Linux - abysmal performance on system that exceeds reccommended requiremens

LeonRupnik · Mar 11, 2015

This is my setup:

Ubuntu 14.10
i7 3770k
Geforce 670GTX, official drivers
8GB ram

Using the lowest settings, I get fps dropping to around 10 when the simulation is running with the camera zoomed in.

leinardi · Mar 13, 2015

I'm getting 20-25 FPS with a GTX 980.

Down to 7-8 FPS with __GL_THREADED_OPTIMIZATIONS enabled.

Code:

Machine ID: 813e56ef1c4f171bda95b46b5448007c
Model: PC
OS: Linux 3.16 Ubuntu 14.10 64bit
Language: Italian
CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4770K CPU @ 3.50GHz (8 core(s))
System Memory: 15987
Gfx Device: GeForce GTX 980/PCIe/SSE2
Gfx Version: OpenGL 4.5 [4.5.0 NVIDIA 346.47]
Gfx Memory: 4096
Gfx Shader Model: 30
Game Version: 1.0.5

Pearlseattle · Mar 13, 2015

Same issue here: performance ok in Win7 (GTX 760, Intel Xeon E31270, 8GB RAM) but extremely slow after rebooting into Linux (official SteamOS or Gentoo - same results).
Played a bit with CPU affinity of the Cit.Skyl. processes but it didn't solve anything.

Progeny · Mar 13, 2015

LeonRupnik said:
I realise Linux users make up a small percentage of the customer base, but that really shouldn't be an excuse - this is clearly a defective product that's not working as intended compared to the other platforms. Here's hoping for a quick fix.

+1

danielkza · Mar 14, 2015

I'm also experiencing terrible performance on my system. I just started playing and got 30FPS on an empty city and haven't even bothered trying to do anything else

Machine ID: 7725dfc225d14958a625ddaaaea5962b
Model: PC
OS: Linux 3.18 Fedora 21 64bit
Language: English
CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2500K CPU @ 3.30GHz (4 core(s))
System Memory: 20057
Gfx Device: GeForce GTX 680/PCIe/SSE2
Gfx Version: OpenGL 4.5 [4.5.0 NVIDIA 346.47]
Gfx Memory: 2048
Gfx Shader Model: 30
Game Version: 1.0.5

Rocktone · Mar 14, 2015

+++bump

wormySK · Mar 14, 2015

I am being very disappointed by receiving 0 feedback on this issue. Linux support was big reason I decided to buy this game.

haimat · Mar 14, 2015

Unfortunately I experience the same performance drop from about 30 FPS down to < 10 FPS with about 2.000 people in my city. I also have these two lines in the Player.log file, as others have reported here:

Material doesn't have a texture property '_MainTex'
(Filename: /tmp/unity/Runtime/Shaders/Material.cpp Line: 1011)

Here are my specs:

OS: Linux 3.16 Debian 8.0 64bit
Language: English
CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3570K CPU @ 3.40GHz (4 core(s))
System Memory: 7892
Gfx Device: GeForce GTX 660 Ti/PCIe/SSE2
Gfx Version: OpenGL 4.4 [4.4.0 NVIDIA 340.65]
Gfx Memory: 2048
Gfx Shader Model: 30
Game Version: 1.0.5

I understand that the devs have loads of things to do at the moment, thus I also understand that such a fix might take some days. However, at least some feedback would be nice. Do the devs even have this bug on their radar (being that we are "only" Linux users)? I agree that Linux support was one of the main reasons for me as well for buying this great game!

Thorjelly · Mar 14, 2015

I'd just like to chime in that I am getting this issue as well, with a GeForce GTX 970. Game is playable but graphics very choppy in Archlinux. I wanted to support this game specifically for choosing to target Linux. Thanks for supporting Linux, developers! Since it was working in Linux quite well until a patch before launch, I imagine it should be easy to fix. I hope so at least.

