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Proton crashes on some games after update steam from beta channel to version 1666392376.

steamclosed Steam clientProton
ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#8864 · opened 2022-10-23 by NTMan · updated 2022-12-09 · 4 comments · github
NNTMan 2022-10-23 github

Your system information

  • Steam client version (build number or date): 1666402581
  • Distribution (e.g. Ubuntu): Fedora
  • Opted into Steam client beta?: Yes
  • Have you checked for system updates?: Yes
  • Link to full system information report as gist

Please describe your issue in as much detail as possible:

Proton crashes on some games after update steam from beta channel to version 1666392376.
Last good steam version was 1666144119

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List of affected games:

How workaround issue:

  1. Disable shader pre-caching in Steam settings.
  2. Switch to stable version (Opt out all beta programs)
  3. For some games helps avoiding from launcher.
  • For Sniper Elite 4
$ mv ~/.steam/steam/steamapps/common/Sniper\ Elite\ 4/Launcher/SniperElite4.exe SniperElite4.exe.bak
$ cp ~/.steam/steam/steamapps/common/Sniper\ Elite\ 4/bin/SniperElite4_DX12.exe ~/.steam/steam/steamapps/common/Sniper\ Elite\ 4/Launcher/SniperElite4.exe
  • For Sniper Elite 5
$ mv ~/.steam/steam/steamapps/common/Sniper\ Elite\ 5/launcher/sniperelite5.exe sniperelite5.exe.bak
$ cp ~/.steam/steam/steamapps/common/Sniper\ Elite\ 5/bin/sniper5_vulkan.exe ~/.steam/steam/steamapps/common/Sniper\ Elite\ 5/launcher/sniperelite5.exe

Steps for reproducing this issue:

  1. Just update steam from beta channel
Kkisak-valve maintainer 2022-10-23 github
Kkisak-valve maintainer 2022-10-25 github

Hello @NTMan, per "Fix a crash launching 32 bit Vulkan titles (including DXVK SteamPlay)" in the 2022-10-24 Steam client beta update, please update the Steam client and retest this issue.

KKibaGasteiz 2022-10-26 github

I've tested it and it's working just fine, thanks!

Kkisak-valve maintainer 2022-12-09 github

Closing as fixed.

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