Sorry it's late so I'm struggling with reading. Is it the client that ♥♥♥♥♥ the bed or the game? If it the game coinsider deleting it's prefix folder in compatdata. Perhaps something there went bad.

Unless you’re incredibly dedicated to Ashes of Creation, I’d uninstall, file a custom report with Steam and ask for a refund (saying it’s causing the entire Steam client to crash).

You can always rebuy the game at a later date (when it’s more stable, hopefully).

Originally posted by Thermal Lance:

Sorry it's late so I'm struggling with reading. Is it the client that ♥♥♥♥♥ the bed or the game? If it the game coinsider deleting it's prefix folder in compatdata. Perhaps something there went bad.

It's technically the client crashing in a loop. The compatdata didn't change anything for me :(

Originally posted by KrakenGreywolf:

Unless you’re incredibly dedicated to Ashes of Creation, I’d uninstall, file a custom report with Steam and ask for a refund (saying it’s causing the entire Steam client to crash).

You can always rebuy the game at a later date (when it’s more stable, hopefully).

I would like to support this small indie early.

ask the ai maybe

Originally posted by Logicflow:

Originally posted by Thermal Lance:

Sorry it's late so I'm struggling with reading. Is it the client that ♥♥♥♥♥ the bed or the game? If it the game coinsider deleting it's prefix folder in compatdata. Perhaps something there went bad.

It's technically the client crashing in a loop. The compatdata didn't change anything for me :(

Originally posted by KrakenGreywolf:

Unless you’re incredibly dedicated to Ashes of Creation, I’d uninstall, file a custom report with Steam and ask for a refund (saying it’s causing the entire Steam client to crash).

You can always rebuy the game at a later date (when it’s more stable, hopefully).

I would like to support this small indie early.

In that case, I don’t know what to suggest. I know what I’d suggest doing on a Steam Deck, but on a Linux PC I wouldn’t really know where to start (I assume that’s what you’re using). Sorry I can’t be of more help. I use a plugin called “Storage Cleaner” on my Deck that detects shader cache files and compact data for Steam games and allows you to individually delete the data per game. But I don’t know if there are any non-Steam Deck programs that do something similar for Linux.

You could always experiment with different Proton versions (or Proton GE)-or check Proton db to see if anyone has had a similar issue.

You also might want to read this report from 4 weeks ago, OP and be sure you have EAC installed for the game:

https://www.protondb.com/app/4124950?device=pc

Originally posted by KrakenGreywolf:

Originally posted by Logicflow:

It's technically the client crashing in a loop. The compatdata didn't change anything for me :(





I would like to support this small indie early.

In that case, I don’t know what to suggest. I know what I’d suggest doing on a Steam Deck, but it’s been so long since I’ve used Windows for more than a few minutes (and rarely for something game related-I assume that’s what you’re using) that I wouldn’t really know where to start. Sorry I can’t be of more help. I use a plugin called “Storage Cleaner” on my Deck that detects shader cache files and compact data for Steam games and allows you to individually delete the data per game. But I don’t know if there are any non-Steam Deck programs that do something similar.

The Steam deck runs Linux. OP runs Linux. Chances are whatever solution worked for you can be jerry rigged on his/her side.

Originally posted by Thermal Lance:

Originally posted by KrakenGreywolf:

In that case, I don’t know what to suggest. I know what I’d suggest doing on a Steam Deck, but it’s been so long since I’ve used Windows for more than a few minutes (and rarely for something game related-I assume that’s what you’re using) that I wouldn’t really know where to start. Sorry I can’t be of more help. I use a plugin called “Storage Cleaner” on my Deck that detects shader cache files and compact data for Steam games and allows you to individually delete the data per game. But I don’t know if there are any non-Steam Deck programs that do something similar.

The Steam deck runs Linux. OP runs Linux. Chances are whatever solution worked for you can be jerry rigged on his/her side.

