ValveSoftware / ValveSoftware/Proton

Black screen when game is in focus

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Description

Compatibility Report

  • Name of the game with compatibility issues: Scrap mechanic and bloons TD 6
  • Steam AppID of the game:387990 and 960090

System Information

  • GPU:
  • Driver/LLVM version: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 515.48.07
  • Kernel version: 5.18.10-76051810-generic
  • Link to full system information report as Gist
  • Proton version: 7.0-3 (also tested 6.3-8 same problem)

I confirm:

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

Symptoms

When open the game it opens up like it did on windows but after a second the game turns into a black screen except the mouse but when a tab out of the game the black screen disappears. The hole time i can interact with the game and hear the sound from the game.

Reproduction

Run the game

steam-960090.log
steam-387990.log

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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 reviewing steam-960090.log and steam-387990.log, then consult the linked system information report for the reported NVIDIA driver, kernel, and Proton versions. Compare the behavior of both games under Proton 7.0-3 and 6.3-8. Done means each game renders normally while focused instead of showing a black screen with only the mouse visible.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
linux
Domain
operating-systems
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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