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Cannot find fsgame.ltx in S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Shadow of Chernobyl

protonopen appid 4500Game compatibility
ValveSoftware/Proton#2809 · opened 2019-06-14 by GirardR1006 · updated 2022-04-19 · 5 comments · github · game page · search this game
GGirardR1006 2019-06-14 github

Compatibility Report

  • Name of the game with compatibility issues: S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Shadow of Chernobyl
  • Steam AppID of the game: 4500

System Information

  • GPU: GTX960
  • Driver/LLVM version: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 430.26/8.0.0-2
  • Kernel version:
  • Link to full system information report as Gist:
  • Proton version: 3.16-4 and 4.2-7

I confirm:

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

Full proton report:

steam-4500.log

Symptoms

At launch, the game states Cannot open file "fsgame.ltx". Check your working folder. and do not proceed to launch.

I have double-checked my game cache, uninstalled and reinstalled twice the game, the error still persists. The file is at the expected location (~/.steam/steam/steamapps/common/STALKER Shadow of Chernobyl).

Aalligatorshoes 2019-06-14 github

Apologies if this is the wrong place to post, but I can confirm this title is working fine for me on same Proton version(s), Following specs/Gist: https://gist.github.com/alligatorshoes/3442d61b0f448b90987a245b1a441caa

GGirardR1006 2019-06-15 github

Apologies if this is the wrong place to post, but I can confirm this title is working fine for me on same Proton version(s), Following specs/Gist: https://gist.github.com/alligatorshoes/3442d61b0f448b90987a245b1a441caa

We have about the same kernels and driver versions, so I am curious about this. Note also that the game works fine on my old laptop with Solus OS and no dedicated GPU, which lead me to think this not a performance issue at all.

Could you please check under the compatibility prefix of your game ~/.steam/steam/steamapps/compatdata/4500/pfx/drive_c and tell me what you find over here?

Can you list all the files you have under ~/.steam/steam/steamapps/common/STALKER Shadow\ of\ Chernobyl?
Me is the following:

drwxr-xr-x 2 rhapsodos rhapsodos 4,0K 14 juin  00:42 _appdata_
drwxr-xr-x 4 rhapsodos rhapsodos 4,0K 14 juin  00:43 bin
-rwxr-xr-x 1 rhapsodos rhapsodos  41K 14 juin  00:41 FirewallInstallHelper.dll
-rwxr-xr-x 1 rhapsodos rhapsodos 1,1K 14 juin  00:44 fsgame.ltx
-rwxr-xr-x 1 rhapsodos rhapsodos 649M 14 juin  00:41 gamedata.db0
-rwxr-xr-x 1 rhapsodos rhapsodos 676M 14 juin  00:41 gamedata.db1
-rwxr-xr-x 1 rhapsodos rhapsodos 641M 14 juin  00:41 gamedata.db2
-rwxr-xr-x 1 rhapsodos rhapsodos 654M 14 juin  00:41 gamedata.db3
-rwxr-xr-x 1 rhapsodos rhapsodos 641M 14 juin  00:40 gamedata.db4
-rwxr-xr-x 1 rhapsodos rhapsodos 661M 14 juin  00:40 gamedata.db5
-rwxr-xr-x 1 rhapsodos rhapsodos 637M 14 juin  00:41 gamedata.db6
-rwxr-xr-x 1 rhapsodos rhapsodos 641M 14 juin  00:41 gamedata.db7
-rwxr-xr-x 1 rhapsodos rhapsodos 285M 14 juin  00:41 gamedata.db8
-rwxr-xr-x 1 rhapsodos rhapsodos  74M 14 juin  00:42 gamedata.db9
-rwxr-xr-x 1 rhapsodos rhapsodos  22M 14 juin  00:40 gamedata.dba
-rwxr-xr-x 1 rhapsodos rhapsodos  58M 14 juin  00:40 gamedata.dbb
-rwxr-xr-x 1 rhapsodos rhapsodos 158K 14 juin  00:41 gamedata.dbc
-rwxr-xr-x 1 rhapsodos rhapsodos 101K 14 juin  00:42 gamedata.dbd
-rwxr-xr-x 1 rhapsodos rhapsodos   59 14 juin  00:41 gamesite.url
-rwxr-xr-x 1 rhapsodos rhapsodos  213 14 juin  00:41 help.htm
-rwxr-xr-x 1 rhapsodos rhapsodos 1,4K 14 juin  00:41 instscript.vdf
-rwxr-xr-x 1 rhapsodos rhapsodos  11K 14 juin  00:42 License.txt
drwxr-xr-x 2 rhapsodos rhapsodos 4,0K 14 juin  00:42 mods
-rwxr-xr-x 1 rhapsodos rhapsodos    1 14 juin  00:41 p3.txt
-rwxr-xr-x 1 rhapsodos rhapsodos    1 14 juin  00:41 p5.txt
-rwxr-xr-x 1 rhapsodos rhapsodos 9,3K 14 juin  00:41 Patch-0-3.txt
-rwxr-xr-x 1 rhapsodos rhapsodos  13K 14 juin  00:41 Patch-any-5.txt
-rwxr-xr-x 1 rhapsodos rhapsodos   45 14 juin  00:41 publisher.url
-rwxr-xr-x 1 rhapsodos rhapsodos  43K 14 juin  00:42 ReadMe.txt
-rwxr-xr-x 1 rhapsodos rhapsodos   68 14 juin  00:41 register.url
-rwxr-xr-x 1 rhapsodos rhapsodos 518K 14 juin  00:41 setup-bp.exe
-rwxr-xr-x 1 rhapsodos rhapsodos  68K 14 juin  00:41 stalker.ico
-rwxr-xr-x 1 rhapsodos rhapsodos 6,3M 14 juin  00:42 StalkerUserManual.pdf

Attached is the supposedly-not-to-be-here fsgame.ltx. Could you provide yours also? Thanks :)
fsgame.ltx.txt

Mmatou68 2019-06-16 github

Hi,

this is my fsgame.ltx :

$app_data_root$=true|false|C:|Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents\STALKER-SHOC
$game_data$ = false| true| $fs_root$| gamedata
$game_ai$ = true| false| $game_data$| ai
$game_spawn$ = true| false| $game_data$| spawns
$game_anims$ = true| true| $game_data$| anims
$game_levels$ = true| false| $game_data$| levels
$game_meshes$ = true| true| $game_data$| meshes
$game_dm$ = true| true| $game_data$| meshes
$game_shaders$ = true| true| $game_data$| shaders
$game_sounds$ = true| true| $game_data$| sounds
$game_textures$ = true| true| $game_data$| textures
$game_scripts$ = true| false| $game_data$| scripts
$game_config$ = true| false| $game_data$| config
$level$ = false| false| $game_levels$
$game_saves$ = true| false| $app_data_root$| savedgames
$logs$ = true| false| $app_data_root$| logs
$screenshots$ = true| false| $app_data_root$| screenshots
$downloads$ = false| false| $app_data_root$| downloads
$mod_dir$ = false | false | $fs_root$ | mods\

Ttralph3 2021-09-15 github

Issue still persists. Arch Linux kernel 5.14.3 amdgpu graphics. Ryzen 5 3400G.

LLevitatingBusinessMan 2022-04-19 github

Although your installation is in your home folder, I had the same issue running STALKER: Anomaly.

For me the issue turned out to be that the installation of my mod was not in my home folder but in a mounted drive. For whatever reason that messed with the game, causing it not to find any files in its own directory. That could very well be related.

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