1.0.0 Released

The possible 0.3 release has become the first stable release (1.0.0) yei 🎉 🎉

Changes:

• Render the transparency before the systray
• Use MESA_VK_DEVICE_SELECT for selecting the Vulkan devices, instead of the VK_FILES
  • Now the Vulkan Render Selector will work without issues with Flatpak programs.
• Rename the selector settings, add extras requirements and update the readme
• Simplify the gpu selector for the user, complicate that to me
  • Instead of the old way that we did things, having different selectors to just select one GPU/render, now the program has just 2 selectors, one for OpenGL and one for Vulkan. Everything else its handled by the program.
  • Because the changes on the settings you will need to manually set those options again on your profiles, dont worry the rest of the configuration file its still valid.
• Instead of disabling OpenGL extensions for Mesa drivers if the user selects to not have antialiasing, lets use the env var provided by Mesa.
  • Because the changes on the settings you will need to manually set those options again on your profiles, dont worry the rest of the configuration file its still valid.
• Workaround pyinstaller build bugs by disabling the builtin libraries (with the exception of the pip ones)
  • This its not ideal, but should avoid issues where a newer vulkaninfo tries to use a pyinstaller bundled library (Debian12) and crashes
  • This bug doesn't affect Nuitka builds as far as i am concerned. If someone has a better idea, feel free to do a pull request :).
• Fix the position of the launch options widgets
• Add an about tab with extra info
• Update images
• Remove warning as the program its more stable and tested now

How to use volt-gui:

Simply launch volt-gui from your application menu or run volt-gui from the terminal.

How to use the volt script:

The GPU and Launch Options settings are saved on the volt script. Here are some examples of its usage:

Native Programs:

When using the terminal or a custom desktop entry:

volt glxgears

When using a Launcher to play your game, you can just add it to the game launch options, like this:

Steam (Native):

volt %command%

Lutris (Native):

volt

Flatpak:

When using the terminal or a custom desktop entry:

volt flatpak run net.pcsx2.PCSX2

Additional requirements for some Options:

If this software is not provided, its options will be locked.

• scx in the case you want to make use of the CPU Pluggable Schedulers
• mangohud in the case you want to make use of the Render Pipeline Settings. Both the native or the Flatpak version satisfy the dependency.
• glxinfo its required to use the OpenGL Render Selector.
• vulkaninfo and the vulkan mesa layer are required to use the Vulkan Render Selector.

Builds:

• The builds are build against Debian 12, meaning anything newer than that should work without issues, and anything older will not work.
• There are 2 builds provided, both for x86_64 only:
  • A build created using Nuitka, it translates Python code to C code and then compile it into an executable.
  • A build created using pyinstaller, it bundles the Python application and all its dependencies into a single package
• Select and download one build, uncompressed it, open a terminal inside the folder with the files and run the install script with sudo. And for removing it its the same thing but using the remove script
• After this you should be able to run volt-gui from your terminal or from your start menu.
• For more info please read the Readme
• Contributions are very welcome :)

Extras:

If you'd like to support my work in the FOSS community, now’s a great time! You can say thanks or help me continue maintaining and improving these projects:

• DXVK-Sarek
• Proton-Sarek
• volt-gui

Any contribution no matter the amount is truly appreciated and helps keep these tools alive and evolving.

ko-fi.com/pythonlover02

Thats all for now, thanks for using my projects, donate if you can and GLHF.

Release:

0.2 Released

Warning

This program its WIP, bugs are expected :).

Changes:

• The Render Selector Options have been simplified and additional settings like for example use mesa (zink) as an OpenGL Provider its now possible
  • The mesa (zink) feature have been tested with lavapipe, an NVIDIA GPU with the 470 drivers, and an AMD A12-9700P IGPU using the Mesa Drivers, and everything its working well.
  • Because the changes on the settings you will need to manually set those options again on your profiles, dont worry the rest of the configuration file its still valid.
• Missing Vsync values on the Mesa Options have been added
• The Frame Options have been renamed to Render Pipeline. Also it have been added new mangohud settings, those being: Texture Filtering, Mipmap LOD Bias and Anisotropic Filtering.
  • Note: volt-gui only provides basic mangohud functionality, such as the added above, a frame limit and presets of the hud, for a more customization of the hud please take a look at GOverlay, MangOverlay or making your own config from scratch.
  • Because the changes on the settings you will need to manually set those options again on your profiles, dont worry the rest of the configuration file its still valid.

