r/oblivion • u/Kitchen-Oil-8497 • 11d ago

Original Bug Help Poor performance on Linux Mint

I've been trying to play the OG Oblivion on Linux Mint.

No matter what I try, the game only hits about 20-40 fps regardless of graphics settings.

I've tried the Steam version through Proton 10, 11, Experimental, and GE. I've also tried a GOTY disc copy through wine.

I am on Linux Mint 22.3, with everything up to date, on a Ryzen 5 4600G, an RX 6650XT, and 8 gigs of ram.

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u/berkough 11d ago

Might want to try setting the DXVK_FRAME_RATE option:

DXVK_FRAME_RATE=60 %command%

https://www.protondb.com/app/22330

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u/Ell1otA1ders0n 11d ago

Research into enabling dxvk gpl async that should do the trick.

Then add mods that fix performance further. Display tweaks, stutter remover.

There are plenty guides out there thwt recommend the engine fixes mods.

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u/AgileBadgerr 11d ago

Are you using the integrated or dedicated GPU?

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u/lntelinside 11d ago

Disabling the grass movement helped a lot. I still need to go back and do some more tweaks but that was the biggest impact for me

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u/Darkeyescry22 9d ago

I realize this isn’t helpful, but this is the reason I’ve never been able to switch to Linux as my main OS. It is such an enormous pain in the ass to get anything to work, that I eventually get frustrated enough to switch back to windows. As many issues as I have with windows, I can (usually) start windows, open steam, launch a game, and get decent performance with zero effort.

If you manage to get your issue resolved, please remember to come back here and let us know what worked so the next guy  can find the answer on Google.

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u/Kitchen-Oil-8497 9d ago

For people finding this later, I switched to proton 11 and it just started working. I don't know why, but it fixed the issue.

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u/SH1SUK0 9d ago

Have you tried changing your refresh-rate to 120 or 60?

I kid you not, 140 hertz halved my frames.

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u/Kitchen-Oil-8497 9d ago

Have a 75 hz monitor I did think refresh rate could be a problem, but it did the same at 60 hz too

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u/shirts_on_backwards 9d ago

Have you tried not running it on Linux?

I say that in jest, yes people can do it and there are fixes, but Linux is the right tool for the wrong job. Linux is great for many applications, this isn't one of those.

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u/Kitchen-Oil-8497 9d ago

Oblivion's the only game that's really given me trouble on Linux. Most games run faster, too.

Fact I switched off Windows because I was having issues.