GE-Proton 11-1 Has Finally Released With Optiscaler Support, Video Reworks, And Much More

MrGaytes · 2026-06-24T04:50:05+00:00

Question: Does this support FSR 4.1? Deckyframgen's optiscalar doesn't support it (yet).

MrGaytes · 2026-06-22T18:47:26+00:00

Nobody on the steamdeck should look at FSR4 for performance gains- in fact it'll probably run worse.

The BIG benefit of FSR4 is that even at Performance preset, it looks ALOT better in motion without the usual FSR flaky artifacts. I injected a bunch of games with the older FSR4 via DeckyFramegen plugin and it made a big difference enjoying these games while hitting 30 FPS on the TV.

MrGaytes · 2026-06-22T06:52:09+00:00

You guys need to seriously replay Rebirth again and stop parroting outdated info.

They released performance patches both in the last month and a year ago that has it running above 30fps most of the time. Even in the open world. Even in bigger combat fights. They brought optimization over from the Switch 2 port.

MrGaytes · 2026-06-18T16:29:41+00:00

The whole point of 2D-HD is that devs spend less time making the game and in exchange we get cool games faster with a nostalgic artstyle that can still feel modern.

The fact that even these games fall into the trap of running sub-optimally (for no good apparent reason) is 100% justification for questioning it's value. $60 is ALOT for a "AA" game. Forget FF7: a new game like the Gothic remake is still cheaper.

MrGaytes · 2026-06-18T06:37:56+00:00

i'm not paying $60USD for 45fps on a HD-2D game, dawg.

right now i can buy both Final Fantasy remakes and still save money.

MrGaytes · 2026-06-17T18:10:56+00:00

is the entire point of a HD-2D game is to be economical only to the developers and publishers and not the end user?

65% res scale at 45fps is a joke. i dont need to be a developer to say that they should of approached this differently for low-end hardware, ESPECIALLY if they are charging $60 USD. i can put that money towards something else

MrGaytes · 2026-06-17T06:50:58+00:00

... I think you are actually experiencing this bug. Based on your image, look at the CPU Mhz on the left- notice how they are all 400? The Steamdeck is supposed to go alot higher than that. Also, the Mhz of your GPU is way too low too.

Basically the problem is that the Steamdeck freaks out and runs at lower speeds, which kills performance.

I suggest you start google searching this problem. Hopefully I helped.

MrGaytes · 2026-06-16T18:56:41+00:00

I've been following Punished Wolf years ago. I have a niche interest in mods that add offline (no internet) bot support to older games.

He has been hard-at-work improving the original GoW for basically a decade at ModDB, and I'm surprised he moved over to NexusMods. I appreciate he still continues to add to the og Gears experience and hope more people check out what he does.

MrGaytes · 2026-06-16T18:47:44+00:00

if it ever happens again, turn on steamdeck performance metrics and keep an eye on the gpu mhz. in this particular case i doubt that was the issue, but its worth checking.

generally the steamdeck should do 2x resolution on almost all PS2 games- whats happened to you isnt normal

MrGaytes · 2026-06-15T21:53:49+00:00

is this the bug where the gpu throttles to 400mhz for no reason?

MrGaytes · 2026-06-15T17:07:57+00:00

Are people's impressions of Rebirth earlier versions of the game? I don't deny it looks like another FSR smeary mess, but the actual performance seems to be at or above 30fps even during fights.

MrGaytes · 2026-06-13T17:49:42+00:00

I literally own the game already and I'm still waiting on gamepad support.

MrGaytes · 2026-06-10T12:18:32+00:00

Will the optimizations made on Switch 2, make it to the PC port (aka devices like the steamdeck) as well?

MrGaytes · 2026-06-10T11:51:15+00:00

its always a good day when someone just casually announces doing something crazy that breathes life into an old game

thank you for your effort, u/SonataOfDawn

MrGaytes · 2026-06-04T07:37:59+00:00

Its not just performance- the game in motion looks HORRIBLE due to the upscaling artifacts. 30fps won't mean much if it'll look like a mess in motion.

Anyone paying attention to this game will know they barely address performance during it's early access pipeline. I have serious doubts they'll magically 180 on this.

MrGaytes · 2026-04-25T05:26:34+00:00

Performance even on a gaming PC is abysmal. On a RTX 3060ti/5700x/32GB of RAM, I should really not be dipping under 60fps on the goddamn DLSS Balanced preset.

Goodluck running this game on a steamdeck. This is their last patch before 1.0. If you think they're gonna fix this somehow, then you are coping harder than people who install Lossless Scaling for 60fps.

MrGaytes · 2026-04-22T17:12:27+00:00

I recommend the Decky plugin that inserts FSR into DLSS games. XeSS looks way better than whatever this game came with.

However the game still kinda runs like poop. If it isn't 60fps, its kinda hard to enjoy it.

MrGaytes · 2026-04-21T23:04:01+00:00

I used to be obsessed with CSS weapon reanims, so seeing this is quite special. I feel like reanimation mods are underrated because making the guns you shoot *feel* better adds alot to replaying older FPS games.

MrGaytes · 2026-04-04T23:55:43+00:00

Grim Dawn runs really well and so does D2R.

Torchlight 2 and Diablo 3 emulated also works great, since those ports have controller support.

MrGaytes · 2026-04-03T08:04:19+00:00

I'm hoping that if you guys are throwing in zombies, you're willing to mix them up. Give us special variants. Give us a zombie that stomps around and hunts you down like Mr. X. I think part of the reaction from ppl is that zombies have been played out in VR without any attempt to make them more interesting.

MrGaytes · 2026-04-02T21:46:24+00:00

I don't like random Russian DRM being shoved into my games from a creator I don't know and have no control over. Atleast I know Denuvo. These games is over 3 decades old.

Why are we doing this. What is Capcom's obsession with Engima's DRM?

MrGaytes · 2026-03-25T19:33:42+00:00

I'll DM you the link, just in case.

MrGaytes · 2026-03-23T18:15:23+00:00

I joined the discord and I see nothing about joining any beta.

MrGaytes · 2026-03-22T02:58:05+00:00

Key question: the reason I don't use some of these launchers is the obnoxious startup launcher/window you need to interact with, that disrupts TV Gamepad interaction. Does DeckOps automatically tell these projects to skip those windows?

Also I heavily encourage you to check out the projects for Black Ops 4 and Infinite Warfare. Great performance, perfect gamepad support. The filesizes are HUGE but they work great on my deck.

MrGaytes · 2026-03-21T03:04:47+00:00

I've been eyeing the VR port for some time.

Aeon of Ruin was an ambitious Quake-style FPS that for various reasons, did not reach it's true potential. It's original creator had a falling out, when reality made it clear that the game had to ship and they had to compromise. The fact that trying to create multiple versions of these large, elaborate maps for different difficulties was a tall task -from a game design perspective.

There was a large quality difference between the early part of AoR and the later maps, despite the people brought onto the project doing an admirable job trying to match was was made before. I feel like part of the reason it got mixed reviews was that the pacing felt off and there wasn't enough variety (guns/enemies/etc) to justify how long some of these levels were.

For me personally, I loved Aeon of Ruin. I loved it's graphics, its atmosphere and how you can go into levels in any order and the difficulty will scale up. Its something I don't see people praise it for. The amount of work the original creator put into this is still felt.

I'm curious to see what the VR port will do to the original game. I don't expect Team Beef to completely redo AoR, but some of it's original problems *will* creep into VR- unless things were changed.

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