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Simon the Sorcerer: 25th Anniversary Edition treated as a native game with Linux support only available in a legacy DLC

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ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#8339 · opened 2022-01-10 by ipr · updated 2022-01-10 · 3 comments · github
Iipr 2022-01-10 github

Your system information

  • Steam client version (build number or date): 16.12.2021 22:39:26
  • Distribution (e.g. Ubuntu): Debian
  • Opted into Steam client beta?: No
  • Have you checked for system updates?: Yes

Please describe your issue in as much detail as possible:

Some Windows games are not downloaded when SteamPlay is enabled. User has to force specific Proton version for the title for the game to download, it is not enough that SteamPlay is enabled (default Proton version should be enough).

Expectation is that if SteamPlay is enabled client would download the game already. Forcing specific Proton version is extra configuration for the cases where default Proton is not working (optional step instead of required step).

Example: Simon the Sorcerer: 25th anniversary edition (app id: 674150)

Steps for reproducing this issue:

  1. Download game
  2. See that files are missing (extras may be there)
  3. Force Proton version (such as experimental)
  4. Notice the update which downloads the missing files
Kkisak-valve maintainer 2022-01-10 github

Hello @ipr, if you you select an affected game in your Steam Library, and click the ⓘ button on the right side, there should be a line with something like "Runs on this computer via Steam Play. Proton # selected by you for this title." What does that say in the quirk state?

Iipr 2022-01-10 github

Hello @ipr, if you you select an affected game in your Steam Library, and click the ⓘ button on the right side, there should be a line with something like "Runs on this computer via Steam Play. Proton # selected by you for this title." What does that say in the quirk state?

The line is empty if Proton version is not selected for the game. In store the game is only available for Windows. The "legacy" edition (as DLC) is marked available for Linux (via ScummVM) so maybe that is confusing Steam?

Kkisak-valve maintainer 2022-01-10 github

Thanks for checking. This looks like an oddball edge case.

Nothing extracted yet.