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ClassyHatter@sopuli.xyz 3 days agoTry searching internet for something like: Linux proton crackling
Are you using gamemode, and have you added your user to the gamemode group? Crackling is likely caused by buffer underrun. Many reasons why that might happen, but one is that if the game isn’t given high enough privileges, the machine can’t fill the buffer quickly enough. Gamemode should solve that. Check your distro’s guide how to set it up. If that doesn’t work, Pipewire/PulseAudio might have been configured to use too short buffer.
jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 3 days ago
I don’t think I know what gamemode is. Is it github.com/FeralInteractive/gamemode ?
I’ll do some searching for crackling next time I’m at the desktop
ClassyHatter@sopuli.xyz 3 days ago
That’s the thing. It’s most likely in your distro’s package manager, unless you are using CachyOS, which uses different app for the same thing. Remember to add your user to the gamemode group or it won’t do much for you.
ampersandrew@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Are those instructions current? I don’t see it on the readme on the git project, and installing it from Kubuntu’s package manager didn’t create a gamemode group (it also doesn’t come with a manual page).
ClassyHatter@sopuli.xyz 3 days ago
You can just create the gamemode group and then add your user to it.
Use
gamemoded -tto test that it’s configured and working correctly. Andgamemoded -stells if gamemode is currently active. Steam doesn’t support gamemode, so you have to addgamemoderun %command%to every game’s launch options.