Additional requirements for some Options:

If this software is not provided, its options will be locked.

• scx in the case you want to make use of the CPU Pluggable Schedulers
• mangohud in the case you want to make use of the Render Pipeline Settings. Both the native or the Flatpak version satisfy the dependency.

How to use volt-gui:

Simply launch volt-gui from your application menu or run volt-gui from the terminal.

How to use the volt script:

The GPU and Launch Options settings are saved on the volt script. Here are some examples of its usage:

Native Programs:

When using the terminal or a custom desktop entry:

volt glxgears

When using a Launcher to play your game, you can just add it to the game launch options, like this:

Steam (Native):

volt %command%

Lutris (Native):

volt

Flatpak:

When using the terminal or a custom desktop entry:

volt flatpak run net.pcsx2.PCSX2

Builds:

• The builds are build against Debian 12, meaning anything newer than that should work without issues, and anything older will not work.
• There are 2 builds provided, both for x86_64 only:
  • A build created using Nuitka, it translates Python code to C code and then compile it into an executable.
  • A build created using pyinstaller, it bundles the Python application and all its dependencies into a single package
• Select and download one build, uncompressed it, open a terminal inside the folder with the files and run the install script with sudo. And for removing it its the same thing but using the remove script
• After this you should be able to run volt-gui from your terminal or from your start menu.
• For more info please read the Readme
• Contributions are very welcome :)

Thats all for now, GLHF.

Release:

0.3rc1 Released

Warning

This program its WIP, bugs are expected :).

Changes:

• Render the transparency before the systray
• Use MESA_VK_DEVICE_SELECT for selecting the Vulkan devices, instead of the vkfiles
• Rename the selector settings, add extras requirements and update the readme
• Simplify the gpu selector for the user, complicate that to me
  • Instead of the old way that we did things, having different selectors to just select one GPU/render, now the program has just 2 selectors, one for OpenGL and one for Vulkan. Everything else its handled by the program. (Needs testing and its the reason why this its an rc)
  • Because the changes on the settings you will need to manually set those options again on your profiles, dont worry the rest of the configuration file its still valid.
• Instead of disabling opengl extensions lets just use the env var
  • Instead of disabling OpenGL extensions for Mesa drivers if the user selects to not have antialiasing, lets use the env var provided by Mesa.
  • Because the changes on the settings you will need to manually set those options again on your profiles, dont worry the rest of the configuration file its still valid.
• Workaround pyinstaller build bugs by disabling the builtin libraries (with the exception of the pip ones)
  • This its not ideal, but should avoid issues where a newer vulkaninfo tries to use a pyinstaller bundled library (Debian12)
  • This bug doesn't affect Nuitka builds as far as i am concerned. If someone has a better idea, feel free to do a pull request :).

How to use volt-gui:

Simply launch volt-gui from your application menu or run volt-gui from the terminal.

How to use the volt script:

The GPU and Launch Options settings are saved on the volt script. Here are some examples of its usage:

Native Programs:

When using the terminal or a custom desktop entry:

volt glxgears

When using a Launcher to play your game, you can just add it to the game launch options, like this:

Steam (Native):

volt %command%

Lutris (Native):

volt

Flatpak:

When using the terminal or a custom desktop entry:

volt flatpak run net.pcsx2.PCSX2

Additional requirements for some Options:

If this software is not provided, its options will be locked.

• scx in the case you want to make use of the CPU Pluggable Schedulers
• mangohud in the case you want to make use of the Render Pipeline Settings. Both the native or the Flatpak version satisfy the dependency.
• glxinfo its required to use the OpenGL Render Selector.
• vulkaninfo and the vulkan mesa layer are required to use the Vulkan Render Selector.

Builds:

• The builds are build against Debian 12, meaning anything newer than that should work without issues, and anything older will not work.
• There are 2 builds provided, both for x86_64 only:
  • A build created using Nuitka, it translates Python code to C code and then compile it into an executable.
  • A build created using pyinstaller, it bundles the Python application and all its dependencies into a single package
• Select and download one build, uncompressed it, open a terminal inside the folder with the files and run the install script with sudo. And for removing it its the same thing but using the remove script
• After this you should be able to run volt-gui from your terminal or from your start menu.
• For more info please read the Readme
• Contributions are very welcome :)

Thats all for now, GLHF.

