KSP 2 is finally out after 3 years of waiting! It unfortunately doesn’t support Linux, and I only have Linux devices, but after some tinkering, it runs perfectly in Proton Experimental. It feels very smooth.
My computer has an Intel Arc A770 GPU and a Ryzen 9 3950X CPU for reference.
There are some bugs related to running it on Linux. I have two monitors, and if I move my mouse off the game into another monitor, the game’s window goes black and the sound stops. The only way to fix it is to close and restart the game, but I’m sure this will be fixed in some time, and especially once native Linux support is added, which is planned.
Edit: You can work around the issue with the mouse by setting the game to Windowed mode in the Graphics settings and then just making it fullscreen however you make other windows fullscreen in your WM/DE.
So far, I’ve really been enjoying it. Here are some screenshots of me just exploring the KSC in a stock aircraft:
I’m sure this is going to get even better as new updates are released, and I’m very excited to be able to see the development in real time.
If anyone wants to run it on Linux and can’t get it to work out of the box, I can tell you how I got it to run, but it is a bit of a hack and might not work for you.
Update: There do seem to be some rendering issues with the clouds as you get close to them. It becomes less noticeable if you switch the Clouds settings to Low. You can see it in this image if you zoom in.
Other than that, I haven’t encountered anything wrong. Here’s a screenshot of an actual rocket:
