This is one is very confusing, which probably speaks to the current UI in Heroic. I just want to say, run this game in gamescope, so I can use HDR.
I have the latest version of Heroic, installed via Flatpak as the devs recommend. If I go to configure the game in the UI it has an entire settings page dedicated to Gamescope but nothing that says “enable gamescope”.
Anyone get this working?
I don’t use HDR so I’m of limited help there. You’ll have to pass those options using the “Additional Options” field. Run
gamescope --helpand look for relevant options. Also remember that HDR support on Linux is still primitive.Got it working, added to
-f --hdr-enabledto the Additional Options section under the upscale options in the Gamescope tab. Note that you need to have upscape ticked even with additional options added.Unfortunately it looks washed out and awful.
Edit: Just a quick note for folks this later on - it does indeed seem Flatpak related, or at the very least I got similar results under the Steam flatpak trying to run game in HDR. I ended installing the native package Steam and lo and behold, HDR no longer looks as washed out, though it still looks a little off compared to Windows. Those swapchains errors I was getting also vanish.
That tends to happen when HDR is not supported somewhere in the pipeline from the game renderer to the monitor. It’s not a standard Wayland feature, most compositors only have experimental or WIP implementations, and X11 is never getting it. You’ll also have to use the perfect settings to make it look any good.
When I said “primitive”, I really meant “sharpened stick” primitive.
It could also be Flatpak’s sandboxing messing it up, so maybe try running the game through Lutris. The existing installation should work fine.