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[PERF] horrible Performance in Google Earth VR

steamvrclosed appid 348250perf
ValveSoftware/SteamVR-for-Linux#257 · opened 2019-10-02 by Termuellinator · updated 2020-01-04 · 6 comments · github · game page · search this game
TTermuellinator 2019-10-02 github

Describe the bug
I'm getting really bad FPS in Google Earth VR. It starts out fine and buttery smooth, even though the welcome tour starts in a city close to the ground. Shortly after, the FPS feel like being around 10-20 if you are close to the ground, its OK when zoomed out to see the earth as a globe.
https://www.protondb.com/app/348250 has several people reporting bad performance, too - i can't see a common denominator though.

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:
Start Google Earth VR and jump to a few locations

Expected behavior
Maintaining the good performance that is seen right after startup.

System Information (please complete the following information):

Performance Data (optional, but very helpful):

  • CPU: Ryzen 3800x
  • GPU: Powercolor 5700xt Red Devil
  • Gist for perf top: [See instructions]
  • Link to gpuvis trace: [See instructions]
    I can capture perf top/gpuvis next time i have it all set up if it helps to track down?

Note: Commenters who are also experiencing this issue are encouraged to include the "System Information" and "Perf Data" sections in their replies.

Kkisak-valve maintainer 2019-10-02 github

Hello @Termuellinator, what version of Proton is being used with Google Earth VR (whitelist version is Proton 3.7-8)? In Steam, if you right click on Google Earth VR -> Properties -> Check Force the use of a specific Steam Play compatibility tool and select Proton 4.11-6 from the drop down list, does that have a significant effect?

ZZamundaaa 2019-10-03 github

Google Earth VR doesn't work properly for me at all with Proton 3.7-8, it just crashes after a short while. No performance problems up to that point though. With Proton 4.11-6 it works flawlessly, neither crashes nor performance problems.

System Information (please complete the following information):

  • Distribution: [Arch/Manjaro/Ubuntu/etc.] Manjaro KDE
  • SteamVR version: [E.g. 1.7.2] 1.8.6
  • Steam client version: [build number or date] 1569883362
  • Opted into Steam client beta?: [Yes/No] Yes
  • Graphics driver version: Mesa 19.3.0-devel (git-34be977f80) (LLVM 10.0.0)
  • Gist for SteamVR System Information: https://gist.github.com/Zamundaaa/37d5780b568d62b045d9058278a493ab
    Also on a Powercolor 5700XT Red Devil, if that's helpful.
TTermuellinator 2019-10-03 github

Hello @Termuellinator, what version of Proton is being used with Google Earth VR (whitelist version is Proton 3.7-8)? In Steam, if you right click on Google Earth VR -> Properties -> Check Force the use of a specific Steam Play compatibility tool and select Proton 4.11-6 from the drop down list, does that have a significant effect?

You are right! I didn't realize that it is whitelisted and using an old version of proton ^^
With 4.11-6 it runs perfectly.
That's one of the issues with the new library not showing if/what version of proton is used...

ZZamundaaa 2020-01-03 github

@kisak-valve I read on reddit and protondb that more people have this problem and that Proton 4.11 solves it for them. As this title is whitelisted, can you set the default Proton version to 4.11 so it works out of the box?

Kkisak-valve maintainer 2020-01-03 github

Hello @Zamundaaa, you can fill out the Whitelist Request on the Proton issue tracker with a note on how there's a substantial improvement and I'll mark it as a whitelist update request to be evaluated.

ZZamundaaa 2020-01-04 github

Thanks! Here it is: https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton/issues/3408

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