My journey to successfully game under Linux (and overcome Microsoft's Stranglehold)

[igor_kavinski]

Searching for it, two things stand out:

Don't change to DX12 in the in-game settings. It will fail to launch and may require re-installation.

Other thing is to delete the game's compatdata folder (.steam > steam > steamapps > compatdata) or keep the folder but delete everything inside that folder.

 

[igor_kavinski]

If I had the bandwidth I'd do a backup of my BF2 installation and share it with you!

My suggestion is to make a copy of the folder, then search for all files. Delete all the files that look like assets etc. That should trim down the size dramatically. What you should be left with is just DLLs or config files. Give that to Indus. He overwrites his folder with that and maybe it works?

 

[igor_kavinski]

If I had the bandwidth I'd do a backup of my BF2 installation and share it with you!

This also reminds me. When Half Life 2 came out, I was a kid and couldn't afford to buy it so obviously bought a counterfeit CD/DVD. Upon launching the game, it was erroring out on a single file. Got on IRC, managed to find some really nice guy who sent me that measly few kilobytes file and my copy ran flawlessly! That day, I "felt" the true power of the internet.

 

[WelshBloke]

My suggestion is to make a copy of the folder, then search for all files. Delete all the files that look like assets etc. That should trim down the size dramatically. What you should be left with is just DLLs or config files. Give that to Indus. He overwrites his folder with that and maybe it works?

I'm not sure that would work with the way Steam backs up games. I didn't have any luck just copy/pasting the game folders, I had to do a Steam backup and restore from that for my games. I can't remember if BF2 worked that way or if it needed a full download and reinstall.

 

[igor_kavinski]

GitHub - CryoByte33/steam-deck-utilities: A utility to improve performance and help manage storage on Steam Deck.

A utility to improve performance and help manage storage on Steam Deck. - CryoByte33/steam-deck-utilities

github.com

Some people have had luck with that. Something to do with default swap space. Installing that, the default size is increased so that may resolve the issue.

@WelshBloke Let us know your swap size. Then Indus can compare to his swap size.

Some other good recommendations here: https://www.protondb.com/app/1237950?device=steamDeck

 

[WelshBloke]

GitHub - CryoByte33/steam-deck-utilities: A utility to improve performance and help manage storage on Steam Deck.

A utility to improve performance and help manage storage on Steam Deck. - CryoByte33/steam-deck-utilities

github.com

Some people have had luck with that. Something to do with default swap space. Installing that, the default size is increased so that may resolve the issue.

@WelshBloke Let us know your swap size. Then Indus can compare to his swap size.

Some other good recommendations here: https://www.protondb.com/app/1237950?device=steamDeck

I'll check when I get home in the morning, I'm running with 64gb of ram though so I'm probably not using a lot of it!

 

[igor_kavinski]

I'm running with 64gb of ram

THAT could be a clue because in Windows, the swap file automatically gets increased proportional to the amount of RAM so your default size would have to be greater than someone with 32GB RAM.