protonopen appid 355790Game compatibility - UnofficialXAudio2
ValveSoftware/Proton#964 · opened 2018-08-30 by ghost · updated 2026-05-16 · 16 comments · github · game page · search this game
?ghost 2018-08-30 github

https://gist.github.com/daasuharo/cb605b8cd50227982a9bfa4dfcb1f635

Distro: Ubuntu 18.04.1
GPU: Intel Iris Pro 580
Resolution: 1280x720
RAM: 32GB
Controller: DS4
Proton 3.7-4 Beta

Lliberodark 2018-08-30 github

Not work fine for me the game is laggy slow fps. but run great

Distro: Manjaro XFCE 17.1.12
GPU: GTX 1060, Nvidia proprietary driver 396.54
Resolution: 1920x1080
RAM: 8GB
Proton 3.7-4 Beta

Xbox Controller work !

?ghost 2018-08-31 github

I forgot to test alttab; switching to other programs will continue to only show the game. Sliding other programs to another desktop screen helps workaround this issue.

?ghost 2018-09-01 github

Achievements popup is slightly offscreen.

Ppcfirebeats 2018-09-20 github

Hi,

This game wont go full scree, and sometime the image stops (I think it is when big lightning changes occur, like extinghs a torch).

Besides that seems to work ok in the first minutes. XB360 controller also works

My System:

Informações do computador:
Fabricante: Unknown
Modelo: Unknown
Tipo: Computador de secretária
Sem input táctil

Informação do processador:
Fabricante do CPU: GenuineIntel
Marca do CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3470 CPU @ 3.20GHz
Família do CPU: 0x6
Modelo do CPU: 0x3a
Versão do CPU: 0x9
Tipo do CPU: 0x0
Velocidade: 3600 Mhz
4 processadores lógicos
4 processadores físicos
HyperThreading: Não suportado
FCMOV: Suportado
SSE2: Suportado
SSE3: Suportado
SSSE3: Suportado
SSE4a: Não suportado
SSE41: Suportado
SSE42: Suportado
AES: Suportado
AVX: Suportado
CMPXCHG16B: Suportado
LAHF/SAHF: Suportado
PrefetchW: Não suportado

Versão do Sistema Operativo:
Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS (64 bits)
Nome do Kernel: Linux
Versão do Kernel: 4.15.0-34-generic
Editora de Servidor X: The X.Org Foundation
Versão de Servidor X: 11906000
Gestor de janelas X: GNOME Shell
Versão Runtime do Steam: steam-runtime-beta-release_2018-06-14

Placa gráfica:
Driver: X.Org AMD Radeon (TM) RX 470 Graphics (POLARIS10, DRM 3.23.0, 4.15.0-34-generic, LLVM 8.0.0)
Versão do driver: 4.5 (Compatibility Profile) Mesa 18.3.0-devel - padoka PPA
Versão do OpenGL: 4.5
Profundidade de cor do ambiente de trabalho: 24 bits/pixel
Taxa de Atualização do Monitor: 60 Hz
Código do fabricante: 0x1002
Código do dispositivo: 0x67df
Revisão não detetada
Número de monitores: 1
Número de placas gráficas lógicas: 1
Resolução do monitor principal: 1920 x 1080
Resolução do ambiente de trabalho: 1920 x 1080
Tamanho do monitor principal: 20.08" x 11.42" (23.07" diag)
51.0cm x 29.0cm (58.6cm diag)
VRAM principal: 4096 MB

Placa de som:
Dispositivo de áudio: VIA VT1708S

Memória:
RAM: 7911 Mb

Diversos:
Idioma da interface: Português (Portugal)
Idioma: pt_PT.UTF-8
Espaço total disponível em disco: 460828 Mb
Maior bloco livre no disco rígido: 282752 Mb
Headset de R.V.: Nenhum encontrado

Relatórios de falha recentes:

Mminisori 2018-09-21 github

The frame rate in open areas with a 1080ti is pretty bad.
Fullscreen is the same as borderless window, so the desktop bar will not hide.
It looks like it has some problems with smoke effects, noticeable in the dead screen.

?ghost 2018-09-21 github

@minisori can you add your steam's system info to a gist and add it here.

Mminisori 2018-09-22 github

Sure.
https://gist.github.com/minisori/217be39a24ae8a58e7d70a022df8c481

Just as you start the game you can notice the frame drop around 20-30fps looking at the big area, anything else is well above 70-80fps. The resolution was 3440x1440.

Llogan001 2018-11-29 github

seems the game works a lot better now. even the part where you get frame drops in the beginning is working now.
but i have to admit i haven't played more then 15 min last time when i've noticed the improvements

Mminisori 2019-01-11 github

Indeed it does work a lot better now.

