First off, huge shout out to Armored Vehicle and everyone else for their great work getting GW2 to work better with Wine! I did a bit of a comparison myself to see which gave better performance in GW2: just using straight up CrossOver or Armored Vehicle's patches. I'll post more details below, but the TL;DR is that Armored Vehicle's patches DRASTICALLY IMPROVE performance. What I absolutely adore though is that Lutris apparently includes these same patches and makes it super easy to install. The only real pain-in-the-neck was doing the registry edits as described below but it really wasn't that difficult or anything. My Specs:OS: Arch Linux 64-bitKernel: 5.1.5-arch1-2-ARCHRAM: 16GB DDR3CPU: Intel i7 3770GPU: GeForce GT 1030 2GBNvidia Driver Version: 430.14CrossOver version: 18.1 Environment:Used plain CrossOver 18.1 with the" __THREADED_OPTIMIZATIONS=1 -dx9single" arguments and several wine registry edits (UseGLSL = disabled, VideoMemorySize=2048 etc). With Wine-staging + esync + PBA patches, I also used the "__THREADED_OPTIMIZATIONS=1" argument but did NOT use the -dx9single as I read it causes loss of FPS. I also used the same registry edits as with CrossOver. Both tests were conducted at a screen resolution of 1600x900, and I disabled some of the more demanding eye-candy like Reflections, vsync etc and lowered character model limits etc. Game still looks gorgeous. What was tested:Wandered around Queensdale, also roamed Divinity's Reach. Results: CrossOver 18.1:I got anywhere from 25-70 FPS in Queensdale with CrossOver, however it seemed to hover around 35-40 FPS. The framerate was not very stable though, I experienced several moments where the FPS would drop from 60 to 25 and then rebound which was jarring at times. In Divinity's Reach the FPS was anywhere from 19-50 FPS, hovering around 25-30 FPS depending on if I was near a ton of players etc. Overall not a bad experience, definitely playable but the FPS dips were noticeable. Wine-staging + esync + PBA patches (installed via Lutris):Results were hugely improved. My FPS was anywhere from 40 FPS to as high as 100 FPS (yes, you read that right!) and it tended to average around the 60-70 FPS mark in Queensdale. In Divinity's Reach I also saw drastically improved FPS, anywhere from 45-70 FPS depending on if I was in an area with lots of other players. Overall the game played buttery smooth and the FPS was very stable. I honestly forgot I was on Linux for a while, the game felt just like I was playing on Windows!! Edit: for comparison, on Windows 10 in Queensdale I would average ~60-80 FPS and ~50-75 FPS in Divinity's Reach using the same video settings. Only real difference is the FPS tends to be slightly higher and more stable on Windows 10, but not by much. Verdict:Use Armored Vehicle's installer, or use Lutris. I'll be deleting my GW2 bottle within CrossOver as it's inferior to my Lutris installation. Seriously, performance with these patches is about 95% of what I would get on Win 10 which is AWESOME!! Major kudos again to Armored Vehicle and everyone else that supported this!!
I spoke w/ Samurro on Discord, in fact I was the one who directed him here. I believe he's using the Lutris installer but still getting input lag & motion sickness etc.
