As per title, I am currently playing on Linux using Proton GE Custom latest version (8.27 but also tested 8.25).

My experience is the following.

Specs

  • Ryzen 7 7730U (8c/16t) Laptop
  • 16GB RAM (14 RAM + 2 VRAM)
  • Decent performance SSD
  • Ubuntu Linux 23.10 (with Xanmod 6.7 x64v3 Kernel)
  • Wayland

Experience

  • Could not test anything above Low settings due to severe stutter even in the menu and 95% RAM which lead to PC being stuck

  • At low settings with different resolutions (from 720 to fullscreen 1080) i have 80-85% RAM usage (starting from a 21% base load) and 25-ish FPS performances

Workarounds

  • Once you get the game installed, add it to Steam as a non steam game pointing directly to the game .exe, compatibility forced to Proton GE or Proton Experimental
  • If it gives you some Visual C++ dependencies error, use ProtonTrick to install it in the Steam prefix
  • I did not find any performance tips and tricks

Conclusion

While being playable, I feel that the game can see huge improvements on Linux. However, I think there is also a lot of telemetry (local or remote) / logging in the mix as every pre-release version has (looking at you My Time At Sandrock) and probably the graphics part (especially the engine part) needs to receive some improvements too, so I bet in about 1 month we will see a steady 40-ish FPS with those settings

Cheers

  • Xirup@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    3·
    9 months ago

    Hey, I did find a solution, at least for my hardware!

    if you add -dx12 to your game parameters the game runs absolutely fine, no more freezing or strange things, hope it helps!

    • The Cooking Senpai@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      2·
      9 months ago

      Hello! sorry for the terrible delay! First of all, thanks! Then: do you use Steam to launch it? If so, you put -dx12 in the launch options?

      • Xirup@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        2·
        9 months ago

        If you are playing on Steam: Palworld > Propierties > Launch options and put -dx12

        If you are playing outside Steam (🏴‍☠️), like on Bottles for example, go to your Bottle, Programs, press the 3 descending dots that that opens the settings of a program and enter in “Change launch options…”, and put -dx12 just like in Steam.

        • The Cooking Senpai@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
          2·
          9 months ago

          The funny thing is I play on Steam (🏴‍☠️), with steam recognizing the game as legit . I obtained (legit ofc) the 0.1.4 and with -dx12 (on 0.1.2 and on 0.1.4) the fluidity is way better indeed while the RAM usage still is almost too much for a 16gb laptop with 2gb shared vram. Playable tho. I will consider installing some mod to enhance performances if they does not look so lame, else ill just kill every other process except palworld and use the dx12 trick. Thanks!