Kkisak-valve maintainer 2022-05-26 github

Styx: Shards of Darkness breaks when using HDMI for sound

Issue transferred from https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton/issues/5865.
@mrmatteastwood posted on 2022-05-26T08:29:06:

steam-355790.log

Compatibility Report

  • Name of the game with compatibility issues: Styx: Shards of Darkness
  • Steam AppID of the game: 355790

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

When launching Styx: Shards of Darkness using the PC's HDMI-out for sound, the game runs without any sound, the Unreal video plays overlaid by a pink screen and then everything just stops. Need to Alt-Tab out of the game and press Steam's "Stop" button. Issue does not occur when using another sound device, e.g. USB headphones.

Reproduction

  1. Set up a PC and home theatre system by running an HDMI cable from the graphics card to the AVR
  2. Install Steam and Styx: Shards of Darkness on Linux Mint 20.2
  3. Open Linux Mint's sound settings
  4. Select HDMI device and set it to any profile (stereo, 5.1...)
  5. Launch game from within Steam

Notes

  • Video showing the issue here: https://youtu.be/WWkS3NvdbJU
  • No other bug reports found here that would be relevant to this problem.
  • When running the game with another sound device and then switching to HDMI while the game is running, you can get stereo sound, but no surround.
  • fwiw, this issue does not occur on Windows 10.

@mrmatteastwood commented on 2022-05-26T09:19:56:

Oh, I have some additional info!

My screen setup:

  • **Screen 1: ** PC => DisplayPort cable > Screen (2560x1440)
  • **Screen 2: ** PC => DVI cable > Screen (1280x1024)
  • **Screen 3: ** PC => HDMI cable > AVR > HDMI cable > Screen (1920x1080)

The game runs on screen 1.

These don't fix the problem:

  • Enabling/disabling "Enable the Steam Overlay while in-game" and "Use Desktop Game Theatre while SteamVR is active"
  • Running the game with or without "gamemoderun %command%"
  • Using GE-Proton7-18, Proton Experimental, Proton 7.0-2 or Proton 6.3-8
  • Verifying all local files (they were all ok)
Mmrmatteastwood 2022-08-06 github

Issue persists on Linux Mint 21, latest Proton Experimental, Nvidia drivers 515.65.01. Same PC as in my report above (thanks for transferring here, kisiak-valve!).

Mmrmatteastwood 2022-08-13 github

Tagging @ColdPie1, who was able to solve surround sound issues back in 2020 and mentioned over in the "Surround sound support?" thread he might be able to help. Are you still around?

Mmrmatteastwood 2022-08-14 github

This issue also happens to Layers of Fear 2. Since I have that game on GOG and I'm running it from Lutris, I reported the bug over there: https://github.com/lutris/lutris/issues/4426

Mmrmatteastwood 2022-08-14 github

Log from running Styx: Shards of Darkness with PROTON_LOG=+pulse,+mmdevapi,+dsound,+xaudio2,+winmm:
steam-355790.log

Mmrmatteastwood 2022-12-28 github

Replying to https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton/issues/964#issuecomment-1138436039

I am overjoyed to report this issue is fixed using the latest Proton Experimental on Linux Mint 21.1. The game works flawlessly in 5.1 surround.

(It does struggle when choosing the 7.1 output profile in Linux Mint's sound settings, with almost no sound coming from the rear speakers. However, this is about expected, seeing the game officially only supports 5.1 sound.)

Ggordan-ramsey 2026-05-16 github

-The game works out of the box, however mouse won't lock.
-OG steam controller don't work because the button mapping isn't correct(some buttons do something but you can't use the analogue stick to move around). the game thinks that you either have an xbox or playstation controller.

Using --force-grab-cursor fixes the issue for the mouse. (however it took 2-3 game launches for this to work).

I've tested the game with Proton 10 and 11 beta.

I have set Highest Graphics settings. I get on avg 60 FPS, lowest is 53 and highest is 68.

Hardware:
3 Monitors (Samung S34E790C, Samsung S32D850T, ASUS VE278) all connected through displayport
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 3700x
MB: ASUS X570-l
Storage: 2x 2TB M.2 SSDs Sk hynix Platinum P41 SSD PCI-e 4.0.
RAM: 64GB DDR4 @ 3000Mhz
GPU: Nvidia RTX 3060 (Driver Version: 580.159.03 CUDA Version: 13.0)
Mouse: wireless LogiTech M170
OS: Pop! 24.04
Kernel: Linux pop-os 6.18.7-76061807-generic #202601231045~1778249322~24.04~b44a3c3 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Fri M x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

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