Fallout 4 does not start on Linux anymore

[Aegidius]

I have being playing Fallout on Linux for months. I really enjoy this game. Unfortunately today it stopped working. I also tried with Proton-GE with no luck. Is anybody else facing the same issue?

[Istine]

I have issues as well. The Fallout menu pops up, but clicking on "Start" has no effect.

[mrjester]

In Steam, right click on Fallout 4, go to Properties -> Compatibility.
Select Proton 9.0-3

[Flying Herring]

Happened to me to, right after an update today. I forced compatibility with the latest proton version and it worked. However, there are now the frame rate seems to be reduced to 30fps or so and mouse a tiny bit of mouse lag is present. I will continue to fiddle and see what happens.

[Flying Herring]

I successfully found a work around. Since it is the launcher which is broken, skip it. Rename the Fallout4.exe. to Fallout4launcher.exe. The game runs as it used to with no framerate or other issues. Rename the launcher so there is no conflict. I just added a 1 to it so I can put it all back to normal later if necessary.

In case you are not too linux savvy. I recommend opening the files window, and searching for fallout. Then open the folder with the .exe and rename away.

[Chronocide]

Since the store page doesn't list linux as being supported for this game, definitely suggest added to the steam linux discussions: https://steamcommunity.com/app/221410/discussions/

[Aegidius]

Originally posted by Istine:

I have issues as well. The Fallout menu pops up, but clicking on "Start" has no effect.

I have the exact same problem. Other games work well

[Aegidius]

Originally posted by mrjester:

In Steam, right click on Fallout 4, go to Properties -> Compatibility.
Select Proton 9.0-3

That worked for me, thank you so much 🙏

[cloudlion_ca]

Hi everyone

I was enjoying Fallout 4 in Arch and Debian based Linux distributions.

I seem to remember the game working well into 2024. I use to run the game in windowed mode so I could move the play window between monitors I have attached to my Linux boxes. I stopped playing it then returned to discover it won't work in Arch or Debian systems if launched in Windowed border, or border-less, modes.

On my Linux based system once the game launches you can adjust and confirm graphics options are set to full screen and the game will launch. I do have occasional issues with the game freezing Linux systems. I switched from an xbox based game controller back to the legacy Steam controller and that helped. It works with the game in full screen on Arch. I haven't tried it with Debian. I assume it will work because it has in the past.

Of course the game works fine in Windows 11. But that's to be expected. Microsoft is pushing some gaming shops to tinker to make games less proton compatible to continue to force people to upgrade their computers. Proton catches up eventually.

Thanks Microsoft. But I'd like to pass on spending yet more money on "guaranteed" compatible computer equipment for Windows 11 and legacy gaming box accessories, thank you very much. All the stuff I have that isn't Windows 11 compatible works fine in Linux and... surprise surprise.... Windows 10. Just fine. No issues. For all these computers and external devices that are not Windows 11 compatible; there are newer "Manufacturer and Microsoft" recommended replacement options available. So you can see where that is leading us... the simple consumers.

So in Linux now... until proton catches up; we may simply have to play Fallout 4 in full screen mode for the time being. Or they, the bad guys, revoke that allowance. I'm hoping Steam launches it's own desktop operating system to: us, it's needy customers. We may simply be consumers but we need better choices than being forced to be locked into Windows. This of course might be a great time for another class action suit to be launched at Microsoft and it's partners for conspiring to form a monopolistic compact for the purpose of anti-competitive market place behaviour and practices.

That might help in the long run but it won't fix the headaches over the next four years. We'll have to wait 5 to 7 years before that happens in the United States. For that time we'll need to simply suffer with the headaches and make sure everyone on planet Earth knows that we're unhappy with Microsoft and it's partners in crime. The old pro-Microsoft gaming shops are delivering mostly crap now. It's nice to jump back into the retro-gaming greats while we wait for better products to be delivered to us all.

[Zekiran]

A class action suit won't help your extraordinarily niche operating system become mainstream, in fact the opposite because it's already seen as the veganism of computing. Best to just.

Y'know.

Play games that aren't meant to play on linux, on another os instead, which you clearly *have access to already*.

[nathanharding666]

mine still works proton experimental i changed the launcher to the old pc one. /prop/general/launch options/////. steamdeck=0 %command% .that gets old launcher back. that launcher from last year thedizzle 78