ValveSoftware / ValveSoftware/Proton
Serious Sam 4 (257420)
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Game compatibility - Unofficial
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- C++
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Description
Compatibility Report
- Name of the game with compatibility issues: Serious Sam 4
- Steam AppID of the game: 257420
System Information
- GPU: AMD Radeon VII
- Driver/LLVM version: Mesa 20.3/11.0.0-rc2
- Kernel version: 5.9.0-0.rc6
- Link to full system information report as Gist
- Proton version: 5.0-10-rc4
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.
steam-257420.log
After applying workaround gfx_iDriverVersion=12000: steam-257420.log
Symptoms
The game crashes immediately after the start.

Reproduction
Just launch the game.
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 attached steam-257420.log and the log collected after applying gfx_iDriverVersion=12000, then reproduce the immediate crash by launching Serious Sam 4. Compare both runs on the reported AMD Radeon VII, Mesa 20.3, kernel 5.9, and Proton 5.0-10-rc4 setup. Done means identifying the cause and confirming a fix or compatibility result.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp, linux
- Domain
- operating-systems
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100