protontricks doesnt recognize proton installation.

[bugpoop]

Hello, I have Proton 3.7 in my steam folders, and I have ran a steam play requiring game before on the computer, there is no way that proton is not installed however I still get the error(s) below: protontricks (ERROR): No Proton installation found in config.vdf protontricks (ERROR): Active Proton installation could not be found automatically. Proton installation could not be found!

Some help would be greatly appreciated.

[Matoking]

Could you tell me the following details about your environment:

• Distro: [e.g. Ubuntu 20.04, Arch Linux, ...]
• Protontricks version: run protontricks --version to print the version
• Steam version: check if you're running Steam beta; this can be checked in Steam -> Settings -> Account -> Beta participation

Also, running the command with the -v flag could give more useful information about what is going wrong. For example, if you're trying to run protontricks 123456 xact, run protontricks -v 123456 xact instead.

[bugpoop]

Im on ubuntu 20.04 with ptricks 1.4.2 and I am not running steam beta

UPDATE: I tried installing another game and forced steam to install the up-to-date proton 5.1.3 and now I am getting a different error.

Traceback (most recent call last): File "/home/emre/.local/bin/protontricks", line 11, in <module> load_entry_point('protontricks==1.4.2', 'console_scripts', 'protontricks')() File "/home/emre/.local/pipx/venvs/protontricks/lib/python3.8/site-packages/protontricks/cli.py", line 193, in main run_command( File "/home/emre/.local/pipx/venvs/protontricks/lib/python3.8/site-packages/protontricks/util.py", line 164, in run_command wine_bin_dir = create_wine_bin_dir(proton_app=proton_app) File "/home/emre/.local/pipx/venvs/protontricks/lib/python3.8/site-packages/protontricks/util.py", line 56, in create_wine_bin_dir binaries = list(( File "/usr/lib/python3.8/pathlib.py", line 1118, in iterdir for name in self._accessor.listdir(self): FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/home/emre/.steam/steam/steamapps/common/Proton 5.13/dist/bin'

[bugpoop]

UPDATE: fixed the issue mentioned above by unpacking the proton_dist.tar and creating a directory titled "dist", works like a charm now.

[Matoking]

Proton should extract the required files once you have started a game at least once. You shouldn't need to extract proton_dist.tar yourself.

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Could you check what settings are enabled in the Steam Play Settings (you can find them in Steam under Settings -> Steam Play)? Is "Enable Steam Play for all other titles" checked and does the "Run other titles with" dropdown menu have a Proton version selected?

[bugpoop]

it was not checked. it installed proton 3.7 for battlefront 2 2005, and then I checked it and made it the latest version to force installing proton 5.1.3

[Matoking]

OK, I checked and Protontricks won't be able to find anything in config.vdf if Steam Play is only enabled for supported titles. This is rarely a problem since there's usually no need to use Protontricks when only playing supported titles, but I've clarified the error message to make sure the option is enabled.

Does the original issue still happen once you have checked the "Enable Steam Play for all other titles" and tried running a Protontricks command after you've launched the game once?

[bugpoop]

oh no, again, after enabling steam play for all titles and downloading the latest proton version I've had no issues whatsoever.

[Matoking]

OK, thanks for the help.