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Sometimes I wonder if I should call and help troubleshoot… (thelemmy.club)
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[–] 21 points 2 months ago (15 children)

Linux gamers too. Sometimes I come across a game like Assetto Corsa that launches for 0.1 seconds and then crashes, so I'm trying the routine list of low hanging fruit easy fixes in the hopes that one of them does the trick

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  • [–] 5 points 2 months ago (14 children)

    Relatively new still to Linux gaming, what does your routine list look like?

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  • [–] 19 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (9 children)

    Not op, but mine is

    • check protondb, try the last few recommended versions
    • search web for "game name + linux" or your distro
    • ask for help on relevant discords for either your game or your distro
    • NEVER trust any ai answers.

    So far that has covered the problems i ran into, but maybe someone has something to add?

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  • [–] 4 points 2 months ago

    One thing to add to that list:

    When checking ProtonDB, cross-reference the environment variables with those listed on the proton-cachyos README. In my experience, most people are copy-pasting environment variables they read from other people without understanding what they do or even if they do anything at all.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago (4 children)

    This is why I play console. I am just too lazy/busy/worn out to learn all that I'd need to know about that side of the gaming world. That's why the steam machine interested me until I saw the price.

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  • [+] 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)
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  • [–] 4 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    It wasn't an insult. I admire that you guys know that much about computers and software. Its like an alien language to me. Dunno why I was being downvoted for self deprication.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago*

    Dunno why I was being downvoted for self deprication.

    If it helps, not saying anything about you in particular but:

    I think because communities like this hear a lot of this kinda pre-emptive defeatism speak. Like "I'm tired and so I don't wanna do something that might make me learn."

    It makes them/us sad because we're like "Uh, we'd be happy to help, it's not actually that scary?"

    With Linux or PCs in general, people will often show up to the community just to say "Thinky thing is too hard", and declare they've already opened their wallets and run to some highly exploitative and expensive corporate "turnkey product" instead.

    It's also "console propaganda" by corporations to spread FUD about PC and now Linux gaming being some alleged huge headache unless you're a professional computer engineer...And that's simply not true. They'd just rather you buy a new console every 3 years. :p

    But also, downvotes don't super matter here, so all I can say is carry on with an open mind and don't be afraid to ask questions, and you never know what you might learn!

    Don't sell yourself short. Try things!

    As Bruce Lee once said: "In great attempts, it is glorious even to fail."

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago

    Dunno why the downvotes, but dude, if you ever Google how to do anything on your phone, then you've basically done the above already. Id argue a lot of us don't know what we're doing, we Google thing, someone has an answer, we do the thing, boop things work.

    Just trying to make Netflix work on my Xbox head a bunch of issues where I did the steps above to get it to work. It's all the same process, no matter what the hardware

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  • [–] 10 points 2 months ago*

    Easy routine:

    • Try a few different versions of Proton using force compatibility in game properties
    • Turn off/on Steam Input
    • Update Steam and my computer (or just restart if there's no updates)
    • Check ProtonDB for any launch options. Try a few of them

    Medium routine:

    • Check if anyone has mentioned anything on Reddit or Steam Community. Try their fixes which usually involves more launch options and/or config file changes
    • Try Proton GE (this is only so low because I usually don't have it installed and updated)
    • Update graphics drivers
    • Downgrade graphics drivers
    • Try a different device

    Last resort:

    • Try Lutris or WineTricks with DLL override tricks
    • Launch Steam using the terminal and actually debug the problem

    Honestly I find that success rate is inversely proportional to amount of effort invested… so I just do the easy ones and give up if that doesn't work lol. 90% of the time it ends up working though from one of those easy things. But if you're truly desperate for a game to work and can't wait for Proton to fix it, the medium and hard options exist

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago

    Not OP but first I check protondb to see if anyone else has the same problem, then I try swapping proton versions if noone else has the same problem.

    Worst case scenario it's my nvidia GPU drivers doing stupid shit, then I try updating my drivers or giving up and playing rimworld instead.

    Most of the time just checking protondb works though.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago

    in addition the stuff other people have mentioned: I've had success checking journalctl for errors, usually it will have something that's pretty actionable/searchable compared to trying different proton versions at random

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