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The Elder Scrolls Online: Broken Game for Linux (Fix)
Short answer
Try following launch options. (Fedora 44) Had same issue.
How to fix it
- Open your Steam library, right-click on The Elder Scrolls Online, and select properties.
- Enter the specific launch command
SteamDeck=1 %command%into the launch options field. - Launch the game again.
If it still doesn't work
- Try changing the Proton version, as players have tested various versions (including Experimental, 11.0, 10.0, and CachyOS-specific versions) without resolving the issue.
- Wait for an official fix from the developers, as some Linux distributions and debugging steps continue to experience a persistent black screen after pressing play following recent maintenance.
What players reported
Thx Devs for the broken Game It doesn't start anymore because it give us a black Screen after pressing Play The ♥♥♥♥ Maintainance have cause a critical Bug on Linux Distros to no more working on Linux
Accepted answer
Try following launch options. (Fedora 44) Had same issue. Works now: SteamDeck=1 %command%
Other suggestions
Thanks for starting this separate issue, it would probably have been buried in the other thread. Just to add details, from that other thread, I'm on CachyOS linux, proton-cachyos-slr 11.0 (latest), but I have tried launching without additional launch parameters, and with several different proton versions (Experimental, 11.0-2, 10.0-4), with no difference. Does not appear to be Cachy specific…
I'm having same problem. have tried several debugging steps with no luck. guess we'll have to wait for fix.
BlackScreen to with my Manjaro install, but my SteamDeck works, so it's not all linux that fails...
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Source: original Steam Community discussion. Quotes are shortened; all credit goes to the posters. Tags: black-screen, steam-deck