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Your boi Daryll has Starfield

Sep 16, 2023 @ 2:19pm

Linux Mint cannot run Game

I am sometimes able to launch the game but as soon as I hit "E" to start a new game, it goes to a loading screen and does nothing for hours.....

Waited years for this game just to be sad. I already have over 2 hours of playtime in a loading screen...

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oldeschool has Starfield

Sep 16, 2023 @ 2:22pm

hardware specs and which proton?

Viper

Sep 16, 2023 @ 2:24pm

Does not have Linux listed as supported. Maybe you should install WIndows if you want to play these current games. Not a game developer issue.

Last edited by Viper; Sep 16, 2023 @ 2:36pm

Mountain Man has Starfield

Sep 16, 2023 @ 2:27pm

Originally posted by Viper:
Does not have Linux listed as supported. Maybe you should install WIndows if you want to play these current games. Not a game developer issue. Its a you issue.

Spoken like a true ignoramus. In fact, with Proton, many games can run in Linux without a problem, including Starfield. I'm playing on Manjora Linux and on the Steam Deck and haven't encountered a single issue. Without more information from the thread starter, it's impossible to say what the problem might be.

Viper

Sep 16, 2023 @ 2:29pm

Originally posted by Mountain Man:
Originally posted by Viper:
Does not have Linux listed as supported. Maybe you should install WIndows if you want to play these current games. Not a game developer issue. Its a you issue.
Spoken like a true ignoramus. In fact, with Proton, many games can run in Linux without a problem, including Starfield. I'm playing on Manjora Linux and on the Steam Deck and haven't encountered a single issue. Without more information from the thread starter, it's impossible to say what the problem might be.

lol ..many is not all and obviously it does not run and Linux is not supported. Not the developers fault in any way. SImple solution Run WIndows in a WIndows supported game. You can call people names all you want. That doesn't change the obvious fix. Not the first post I have seen in these forums complaining it won't run on Linux either. I'm sure it runs real good on a STeam Deck to.

Last edited by Viper; Sep 16, 2023 @ 2:34pm

KheL

Sep 16, 2023 @ 2:34pm

Originally posted by Your boi Daryll:
I am sometimes able to launch the game but as soon as I hit "E" to start a new game, it goes to a loading screen and does nothing for hours.....

Waited years for this game just to be sad. I already have over 2 hours of playtime in a loading screen...

Try GE-Proton8-14. Running well here on Manjaro. Despite the crashes, but I think that's own game issue.

Viper

Sep 16, 2023 @ 2:35pm

Originally posted by KheL:
Originally posted by Your boi Daryll:
I am sometimes able to launch the game but as soon as I hit "E" to start a new game, it goes to a loading screen and does nothing for hours.....

Waited years for this game just to be sad. I already have over 2 hours of playtime in a loading screen...
Try GE-Proton8-14. Running well here on Manjaro. Despite the crashes, but I think that's own game issue.

I have not crashed once..

Bobs

Sep 16, 2023 @ 2:39pm

Get a real OS for gods sake.

KheL

Sep 16, 2023 @ 2:41pm

here they come, the pedogates balls' lickers..

Anissa

Sep 16, 2023 @ 2:45pm

Originally posted by Tattletale:
Originally posted by Mountain Man:
Spoken like a true ignoramus.
Originally posted by KheL:
here they come, the pedogates balls' lickers..
Why is it, without fail, Linux bros are the first to resort to name calling, in what was a cordial and calm discussion?

KheL

Sep 16, 2023 @ 2:49pm

Originally posted by Tattletale:
Originally posted by Tattletale:

Why is it, without fail, Linux bros are the first to resort to name calling, in what was a cordial and calm discussion?
Who came here saying to just switch OS, or cursing Linux, instead of helping the guy? Nobody asked you. That's why you need to be called names.. deal with it.

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Not Mr Flıbble has Starfield

Sep 16, 2023 @ 2:50pm

Working fine here on Devuan 5. AMD hardware, recent Mesa (23.1.5), recent kernel (6.5.2 with a patch to avoid a bug which affects game shutdown).

I have seen it crash twice, both times with an error window (an assertion failure in Proton) hidden behind the game window. If you see it apparently frozen, it's worth checking for that kind of thing.

Also, what graphics hardware & driver version? Based on what I can see on the Proton bugs list for this game[github.com], I'm guessing something nvidia – run the game with the launch command set to “PROTON_LOG=1 %command%” and see what appears in ~/steam-1716740.log.

Last edited by Not Mr Flıbble; Sep 16, 2023 @ 2:54pm

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IronBuffalo has Starfield

Sep 16, 2023 @ 2:51pm

Originally posted by Your boi Daryll:
I am sometimes able to launch the game but as soon as I hit "E" to start a new game, it goes to a loading screen and does nothing for hours.....

Waited years for this game just to be sad. I already have over 2 hours of playtime in a loading screen...

No surprise. Linux dists can't run anything which is why everyone is forced to use Microsoft. Microsoft no doubt pays these companies execs on the side to develop only for them, so Windows can constantly monitor you. They don't want independent and privacy systems being able to run the good stuff. Microsoft wants to watch and rule everything.

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Anissa

Sep 16, 2023 @ 2:53pm

Originally posted by KheL:
Originally posted by Tattletale:
Who came here saying to just switch OS, or cursing Linux, instead of helping the guy? Nobody asked you. That's why you need to be called names.. deal with it.
I never told anyone to switch OS. I never said anything bad about Linux. The only thing I commented on, is how hateful Linux Bro's are. And you further confirmed it, congrats.

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