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What is your first check for games that won't launch? (lemmy.world)
submitted 4 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Just wondering the best method here. Searching doesn't always get me the answer for every game, and I keep having this issue where I launch a game and it will load then stop without ever displaying anything (liminal core and assetto corsa are 2 examples). Running mint, all AMD. protonge, wine tricks, all of that needed stuff is installed. I run steam from terminal to try and see if I can figure out where it's crashing, but I'm not totally sure. Is there a better error dump I can access ? I've tried multiple proton versions, do I need to launch it with all 50 versions to find a working one?

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago

I usually don't have to do this at all, but this is my system for the rare hiccups, in order.

  • ProtonDB
  • Are they using an incompatible anticheat?
  • Different proton (usually one a few versions behind esp if it's an old game, maybe GE, more than that isn't useful)
  • Verify installed files through steam
  • Make sure my mod load order isn't crap (if applicable)

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  • Check if the game launcher actually points to the correctly named file + rename / change the exe if not (usually this gives an error box saying the file is not present)
  • Uninstall + reinstall (esp if previously worked)
  • Broad internet search for game + linux distro
  • Launch options I've used for other games (PROTON_USE_WINED3D11=1 often is my first tried)

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  • Protontricks, tell it to use a different version of windows
  • Uninstall DLC, launch vanilla once, reinstall DLC (yes this has worked more than once for various weird issues, no i don't know why)
  • Backup personal data files, + delete all installed files / workshop files + verify installed files again
  • Wait for someone smarter than me to figure it out / a system update that addresses it / new proton and check in a few months