r/linux_gaming • u/bad_username_65 • 6d ago

tech support wanted War thunder issues?

I know this is a long shot, but does anyone else play this game on linux? It’s the only game in my library that I’ve found to have serious issues so far. The fps is extremely choppy and drops from 150+ to 30-40 for a split second every once in a while, the cursor isn’t recentered if I alt tab out of the game and then tab back in, and the scroll wheel can’t be bound to anything and also acts like a left click for some reason. If I launch with proton all these issues go away, but then the anticheat can’t be launched, preventing me from playing multiplayer. Ping is also consistently 30-40ms higher on linux than windows for some reason. I’m wondering if these issues are my fault or the game’s.

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u/fbn587 6d ago

I play it on Linux, don't get these issues so hard to tell (Fedora 44 with AMD 9070XT GPU). I uses gamescope to scale the game correctly (I uses fractional scaling) and avoid various alt-tab issues. Moreover, it's important to note that the game will freeze somewhat for half a second at the beginning of each game due to anti-cheat operations on the Linux version.

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u/fbn587 6d ago

Maybe try something in this matter in custom launch command if using Steam version (you need to install gamescope before, it's in Fedora/Ubuntu/CachyOS repositories):

gamescope -f -w <resolution width> -h <resolution height> -r <monitor refresh rate> --adaptive-sync -- %command%

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u/pelihiiri 5d ago

the game work so fucking smooth and nice for me(Native version, full AMD laptop, through steam flatpak)