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[Before]

I should probably be working on a better Linux installer instead of writing this guide.. I meant to do a 1-click patch installer for Linux but haven't gotten around to it.

 

There's 3 main ways to increase your FPS on Linux:

 

1. Use DXVK (Translates the graphics calls from DirectX to Vulkan)
2. Use Gamemoderun (Reorders priority of calls in Kernel)
3. Use a gaming kernel (Wasn't tested)

 

These methods can be stacked on top of eachother, but the benefits aren't necessarily stacked. You will see more consistency in the flow of your game, though.

 

 

Here are my personal benchmarks:

 

Vanilla: 40% CPU usage

DXVK: Up to 20% FPS Boost, up to 50% less CPU usage

Gamemoderun: Up to 30% FPS Boost, Up to 30% less CPU usage

 

 

 

In this guide, I will show you how to set up Gamemoderun and DXVK for the 2 most popular Desktop family trees: Debian and Arch Linux. By doing this, you should be able to increase the size of your BFME battles without noticing as much lag, as well as increase the graphics.

 

 

 

Installing DXVK

 

 

Debian based OSes: (Debian, Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Pop!_OS, elementary OS, KDE Neon)

Spoiler

1. Download the latest release from https://github.com/d...n/dxvk/releases
2. Run the following commands from within the extracted .tar.gz directory:

   export WINEPREFIX=/path/to/.wine-prefix
   ./setup_dxvk.sh install

 

Arch Linux based OSes: (Arch Linux, Manjaro)

Spoiler

1. Either follow the Debian steps, or if your have an AUR package helper
2. Download dxvk-bin from the AUR, then run

   setup_dxvk install

 

 

 

Installing Gamemoderun

 

 

Debian based OSes: (Debian, Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Pop!_OS, elementary OS, KDE Neon)

Spoiler

1. Follow this tutorial: https://www.omgubunt...gamemode-ubuntu (Sorry, I don't use Debian so I can't be of much more help than that)

 

Arch Linux based OSes: (Arch Linux, Manjaro)

Spoiler

1. Download gamemoderun from the AUR, then start BFME with 

   gamemoderun wine /path/to/lotrbfme.exe

 

 

Hopefully some find this guide useful. This guide was written in 2020, so as always with the pace of Linux gaming improvements, if you see this in 2024 you're probably getting twice the FPS anyways

Edited by Before, 26 April 2020 - 06:45 PM.