Machine ID: 3bd784d7109e4d42babe6caf9d46ddaa
Model: PC
OS: Linux 3.18 Arch rolling 64bit
Language: English
CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3550 CPU @ 3.30GHz (4 core(s))
System Memory: 15948
Gfx Device: GeForce GTX 970/PCIe/SSE2
Gfx Version: OpenGL 4.5 [4.5.0 NVIDIA 346.47]
Gfx Memory: 4096
Gfx Shader Model: 30
Game Version: 1.0.5

On the bright side, this thread has consistently been on the first page for a while now. There are a lot of us Linux users it seems! I doubt we're under their radar. Keep it up, everyone. (I'd still be reassuring if they said anything, though.)

croxis · Mar 14, 2015

I haven't experienced fps issues, however I am experiencing long initial load times and momentary freezes as new assets are loaded from disk.

System: Host: babylon Kernel: 3.18.6-1-ARCH x86_64 (64 bit) Desktop: KDE 5 Distro: Arch Linux
Machine: Mobo: ASUSTeK model: P8H77-M v: Rev X.0x Bios: American Megatrends v: 1305 date: 12/10/2013
CPU: Quad core Intel Core i5-3550 (-MCP-) speed/max: 1611/3700 MHz
Graphics: Card: NVIDIA GK106 [GeForce GTX 660]
Display Server: X.Org 1.17.1 driver: nvidia Resolution: 1920x1080@60.00hz, 1680x1050@59.88hz
GLX Renderer: GeForce GTX 660/PCIe/SSE2 GLX Version: 4.5.0 NVIDIA 346.47
Audio: Card-1 Intel 7 Series/C210 Series Family High Definition Audio Controller driver: snd_hda_intel
Card-2 NVIDIA GK106 HDMI Audio Controller driver: snd_hda_intel
Card-3 Creative Labs SB Audigy driver: snd_emu10k1
Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k3.18.6-1-ARCH
Network: Card: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller driver: r8169
Drives: HDD Total Size: 5001.0GB (14.0% used)

I am running btrfs with its built in raid 1. Here are my mount options: rw,noatime,compress=lzo,space_cache,autodefrag,inode_cache,subvol=home

gfurst · Mar 14, 2015

Same here, with steam overlay and fps counter feature I can now see I'm getting 10~15 fps most of the time.
My system specs are well above average:

Code:

Model: PC
OS: Linux 3.16 Debian 8.0 64bit
Language: English
CPU: AMD FX(tm)-6300 Six-Core Processor (6 core(s))
System Memory: 7901
Gfx Device: AMD Radeon R7 200 Series (R7 260X)
Gfx Version: OpenGL 4.4 [4.4.12968 Compatibility Profile Context 14.10.1006.1001]
Gfx Memory: 1758
Gfx Shader Model: 30
Game Version: 1.0.5

Current repo drivers. Had to heavily turn down quality settings to get a playable game, funny enough, when looking into distance edges of the map I get around 30 fps.
Lets stay tuned if they find a way to solve this issue.

Theden · Mar 14, 2015

Made an account just to comment on this. When I boot into windows the game runs without flaw (super smooth on max settings).

Linux is unplayable (I'm not sure what FPS I'm getting but its noticeably bad) - especially when I zoom, or move the screen.

Model: PC
OS: Linux 3.13 LinuxMint 17 64bit
Language: English
CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3570K CPU @ 3.40GHz (4 core(s))
System Memory: 7871
Gfx Device: GeForce GTX 670/PCIe/SSE2
Gfx Version: OpenGL 4.4 [4.4.0 NVIDIA 331.113]
Gfx Memory: 2048
Gfx Shader Model: 30
Game Version: 1.0.5

busimus · Mar 14, 2015

croxis said:
I haven't experienced fps issues, however I am experiencing long initial load times and momentary freezes as new assets are loaded from disk.

I have the same thing (but with FPS issues on top of that). Everything loads incredibly slowly. The game takes 4 minutes to load the main menu, it's awful. And it also lags for up to 30 seconds in some situations like city level ups, change of texture quality in the settings (that's partially justified) and also randomly every 30 minutes or so. Loading/exiting the game also takes 1-3 minutes.
I'm running basic ext4 on LVM, which shouldn't cause any problems since not a single other game has behaved for me like that on this machine.