I re-read their post and realized that-and updated mine. It’s late for me too, lol.

that's weird. are you sure Steam isn't launch after this game crashes? does a reboot allow Steam to launch? if it's shader-cache related, then disabling the shader cache feature at the bottom of the Settings > Downloads menu may help. I've never had a game crash prevent Steam from launching. I think instead that part of Steam or Wine is still running and hung and it's preventing Steam from initializing properly.

Originally posted by KrakenGreywolf:

Originally posted by Thermal Lance:

The Steam deck runs Linux. OP runs Linux. Chances are whatever solution worked for you can be jerry rigged on his/her side.

I re-read their post and realized that-and updated mine. It’s late for me too, lol.

My own sleep schedule is completely f***** so I understand the struggle.

Originally posted by Realigo Actual:

that's weird. are you sure Steam isn't launch after this game crashes? does a reboot allow Steam to launch? if it's shader-cache related, then disabling the shader cache feature at the bottom of the Settings > Downloads menu may help. I've never had a game crash prevent Steam from launching. I think instead that part of Steam or Wine is still running and hung and it's preventing Steam from initializing properly.

Same I was so confused when I could recreate the issue. After a reboot it does the launch loop still.

Originally posted by KrakenGreywolf:

Originally posted by Logicflow:

It's technically the client crashing in a loop. The compatdata didn't change anything for me :(





I would like to support this small indie early.

In that case, I don’t know what to suggest. I know what I’d suggest doing on a Steam Deck, but on a Linux PC I wouldn’t really know where to start (I assume that’s what you’re using). Sorry I can’t be of more help. I use a plugin called “Storage Cleaner” on my Deck that detects shader cache files and compact data for Steam games and allows you to individually delete the data per game. But I don’t know if there are any non-Steam Deck programs that do something similar for Linux.

You could always experiment with different Proton versions (or Proton GE)-or check Proton db to see if anyone has had a similar issue.

You also might want to read this report from 4 weeks ago, OP and be sure you have EAC installed for the game:

https://www.protondb.com/app/4124950?device=pc

This was a juicy thread. I was able to confirm EAC was/is running in the logs. However the game client gets terminated server side is the consensus. Since it produces no error locally.


According to ddiazg90 on my ashes thread.
https://test1.login.steam.hlxgame.cc/app/4124950/discussions/0/792200576013326937/

I looked through the linux crash log all that happens is CrashReportClient.exe gets called and nothing pre/post to indicate why. Idk how that could possibly bork my steam client. Also doesn't appear to write a log anywhere for this. (this might be me looking at the wrong place, using terminal "journalctl -xe", journalctl | grep <appname> @steam @ashes and journalctl -p 3 -xb - My linux knowledge is limited i've been on the OS for only a ~month ubuntu)

Ubuntu? Did you install Steam via snap by any chance? I don't have a whole lot of knowledge about Ubuntu but I've been told several time the snap package (or even flatpak for that matter) can cause issues. It is generally recommended to install it from the software depot, not the snap store. Or, you can just download the .deb from Steam's website. That should work fine too.

I can't 100% guarantee you that this is your issue but I can sure say that it seems to causes random issue to quite a number of people.

Originally posted by Logicflow:

Originally posted by KrakenGreywolf:

In that case, I don’t know what to suggest. I know what I’d suggest doing on a Steam Deck, but on a Linux PC I wouldn’t really know where to start (I assume that’s what you’re using). Sorry I can’t be of more help. I use a plugin called “Storage Cleaner” on my Deck that detects shader cache files and compact data for Steam games and allows you to individually delete the data per game. But I don’t know if there are any non-Steam Deck programs that do something similar for Linux.

You could always experiment with different Proton versions (or Proton GE)-or check Proton db to see if anyone has had a similar issue.

You also might want to read this report from 4 weeks ago, OP and be sure you have EAC installed for the game:

https://www.protondb.com/app/4124950?device=pc

This was a juicy thread. I was able to confirm EAC was/is running in the logs. However the game client gets terminated server side is the consensus. Since it produces no error locally.


