Changing proton version breaks launching
OS: Bazzite
Game: Skyrim SE
Issue: Changing Wine version in Settings>Wine prevents game from loading properly. In Skyrim specifically, the launcher loads with missing Settings options. Clicking Play causes CTD.
Current fix is to reinstall the entire game with desired Wine version. Looking for a way to prevent this from being necessary.
10 Replies
correct-apricotOP•5w ago
Additional: Loading the EXE directly causes previous save to not be used
stormy-gold•5w ago
if its working why are you changing wine versions?
also what are you changing from and to?
correct-apricotOP•5w ago
I wouldn't if the game wasn't malfunctioning in some way.
Switching from any version to any version causes the issue
The issue isn't with proton/wine specifically
This is just for launcher behavior
stormy-gold•5w ago
so proton and wine store their prefixes differently and so it makes sense the game would lose its settings and other saves and stuff
it also may break any winetricks stuff you've set up (or automatically been setup)
generally speaking: you want to use latest proton-ge and umu across the board
correct-apricotOP•5w ago
ok
so you need to stick with either wine or proton and cannot swap between the two without causing error
Alright
I'll keep that in mind for the future
stormy-gold•5w ago
well you can back up the save data and clear the prefix and let it rebuilt it
correct-apricotOP•5w ago
Game seems operable now
stormy-gold•5w ago
and restore the save data back to the right folder for the game
basically you have to do house keeping if you swap between wine and proton
correct-apricotOP•5w ago
Gotcha
Thx for the prompt response
stormy-gold•5w ago
yep yep