Hi everyone. I installed TSC on a win-11 laptop, CORE-I7, 32GB ram. It works quite well, not totally fluid. Let's say that I can feel satisfied. But the widows partition is a backup one, sort of an emergency tool, because I usually work on the main, Mx Linux partition. TSC 2024 on linux is awfully slow, imagine that even the clock runs approximatively half the speed. Everything is slower and stuttering. So my question is: is it an impossible dream the possibility to run TSC 2024 in an accettable way on a linux machine? Is there and special configuration that I could apply to make it better? Or should I accept that the only possibility is to reboot on Win-11 every time that I want to play TSC 2024? BTW, the problem with TSW5 is even worse. Thanks for your attention
It's certainly a thing with TS in Windows that it sometimes doesn't recognize and use a systems GPU unless forced to. I'm no Linux expert but could something similar be going on?
Train Simulator was never developed for Linux or MacOS, so it is completely unsupported if you're emulating it on those. You're much better off using your Windows partition for all gaming, as it's the standard platform.
I have run TSC on Linux successfully in the past (Mint, Ubuntu, Debian). Arch or one of the Arch based Distros are the best though. Do not use the Open Source drivers, but use the closed source Nvidia driver. Also make sure that your Steam is set up to use Proton. Also MX is Debian based, and has a lot of outdated libraries. As I said, use Mint or one of the Arch based distros. I use Garuda Linux Dr460nized for Linux Gaming (https://garudalinux.org/editions). It is optimized for Linux Gaming I can give you some assistance if needed. PS, I have seen TSW 5 run on Linux as well.
Hi. As far as I know Steam automatically installs TSC with the Proton module, a compatibility wine-based layer that makes TSC linux compatible. And it works, but much slower that it's supposed to be, at least on my hardware.. So, let's say that it should not be "completely unsupported", maybe "poorly supported"
Thank you so much for your support. At present I am so satisfied with Mx Linux, I'm not a distro-hopper so I don't plan to switch to a different distro. But I'll keep in mind your suggestion, maybe one day I'll try to build a test station following your advice, and I'll let you know. Till then I'll go on switching to the Win11 partition
No, DTG never officially supported using Linux to run TS in any capacity. Steam may allow you to run TS with Proton, but that doesn't mean the game supports it or is designed for it.
I'm running TSC with a bunch of mods on Fedora 42 without any issues. No idea what your setup is but it could be the graphics driver is not loaded at all or not properly initialized. Bit harsh there imho. Yes about all games are developed for Windows but gaming on Linux has come a long way the last couple years. There are even games that run BETTER on Linux then on Windows. TSC runs just fine on Linux. ps. I wonder how much you really know and understand about gaming on Linux since you are talking about emulating...
For MacOS it is 100% emulation for obvious reasons. And no, I don't know about gaming on Linux because I've never tried it and don't plan to for the forseeable. What I do know is that TS was never designed for it, and no way of getting it to run on Linux will ever be as efficient as running it on the OS it was coded for.
So you admit you have zero experience with gaming on Linux and apparently have not really educated yourself (much, or at all) in the matter either. Yet you throw around baseless and even false statements like it is fact.. why? I already mentioned that some games even run better on Linux than on WIndows. This is an measurable and proven fact you can easily find articles on using some search functions. So yes getting things to run on Linux can be as efficient, and even MORE efficient, than running it on the OS it was coded for. That Windows is the default gaming platform doesn't mean it is the perfect platform. I'm the last person the state that Linux is the be all and end all of everything. But those extremely shortsighted and uneducated claims are not helping anyone and i feel that I need to at least let the people know that there is much more to it than "You're much better off using your Windows partition for all gaming, as it's the standard platform."
