The game randomly crashed while I was playing on the evening of 27 Nov, and the game has refused to open since then. Trying to launch from Steam on a Linux (Pop!OS) operating system, I don't own any of the DLC.
- Not forcing any compatibility tool will at least open up the Paradox Launcher, but trying to hit "Play" from there will cause the screen to freeze for five seconds (exactly five seconds, timed it about ten times) as if it were trying to open, then giving up and pretending that I never opened it in the first place.
- Forcing Proton Experimental causes Steam to recognize that I launched it (i.e. "Play" turns to "Stop"), but nothing happens. Checking the system monitor (equivalent of task manager) shows that the Paradox Launcher isn't running.
- Forcing Proton 8.0-4 used to (as of this morning, 29 Nov) allow me to get to the paradox launcher and hit play, but the game instantly crashing as the graphics could not load. This was probably because I had skipped processing the vulkan shaders rather than letting them complete (read somewhere on the forum last night that this was probably a graphical problem), but I've allowed the shaders to download since then.
As of the evening of 29 Nov, forcing Proton 8.0-4 does the same thing as forcing Proton Experimental.Update as of right now: as I was double-checking everything while typing this, the Paradox Launcher did show up on the system monitor. However, the launcher never did appear. Update #2: Paradox Launcher task disappeared from system monitor after about 30 seconds. The Launcher never showed. - Trying to force anything earlier than Proton 8.0-4 just caused Steam to give up and give me nothing a few seconds after hitting play. System manager shows nothing running in that time.
- I've uninstalled and reinstalled Victoria 3 four times by now, and validated local files about a dozen or so times.
