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The Final Station

protonclosed appid 435530Game compatibility - Unofficial
ValveSoftware/Proton#7396 · opened 2024-01-10 by cprn · updated 2024-01-10 · 3 comments · github · game page · search this game
Ccprn 2024-01-10 github

Compatibility Report

  • Name of the game with compatibility issues: The Final Station
  • Steam AppID of the game: 435530

System Information

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.

steam-435530.log

Symptoms

Bear with me, please. The game doesn't start. It used to start for me with Proton without issues about 3 years ago but there were many updates since then and I changed the GPU from NVIDIA to AMD.

I read the attached Proton log and it seems to be failing due to missing VK_KHR_surface extension but it doesn't make any sense since it's a very basic extension and other Vulkan games requiring it run fine (e.g. Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey). Also it runs fine if I run it in terminal using protontricks without Steam like so:

protontricks-launch --appid 435530 .local/share/Steam/steamapps/common/TheFinalStation/TheFinalStation.exe

The only issue then is the Steam Controller doesn't work (as in: it works in kb+mouse desktop mode).

I tried many things but failed to find a solution.

When I run the game natively (without Proton) it starts, menus open fine but after starting the game the screen is black - I can move the mouse cursor, I hear shots when I click but nothing is rendered. When I was on NVIDIA I had that issue as well but back then I managed to resolve it by setting the game to the same resolution as the system (1440p) but it doesn't make a difference now (I'm in 4K now, tried in 1440p as well, still a black screen). Regardless, back then the native version was crashing to desktop after a few minutes, so I'm assuming it's unplayable on Linux without Proton anyway.

Reproduction

  1. Install the game
  2. force Proton in Properties -> Compatibility
  3. try to run the game
Ccprn 2024-01-10 github

I tried Proton 8.0-4 and Proton Experimental - same issue, same log output. I think it's something within the Steam itself (reaper or steam-launch-wrapper or runtime or I have no idea).

Kkisak-valve maintainer 2024-01-10 github

Hello @cprn, looking at your extended diagnostics information, it looks like you do not have a 32 bit Vulkan driver installed for your video card. Please add the lib32-vulkan-radeon system package and retest.

Ccprn 2024-01-10 github

Oh, f... me! It works flawlessly now. I'm very very sorry, this can be closed. Why it worked without 32 bit driver when started by protontricks-launch, I have no idea.

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