Fear & Hunger 2: Termina
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Fear & Hunger 2: Termina

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Optimizing the game for Steam Deck/Linux distros
By [GTH]
The guide on fixing the poor performance on Steam Deck and Linux distros.
Now for Termina too!
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Introduction
Long story short, RPG Maker MV is a barely working mess of a game engine. Unless a game has an official Linux port, it'll be barely playable as windows versions of RPGMMV games just don't function properly under proton/wine.
Just like the first game, Termina for some reason is marked as a "verified" Steam Deck game. It's framerate is terrible and barely holds about 20 FPS most of the time. Though it's much better than the first game, it can barely be called an acceptable performance.
Thanks to Savvy Kat user, the new solution for this problem has been found. Unlike the original solution, the new one works not only for the first, but also for the second game!
Downloading and configuring the required files
First of all, we need to download NW.js. To do so:

1) Open Google, type "nw js" and open the first link to appear in the search.


2) Open the "Downloads" tab.


3) Press the "Previous releases" button.


4) Find "v0.57.1" folder.


5) Download the "nwjs-v0.57.1-win-x64.zip" file.


After the download we need to extract the files from the archive to the game folder and do some configuring actions.


The path to the game may vary, the default one is:
/home/.steam/steam/steamapps/common/Fear & Hunger 2 Termina/

Having unpacked the files, we need to remove the original "Game.exe" file.


Having uninstalled the original executable file, we need to rename the "nw.exe" file to "Game.exe", it'll become the new launcher for the game.


And that's it! The game should work perfectly fine with this new method now and there should be no problems using it in Steam Deck's Gaming Mode!
Getting rid of the window's borderlines
As you can see, the game is initially opened in the window.


To get rid of the borderlines, we need to make the game to turn the fullscreen mode on. To do so, we need to bind the F4 button to one of the Steam Deck's buttons.

In order to do so:

1) Press the Steam button to open the overlay and press the "Controller settings" button.


2) There you should press the "Edit Layout" button.


3) There you should choose the button you want to bind F4 button to. I chose R4 back button for this.


4) Having chosen the button, open the configuration menu, choose the keyboard tab and choose F4 button to bind it to.


Now press the button you've chosen and that's it, the window's borderlines are gone!
Conclusion
That's it. Go on and enjoy the game now.

Thank you for reading, hope the guide was helpful. I'd appreciate it if you pressed the like button and added the guide to favorites.

33 Comments
woogie 27 Apr @ 10:49am 
I’ve followed this step by step and now the game doesn’t launch at all
Garlboh 28 Mar @ 5:15pm 
Applying this fix also killed the sound for me too, even after uninstalling and clearing all files.
HermitKrab 16 Feb @ 1:03pm 
Found a workaround from protondb. It starts out good, but after an hour or two the lag becomes unplayable again. Not sure how it will hold up in the more laggier areas (still have to reach those). but atleast i can make it to a save point for now with sound.

Open <path-to-game>/www/js/plugins/TDDP_FluidTimestep.js with a text editor.

Change the line SceneManager._dt = 1.0 / 60.0; to SceneManager._dt = 1.0 / 12.0;

Change the line var frameTime = (newTime - this._currentTime) / 1000; to var frameTime = (newTime - this._currentTime) / 200;

The aforementioned problem of not being able to boot up vanilla seems to be contained to my laptop.
HermitKrab 16 Feb @ 12:17am 
Funny thing is. it won't boot at all anymore in vanilla haha. even after reinstalling the proton, steam and game. It only boots up after applying the fix, but no audio whatever i do.

Which is such a brain melter to me. i'll see what happens on another pc of mine.
Thanks for the reply!
[GTH]  [author] 15 Feb @ 3:07pm 
I'm both glad and sorry to hear this, lol.
I can't suggest a solution because I didn't encounter this bug, the game ran perfectly after applying the fix.
HermitKrab 15 Feb @ 11:12am 
Was having terrible frames and inputlag/stacking. all fixed now, thanks alot!

Sadly the game lost all audio now,.
I'll see if i can stumble into an solution.
masaakw 24 Jan @ 2:32pm 
no entendi nada, tuve q reinstalar fear and hunger y perdi mi partida xd
Alpoopy 7 Jan @ 10:41pm 
Brilliant!
woogie 28 Sep, 2024 @ 3:54am 
I’ve followed this step by step, double checking everything along the way. The game does not launch for me, and I cannot find a solution anywhere for this
chowmeineaterz 5 Sep, 2024 @ 4:49am 
am i the only one or did my game just got laggier after trying this out