Since the release of DXVK 2.0, the Nvidia 525 driver, and the work done in Mesa on the GPL, the necessity of state cache file has been almost entirely eliminated. As a result of this change, this script is no longer needed. Thank you all for trusting in my script to give you a better fluid experience of Apex Legends on your Linux machine. Together, we will slátra our enemies.
Apex Legends on Linux.. Oh.. what a great thing. The only issue? Steam doesn't provide a DXVK cache file that is needed for a smooth lagless jitterless experience like most other games. So.. How do we fix this? We make our own, maintain it, and continue to distribute and download it each update.
Each of these scripts will do that for you.
The ApexCacheLauncher will do exactly the same as the ApexCacheDownloader script, except you can run it as a "Steam Launch Option" and it will automate the process of downloading and merging each time you launch Apex Legends.
However, if you prefer do it manually without launching the game after, the ApexCacheDownloader script will do that for you.
Please read carefully below to ensure that this process works for you.
To use the launcher script only, follow the instruction below:
1. Download the latest script as a ZIP/TAR.GZ and extract it into the folder of your choice or clone the repository.
2. Make sure to set the script as executable. chmod +x ApexCacheLauncher
3. Execute the script. ./ApexCacheLauncher
4. The script will suggest a directory to set as your DXVK State Cache directory. Select Y for Preferred, N for manual entry. It will ask if you want to set this manually if you'd like but the full path must contain a DXVK_state_cache directory.
5. Once you set the cache directory, it will tell you what you need to add to your Steam Apex Legends Launch Options. You may add other options in succession to one another like the following gamemode example: "/path/of/script/ApexCacheLauncher"; gamemoderun %command%
6. Launch Apex Legends as normal, It should now update and merge your cache each time you launch.
To use the downloader script only, follow the instruction below:
1. Download the latest script as a ZIP/TAR.GZ and extract it into the folder of your choice or clone the repository.
2. Make sure to set the script as executable. chmod +x ApexCacheDownloader
3. Execute the script. ./ApexCacheDownloader
4. The script will suggest a directory to set as your DXVK State Cache directory. Select Y for Preferred, N for manual entry. It will ask if you want to set this manually if you'd like but the full path must contain a DXVK_state_cache directory.
5. Once you set the cache directory, it will exit. Run the script again to begin the Download/Merge process.
6. Once merged, it will ask you if you want to launch Apex Legends via the script. Y for Yes, N for No.
https://github.com/bcook254/apex-legends-cache - Cache File Maintainer
https://github.com/DarkTigrus/dxvk-cache-tool - DXVK Merge Tool Maintainer
u/ryao - For starting this rabbit hole of creating a permanent solution via a Reddit Thread.
u/bcook254 - For starting and maintaining the cache on GitHub from which this script uses.
u/ThePhxRises - Figuring out why it wouldn't launch via "Steam Launch Options" and giving a few more ideas.
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