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Halo Master Chief Collection constant freezes/crashes/unresponsive to inputs

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ValveSoftware/Proton#9315 · opened 2025-12-16 by DarthZiplock · updated 2025-12-16 · 1 comments · github
DDarthZiplock 2025-12-16 github

Compatibility Report

  • Name of the game with compatibility issues: Halo - The Master Chief Collection
  • Steam AppID of the game: 976730

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.

Log file is 5GB, cannot attach. Can't even open it.

Symptoms

Game freezes and crashes a lot. On first launch, it'll often crash when just starting a game (any type).
Subsequent launches it will usually get into a game and play, but then freeze/crash later on, usually when invoking the pause menu, but also sometimes randomly.
Sometimes when invoking the pause menu, the game will continue to run, but stop responding to any input.
In all freeze/unresponsive cases, a force-quite is required through system manager. Sometimes the process of force-quitting the game takes multiple attempts and several minutes as it doesn't respond to those commands.
Sometimes it even crashes the entire Steam client when it closes. It's a mess.

This is a recent development, as the game used to play 100% stable.

Reproduction

Play the game, use the menus, do what you'd normally do. It'll crash/freeze/stop responding to inputs eventually

Kkisak-valve maintainer 2025-12-16 github

Hello @DarthZiplock, we're using one issue report per unofficially supported game title, so I've gone ahead and transferred this issue report to https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton/issues/2907#issuecomment-3658094693.

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