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Relatively new still to Linux gaming, what does your routine list look like?
Not op, but mine is
So far that has covered the problems i ran into, but maybe someone has something to add?
Same here.
And if there no protondb info or it have "platinum", then start praying. Also, god forbid if you want something extra like FSR4 or install some mods. Then you mixing this things to whole "is that my hardware\software\proton issue or game genially bugged?"
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.
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.
I'm afraid we will disappoint you further here, cause steam machine is just a PC with SteamOS (which is "just" an Arch Linux with few tweaks\changes). So all those issues described above and their workarounds also applied to steam machine.
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.
Switch to experimental, switch to proton Glorious Eggroll, check protondb, set proton_log and look at log files.
Easy routine:
Medium routine:
Last resort:
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
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.