ValveSoftware / ValveSoftware/Proton
Battlefield 3 (1238820)
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Description
Compatibility Report
- Name of the game with compatibility issues: Battlefield 3 Premium Edition
- Steam AppID of the game: 1238820
System Information
- GPU: RTX 2060
- Driver/LLVM version: NVIDIA 440.64
- Kernel version: 5.4.0-37-generic
- Link to full system information report as Gist
- Proton version: 5.0-9
I confirm:
- that I haven't found an existing compatibility report for this game.
- that I have checked whether there are updates for my system available.
Symptoms
Launching the application opens the standard Origin client followed by a native browser window which fails to launch the CAMPAIGN mode:

Changing the application's Proton/Windows prefix to Windows 7 using the following command results in the same issue:
env STEAM_COMPAT_DATA_PATH=~/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/compatdata/1238820 proton run winecfg
For completeness, using the Windows Vista prefix results in the following error during launch:

Reproduction
- Select the title within your
Libraryusing the Steam client and press thePlaybutton Sign-Inusing the BATTLELOG browser window and selectCAMPAIGN>LAUNCH CAMPAIGN
Contributor guide
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First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start with the Battlefield 3 reproduction steps and compare the attached Windows 10, Windows 7, and Windows Vista logs. Confirm the Origin/Battlelog failure under the reported Proton version and determine whether a supported Proton change can make Campaign launch successfully.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- linux
- Domain
- devtools, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 20/100