com.discordapp.Discord VS vkd3d-proton

Here is a discussion about the discord one: https://github.com/flathub/com.discordapp.Discord/issues/90

The flatpak package already uses this by default and we have been since June 2021 (https://github.com/flathub/com.discordapp.Discord/commits/master/disable-breaking-updates.py)

This is apparently a problem with discord that the devs have refused to fix

Please see https://github.com/flathub/com.discordapp.Discord/issues/228 & other links mentioned bellow

Unfortunately, this too seems to be buggy or limited. There is an open bug about this feature here: https://github.com/flathub/com.discordapp.Discord/issues/189

If you have to use Discord (clunky electron app that it is) use the flatpak

Exchange my 750W PSU for a stronger one as 7900 XTX is a hungry beast, then some upscaling/AI work on (Arch BTW) Linux, testing Cyberpunk 2077 with RT once this fix is in Proton-GE. For the CPU I would obviously have to get a new mobo, and new RAM and then I would test how fast the Dwarf Fortress world generator is/slow, Cities Skylines I/II, RimWorld, Paradox Interactive games, and so on.

For DX12 games you must set the env var VKD3D_FILTER_DEVICE_NAME. But currently it might not work for some games.

If anyone is playing on Linux with an AMD GPU and has texture issues (missing FBI text on the characters' jackets is the give away), it can be fixed with applying a patch to mesa-git: https://github.com/HansKristian-Work/vkd3d-proton/issues/175.... It should hopefully be implemented soon. I think it's only limited to RDNA2.

Similar issue but different platform - CP77: Black scenery in Konpeki Plaza and No-Tell Motel · Issue #632 · HansKristian-Work/vkd3d-proton · GitHub

Vkd3d (the dx12->vulkan translation layer) developer has put up a change log for a new version that is about to be (released here) and also a pull request with more information about what he discovered about all the awful things that starfield is doing to GPU drivers (here).