Hi everyone,
I've recently updated to Zorin 17, but it seems that everytime I do any kind of update, something breaks in regards of gaming.
This time, all Steam games refuse to open even if it looks like they are going to. After I open one of them, I have the classic option to close it via Steam:
Sometimes something as simple as using a different proton version can fix this issue. Sometimes it's a game update or proton update that breaks things.
It appears you're using experimental (which can definitely be tempermental). Maybe try using either the regular version 8 of proton, or using a custom version like proton-GE? That's, in my eyes, the simplest thing to try first. Sometimes game updates breaks compatibility with one version and then needs to move to another to make it work.
If that doesn't help just let us know, we can dive deeper if needed.
Sometimes, and this is completely my own anecdotal evidence, steam needs another game to install (a native linux game sometimes) in order to download / redownload some runtimes before it'll allow some games to launch.
I couldn't tell you the reasoning for this (steam being steam?), but it's just another thing to try, especially if this is the only game you have installed.
bl4ckk@bl4ckk:~$ flatpak update
Looking for updates…
Nothing to do.
@swarfendor437 my options are "Zorin Desktop" or "Zorin Desktop on Wayland", I'm assuming it already runs on Xorg then... am I right?
@piet-0 I will try this as a last solution. I want to avoid snaps at all.
@applecheeks37 I have tried to reinstall and run Cuphead (which is natively supported). It opened up correctly.
Then I opened Borderlands 3... and it worked! What the..
Well, thanks a lot. I think I will never update again for the next decade
From the steps you tried, it almost seems like it was the anecdotal Steam issue. This is something that I've unfortunately run into alot, and I don't really know the exact issue, just typical fixes haha.
