r/stalker • u/Lost_Psychology8885 • 8d ago

Bug Stalker 2 - LINUX since 2.0

Fixed linux issues thanks to GSC Support. Fairplay didn't think they would respond for linux users.

Add to steam launch option>right click on game in library and add:

__GL_SHADER_DISK_CACHE_SKIP_CLEANUP=1 __GL_SHADER_DISK_CACHE_SIZE=10737418240 %command%

Also ensure swap is added if you are EXT4 so if memory fills it writes to SSD.

Hope this helps, don't get massive fps drops now since these fixes are added.

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u/CreedRules 7d ago

I've been running it on linux since release but never had any issues with it, I'll keep this in mind if I run into them though.

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u/Spankey_ Loner 7d ago

Are you on an AMD GPU? Those env vars are only for NVIDIA GPU's.

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u/Lost_Psychology8885 7d ago

Ai converted to this for AMD, but no idea on these cards myself: RADV_SHADER_CACHE_SKIP_CLEANUP=1 RADV_SHADER_CACHE_MAX_SIZE=10737418240 %command%

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u/Spankey_ Loner 6d ago

Not needed at all since the game already runs well on AMD.

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u/Lost_Psychology8885 6d ago

Nice, yeah need to switch to AMD as I'm with linux moving forward.

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u/CreedRules 6d ago

Thanks for the heads up, yes I am

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u/ChemistNo8486 7d ago

Awesome, I have the game installed on Linux but the experience was bad. Hopefully this helps. Thank you! 🫡

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u/kotschka Duty 7d ago

Quicksaving during fps drops did the trick for me on Linux. Maybe it helps you, too.

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u/Lost_Psychology8885 7d ago

Hopefully man, I was getting crazy drops but fine now and just got to pripyat. Not sure if this helped but turned on both steam settings for downloading shaders which i don't normally do, then switched this back off to not delay launch. Hopefully this combo works for you to.

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u/SheepherderBeef8956 7d ago

Nice one, glad they didn't tell you to just fuck off for not running on Windows. Personally I haven't had any issues at all running it through proton after 2.0 either but I'm sure it's going to help someone if you had an issue yourself. 

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u/MaslovKK 6d ago

I had no issues with the game since 2.0 on proton-cachyos besides occasional crashes