I have a problem with Borderlands 2 and Portal. If I run native version game crashes soon after launching. If I run Windows version with Proton game doeasn’t launch at all. I tried solutions from ProtonDB but none of them worked. I’m new to Linux gaming so I’m not sure what to do.
I have Intel i9 11th generation CPU, Nvidia 1650 GPU and 16GB RAM.
Fix: I installed lib32-nvidia-utils. Now I can run native version of Portal and Windows version of Borderlands 2 with Proton 7.0-6 (haven’t tried other versions of Proton).
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You might need the lib32 version or have the wrong version of Vulkan it looks similiar to this issue: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=286118
It works. Thanks!
Happy gaming :) glad I could help
Little note, the Borderlands 2 Linux & Mac port as been abandonned https://support.aspyr.com/hc/en-us/articles/360020727692-Borderlands-2-Linux-FAQ So, do consider switching to the Windows version version via Proton for co-op play, HD Texture pack support and that last DLC too.
I know that Linux port is abandonned but like I said in the post Windows version doesn’t run at all.
Would you maybe try the flatpak version of Steam? That has worked great for me. No complaints.
Those 2 games are extremely solid in my experience, haven’t had a crash ever in either of them.
I’ve played Borderlands 2 for 744 hours over many years with different hardware without a problem, except that I can’t get SHiFT keys to work in the Linux version, so if I want to use SHiFT, I switch to Proton for that. Both work flawlessly otherwise. I have only tried Portal native though.
I’m currently using the Manjaro distro with an old Ryzen 5 1600 CPU, Radeon RX 6800 XT GPU, and 16 Gig Ram.
My wife however uses Nvidia GTX 1080 ti and earlier GTX 970, and both games worked perfectly for her too using Debian with both cards. My wife also played lots of portal both 1 and 2 with Nvidia cards.In short those 2 games should work fine out of the box, with both Nvidia and Radeon. So maybe you have some hardware problem? Or something with your installation was screwed up somehow?
