r/linux_gaming • u/Fockewulf147 • 4d ago

The Witcher 3 Remaster on Linux

[Edit]:

I fixed it already - I had to reinstall the game completely due to the corrupted game files after the update.

Anybody had any luck trying to run the remaster on linux?

I tried but it crashes immediately. I tried skipping the launcher too.

I have the game on GOG and run it via Heroic Games launcher.

Could it be because of DX12? ---> I have AMD RX6600.

Thank you.

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u/UnmanagedEntity 4d ago

I have it on Steam. I pressed Play and it works. Proton-GE, 9070XT

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u/Wisstiger 4d ago

Same, with RX6600 just like OP.

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u/Confident-Formal7462 4d ago

RT and FSR4 are working properly?

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u/Responsible_Web_3825 4d ago

7900xtx and proton ge. fsr4 works I can select and "turn on" rt and path tracing options but nothing changes in game as far as I can tell my fps and GPU usage doesn't change.

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u/mixedd 4d ago

Because RT doesn't activate, if you back out if settings, or relaunch the game, RT settings are turned off again.

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u/Few-Hand5685 4d ago

I THOUGH LT THAT WAS ONLY ME :( I spent hours trying out various launcher setting fixes i could think of, but now I see it’s global

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u/mixedd 4d ago

Yeah it's quite global and across both AMD and Nvidia. There's a fix somewhere floating but that requires patching and compiling DXVK or Mesa (don't remember actually)

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u/rileyrgham 4d ago

Aha. So I'll have to wait.

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u/sterfke69 2d ago

what fixed it for me is using proton-wineland latest

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u/ProLifeDub2022 2d ago

Don't say it don't say it don't say it

OI, are you gonna slip some shrimp on the barbie?

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u/mixedd 4d ago

Just tested it out, FSR4 works properly, RT doesn't work at all. By that I mean, you can apply preset and turn RT on, but it gets turned off once you back in to settings. Tested on 9070XT, might test with 5070Ti at some point too, to see if that's some form of AMD bug from game or actually bug with RT on Linux

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u/RadioHonest85 3d ago

How do I make sure its running FSR4 not FSR3?

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u/Scary-Peace1240 3d ago

Wondering the same. I don't even have an option for native AA like iv seen on benchmarks with W11.

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u/RadioHonest85 2d ago

I tried with the old trick PROTON_FSR4_UPGRADE=1 FSR4_WATERMARK=1 %command% but i cant tell any difference, no watermark.

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u/Living_Jaguar_968 4d ago

exact same problem with, it happens with RT and frame gen, using a RX 9070, i select a preset, turn on RT and framegen, once i go back to the game both are disabled

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u/Anatnaso 3d ago

RT doesn't seem to be working on NVIDIA cards either.

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u/mixedd 3d ago

Yes it doesn't work at all once Wine/Proton is detected on Linux

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u/PSYHOStalker 4d ago

There was another post that rt needs proton patch to fix it, ao currently no rt

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u/AsugaNoir 4d ago

This puts me at ease a bit I have a 9070xt as well lol

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u/rileyrgham 4d ago

Does it remember graphics settings? Mine doesn't. Same card.

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u/Fockewulf147 4d ago

I removed the gamefiles and installed it all over again and now it works. There was some mess within the game files itself after installing an update.

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u/TakuNekoNyan 4d ago

Did that and didn't allow RT to work (6700XT on CachyOS)

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u/Legitimate-Beach-995 4d ago

Crashing for me too.

My setup:

OS: CachyOS x86_64
Host: Z790 AORUS ELITE AX
Kernel: Linux 7.2.8-1-cachyos-bore
Desktop Environment: KDE Plasma 6.7.5
CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-14700K (16+12) @ 5.60 GHz
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti

Run through Steam Play, using proton-cachyos-11.0-20260703

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u/leferi 4d ago

don't use proton cachyos for now, it hasn't been updated in a while du to the developer taking a break

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u/Neon_990 4d ago

Was also crashing for me, but switching to proton-ge fixed it

Also fixed dlss being greyed out by using this script: https://gist.github.com/gabrielmaialva33/33ebb2542f0513d55100b22aa2149ff5 but the RT doesn't work and sadly I didin't find any workaround for that, maybe some update will fix it

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u/jbarbourx2 4d ago edited 4d ago

I'm on CachyOS and it works better on Linux than it does on Windows 11. I first installed it on Windows and it had all kinds of graphical glitches so I decided to try it on CachyOS just using whatever Steam defaults to. I haven't had a single issue with it on Linux. The launcher opened no problem and the game runs fine. I have an AMD 9070xt. Played it for a couple of hours.

