Hi i am looking for someone that can help me get Dawn of war 2 and 3 running and maybe silent hunter 5.
The dawn of war games intalls fine but when i try to load them the vulcan shaders loads and then the game just shuts down.
Silent hunter 5 has no support anywere, not in proton and not on lutris. and that is as far as my skill with gaming on linux goes as of yet.
First, you forgot the paste your garuda-inxi.
Second, I do not think you would get support for playing specific games here, maybe if it was a problem with Garuda and worked fine on other distros.
For game related info, please check out ProtonDB.
The Dawn of War games have a gold rating, so they should work fine, Silent Hunter is silver, that is a bit worse.
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As the good Samaritan I am, I have tried Dawn of War 2. With standard settings, it would try to start, but fail. What I did was: Right-click the game → Properties → Compatibility → confirm the option → select Proton Experimental (let it download stuff).
With Proton Experimental (as mentioned in the ProtonDB page), the game works - I watched the cinematics, selected difficulty, was able to move through the map. Cloud sync is not working, it shows an error, that is also mentioned in the ProtonDB link.
Though, as you are missing the garuda-inxi output, I do not know your config. I am on full AMD build, you might have further issues with Nvidia. Also, I do not have the other two games. And I did not and will not try multiplayer.
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Hi mad. I have to so i like that you have The nameless one as profile pick, not many remember planescape torment anymore. Thanks for testing that for me, i was a bit stuck since i am not far from a newbie on most linux distros and speaking i being a newbie, here is my garuda-inxi :
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System:
Kernel: 6.10.2-zen1-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 14.1.1 clocksource: tsc
avail: hpet,acpi_pm parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
root=UUID=dc591777-dfab-4f74-8f6d-5dacb8ca6fc6 rw rootflags=subvol=@ quiet loglevel=3 ibt=off
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.1.3 tk: Qt v: N/A info: frameworks v: 6.4.0 wm: kwin_wayland vt: 1
dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop Mobo: ASRock model: X570 Steel Legend serial: <superuser required>
uuid: <superuser required> UEFI: American Megatrends v: P5.61 date: 02/22/2024
CPU:
Info: model: AMD Ryzen 9 5950X bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen 3+ gen: 4 level: v3 note: check
built: 2022 process: TSMC n6 (7nm) family: 0x19 (25) model-id: 0x21 (33) stepping: 2
microcode: 0xA20120E
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 16 tpc: 2 threads: 32 smt: enabled cache: L1: 1024 KiB desc: d-16x32
KiB; i-16x32 KiB L2: 8 MiB desc: 16x512 KiB L3: 64 MiB desc: 2x32 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 4197 high: 4200 min/max: 2200/6279 boost: enabled scaling:
driver: acpi-cpufreq governor: performance cores: 1: 4192 2: 4200 3: 4200 4: 4200 5: 4200 6: 4200
7: 4194 8: 4200 9: 4192 10: 4200 11: 4200 12: 4200 13: 4200 14: 4191 15: 4200 16: 4200 17: 4200
18: 4200 19: 4200 20: 4200 21: 4200 22: 4200 23: 4200 24: 4200 25: 4192 26: 4200 27: 4190
28: 4200 29: 4200 30: 4200 31: 4200 32: 4174 bogomips: 268313
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
Device-1: AMD Navi 33 [Radeon RX 7600/7600 XT/7600M XT/7600S/7700S / PRO W7600] vendor: ASRock
driver: amdgpu v: kernel arch: RDNA-3 code: Navi-33 built: 2023+ pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s
lanes: 8 ports: active: DP-1 empty: DP-2, DP-3, HDMI-A-1, Writeback-1 bus-ID: 10:00.0
chip-ID: 1002:7480 class-ID: 0300
Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.13 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.1 compositor: kwin_wayland
driver: X: loaded: amdgpu unloaded: modesetting,radeon alternate: fbdev,vesa dri: radeonsi
gpu: amdgpu display-ID: 0
Monitor-1: DP-1 res: 2560x1440 size: N/A modes: N/A
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: amd radeonsi platforms: device: 0 drv: radeonsi device: 1 drv: swrast
surfaceless: drv: radeonsi wayland: drv: radeonsi x11: drv: radeonsi inactive: gbm
API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: amd mesa v: 24.1.4-arch1.2 glx-v: 1.4
direct-render: yes renderer: AMD Radeon RX 7600 (radeonsi navi33 LLVM 18.1.8 DRM 3.57
6.10.2-zen1-1-zen) device-ID: 1002:7480 memory: 7.81 GiB unified: no display-ID: :1.0
API: Vulkan v: 1.3.279 layers: 13 device: 0 type: discrete-gpu name: AMD Radeon RX 7600 (RADV
NAVI33) driver: mesa radv v: 24.1.4-arch1.2 device-ID: 1002:7480 surfaces: xcb,xlib,wayland
device: 1 type: cpu name: llvmpipe (LLVM 18.1.8 256 bits) driver: mesa llvmpipe
v: 24.1.4-arch1.2 (LLVM 18.1.8) device-ID: 10005:0000 surfaces: xcb,xlib,wayland
Audio:
Device-1: AMD Navi 31 HDMI/DP Audio driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s
lanes: 8 bus-ID: 10:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:ab30 class-ID: 0403
Device-2: AMD Starship/Matisse HD Audio vendor: ASRock driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie:
gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 12:00.4 chip-ID: 1022:1487 class-ID: 0403
Device-3: FIFINE Microphones K670 Microphone driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid type: USB
rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 3-4:2 chip-ID: 3142:0001 class-ID: 0300
serial: <filter>
API: ALSA v: k6.10.2-zen1-1-zen status: kernel-api with: aoss type: oss-emulator tools: N/A
Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.2.1 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse status: active
2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin 4: pw-jack type: plugin
tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
Device-1: Intel I211 Gigabit Network vendor: ASRock driver: igb v: kernel pcie: gen: 1
speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: f000 bus-ID: 08:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:1539 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp8s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Info: services: NetworkManager, smbd, systemd
-timesyncd
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 4.57 TiB used: 797.45 GiB (17.0%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:5 vendor: A-Data model: LEGEND 710 size: 476.94 GiB block-size:
physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter>
fw-rev: VC2SAD01 temp: 38.9 C scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/nvme1n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: A-Data model: LEGEND 710 size: 476.94 GiB block-size:
physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter>
fw-rev: VC2SAD01 temp: 38.9 C scheme: GPT
ID-3: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Western Digital model: WD23PURZ-85C5HY0 size: 1.82 TiB
block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s tech: HDD rpm: 5400 serial: <filter>
fw-rev: 0A80 scheme: MBR
ID-4: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Western Digital model: WD23PURZ-85C5HY0 size: 1.82 TiB
block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s tech: HDD rpm: 5400 serial: <filter>
fw-rev: 0A80 scheme: GPT
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 476.64 GiB size: 476.64 GiB (100.00%) used: 123.85 GiB (26.0%) fs: btrfs
dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:7
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%) used: 6.4 MiB (2.1%) fs: vfat
dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:6
ID-3: /home raw-size: 476.64 GiB size: 476.64 GiB (100.00%) used: 123.85 GiB (26.0%) fs: btrfs
dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:7
ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 476.64 GiB size: 476.64 GiB (100.00%) used: 123.85 GiB (26.0%)
fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:7
ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 476.64 GiB size: 476.64 GiB (100.00%) used: 123.85 GiB (26.0%)
fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:7
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 31.26 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100 comp: zstd
avail: lzo,lzo-rle,lz4,lz4hc,842 max-streams: 32 dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 46.4 C mobo: N/A gpu: amdgpu temp: 33.0 C mem: 42.0 C
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A gpu: amdgpu fan: 0
Info:
Memory: total: 32 GiB available: 31.26 GiB used: 6.87 GiB (22.0%)
Processes: 533 Power: uptime: 15h 47m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep avail: s2idle
wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot, suspend, test_resume image: 12.49 GiB
services: org_kde_powerdevil, power-profiles-daemon, upowerd Init: systemd v: 256
default: graphical tool: systemctl
Packages: 2010 pm: pacman pkgs: 1989 libs: 583 tools: octopi,paru pm: snap pkgs: 21 Compilers:
clang: 18.1.8 gcc: 14.1.1 Client: shell wrapper v: 5.2.26-release inxi: 3.3.35
Garuda (2.6.26-1):
System install date: 2024-05-27
Last full system update: 2024-08-02
Is partially upgraded: No
Relevant software: snapper NetworkManager dracut
Windows dual boot: No/Undetected
Failed units: snap.remmina.ssh-agent.service
Thanks a million again Mad. Dow 2 is up and running, i did not know that i could force a game to run in specific proton versions. I will continue testing the other games.
THX a bunch Mad!!!
btw: no need to test multiplayer, all my gamer friends has been lost to palworld anyway.
If anyone wonders about how it went with any of the other games just ask in this post.
You should mark his answer as the solution.
P.S. In future if you have any issue with Steam games, as Mad suggested, you should try to search the game on protonDB first.
The proton experimental suggestion has been there for a long time.
Please
- Format terminal output (including your
garuda-inxi) as a code block by clicking the preformatted text button (</>) , or put three tildes (~) above and below the text
Will do and done. thanks 
I started out on ProtonDB but i found no answer. I found the site kinda hard to navigate, guess that is also something that get’s beter with time.
Enjoy DoW2, it is a great game. Now that you have gained some knowledge, I hope you can now enjoy even more games.
I knew someone would at some point recognize the Nameless One 
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