I know the devs are busy celebrating the successful release and stuff, but things need to get fixed. At least a single short post from them indicating that they're not ignoring the issue would be fine for now. I also bought the game mainly because of Linux support and now I don't even want to play it because of all the problems.
Let's hope for a dev reply soon.

LeonRupnik · Mar 14, 2015

busimus said:
I have the same thing (but with FPS issues on top of that). Everything loads incredibly slowly. The game takes 4 minutes to load the main menu, it's awful. And it also lags for up to 30 seconds in some situations like city level ups, change of texture quality in the settings (that's partially justified) and also randomly every 30 minutes or so. Loading/exiting the game also takes 1-3 minutes.
I'm running basic ext4 on LVM, which shouldn't cause any problems since not a single other game has behaved for me like that on this machine.

I know the devs are busy celebrating the successful release and stuff, but things need to get fixed. At least a single short post from them indicating that they're not ignoring the issue would be fine for now. I also bought the game mainly because of Linux support and now I don't even want to play it because of all the problems.
Let's hope for a dev reply soon.

Totalymoo did reply on Steam forums and Reddit. Basically, they're looking for the cause, maybe expect a patch next week.

haimat · Mar 14, 2015

That is great news, thanks for the update!
Btw. here is a link to a semi-official statement:

http://www.reddit.com/r/CitiesSkyli...on_a_chocolate_fountain_for/cpewg8z?context=3

rick01457 · Mar 15, 2015

I'm pretty confident that this is an easy fix. Liam over at gamingonlinux.com was getting great performance on his first twitch stream for the game. By the next stream that performance had dropped, but it showed that the game can run very smoothly on linux.

haimat · Mar 15, 2015

I guess so too.
It's probably more a matter of time, depending on how many other (more important aka Windows) issues they have to fix first...

We'll see

unmerged(174159) · Mar 15, 2015

Piling on here. Half the textures didn't load... Game currently unplayable.

haimat · Mar 15, 2015

I believe the assets loading thing is another error.
Have you tried disabling the Steam client overlay?

mueslo · Mar 15, 2015

Same here. 10fps on *lowest* settings at 1024x640 (!)

devInfo.txt

Code:

Machine ID: db99f4fb572447a6ab1318a0b55efe0e
Model: PC
OS: Linux 3.18 unknown 64bit
Language: German
CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU         920  @ 2.67GHz (4 core(s))
System Memory: 12010
Gfx Device: AMD Radeon HD 7900 Series  
Gfx Version: OpenGL 4.4 [4.4.13283 Compatibility Profile Context 13.20.16]
Gfx Memory: 2646
Gfx Shader Model: 30
Game Version: 1.0.5

Getting about 10fps on lowest. This game is really unplayable on Linux currently. Running proprietary catalyst driver 12.4.

Also Cities: Skylines generates systemd coredumps. The game takes very long to load (to menu!), more than 2 minutes. Granted, it's on a regular HDD, but I doubt that's the cause. It generates 3 coredumps when launching to menu, 2 small ones (22MB), and two big ones (250MB). Loading a game stalls at slightly over half for over a minute. And behold, another coredump! (600MB in size!) is generated. Then the game finishes loading. Well not quite. It stalls again at around 90% (again for more than minute, but no coredump). All-in-all, it takes about 4 minutes to load the game, and 8 minutes to load a savegame.

zloyshprot · Mar 15, 2015

mueslo said:
Also Cities: Skylines generates systemd coredumps. The game takes very long to load (to menu!), more than 2 minutes. Granted, it's on a regular HDD, but I doubt that's the cause. It generates 3 coredumps when launching to menu, 2 small ones (22MB), and two big ones (250MB). Loading a game stalls at slightly over half for over a minute. And behold, another coredump! (600MB in size!) is generated. Then the game finishes loading. Well not quite. It stalls again at around 90% (again for more than minute, but no coredump). All-in-all, it takes about 4 minutes to load the game, and 8 minutes to load a savegame.

Yep, have this one too.

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