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Fallout 2 (38410)
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Description
Compatibility Report
- Name of the game with compatibility issues: Fallout 2
- Steam AppID of the game: 38410
System Information
- GPU: amd ryzen 5700g apu
- Driver/LLVM version: Mesa 22.3.3 renoir, LLVM 15.0.3, DRM 3.49
- Kernel version: 6.1.8
- Link to full system information report as Gist:
https://gist.github.com/K1ngst0m/a7128b27193e3da548ec9a199171cc0c - Proton version: 7.0-5
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.
https://gist.github.com/K1ngst0m/a7128b27193e3da548ec9a199171cc0c
Symptoms
the game crashed when talking to NPC named Hoss in NCR. the output is:
The instruction at 00458dca referenced memory at 00000000
The memory could not be read from
Click on OK to terminate the application
Reproduction
travel to the locations

talk to the man in the corner, chose [bite me], and talk until the end

after the dialog window closed, the game crashed and show this output

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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 by reproducing Fallout 2 (Steam AppID 38410) with Proton 7.0-5, using the reported NCR conversation with Hoss and the [bite me] dialogue choice. Review the linked system information and Proton log, then investigate the crash at the reported memory address; done means the conversation completes without crashing.
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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