ValveSoftware / ValveSoftware/Proton

Half-Life: Alyx (546560)

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Description

Compatibility Report

  • Name of the game with compatibility issues: Half-Life: Alyx

  • Steam AppID of the game:546560

System Information

I confirm:

  • [ X] that I haven't found an existing compatibility report for this game.
  • [ X] that I have checked whether there are updates for my system available.

proton log:
https://gist.github.com/mathew2214/a1067ba8bae2d4928c6396b63e14240b

Symptoms

the game does not launch. instead giving the error:

VrOverlay failed initialization with error code
VRInitError_Init_InterfaceNotFound: "Interface Not Found (105)"

Contributor guide

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First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start by reproducing the launch failure with Proton 5.0-5, then read the linked Proton log and the full system information report. The issue provides no source file or test entry point; done would mean identifying the cause of the VRInitError_Init_InterfaceNotFound error and confirming that Half-Life: Alyx launches.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
linux
Domain
operating-systems
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Active
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
32/100

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