Originally developed by
DONTNOD Entertainment
Developed for Linux by
Feral Interactive Limited
Published for Linux by
Feral Interactive Limited
This document is intended to help you answer any questions that you may have about Life is Strange 2
Yes, achievements are supported by Life is Strange 2.
If you are signed in to Steam, your achievements will be visible to you in-game and also to other players through the Steam application.
Yes.
The game supports gamepads using the SDL 2.0 API. For more information about SDL, see the SDL Wiki.
The gamepads in the following list have been tested and are supported by Life is Strange 2:
The pads below are also supported by SDL and you should be able to use them to play Life is Strange 2. However, as they have not been tested with the game, we cannot guarantee that they will work:
If you encounter problems when using any of the gamepads listed above, please contact our technical support team.
* In order to use your PlayStation pad with Life is Strange 2, you may need to press the PlayStation button in the center of the controller after connecting the pad to your computer. This allows your computer to recognize the pad.
If your CPU frequency scaling governor is set to "Power Save" mode, you may experience performance issues in Life is Strange 2. When playing games, we recommend that you set your CPU frequency scaling governor to "High Performance" mode.
We have developed a tool called GameMode that can enact this process automatically. If GameMode is installed, Life is Strange 2 will automatically set your CPU frequency scaling governor mode. To find out more please visit the GameMode entry on GitHub.
If you wish to manually set your CPU frequency scaling governor mode, please follow the instructions below.
echo performance | sudo tee /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/cpufreq/scaling_governor. Press the Return key.If you wish to change your settings back to "Power Save" mode, simply follow the instructions above and enter the following line of code: echo powersave | sudo tee /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/cpufreq/scaling_governor.
Life is Strange 2 requires the Vulkan API to play, and without it the game will not run. Nvidia drivers come packaged with Vulkan by default, but AMD Mesa drivers do not.
To install Vulkan drivers for an AMD graphics card on Ubuntu, follow the instructions below. For other distributions, please refer to the distribution's documentation.
sudo apt install mesa-vulkan-driversPlease note: Once installed, you may need to update to a later version of the Mesa drivers before you can play the game. Please read Life is Strange 2's system requirements to see which Mesa driver version is required.
Life is Strange 2 has been fully tested on Ubuntu 18.04. For the best gameplay experience, we recommend you use this distro.
The game should also work on other recent versions of Ubuntu, and may also work on other Linux distros; however, as the game has not been tested on these, it is possible that you will encounter performance and gameplay issues, and we do not currently offer support for other versions or distros.
The graphics card series and driver versions below have been tested, and these and higher series or versions will run the game without issues:
Nvidia
Series： 680
Driver version: 418.56
NOTE: Open-source Nvidia graphics drivers are not currently supported by Life is Strange 2. Unfortunately, the current open-source Nvidia drivers do not support a number of the graphical features used in the game.
AMD
Series： Radeon R9 380 (GCN 3rd Gen and above)
Driver version: Mesa 19.1.2
Intel
Intel graphics cards are not currently supported by Life is Strange 2.
There is a known issue where, occasionally, Steam will not detect the Sony PlayStation DUALSHOCK 4 controller. You can resolve this issue by following the steps below:
In your Steam library, right-click on Life is Strange 2 and select Life is Strange 2 - Properties. The Properties window will appear.
In the dropdown box under Steam Input Per-Game Setting (Requires restart of game), select Forced Off.
Restart the game.
Your DUALSHOCK 4 controller will now work correctly with Life is Strange 2.
Please note: This FAQ tells you how to force your graphics card to use the amdgpu kernel driver. This is considered experimental on older AMD graphics cards and may cause system instability; you follow these instructions at your own risk.
AMD 200 and 300 series graphics cards based on the 1st or 2nd generation Graphics Core Next micro-architecture use the radeon kernel driver by default. Life is Strange 2 uses the Vulkan graphics API, which requires the amdgpu kernel driver. You can force your graphics card to use the amdgpu kernel driver but may experience system instability.
To force your graphics card to use the amdgpu kernel driver, follow the instructions below:
For users running Ubuntu 18.04 or later
Open Terminal and enter the following command:
xhost +si:localuser:root; sudo gedit /etc/default/grub
When prompted, enter your password.
A text editor window will open. Find the following line:
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"
Change the line to the following:
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash radeon.si_support=0 radeon.cik_support=0 amdgpu.si_support=1 amdgpu.cik_support=1"
Save the file and exit the editor.
Open Terminal and enter the following command:
sudo update-grub
Reboot your computer.
Life is Strange 2 will now run on your computer.
On Ubuntu, press the Super Key and the H key at the same time to minimise the game and switch to your desktop.
Please read the technical support information in the ReadMe; this tells you what to check and if necessary, how to contact Feral Technical Support with your issue.