Alien Swarm: Reactive Drop (563560)

[josephcocoa]

It looks like this is the exact same issue as what happens with the original "Alien Swarm" game (issue #276). This time though, I was able to see that it said "Node graph out of date, reloading".

It looks like the game actually works when I hit "Single Player" so I don't know if maybe I just got lucky or if something happens when you play the game twice successively. Either way, when it did work, it ran flawlessly.

[kisak-valve]

Alien Swarm: Reactive Drop (563560) the text for the ingame tips are blurry and DS4 controller doesn't work

Issue transferred from https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton/issues/1049. @daasuharo posted on 2018-08-31T03:20:04:

Distro: Ubuntu 18.04.1 GPU: Intel Iris Pro 580 Resolution: 1280x720 RAM: 32GB Controller: DS4 Proton 3.7-5 Beta

https://gist.github.com/daasuharo/cb605b8cd50227982a9bfa4dfcb1f635

[parkerlreed]

Same as the other issue: training works on 4.2. Only hangs for about 5 seconds.

[kisak-valve]

Problems with chat/console

Issue transferred from https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton/issues/3758. @yiitbrak posted on 2020-04-13T08:57:35:

Compatibility Report

• Name of the game with compatibility issues: Alien Swarm:Reactive Drop
• Steam AppID of the game: 563560

System Information

• GPU: Nvidia GT 710
• Driver/LLVM version: nvidia 435.21
• Kernel version: 5.3.0-46-generic
• Link to full system information report as Gist: https://gist.github.com/yiitbrak/b874b5b77c8372ee984cae5e4d588f43
• Proton version: 5.0-5

I confirm:

• [ ] that I have checked whether there are updates for my system available.

Symptoms

-All kinds of text comes to chat box disappears from history between 5-10 seconds -The font that console uses is so hard to read, mostly un visible and some letters are inside anothers

Reproduction

-For chat bug just write something to chat -For console bug open console

[yiitbrak]

I solved unredable console font bug with a mod called "Better console" from Steam workshop, chat text bug still stays

[Wedge009]

I didn't find any issues during a quick test against Proton 7.0-1. (Previously played against at least Proton 6.3)

[BenLubar]

Symptoms

-All kinds of text comes to chat box disappears from history between 5-10 seconds

This is the result of rd_chatwipe 1, not Proton-specific. Set rd_chatwipe 0 to prevent this.

[sjas]

have an ubuntu based linux installation, "alien swarm: reactive drop" still does steam cloud sync even when it is explicitly disabled in all three places and steam was restarted: (or even reinstalled afterwards, tried that as well)

• ingame in asw:rd
• for asw:rd in steam library
• globally in steam settings

tried turning off because cloud keeps on overwriting local settings, result is:

• game settings are overwritten every time a map is entered or you drop into lobby
• gear loadout is resetted as well (ofc), so you end up with wrong guns in the lobby
• i cant seem to change the gear/settings defaults that are saved in the steam cloud storage either
• even when writeproofing config files and i.e. forcing a cloud upload via steam console cloud_sync_up 563560 (" Manually triggers after-game cloud sync for the given app.")

several complete steam reinstalls+game didnt seem to help me this time, that did work once in the past somehow with enabling/disabling cloud right away years ago

how can i get this solved short of getting a new steam account? completely purging the game from my account changes nothing as well.

tested proton versions were 5,6,7,experimental, game worked otherwise with proper cloudsync and autoexec.cfg being read properly. rd_revert_convars 0 or 1 doesnt change anything either.

[BenLubar]

@sjas does a symlink help? saw this ProtonDB entry that looks related: https://www.protondb.com/app/563560#-TH7Tafjj

[sjas]

@BenLubar symlink wasnt needed for me.

so far, i still cannot turn cloud sync of, at all, even when disabling it everywhere, but i seem to have forced the cloud to accept a new file.

the resets came from rd_revert_convars 1 in the userdata folder config that came from the cloud time and time again. (was neither in the regular config.cfg nor my autoexec.cfg)

fixed the proper cloud config seemingly by these steps, which i tried with proton v5/6/7 because these were all the versions ive used in the past: (each time i set asw:rd to a fixed proton version, on the first start it asked wether the config should be cloudsynced, i chose yes everytime)

• enabled general steam cloudsync in steam settings
• enabled asw:rd cloudsync in steam library
• set fixed proton version for asw:rd in steam library
• started asw:rd
• enable ingame cloudsync when prompted
• while game is running, copying the desired config.cfg over to my userdata folder: ./steam/userdata/USER_ID/563560/remote/reactivedrop/cfg/config.cfg , and writeprotecting it
• afterwards exit game
• start and exit game again
• repeat for all proton versions
• afterwards removed the write protection again and it kept working

what i seemingly found out:

• autoexec gets executed only once upon game start? (not 1000% sure about that but thats how it looked like)
• on game start none the ondisk config.cfg's (reactivedrop/cfg one not and also not the userdata one) seem to change from the cloud even if it has different contents
• when ending the game, reactivedrop/cfg/config.cfg seems to be copied over to the userdata folder
• this contents also end up in the cloud then

you can make an educated guess on what config is in the cloud from the file sizes:

• ./steam/steamapps/common/reactivedrop/cfg/config.cfg filesize
• ./steam/userdata/USER_ID/563560/remote/reactivedrop/cfg/config.cfg filesize
• ./steam/userdata/46754621/563560/remotecache.vdf mentions the filesize of the cloud file, its a plaintext file

problem solved even though im not 100% sure why, but im definitely not complaining...

[BenLubar]

I have a report that today's update (which bumped the Steam API version from 1.38a to 1.53a) requires a newer version of Proton to run successfully. (4.2 -> 6.3)

[BenLubar]

Can Proton for Alien Swarm: Reactive Drop be made "official"? Is this something I can do in the Steamworks admin panel or something Valve has to do?

The game runs great on the Steam Deck (according to the compatibility reviews; I don't have mine yet) and has a platinum rating on ProtonDB.

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italic text in Source Engine closed captions is cut off

Issue transferred from https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton/issues/6544. @BenLubar posted on 2023-02-17T03:10:48:

Proton 7.0-6

Tested in Alien Swarm: Reactive Drop, but it also works in any other Source 1 game that has italicized closed captions.

Repro steps:

1. (On the beta branch of appid 563560)
2. Enable full closed captions in audio settings.
3. Start the first level (Jacob's Rest: Landing Bay)
4. Walk through the level until you reach a locked door. (No enemies spawn before this point on Normal difficulty.) Punch the door by pressing right mouse button or B on a controller.
5. The caption [Door hit] has every letter missing pieces on Proton, which is not the case on Windows.

Alternative repro steps:

In any Source 1 game, trigger a caption that has <I> in it.

[kisak-valve]

Hello @BenLubar, it's possible that the kerning issue you've described is related to https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/3057 as well.

[BenLubar]

Windows:

Proton:

It looks like all of the characters are pushed slightly to the right, causing them to both be cut off and spaced out more than they should be.

[BenLubar]

https://github.com/ValveSoftware/wine/commit/cd0172ffb83cb7e92d8884117725ae4ef1bedfd8

Proton Experimental hugely improves text legibility (it looks like it does on Windows now for non-italicized text, and there's not a lot of italicized text).

I've sent a request to get the game re-Steam-Deck-verified so the default Proton version can be changed.