Release:

0.1 Released

Warning

This program its WIP, bugs are expected :).

Currently you can:

• CPU Management

  • Governor Selection: Choose from available CPU governors
  • Scheduler Configuration: Select CPU pluggable schedulers (requires scx and Linux Kernel >= 6.12 or a Custom Patched Kernel)

• GPU Configuration

  • Mesa Drivers: Configure Mesa Drivers specific environment variables
  • NVIDIA Drivers: Configure NVIDIA Proprietary Drivers specific environment variables
  • Render Selection: Choose the renderers for both OpenGL and Vulkan applications
  • Set frame limit for both OpenGL and Vulkan applications (requires mangohud)
  • All those GPU settings will be added to the volt script (see how to use the volt script)

• Disk Configuration

  • Change Disks Schedulers

• Kernel Configuration

  • Choose /proc/sys/vm/compaction_proactiveness value
  • Choose /proc/sys/vm/watermark_boost_factor value
  • Choose /proc/sys/vm/min_free_kbytes value
  • Choose /proc/sys/vm/max_map_count value
  • Choose /proc/sys/vm/swappiness value
  • Choose /proc/sys/vm/dirty_ratio value
  • Choose /proc/sys/vm/dirty_background_ratio value
  • Choose /proc/sys/vm/dirty_expire_centisecs value
  • Choose /proc/sys/vm/dirty_writeback_centisecs value
  • Choose /proc/sys/vm/vfs_cache_pressure value
  • Choose /sys/kernel/mm/transparent_hugepage/enabled value
  • Choose /sys/kernel/mm/transparent_hugepage/shmem_enabled value
  • Choose /sys/kernel/mm/transparent_hugepage/defrag value
  • Choose /proc/sys/vm/zone_reclaim_mode value
  • Choose /proc/sys/vm/page_lock_unfairness value
  • Choose /proc/sys/kernel/sched_cfs_bandwidth_slice_us value
  • Choose /proc/sys/kernel/sched_autogroup_enabled value
  • Choose /proc/sys/kernel/watchdog value
  • Choose /proc/sys/kernel/nmi_watchdog value
  • Choose /proc/sys/vm/laptop_mode value

• Launch Options: add custom Launch Options to the volt that will be passed to the program executed, ej:

  gamemoderun PROTON_USE_WINED3D=1
  

• Extras

  • Useful Links for the average Linux Gamer
  • Useful Programs for the average Linux Gamer

• Options

  • Options for the program itself

• Create or Delete Profiles, all of them with its own settings, witch you can apply trough the program or systray.

How to use volt-gui:

Simply launch volt-gui from your application menu or run volt-gui from the terminal.

How to use the volt script:

The GPU and Launch Options settings are saved on the volt script. Here are some examples of its usage:

Native Programs:

When using the terminal or a custom desktop entry:

volt glxgears

When using a Launcher to play your game, you can just add it to the game launch options, like this:

Steam (Native):

volt %command%

Lutris (Native):

volt

Flatpak:

When using the terminal or a custom desktop entry:

volt flatpak run net.pcsx2.PCSX2

Additional requirements for some Options:

If this software is not provided, its options will be locked.

• scx in the case you want to make use of the CPU Pluggable Schedulers
• mangohud in the case you want to make use of the Frame Options Settings. Both the native or the Flatpak version satisfy the dependency.

Builds:

• The builds are build against Debian 12, meaning anything newer than that should work without issues, and anything older will not work.
• There are 2 builds provided, both for x86_64 only:
  • A build created using Nuitka, it translates Python code to C code and then compile it into an executable.
  • A build created using pyinstaller, it bundles the Python application and all its dependencies into a single package
• Select and download one build, uncompressed it, open a terminal inside the folder with the files and run the install script with sudo. And for removing it its the same thing but using the remove script
• After this you should be able to run volt-gui from your terminal or from your start menu.
• For more info please read the Readme
• Contributions are very welcome :)

Thats all for now, GLHF.

Release: