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The Division 2, under Lutris, ran well but is now laggy (compuverse.uk)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by pauby@compuverse.uk to c/linux_gaming@lemmy.ml
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I had The Division 2 running well under Lutris with Proton 8.8 (downloaded from GloriousEggRoll). Put in many hours with this configuration and it was rock solid. Just to be clear, this is the non-Steam version of The Division 2 bought directly from Ubisoft.

Since getting RDR2 in the latest Steam sale, I haven't played Division 2 for a few weeks. During that time, the NVIDIA drivers have been updated (no idea if it's related, but I mention it as it may be relevant). I went to start The Division 2 last night, and after a 196MB update for the Ubisoft Launcher it led to a 4.9GB Division 2 update. When starting, the game is now very laggy:

  • The 'Snowdrop' logo animation at the start was sometimes really slow (not always).
  • The percentage circle at the start of the game, to get to the first screen and to get to play the game itself, is slow, laggy and the audio ticks don't match the tick in percentage numbers.
  • When in game, the lag itself when moving around or just looking around is so bad that the game is unplayable.

I've tried different runners in Lutris with some of them not launching the game at all, but all of then have the same problems. I downloaded the latest Proton 8.10 from GloriousEggRoll as well but no change.

I also have a problem with RDR2 Online (story works absolutely fine) where it crashed every time after the first black and white photograph. I've never tried Online before this, so no idea if it ever worked. Again, this may be unrelated, but I mention it just in case.

I am running Manjaro KDE Plasma with the latest updates. Kernel is 6.1 and NVIDIA drivers are 535.54.03 for my TITAN X card. I've tried rolling back to 530.something and 525.47.27 using https://github.com/Frogging-Family/nvidia-all as I saw some posts around issues with the 535 drivers. Still the same issues.

My question really is:

  1. Anybody had this issue? I'm sure I had issues with a previous update to The Division 2 which caused me to move from Bottles to Lutris.
  2. Could this be NVIDIA driver related? If so, I've not found anything that gives me a good set of instructions on how to downgrade NVIDIA drivers.
  3. Any other suggestions?
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The Division 2, in Lutris, ran well but now really laggy (compuverse.uk)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by pauby@compuverse.uk to c/linux_gaming@lemmy.world
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I had The Division 2 running well under Lutris with Proton 8.8 (downloaded from GloriousEggRoll). Put in many hours with this configuration and it was rock solid. Just to be clear, this is the non-Steam version of The Division 2 bought directly from Ubisoft.

Since getting RDR2 in the latest Steam sale, I haven't played Division 2 for a few weeks. During that time, the NVIDIA drivers have been updated (no idea if it's related, but I mention it as it may be relevant). I went to start The Division 2 last night, and after a 196MB update for the Ubisoft Launcher it led to a 4.9GB Division 2 update. When starting, the game is now very laggy:

  • The 'Snowdrop' logo animation at the start was sometimes really slow (not always).
  • The percentage circle at the start of the game, to get to the first screen and to get to play the game itself, is slow, laggy and the audio ticks don't match the tick in percentage numbers.
  • When in game, the lag itself when moving around or just looking around is so bad that the game is unplayable.

I've tried different runners in Lutris with some of them not launching the game at all, but all of then have the same problems. I downloaded the latest Proton 8.10 from GloriousEggRoll as well but no change.

I also have a problem with RDR2 Online (story works absolutely fine) where it crashed every time after the first black and white photograph. I've never tried Online before this, so no idea if it ever worked. Again, this may be unrelated, but I mention it just in case.

I am running Manjaro KDE Plasma with the latest updates. Kernel is 6.1 and NVIDIA drivers are 535.54.03 for my TITAN X card. I've tried rolling back to 530.something and 525.47.27 using https://github.com/Frogging-Family/nvidia-all as I saw some posts around issues with the 535 drivers. Still the same issues.

My question really is:

  1. Anybody had this issue? I'm sure I had issues with a previous update to The Division 2 which caused me to move from Bottles to Lutris.
  2. Could this be NVIDIA driver related? If so, I've not found anything that gives me a good set of instructions on how to downgrade NVIDIA drivers.
  3. Any other suggestions?
IT Management sucks in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] pauby@compuverse.uk 3 points 1 year ago

This is EXACTLY why I'm still in management. I try to be the manager I've always wanted and fail more times than I succeed. But I keep on striving for that goal.

Management is easy. Good management isn't.

On Corporations and Linux in c/linux@lemmy.ml
[–] pauby@compuverse.uk 5 points 1 year ago

While I broadly agree with you, don't discount Windows so easily. It's not finished by any means.

Organizations have a massive investment in Windows and the Windows ecosystem that they cannot or cannot easily replace with Linux. The organizational user base dwarfs the home user base (no stats, just my opinion and experience).

For the technical minded user, Linux makes a lot of sense. For gamers, I still think there is that 'Windows is best' mindset (that is being chipped away at but it's still present - NVIDIA getting on board would help). For small businesses Linux makes sense. For large businesses, cost aside, it doesn't fit for reasons I mentioned above.

Obviously that is a large generalisation, but, again based on experience, I think it holds generally true.

All of this from a home user and gamer who switched to Manjaro in January and has booted his Windows machine twice since then, only to grab files off of.

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Preferred donation platform? (compuverse.uk)
 

I wanted to donate to Lemmy and there are 3 platforms available on https://join-lemmy.org/donate - my question is, which gives the most money to Lemmy after fees, and is therefore the preferred platform?

Reddit just auto removed my comment with a link to Lemmy.ml in c/technology@beehaw.org
[–] pauby@compuverse.uk 4 points 1 year ago

Twitter did the same with Mastodon links originally.

Getting used to paying for internet services in c/technology@beehaw.org
[–] pauby@compuverse.uk 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't like subscriptions at all because I'm very conscious that one day I may not be able to afford to subscribe and I'll lose access / data etc. So I will simply not use apps that require an ongoing subscription where my data is difficult to move. If they allow me to buy a lifetime license, I'm in.

I am happy to donate or make a monthly payment, knowing that if I stop I can still access it. So Obsidian works for me - I donate but the data is local and mine so if anything happens it's still there. Archive.org I donate too - if I don't pay I can still use it.

The other consideration I have is where is my data and what are they doing with it. For example, I host my email with Fastmail. It's a yearly subscription but the data is mine and I can move it where I want and I trust the company credentials on not mining my data.

I wouldn't pay Reddit or Facebook. Whatever you pay they're still horrendous corporations that you are the product for.

I will easily pay $2 or $3 a month for something I use. The more I use it and it makes my life easier, the more I'll pay. $2 is a no brainer to pay. More takes consideration.