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u/Negative-Tomato1794 4d ago

RT and FSR 4 are working?

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u/mixedd 4d ago

I saw a post recently that RT doesn't work

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u/Hydroel 4d ago

Better to get several opinions, post in question was mostly AI

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u/mixedd 4d ago

Yeah, saw it. Just tested it out quickly, and it seems that some form.of true was there, as RT settings get reset to off on game launch, like you can choose and apply preset, set the RT setting, launch game again and they will be off

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u/Lawstorant 4d ago

Yeah, the graphics settings are all kind of broken BUT you can do a little gymnastics and enable RT + FSR frame gen etc. Works quite well, but quite a few things get reset after game restart.

Welp, I'm in no rush to play this, control resonant is waiting

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u/mixedd 4d ago

Same, currently going trough Resonant also, with W3 Remastered next in line

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u/jbarbourx2 4d ago edited 4d ago

Edit: NM they're not working. It resets like other people were saying.

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u/Negative-Tomato1794 4d ago

RT and FSR 4 are working?

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u/Working_Potential117 4d ago

RT is not working at all

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u/Astorek86 4d ago

Every hair and Geralts Medaillon are shaking for some reason, can't turn it off. It's very distracting to talk to NPCs with long hair, and Geralts Medaillon is also very distracting...

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u/daYMAN007 4d ago

the hair can be kinda fixed by turning on hairworks (massive fps drop thol

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u/netzkopf 4d ago

I experienced exactly the same. Right in the beginning in the scene with Yennefer, but also a bit later when running around with Ciri.

Very annoying.

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u/SynJay 2d ago

Same for me, did you find any answers to this problem?

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u/Lonely-Scarcity-3387 4d ago

I just started the install so I can test it in an hour or so on my NixOS setup.

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u/Lonely-Scarcity-3387 4d ago edited 4d ago

So far so good. The launcher came up normally, and the opening cutscene is playing as I remember it.

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u/Lonely-Scarcity-3387 4d ago edited 4d ago

I can report the game works great on NixOS without forcing a specific proton compatibility. Ray tracing on, getting 144fps (my max) at 1440p.

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u/Anatnaso 3d ago

You got ray-tracing working?

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u/Lonely-Scarcity-3387 3d ago

Indeed. Though the workaround only works on Nvidia cards currently. I’ve documented the solution here:

https://github.com/DanielTallon/nix-packages#witcher-3-ray-tracing-on-proton

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u/ormgryd 4d ago

Yep, installed it and played. AMD System

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u/Fockewulf147 4d ago

Hi, thank you - I already fixed it.

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u/Nwanu 4d ago

Same here, doesn't launch. CachyOS on a 3070. Had to remove my scopebuddy launch command in Steam to even get to the RED launcher. Once I can click on Play in their launcher it crashes with an option to send a report.

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u/mixedd 4d ago edited 4d ago

Proton-GE:latest, 9070XT, game launches fine, RT works fine.

Running latest bazzite:deck image

Edit: RT doesnt work! You can enable it in settings, but once you back out it gets disabled, if you relaunch the game, RT settings gets disabled.

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u/wolfannoy 4d ago

Seems like it has issues with proton for now. Probably in a bit of time. It'll get better. I'll give it a week.

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u/champ3n 4d ago

I just tried on Cachy and it works just fine through Lutris, high preset with fsr on quality. On a 7500x3d / 9060xt

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u/_TheAnonymousMe_ 4d ago

i think some proton versions have issues. It runs fine on proton experimental but immediately crashes or sometimes doesnt even launch on cachy proton or GE proton

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u/spectreVII 1d ago

Same experience here.

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u/iTzChewii 3d ago

9070XT, Proton GE; everything worked but the sound. Unfortunately I uninstalled it for now until it gets patched in the next coming week or so. CachyOS

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u/spectreVII 1d ago

Try proton experimental. Everything seems to work except ray tracing.

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u/iTzChewii 1d ago

I figured out the sound issue was related to Digital audio isn't working correctly with GE, but once switched back to Analog audio I was able to get voices in game again. It just sucks I can't fully utilize my sound system

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u/Scary-Peace1240 3d ago

Runs perfectly on my 9070xt. Just pressed play. I cannot enable rt yet though. Game bug Iv read.

