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How to make the game not run terribly on Linux
By EpicGaming11195
Payday 2 was running at 20 FPS on Arch, this is how I fixed it.
   
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Category: Modding or Configuration
Languages: English
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30 Jul @ 9:52pm
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Guide Index
Overview
Disclaimer 
The guide 
Conclusion 
Comments
Disclaimer
This guide is based on my personal experience alone. Your mileage may vary.
The guide
I recently installed Payday 2 on Arch Linux, and it ran at around 20 FPS with the lowest graphics settings on a system that I knew was capable of running the game at significantly faster speeds than that. I looked up if anyone had had this problem before, and one person said they heard that using Proton is better than using the native Linux version of the game. So I selected "Proton Experimental" in the Compatibility settings, waited for the game to reinstall, and it now consistently runs at well over 100 FPS.

The setting I changed
Properties > Compatibility > Force the use of a specific Steam Play compatibility tool > Proton Experimental
Conclusion
Leave a like if this helped you, or leave a dislike if it permanently broke your game or something.

Thanks for reading, and as always, keep those helmets flying!
5 Comments
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clover (super scary :3) 11 Aug @ 4:11pm 
i use arch btw
Failure 10 Aug @ 7:34pm 
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NilT_PL 9 Aug @ 3:27am 
unless nvidia support for wayland changed in the last 6 months, that would explain the terrible performance
EpicGaming11195  [author] 9 Aug @ 1:56am 
that is correct
NilT_PL 9 Aug @ 1:36am 
were you running it on an nvidia gpu through wayland, perhaps?