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Battlefield 4™

appid 1238860 1 threads, 1 open 147 comments last activity 2026-07-17
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Latest maintainer comment · kisak-valve · 2026-07-01 · #3994
EA Desktop app crash Issue transferred from https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton/issues/9933. @Tiagoquix posted on 2026-07-01T13:13:04: This was tested with Battlefield 4, but I believe it happens regardless of the game: I cannot open EADesktop.exe directly (using protontricks/winetricks). It gives me an error about background services crashing. It functions normally when opened together with t...
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Battlefield 4™ proton open 2 matching

#3994 · 147 comments · opened 2020-06-17 · last comment 2026-07-17 by MegamiTK1
issue by ipkpjersi · 2020-06-17 · view · github
... Then run `WINEPREFIX="/path/to/library/compatdata/1238860" wine pbsetup.exe`. Select "Battlefield 4" from the dropdown, and ...
comment by nowburp · 2021-05-08 · view · github
... to manually reinstall (and update) punkbuster with the: WINEPREFIX=$HOME/.steam/steam/steamapps/compatdata/1238860/pfx wine pbsetup ...
Recent activity
  • MegamiTK1 · 2026-07-17 · Battlefield 4™
    https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/59e54e29-53eb-4af9-9650-230df1a29d81 Hi, I am having a stuttering issue with Battlefield 4 on Linux. The game freezes and drops FPS every 3 to 6 seconds during gameplay. It happ...
  • kisak-valvemaintainer · 2026-07-01 · Battlefield 4™
    EA Desktop app crash Issue transferred from https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton/issues/9933. @Tiagoquix posted on 2026-07-01T13:13:04: This was tested with Battlefield 4, but I believe it happens regardless of the ga...
  • JustCryen · 2026-05-01 · Battlefield 4™
    @Humbertiux (I haven't noticed it was a redirection, sorry for the ping kisak) I believe you have to use proton11 (currently in beta) to play anything EA related. Since you're on GE Proton 10 I would advice you to try th...
  • kisak-valvemaintainer · 2026-05-01 · Battlefield 4™
    Bug Report: Battlefield 4 — EA App crashes after game launch on Linux (Steam/Proton) Issue transferred from https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton/issues/9731. @Humbertiux posted on 2026-05-01T18:27:22: System info OS: ...
  • heatd · 2026-03-21 · Battlefield 4™
    Here's yet another EA app problem... This one seems widespread. Affects at least Mass Effect Andromeda (https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton/issues/3997#issuecomment-4071157843), and I've seen one of the Star Wars gam...
  • heatd · 2026-01-23 · Battlefield 4™
    # Compatibility Report - Name of the game with compatibility issues: Battlefield 4 - Steam AppID of the game: 1238860 ## System Information - GPU: NVIDIA RTX 5070 - Video driver version: nvidia-open 590.48.01-8 - Kernel ...
  • JustCryen · 2025-09-25 · Battlefield 4™
    Hi, I have an unusual issue with my game. I initially thought everything is fine, I finished playing the campaign, achievements on Steam have been popping up, but to my surprise, I got no access to campaign weapons in th...
  • frmdstryr · 2025-06-07 · Battlefield 4™
    Yes it works using the updated libs (25.1.2) from [kisak-mesa](https://launchpad.net/~kisak/+archive/ubuntu/kisak-mesa) thank you @kisak-valve!

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PULSE_LATENCY_MSEC=90 %command%
PROTON_USE_WINED3D=1 %command%
gamemoderun %command%
DXVK_HUD=fps,gpuload,frametimes,scale=1.0 vblank_mode=1 %command%

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