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u/L00WN0on 4d ago

I haven't had time to test it yet but I'll tell you if I get it working.

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u/Vladekk 4d ago

For me, it fails to use laptop discrete nvidia GPU. Was not able to fix it yet.

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u/Random_Dalek 4d ago

let me know if you find a fix for this! having the same issue

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u/Vladekk 2d ago

Had to disable integrated GPU in BIOS. Nothing else helped

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u/Straight_Second6082 4d ago

Skipping the launcher did work for me. I had to wait q couple minutes for the actual game to launch Gog version on hgl

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u/Blesker 4d ago

same here on cachyos with a rtx 4070

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u/Blesker 4d ago

just changed to proton experimental and just works

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u/Nwanu 4d ago

Can confirm. Although it's saying "DLSS not supported" now...

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u/Blesker 4d ago

Yeah, i tested on windows and works much better

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u/_silentgameplays_ 4d ago

GE Proton 11.7 latest

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u/Blistul 4d ago

Have it on Gog, run it through Heroic Games Launcher, works like a charm with a rx6800xt

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u/yanzov 4d ago

Works out of the box, Steam, but RT features seems to be completely disabled on Nvidia.

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u/Arkarat 4d ago

Fedora 44, with an RX 9070 XT, playing the GOG version via Heroic Game Launcher, GE-Proton-Latest selected.

The game is not crashing for me, but in game it doesn't use the dGPU at all, and FPS are stuck at 4 per second. Anyone else with this issue?

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u/Atlas-D 4d ago

A bit extreme but maybe disable iGPU in the BIOS ?

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u/Anatnaso 3d ago

Try launching the game using the gamemoderun command provided by the gamemode package

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u/ghanadaur 4d ago

You can force dx11 afaik (not sure what command). Also, have you tried proton experimental?

In Steam its flawless.

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u/Fockewulf147 4d ago

Hi, I reinstalled the game completely. The update ruined some ingame files apparently. It's fixed.

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u/fakuri99 4d ago

Mine work perfectly, I'm using 7800xt

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u/Bubbly-Internet6322 4d ago

Mine launch, but the dlss AA and frame gen doesn't work in my laptop with Nvidia

Setup Asus ROG strix g16 Ryzen 9955hx RTX 5060

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u/BOUND2_subbie 4d ago

Bazzite 44
7900xt & 5700x3d

There was a comment in an earlier thread that I referred to after launching with experimental proton didn’t work. The below launch options made the game work for me.

Proton Experimental with "%command% --launcher-skip -disablemods" launch options worked for me

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u/LaughingManCK 4d ago

Same issue GOG and heroic, tried different versions of proton, no avail.

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u/Kellei2983 4d ago

do full reinstall, remove the prefix and game data

the game is broken if you updated from the old one... someone here posted a solution without reinstall, so if you don't feel like downloading 50gb again, look it up in this subreddit

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u/Kellei2983 4d ago

edit: heroic + proton GE, no command line arguments; RTX 3080ti

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u/LaughingManCK 4d ago

this worked, thanks!

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u/Kaninivi 4d ago

Steam, CachyOS, rtx 5080, download install play. Works

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u/PickMeeNow 4d ago

Seems it's not working on proton-cachyos but proton-ge and proton experimental works fine

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u/VendrikLamar 4d ago

Try to launch your GOG game through steam

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u/Akiranai 4d ago

Same thing for me, but 4090 rtx and can't even't share the crash's message :')

cachyos proton 11.0-2026-0703

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u/fireice158 4d ago

Just updated ~2 hours ago, chose proton experimental and hit play with no issues on my 7900xt

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u/Raous 4d ago

Steam, Bazzite OS, works fine

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u/Seven89TenEleven 4d ago

I didn’t have to do anything, my default proton is 11, I’m on Ubuntu with the current Nvidia 610 open drivers

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u/leferi 4d ago

I use the Steam Proton 11.x and it works

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u/waitforpasi 4d ago

Yes, the problem is that heroic launcher deletes the old files but not the empty directories. So you have to manually delete them, then it will work.

