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VR games not starting if SteamVR is already running

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ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#6896 · opened 2020-02-14 by Matombo · updated 2020-04-03 · 9 comments · github
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MMatombo 2020-02-14 github

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Same as https://github.com/ValveSoftware/SteamVR-for-Linux/issues/300 but it seems to be steam client related and not Proton+SteamVR so i repost it here.

If SteamVR is running, several games ~run through proton~ (some proton games still run so it doesn't seem to be proton related) don't start with the error message in the steam console output:

GameAction [AppID 692690, ActionID 6] : LaunchApp failed with WaitingOpenVRAppQuit with "104"
GameAction [AppID 692690, ActionID 6] : LaunchApp changed task to Failed with ""

Starting the games without steamvr running starts steamvr and the game as expected.

Tested SteamVR versions: Beta 1.10.3, 1.9.16

Affected games example: The Gallery - Episode 1, The Gallery - Episode 2, Dance Collider

NOT affected games example: SUPERHOT VR

This issue showed up at the same time as this issue: https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/6892 The affected games however do not match (see for example The Gallery EP 1 and 2)

Steps for reproducing this issue:

  1. Start Steam VR
  2. Start one of the affected games
  3. Game immediatly quits, steam console output says
GameAction [AppID 692690, ActionID 6] : LaunchApp failed with WaitingOpenVRAppQuit with "104"
GameAction [AppID 692690, ActionID 6] : LaunchApp changed task to Failed with ""
MMatombo 2020-02-17 github

Budget Cuts is unplayable because of this bug: If I have SteamVR not running and start Budget Cuts I get the permanent index controller rumbling bug. If SteamVR is already running (without the constant rumbling valve index controller thanks to a workaround) Buget Cuts won't launch.

SStefanTT 2020-02-18 github

The rumble on start also happens for Windlands 2 and Karnage Chronicles. Others probably too.
It is IMO a different bug but it makes this bug problematic.

Edit
Further tests show that the rumble does not happen with the release version of SteamVR.

MMatombo 2020-02-19 github

Edit
Further tests show that the rumble does not happen with the release version of SteamVR.

Sadly that doesn't work for me

MMatombo 2020-02-20 github

found a workaround: directly start the games from the exe and not from steam.
For proton games this is a little plot complicated. The template goes like this

STEAM_COMPAT_DATA_PATH=

ofc you need to replace the <> acording to your steam folder

Edit: Steam archivments and playtime are not tracked like this however (at least for the gallery episode 1 - call of the starseed)

MMatombo 2020-02-21 github

Both this bug and https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/6892 do not happen when steam is started in offline mode.

However for me they reapear as soon as i go online again.

MMatombo 2020-02-27 github

The bug seems to be gone with the latest beta update.
However https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/6892 is still here.

Ppop2010 2020-03-02 github

I still have that bug.

To avoid it, I start the game, and while it's preparing to be launched I start Steam VR.

Another interesting thing to note is that if I start a non-steam game (pointing to an exe with proton), it works correctly.

Ppop2010 2020-03-03 github

Sorry, I'm completely wrong. I installed the beta client and it indeed works now, I thought I was on a SteamVR git.

Kkisak-valve maintainer 2020-04-03 github

Closing as fixed in the 2020-03-26 Steam client update.

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