According to ddiazg90 on my ashes thread.
https://test1.login.steam.hlxgame.cc/app/4124950/discussions/0/792200576013326937/

I looked through the linux crash log all that happens is CrashReportClient.exe gets called and nothing pre/post to indicate why. Idk how that could possibly bork my steam client. Also doesn't appear to write a log anywhere for this. (this might be me looking at the wrong place, using terminal "journalctl -xe", journalctl | grep <appname> @steam @ashes and journalctl -p 3 -xb - My linux knowledge is limited i've been on the OS for only a ~month ubuntu)

After reading the thread in the Ashes hub, it might just be something got borked on EAC’s end for Linux when they updated the client. That’s unfortunately one of the realities of running Linux-devs often have to carve out special exceptions to get EAC to “play nice” with Linux and/or Steam Deck and often games just stop working entirely until:

1)The devs release a fix
2)Someone finds a new Proton (or Proton GE-short for Proton Glorious Eggroll-should be in your discover store if you don’t already have it) that works with the updated client
Or
3)In your case, Linux releases a new update that resolves the issue (for me, it’s Steam OS)

I feel your pain, I was playing a game that’s in maintenance mode now (was still fun, though) until a Steam OS update suddenly made the EAC they were using incompatible with SD. I’ve heard the game will still run if you install it via flatpack, but I don’t know what that means and no one’s been able to explain it to me in simple terms.

Originally posted by KrakenGreywolf:

Originally posted by Logicflow:

This was a juicy thread. I was able to confirm EAC was/is running in the logs. However the game client gets terminated server side is the consensus. Since it produces no error locally.


According to ddiazg90 on my ashes thread.
https://test1.login.steam.hlxgame.cc/app/4124950/discussions/0/792200576013326937/

I looked through the linux crash log all that happens is CrashReportClient.exe gets called and nothing pre/post to indicate why. Idk how that could possibly bork my steam client. Also doesn't appear to write a log anywhere for this. (this might be me looking at the wrong place, using terminal "journalctl -xe", journalctl | grep <appname> @steam @ashes and journalctl -p 3 -xb - My linux knowledge is limited i've been on the OS for only a ~month ubuntu)

After reading the thread in the Ashes hub, it might just be something got borked on EAC’s end for Linux when they updated the client. That’s unfortunately one of the realities of running Linux-devs often have to carve out special exceptions to get EAC to “play nice” with Linux and/or Steam Deck and often games just stop working entirely until:

1)The devs release a fix
2)Someone finds a new Proton (or Proton GE-short for Proton Glorious Eggroll-should be in your discover store if you don’t already have it) that works with the updated client
Or
3)In your case, Linux releases a new update that resolves the issue (for me, it’s Steam OS)

I feel your pain, I was playing a game that’s in maintenance mode now (was still fun, though) until a Steam OS update suddenly made the EAC they were using incompatible with SD. I’ve heard the game will still run if you install it via flatpack, but I don’t know what that means and no one’s been able to explain it to me in simple terms.

they mean install Steam on the Steam Deck through flatpak. It probably means go into Desktop, click the little blue shopping bag icon to launch "Discover" which is the GUI app for flathub. Search Steam and then install it.

This will be a separate Steam under ~/.var so you will need to re-login and re-install your game. Whether or not you can make flatSteam aware of the your other games, and even give the flatpak permissions to use them properly, sometimes I've found that flatpak apps can conflict with SElinux and other thing in weird ways when things aren't in .var so just reinstall the game in flatSteam.

also when you install flatpak Steam, you might need to go up to the top right of Discover and switch the source from Arch's package repo to flathub specifically.

Originally posted by Thermal Lance:

Ubuntu? Did you install Steam via snap by any chance? I don't have a whole lot of knowledge about Ubuntu but I've been told several time the snap package (or even flatpak for that matter) can cause issues. It is generally recommended to install it from the software depot, not the snap store. Or, you can just download the .deb from Steam's website. That should work fine too.

