Linux Review:
Hunt: Showdown 1896
Hunt: Showdown 1896 is a new era of the addictively unforgiving extraction shooter. In corrupted backwaters lost to history, fight back alone – or with friends – against timeless evil. Twisted monsters and other ruthless Hunters stand between you and your Bounty. Risk everything as Hunt consumes you
PROTON TIER: GOLD
Hunt: Showdown 1896 is an addictively unforgiving extraction shooter set in corrupted backwaters where players fight against monsters and other hunters for bounties.
Status Check Proton, Gold Tier.
TWEAKS & TRICKS
Sound Issue Audio loss after approximately 2 hours of gameplay.
* **Solution:** Restarting the game temporarily resolves the issue.
Visual Artifacts (Flickering Colors/Lights) Visual flickering, especially noticeable with post-processing on medium.
* **Solution:** Lower post-processing settings to low.
Steam Overlay Failure Inability to access the Steam overlay.
* **Solution:** Use Proton Experimental.
Unstable Performance Variable FPS ranging from 30 to 80 FPS.
* **Solution:** No consistent performance fix.
Black Screen on Launch Black screen with cursor upon game start.
* **Solution:** Set CPU affinity.
DLSS Artifacting (CachyOS specific) Artifacting when using DLSS.
* **Solution:** `PROTON_ENABLE_WAYLAND=1 PROTON_USE_NTSYNC=1 DXVK_FRAME_RATE=72 gamemoderun %command%` (Note: CachyOS specific)
Runs Out of the Box
* **Solution:** Install the Proton-EasyAntiCheat-Runtime.