Hi all, I installed GTA 4 Complete Edition from Steam. The first time I tried playing after installation it worked flawlessly but has been giving me this error ever since. I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling and I have tried using a different Proton version only to get the same error again. I am on Linux Mint 21.3 Cinnamon with 13th Gen i7-3700K, RTX3080 Ti and 32 GB RAM. I haven't been able to find any help on Proton DB, hoping somebody here might have some idea. And I apologize if this is no the right place for this post, please let me know where I should post it. Thanks!
Appears it should work pretty well according to ProtonDB
https://www.protondb.com/app/12210?device=pc
You might need to install ProtonUp-QT and grab GE-Proton and set the game compatibility mode to “~~Proton Experimental~~ GE-Proton”
There are also suggestions of downgrading the game version to remove the launcher (Im assuming the launcher does the windows version check)
And this user’s problem/solution sounds identical to yours
If you're installing proton ge, you should set compatibility mode to proton ge. Proton experimental is Valve's experimental version of proton, not GE.
Not doubting you - I thought experimental referred an additional compat layer you select via Proton UP?
I believe the experimental option is always there in steam, even if you've never used proton up. It just contains experimental features that valve hasn't put into a regular release yet.
Nope. Experimental is just one version of proton. The latest one. GE would be a completely separate version you'd need to explicitly select
Thanks! I will have to look at my steamdeck - I guess I have misconfigured something
I don't know about steam deck specifically but I do know that on desktop for many years the UI has had a drop-down with various proton versions, and experimental is one option alongside the others.
Checked - the steam UI for it is identical. GE-Proton didn’t show up immediately when I originally chose Experimental
That's because GE is a separate version you have to install manually. I'm not sure what you're saying here, but it's definitely the case that the "experimental" version is just valve's latest proton version, entirely separate from earlier major versions and GE. It's called experimental because it's the cutting edge version that is less stable because they're constantly updating it
Sorry I am just agreeing with you - when I went to check, I was confirming
TLDR - You are 100% correct, I was just following up to confirm this plus just to say the UI is the same across Deck + Desktop
Gotcha. Thanks. Yeah the first time I installed GE I expected steam to be smart enough to find it immediately. I think all I had to do was restart it though
Oh wow, I don't know hos I missed this post on Proton DB, but thanks for posting it here. It got rid of the error but now I tries to launch the Rockstar Launcher but doesn't launch either.