[0.18.2.0] (Linux) Random freezes while playing on Proton

I have this as well, or at least something remarkably similar, and haven’t been able to find a solution.

Things in common are:

Complete freezes, sound keeps playing, have to manually kill, seemingly completely random happening in multiple places. No crash reporter.

Things that are different are:

I can utilize alt + f4, but I cannot use my mouse when frozen, so I have to use keyboard to choose the end task button. I cannot minimize the game.


I tried my best at troubleshooting it here (Random but Persistent Crashes, Various Troubleshooting Detailed) but I feel like it was mostly unfruitful unfortunately.

I was wondering if it was something to do with my model of graphics card, but… I guess not. I’ll repost my specs here for consolidation in case it helps.

System: Linux Mint 21.3 x86_64
DE: Cinnamon 6.0.4 
Kernel: 5.15.0-116-generic
CPU: Intel i5-9600K (6) @ 3.700GHz
GPU: AMD ATI Radeon RX 5600 OEM/5600
Memory: 16 GB

I’ve also tested proton GE, experimental, 9, and some others, no luck. It feels like flatpak proton performs a tiny bit better than DEB, but it does not fix it.

If you find a solution, please update :o


(My old “solution” had to be adjusted, because my launch options were no longer working correctly and were lagging the game, so I have no launch options anymore.)

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