(App Issue; Steam) Cannot get steam games to launch or crashes shortly after

pockypanda · May 8, 2025, 1:03am

I Pocky of the Pandas beseech thee smarter & more capable bretherin! I cannot play Fallout 3: GOTY on Steam, honorable bretherin please aid thee, I cannot go on being a wage cuck slave without this.

Helpful Information About PC & Specs
System:
Kernel: 6.14.4-arch1-2 arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 15.1.1
Desktop: Cinnamon v: 6.4.10 tk: GTK v: 3.24.49 wm: Muffin dm: LightDM
Distro: EndeavourOS base: Arch Linux

Machine:
Type: Laptop System: SAMSUNG product: 530E5M v: P03RDU
serial: Chassis: type: 9 serial:
Mobo: SAMSUNG model: NP530E5M-X02US
v: SGL8837A07-C01-G001-S0001+10.0.14393 serial:
part-nu: ATIV A5A5-A5A5-A5A5-A5A5-A5A5-PRDU UEFI: American Megatrends
v: P03RDU.043.161130.ZW date: 11/30/2016

Battery:
ID-1: BAT1 charge: 30.2 Wh (98.1%) condition: 30.8/43.1 Wh (71.4%)
volts: 12.5 min: 11.4 model: SAMSUNG Electronics SR Real Battery
serial: status: not charging

CPU:
Info: dual core model: Intel Core i5-7200U bits: 64 type: MT MCP
arch: Amber/Kaby Lake note: check rev: 9 cache: L1: 128 KiB L2: 512 KiB
L3: 3 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 500 min/max: 400/3100 cores: 1: 500 2: 500 3: 500 4: 500
bogomips: 21599
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx

Graphics:
Device-1: Intel HD Graphics 620 vendor: Samsung Co driver: i915 v: kernel
arch: Gen-9.5 ports: active: eDP-1 empty: HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 00:02.0
chip-ID: 8086:5916
Device-2: NVIDIA GM108M [GeForce 920MX] vendor: Samsung Co driver: nouveau
v: kernel arch: Maxwell pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 4 bus-ID: 01:00.0
chip-ID: 10de:134f
Device-3: Silicon Motion Web Camera driver: uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 1-6:3 chip-ID: 2232:1080
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.16 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.6 driver: X:
loaded: modesetting alternate: fbdev,intel,nouveau,nv,vesa dri: iris,nouveau
gpu: i915 display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1366x768 s-dpi: 96
Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: ChiMei InnoLux 0x15c6 res: 1366x768 hz: 60
dpi: 101 diag: 394mm (15.5")
API: EGL v: 1.5 platforms: device: 0 drv: nouveau device: 1 drv: iris
device: 2 drv: swrast gbm: drv: nouveau surfaceless: drv: nouveau x11:
drv: iris inactive: wayland
API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.3 vendor: intel mesa v: 25.0.5-arch1.1
glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics 620 (KBL GT2)
device-ID: 8086:5916
Info: Tools: api: eglinfo,glxinfo x11: xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr

Audio:
Device-1: Intel Sunrise Point-LP HD Audio vendor: Samsung Co
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:9d71
API: ALSA v: k6.14.4-arch1-2 status: kernel-api
Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.4.2 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
4: pw-jack type: plugin

Network:
Device-1: Realtek RTL810xE PCI Express Fast Ethernet vendor: Samsung Co
driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: d000
bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8136
IF: enp2s0 state: down mac:
Device-2: Qualcomm Atheros QCA9377 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter
vendor: Samsung Co driver: ath10k_pci v: kernel pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s
lanes: 1 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 168c:0042
IF: wlan0 state: up mac:

Bluetooth:
Device-1: Qualcomm Atheros driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 2.0
speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 1-5:2 chip-ID: 0cf3:e500
Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: down bt-service: disabled
rfk-block: hardware: no software: no address: N/A

Drives:
Local Storage: total: 931.51 GiB used: 194.78 GiB (20.9%)
ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Toshiba model: MQ01ABD100 size: 931.51 GiB
speed: 6.0 Gb/s serial:

Partition:
ID-1: / size: 914.83 GiB used: 194.68 GiB (21.3%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda2

Swap:
Alert: No swap data was found.

Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 48.0 C pch: 44.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A

Info:
Memory: total: 8 GiB available: 7.67 GiB used: 1.72 GiB (22.4%)
Processes: 203 Power: uptime: 9m wakeups: 0 Init: systemd v: 257
default: graphical
Packages: 968 pm: pacman pkgs: 958 pm: flatpak pkgs: 10 Compilers:
gcc: 15.1.1 Shell: Bash v: 5.2.37 running-in: gnome-terminal inxi: 3.3.38

Solutions I’ve Attempted
I. Installing WineTricks

sudo pacman -S winetricks
winetricks dotnet30
I did this because I recieved an error stating…
(You must use “Turn Windows features on or off” in the Control Panel to install or configure Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 x64.)
Result: The Fallout 3 pre-launcher comes on, game boots up then crashes soon after starting a new game.

