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Allods Online (RU) reports Steam as not running

protonopen appid 381640Game compatibility - Unofficial
ValveSoftware/Proton#778 · opened 2018-08-27 by vanyasem · updated 2018-09-09 · 2 comments · github · game page · search this game
Vvanyasem 2018-08-27 github

Compatibility Report

  • Name of the game with compatibility issues:
  • Steam AppID of the game:

System Information

  • GPU: GTX 1080
  • Driver/LLVM version: nvidia 396.54
  • Kernel version: 4.18.6
  • Link to full system information report as Gist
  • Proton version: 3.7-4

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.

Symptoms

The game uses a launcher called "Games Mail.ru". The launcher itself works, and can be used to install the game. However, you cannot launch it, because the launcher says that Steam is not running:
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It works when you run Steam via Wine, so it's probably related to the fact that Steam.exe is in fact not running on the system.

Reproduction

  1. Press "Play" in Steam
  2. Wait for Games Mail.ru to appear
  3. Download Allods Online or select an existing installation
  4. Press "Play" in Games Mail.ru
  5. Choose Steam login option
Vvanyasem 2018-08-27 github

If you run Steam.exe (any executable with that name), it ticks the game into believing that Steam is running.

Vvanyasem 2018-08-27 github

I can confirm that the game successfully launches and has no issues in-game. I was able to login using my Steam account just fine. Maybe it's worth bundling a dummy Steam.exe with Proton?

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