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STALKER - Shadow of Chernobyl broken after Alt-Tab

protonopen appid 4500Game compatibility
ValveSoftware/Proton#2729 · opened 2019-05-23 by magist3r · updated 2019-05-30 · 8 comments · github · game page · search this game
Mmagist3r 2019-05-23 github

Compatibility Report

  • Name of the game with compatibility issues: STALKER - Shadow of Chernobyl
  • Steam AppID of the game: 4500

System Information

  • GPU: RX 580
  • Driver/LLVM version: Mesa 19.2-git/8.0.0
  • Kernel version: 5.1.3
  • Link to full system information report as Gist:
  • Proton version: 4.2-4 (also tested on 3.16-4)

I confirm:

  • [ ] that I haven't found an existing compatibility report for this game.
  • [ ] that I have checked whether there are updates for my system available.

Symptoms

I have an issue with alt-tab. After alt-tabbing I can't return to the game. It shows me only black screen with small icon in the top left corner:

I have this issue with both Proton 3.16-4 and 4.2-4. Virtual desktop doesn't work for me (mouse stucks on left side of the screen).

I have two fullHD monitors.

I also have this issue with Cuphead (#796).

steam-4500.log

?ghost 2019-05-24 github

Same with Elder Scrolls Online

ehm... @magist3r whats with fullscreen borderless?

Mmagist3r 2019-05-24 github

@Alexander88207 STALKER doesn't support fullscreen borderless, only fullscreen and windowed.

Ssolenum 2019-05-25 github

Just a thought, could you try pressing win+enter or alt+enter and see if that resolves the issue? I get similar issues with a fair few games on Proton and toggling fullscreen via win+enter typically resolves it for me. This includes issues with the game not correctly grabbing the mouse on a multi-monitor setup.

GGibbus2 2019-05-25 github

Same problem with Dawn of Man.
Not resolved with win+enter in this case.

Mmagist3r 2019-05-25 github

win+enter (or alt+enter) doesn't work for me.

Ssolenum 2019-05-25 github

Oh well, was worth a shot I suppose :( Another thing that resolves it for me when win+enter doesn't is cycling through my virtual desktops (I run bspwm), which I suppose is effectively minimizing it and opening it back up again, a lot of games are finicky like that with tabbing out.

NNewbytee 2019-05-29 github

This happens briefly when tabbing back into The Witcher: Enhanced Edition, however it is swiftly replaced with the actual game.

Ssolenum 2019-05-30 github

So I installed this to see for myself, and it is the same issue I get with a lot of other games via Proton. The solution for me is to simply toggle through my virtual desktops in BSPWM and the game starts rendering fine again. I guess this is the equivalent of maybe minimizing the game and opening it up again?

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