protonscr

Proton 11 breaks Skyrim with Community Shaders

protonclosed
ValveSoftware/Proton#9903 · opened 2026-06-23 by morti86 · updated 2026-06-23 · 1 comments · github
Mmorti86 2026-06-23 github

Compatibility Report

  • Name of the game with compatibility issues: Skyrim Special Edition (with CS)
  • Steam AppID of the game: 489830

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.

Symptoms

When I use Proton 11 Skyrim gets stuck if Community Shaders mod is installed. I can hear the first chord but then all I get is black screen and game frozen just before the main menu appears.

steam-489830.log

The same game installation works fine on Proton 10 with CS enabled.
If I disable Community Shaders, the game loads with Proton 11 too.

Reproduction

Install Skyrim with basic mod setup (SKSE etc.) and Community Shaders.

Kkisak-valve maintainer 2026-06-23 github

Hello @morti86, 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/4#issuecomment-4783818666.

Upstream links