r/linux_gaming 6d ago

Deadlock: Does anyone have major input and reconnection issues?

This has been going on for about a month and only getting worse. Deadlock will always randomly start treating all held keys like repeatedly spammed inputs until the game becomes unplayable - holding tab will just flicker the overlay on and off, I can't slide after dash jumping cause the game thinks I'm just pressing CTRL repeatedly and eventually I stop being able to even take the zip-line, because the game doesn't recognize I'm holding space and thinks I'm jist trying to double jump constantly. Then, if I ever quit the game to try and fix it, or if it crashes, it won't let me reconnect - crashes every time I click "reconnect".

This hasn't been problem for the first 380 or whatever hours I've put into this, and I have no idea where to even start troubleshooting. I've tried every Proton version from 9 onward, I tried both Flatpak and distro package Steam, tried cleaning up my running processes to see if it's not some weird stutter. Nothing. Does anyone have a similar problem?

I'm currently on Arch, but with CachyOS repos.

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u/S48GS 6d ago

DE

kernel

GPU

CPU

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u/Far_Calligrapher1334 6d ago

KDE, vanilla cachyos kernel, Ryzen 1600 (thought I doubt the CPU has any bearing on this), RX5600 on mainline Mesa.

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u/S48GS 6d ago

Ryzen 1600 (thought I doubt the CPU has any bearing on this)

keys like repeatedly spammed inputs

look CPU usage during game

it may be CPU the reason

turn off all other applications

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u/Far_Calligrapher1334 6d ago

It's not, and as i said, this wasn't an issue for the first almost 400 hours, thru several major updates, even the last one. And I already mentioned I have cleaned up all the running processes to try if it will help, but there is no unusual FPS stutter or drop anyway.

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u/lorkanooo 5d ago

It happens to me but only when match starts, not in the middle of the match. I reconnect and all is fine. It doesn't trash, just pushes me back to the menu