I can't 100% guarantee you that this is your issue but I can sure say that it seems to causes random issue to quite a number of people.

I actually did on the re-install and it felt super buggy feeling/delay etc so i uninstalled it then re-installed through CLI on the OS. I agree there is something wrong with the snap version!

Originally posted by KrakenGreywolf:

Originally posted by Logicflow:

This was a juicy thread. I was able to confirm EAC was/is running in the logs. However the game client gets terminated server side is the consensus. Since it produces no error locally.


According to ddiazg90 on my ashes thread.
https://test1.login.steam.hlxgame.cc/app/4124950/discussions/0/792200576013326937/

I looked through the linux crash log all that happens is CrashReportClient.exe gets called and nothing pre/post to indicate why. Idk how that could possibly bork my steam client. Also doesn't appear to write a log anywhere for this. (this might be me looking at the wrong place, using terminal "journalctl -xe", journalctl | grep <appname> @steam @ashes and journalctl -p 3 -xb - My linux knowledge is limited i've been on the OS for only a ~month ubuntu)

After reading the thread in the Ashes hub, it might just be something got borked on EAC’s end for Linux when they updated the client. That’s unfortunately one of the realities of running Linux-devs often have to carve out special exceptions to get EAC to “play nice” with Linux and/or Steam Deck and often games just stop working entirely until:

1)The devs release a fix
2)Someone finds a new Proton (or Proton GE-short for Proton Glorious Eggroll-should be in your discover store if you don’t already have it) that works with the updated client
Or
3)In your case, Linux releases a new update that resolves the issue (for me, it’s Steam OS)

I feel your pain, I was playing a game that’s in maintenance mode now (was still fun, though) until a Steam OS update suddenly made the EAC they were using incompatible with SD. I’ve heard the game will still run if you install it via flatpack, but I don’t know what that means and no one’s been able to explain it to me in simple terms.

I wasn't fully up-to date. I updated no change. I've also opened a thread on their discord server today. It's not entirely a Linux issue cause my friend is playing on linux no issue and streaming it to me in discord D: I might be flagged? Since he can with same runners basically same system.

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Originally posted by Realigo Actual:

Originally posted by KrakenGreywolf:

After reading the thread in the Ashes hub, it might just be something got borked on EAC’s end for Linux when they updated the client. That’s unfortunately one of the realities of running Linux-devs often have to carve out special exceptions to get EAC to “play nice” with Linux and/or Steam Deck and often games just stop working entirely until:

1)The devs release a fix
2)Someone finds a new Proton (or Proton GE-short for Proton Glorious Eggroll-should be in your discover store if you don’t already have it) that works with the updated client
Or
3)In your case, Linux releases a new update that resolves the issue (for me, it’s Steam OS)

I feel your pain, I was playing a game that’s in maintenance mode now (was still fun, though) until a Steam OS update suddenly made the EAC they were using incompatible with SD. I’ve heard the game will still run if you install it via flatpack, but I don’t know what that means and no one’s been able to explain it to me in simple terms.

they mean install Steam on the Steam Deck through flatpak. It probably means go into Desktop, click the little blue shopping bag icon to launch "Discover" which is the GUI app for flathub. Search Steam and then install it.

This will be a separate Steam under ~/.var so you will need to re-login and re-install your game. Whether or not you can make flatSteam aware of the your other games, and even give the flatpak permissions to use them properly, sometimes I've found that flatpak apps can conflict with SElinux and other thing in weird ways when things aren't in .var so just reinstall the game in flatSteam.

also when you install flatpak Steam, you might need to go up to the top right of Discover and switch the source from Arch's package repo to flathub specifically.

I no have a steam deck ):

Look, I know ♥♥♥♥ about modern computer hardware. But, that computer sounds dope. Lots of big numbers. Man, you people got all the luck haha.

Meanwhile old Lance be playing old 90's games on an off-brand miniPC manufactured in China with a 6+ years old chipset.