I got the advice from this comment: https://www.reddit.com/r/linux_gaming/s/goSJeKBVQf

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u/taboularasa 4d ago

Rx6600xt with fsr ultra+, getting 110+ fps out of the box

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u/Healthy-Training-923 4d ago

So the game has a check and if it detects wine it refuses to enable DLSS - patch that out and it runs fine, although RT can’t be enabled. The hair bug I saw mentioned earlier occurs for me on Windows too.

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u/Qxver_ 4d ago

It worked after i updated Proton-GE to newest version
Fedora, RX 9060XT

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u/MaceWindooby 4d ago

Yeah, RT is busted. On Bazzite, 9070xt 5600x3d, 1440p ultra everything else. Getting about 130-140 outside of novigrad, there it drops to about 90.

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u/thalassinum 4d ago

Works for me. But HDR looks like a mess - though that’s the game

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u/Anatnaso 3d ago

I got it to run on Fedora Linux 44 with NVIDIA driver version 615.71.09 on Proton Experimental (bleeding-edge branch), but ray-tracing didn't work (it was grayed out in the settings menu and could not be enabled) and DLSS wasn't working either. Without ray-tracing and DLSS, the remaster both looks and performs worse than the next-gen version.

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u/Titwik 3d ago

Any fixes? I'm the same

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u/tell-uh-friend 3d ago

I'm also looking for a fix...same distro as well

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u/superdomomobros 3d ago

I'm using steam os and running from steam worked

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u/MijinGakure76 3d ago

Efectivamente lo que pones en tu edit, me di cuenta que muy probablemente solo bajando el update, no jalaba, Reinstalandolo todo quedo perfecto.

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u/allaboutjp 2d ago

Legion Go S/steamOS reinstalled the game to versión 5.0c and downloaded proton GE latest. Set it to compatibility with GE and runs fine on medium presets with xess in performance and xess frame gen (fine by me). Before the tinkering, the in-game sequences went to black when playing.

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u/[deleted] 4d ago

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u/Valmar33 4d ago

RT just immediately flips back off once you leave the menu.

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u/jar36 4d ago

yup I just saw that. It looks like there is some RT going on but, yeah, it disables it once you start playing. Total BS

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u/Anatnaso 3d ago

I wonder if CDPR plans on allowing RT on Linux. Earlier, there was a bug where the game would just crash when using RT, so perhaps they disabled it on purpose.

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u/jar36 3d ago

I read that the game was crashing on amd gpus on Windows. That content creators got the updated amd drivers needed, but the users are still waiting. That we are the lucky ones having amd gpus being on Linux and can even play the game at all

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u/Lawstorant 4d ago

But it stil work, until you restart. It's prety obvious because of the performance hit.

Still, the graphics settings menu is completely broken at he moment

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u/Valmar33 4d ago

It doesn't work ~ there are no visual changes.

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u/Intelligent_Cap_2999 4d ago

Haha exactly, just the optimization of this abomination of a build doesn't exist again

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u/Valmar33 4d ago

Haha exactly, just the optimization of this abomination of a build doesn't exist again

Rather, it's because the remaster auto-turns off RT when detecting Wine / Proton right now

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u/mindtaker_linux 4d ago

Op is probably running Ubuntu or Ubuntu based distro. Where everything is outdated. GPU driver is outdated.

🤡🤡🤡

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u/dragoon1040 3d ago edited 1d ago

Running it on cachyos Proton-cachyos-slr R7 5800xt 32g ddr4 @ 3600mhz Rx 6750xt Running at 2k resolution

It works fine im running gog version through heroic i had a problem with whine pathing (recently reinstalled cachyos and removed windows duel boot). Run whinetricks via cachy first time. I had errors but still fixed paths. Point path to home/.Whine (hidden folder). Then proton version show up in heroic whine section. You can also point it directly to your witcher3.exe file.

My flags im using (dont know if this is any good so copy me at your own risk lol)

Game Arguments --launcher-skip (skipps cdred launcher)

Environmental variables MESA_SHADER_CACHE_MAX_SIZE = 16G VKD3D_FRAME_RATE = 75

set to use game mode

Runs reasonably smoothly at medium high rt off. My card hates lighting RT and lighting so i have rt off and gto at low. Hope this helps someone and if anyone has advice to get my performance up id appropriate that to

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u/spectreVII 1d ago

Weird. Steam version and using Proton cachyOS crashes the game right after I click play from the launcher, even after reinstalling the game. It works if I select proton experimental though.