Games with a non steam launcher cannot launch?

Lunching GTA V, Cyberpunk, Titanfall, or any game with a launcher will compile shaders, lanch the launcher, and then either say "error try reinstalling the game (this does not work) or the game with just not lunch after the launcher pops up. games without a third party launcher, (God of war, terraria, Minecraft, stardew) all launch and perform no issue. anyone have any ideas?
19 Replies
Vi-
Vi-12h ago
I was just able to run Warframe out of the box, which uses its own launcher
Vailex
VailexOP12h ago
Gta, titanfall, or cyberpunk running by chance?
Vi-
Vi-12h ago
Alas, I don't have those games installed.
Vailex
VailexOP12h ago
No worries, thanks
Vi-
Vi-12h ago
I'll try Stellaris, that one uses a Paradox launcher
Vailex
VailexOP12h ago
Just had issue with risk of rain 2, i dont think that one has a launcher. SUPERHOT launched no issue (thank god)
Vi-
Vi-12h ago
I would be surprised if SUPERHOT doesn't run on Linux natively. It has that vibe
Vailex
VailexOP12h ago
I think its using proton just fine? Cult of the lamb launched no issue too, emulators are fine, n64 decomps too....
Vi-
Vi-12h ago
No proton it looks like
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Vailex
VailexOP12h ago
Sick
Vi-
Vi-12h ago
Some games you can just tell the devs are all linux geeks
Vailex
VailexOP12h ago
It definitely has that vibe. It all started before i changed my thermal paste, these same games (gta, cyberpunk, fallout NV) would overheat and force a shutdown, so i changed thermal paste in the computer, now the thermals work fine on the games i can launch (new vegas launches fine now) but the others cant get past their dedicated launchers. Im puzzled. Im a bit too tied to reinstall steam tonight, but thats probably my next thing to try, then maybe a full bazzite re-install?
Vi-
Vi-12h ago
If increasing the performance of the games leads to a problem, My thinking is race condition. Or maybe all those overheating shutdowns corrupted the files Have you tried verifying the games?
Vailex
VailexOP12h ago
Yup
Vi-
Vi-12h ago
I'm watching a video on how Proton works. It says for 3rd party launchers, Steam needs to use Proton to run the launchers, which are Windows applications, on Linux. Might be relevant
Vailex
VailexOP12h ago
Changing proton versions have gotten me further for GTA, but it still errors out the same way New error: rockstar games launcher displays: "cannont verify steam is running", trying different proton builds
Vi-
Vi-12h ago
Stellaris gets to the main menu no problems, but it's also Linux native
Vailex
VailexOP12h ago
Its definitely proton, i got V to launch with an older build, gonna try cyberpunk now Ok, closing this out now, it just took a few specific versions of proton per game, and it just so happened not to be the first four i tried lmao, thank you Vi-! -also V
asen23
asen2311h ago
kinda oot but this blog from factorio team is kinda interesting https://factorio.com/blog/post/fff-408
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