II. Using Advice From ProtonDB

https://www.protondb.com/app/22370?device=pc
Setting launch options… DXVK_FRAME_RATE=60
Result: Nothing

III. Adjusting Proton Compatibility

Tried from Proton Hotfix, Experimental, down to Proton 3.16
Result: Now it crashes before pre-luancher

IIII. Tried adjusting Wine to x32 rather than x64

I forgot how I did it or where I got the command from. Unsure really of what it did, it didn’t sound dangerous to me.
Result: Error Message— Winetricks: This package (dotnet30) does not work on a 64-bit installation. You must use a prefix made with WINEARCH=win32

In conclusion
This shit is annoying asf, but I’m with it. Just need some aid thanks.

pockypanda · May 11, 2025, 5:41pm

Gaming Update

Tried to run League of Legends, it installs normally. However, it will crash soon after starting. So this is not just a steam related issue I assume. I’ll keep my system as is, and wont reset it until 2 or so days. But, if anyone knows another way aside from doing it that way I’d most definitely appreciate.

I’ll look into wine bottles and learning about them, see if that would possibly fix the situation.

Lutris Error Trying To Run Steam Or Read The Games

Failed to load games. Check that your profile is set to public during the sync.

Traceback (most recent call last):

File “/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/lutris/util/jobs.py”, line 30, in target
result = self.function(*a, **kw)

File “/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/lutris/services/base.py”, line 144, in do_reload
self.load()
~~~~~~~~~^^

File “/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/lutris/services/steam.py”, line 98, in load
raise RuntimeError(_(“Failed to load games. Check that your profile is set to public during the sync.”))

RuntimeError: Failed to load games. Check that your profile is set to public during the sync.

Lutris log:
[INFO:2025-05-11 13:09:26,112:application]: Starting Lutris 0.5.19
[INFO:2025-05-11 13:09:26,887:init]: Running migration: mess_to_mame
[INFO:2025-05-11 13:09:26,887:init]: Running migration: migrate_hidden_ids
[INFO:2025-05-11 13:09:26,888:init]: Running migration: migrate_steam_appids
[INFO:2025-05-11 13:09:26,888:init]: Running migration: retrieve_discord_appids
[INFO:2025-05-11 13:09:26,889:retrieve_discord_appids]: Updating Games Discord APP ID’s
[INFO:2025-05-11 13:09:26,889:init]: Running migration: migrate_sortname
[INFO:2025-05-11 13:09:26,889:migrate_sortname]: Adding blank sortname field to database
[INFO:2025-05-11 13:09:26,889:init]: Running migration: migrate_hidden_category
[INFO:2025-05-11 13:09:26,890:migrate_hidden_category]: Moving hidden games to the ‘.hidden’ category
[INFO:2025-05-11 13:09:26,890:init]: Running migration: migrate_ge_proton
[INFO:2025-05-11 13:09:27,359:startup]: “card1” is Intel Corporation HD Graphics 620 (8086:5916 144d:c784 i915) Driver 25.0.5
[INFO:2025-05-11 13:09:27,375:startup]: “card0” is NVIDIA Corporation GM108M [GeForce 920MX] (10de:134f 144d:c784 nouveau) Driver 25.0.5
[ERROR:2025-05-11 13:09:27,376:startup]: i386 libgnutls.so.30 missing (needed by gnutls)
[WARNING:2025-05-11 13:09:27,376:startup]: Vulkan is not available or your system isn’t Vulkan capable
[WARNING:2025-05-11 13:09:29,507:system]: Non existent path: /home/alpha/.local/share/lutris/runtime/winetricks
[WARNING:2025-05-11 13:09:30,114:system]: Non existent path: /home/alpha/.local/share/lutris/runtime/umu
[WARNING:2025-05-11 13:09:39,557:system]: Non existent path: /home/alpha/.local/share/lutris/runtime/battleye_runtime
[WARNING:2025-05-11 13:09:40,125:system]: Non existent path: /home/alpha/.local/share/lutris/runtime/umu-games
[WARNING:2025-05-11 13:09:40,635:system]: Non existent path: /home/alpha/.local/share/lutris/runtime/eac_runtime
[WARNING:2025-05-11 13:09:52,104:system]: Non existent path: /home/alpha/.local/share/lutris/runtime/innoextract-1.9-linux
[WARNING:2025-05-11 13:09:52,978:system]: Non existent path: /home/alpha/.local/share/lutris/runtime/p7zip
[WARNING:2025-05-11 13:09:53,399:system]: Non existent path: /home/alpha/.local/share/lutris/runtime/gamecontrollerdb
[WARNING:2025-05-11 13:09:53,892:system]: Non existent path: /home/alpha/.local/share/lutris/runtime/network-tools
[WARNING:2025-05-11 13:10:04,246:system]: Non existent path: /home/alpha/.local/share/lutris/runtime/Ubuntu-18.04-i686
[WARNING:2025-05-11 13:10:21,650:system]: Non existent path: /home/alpha/.local/share/lutris/runtime/Ubuntu-18.04-x86_64
[WARNING:2025-05-11 13:10:22,204:system]: Non existent path: /home/alpha/.local/share/lutris/runtime/dxvk-cache-tool
[WARNING:2025-05-11 13:10:22,801:runtime]: Failed to get ‘hicolor/64x64/apps/browser.png’: [Errno 17] File exists: ‘/home/alpha/.local/share/lutris/runtime/icons/hicolor/64x64/apps’
[WARNING:2025-05-11 13:11:49,638:game_common]: Current configuration is not valid, ignoring save request
[INFO:2025-05-11 13:11:57,827:config]: No games in response of https://api.steampowered.com/IPlayerService/GetOwnedGames/v0001/?key=34C9698CEB394AB4401D65927C6B3752&steamid=76561198256999875&format=json&include_appinfo=1&include_played_free_games=1
[ERROR:2025-05-11 13:11:57,829:jobs]: Error while completing task <function BaseService.start_reload..do_reload at 0x7462da61a480>: <class ‘RuntimeError’> Failed to load games. Check that your profile is set to public during the sync.

driver69 · May 11, 2025, 9:03pm

i looked at that bottles, wasn’t impressed lol
once you’ve downloaded a game via steam, can you try manually loading it using proton from a terminal?

fbodymechanic · May 11, 2025, 10:41pm

I was having an issue the past 2-3 weeks on the steam flatpak. I staiffe bombed the whole thing, and reinstalled and now it works. . . It was updating and failing to update past like 15-35% each time. No errors.

It’s not an ideal “fix” but It did work. I have no idea what caused it.

pockypanda · May 17, 2025, 3:56am

Partial Solution

I found the solution to steam games, in regards to my particular unit I figured my CPU is Intel so I just selected ‘vulkan-intel’ 2x in the Steam ‘sudo pacman’. I am playing Skyrim, Fallout 3 GOTY is still broken so im besides myself. When I get that to work I’ll close thread. I hope this helps someone tho.

Cphusion · May 17, 2025, 5:42am

I have a desktop and at one point had two gpu’s active and for some games that would cause issue, I found a way to select what gpu I want to use with launch options.

That basically looks like this when adding it to your Steam launch options.

gamemoderun MESA_VK_DEVICE_SELECT=1002:744c! %command%

So for the game that doesn’t work you could try specifically selecting the intel or nvidia gpu. Now days I just disable the integrated video chip on my cpu. There’s also that some game’s don’t support vulkan, then you can try using “PROTON_USE_WINED3D” as a launch option.

pockypanda · May 17, 2025, 2:29pm

It did not work friend brother ! :c

Possible Solution

I have a possible solution I will try when I get back home, which is to install a mod from nexusmods and transfer the .dll into my fallout3 directory.

Dinomonster · May 17, 2025, 2:59pm

As far as I know League of Legends is out of our reach because of it’s current anti-cheat.

pockypanda · May 17, 2025, 3:04pm

Yea I tried to install League of Legends through Lutris this morning, all went fine until the anti cheat like you said. Bummer man! Grrrr >:(((

pockypanda · May 17, 2025, 3:23pm

TLDR of Situation as of 05/17/2025

A partial solution has been found, when installing steam through pacman I selected the #5 option vulkan-intel 2x and it resolved a lot of other issues with most games (My particular system has to be vulkan-intel, might work for those of you in similar bindings).
League of Legends most definitely doesn’t work due to the anti-cheat system (Tested & verified w/Lutris).
The problem of Fallout 3: GOTY Edition crashing upon startup still exists, I’ve tried messing with proton (3.16 gets me the furthest; pre-launcher shows up), removing steam game overlay, lowering my graphics, tried three different launch options,…
Currently working on getting that .dll from nexusmods and moving it to the directory for Fallout 3: GOTY. At friends atm so will get on it and update soon. This is what I believe the issue may be.

1093i3511 · May 17, 2025, 3:23pm

That sentence is the best opener of a topic that I’ve read here in a while !

But sadly I don’t have to offer any fixes. Just wanted to add to this topic that I’ve got the impression that in the last weeks I’ve got the impression that steam itself requires more time to start up than usual.

pockypanda · May 17, 2025, 3:35pm

Thank you friend! The opener is me having fun & acknowledging others, because there is always someone better than me, but it doesn’t mean I won’t try! RAAAAAARRRRGGHH

MichelN · May 17, 2025, 4:05pm

Are the games running from the iGPU or dGPU ? If iGPU then this is probably the reason why it is crashing.

Did you install this app ? → https://discovery.endeavouros.com/hardware/switcheroo-control/2025/02/

Dinomonster · May 17, 2025, 8:28pm

Damn, I have been completely oblivious about this app!

Well, now also I have it installed.

Dinomonster · May 17, 2025, 8:37pm

@pockypanda, there was, and I think still is, this odd bug with Fallout 4 that caused immediate shutdown the game when certain effects happened (I think it was something like fragments from ammo etc.). I am not certain if it happens on Linux, but at least on Windows this was a nuisance and required using script extender so maybe there is something similar that is required? They probably run on completely different engines, but this just came into my mind.

But as far I have understood, Fallout 3 has it’s… quirks sometimes.