Gaming with steam

Since switching to Garuda, I have had really good luck playing games through Steam. But, in the last few days I'm having an issue with just 1 game, Borderlands 3. I have over 100 hours in this game but now it won't launch. All my other games work. Borderlands 2 works. I have uninstalled and re-installed both Steam and the game. Nothing works. Anyone got any ideas for me to try.

System:
Kernel: 6.2.13-zen-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.1
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
root=UUID=71d4c5fd-78b8-4f7e-b5b6-ab15ba39e61b rw rootflags=subvol=@
quiet quiet splash rd.udev.log_priority=3 vt.global_cursor_default=0
loglevel=3 ibt=off
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.27.4 tk: Qt v: 5.15.9 wm: kwin_x11 vt: 1 dm: SDDM
Distro: Garuda Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: HP product: HP Laptop 15-dy2xxx v: N/A
serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 10 serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: HP model: 87FE v: 57.20 serial: <superuser required> UEFI: AMI
v: F.21 date: 03/21/2022
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 39.7 Wh (100.0%) condition: 39.7/41.0 Wh (96.7%)
volts: 12.7 min: 11.4 model: HP Primary type: Li-ion serial: <filter>
status: full cycles: 11
Device-1: gip0.0 model: Microsoft X-Box One pad serial: N/A
charge: 50% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes status: not charging
CPU:
Info: model: 11th Gen Intel Core i5-1135G7 bits: 64 type: MT MCP
arch: Tiger Lake gen: core 11 level: v4 note: check built: 2020
process: Intel 10nm family: 6 model-id: 0x8C (140) stepping: 1
microcode: 0xA6
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 4 tpc: 2 threads: 8 smt: enabled cache:
L1: 320 KiB desc: d-4x48 KiB; i-4x32 KiB L2: 5 MiB desc: 4x1.2 MiB L3: 8 MiB
desc: 1x8 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 2498 high: 3871 min/max: 400/4200 scaling:
driver: intel_pstate governor: powersave cores: 1: 2855 2: 1259 3: 2400
4: 2400 5: 2400 6: 2400 7: 3871 8: 2400 bogomips: 38707
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel TigerLake-LP GT2 [Iris Xe Graphics] vendor: Hewlett-Packard
driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen-12.1 process: Intel 10nm built: 2020-21
ports: active: eDP-1 empty: DP-1, DP-2, DP-3, DP-4, HDMI-A-1
bus-ID: 0000:00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:9a49 class-ID: 0300
Device-2: Chicony HP TrueVision HD Camera type: USB driver: uvcvideo
bus-ID: 1-3:4 chip-ID: 04f2:b6f1 class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.8 with: Xwayland v: 23.1.1
compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X: loaded: modesetting
alternate: fbdev,intel,vesa dri: iris gpu: i915 display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x285mm (20.00x11.22")
s-diag: 582mm (22.93")
Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: BOE Display 0x0991 built: 2020 res: 1920x1080
hz: 60 dpi: 142 gamma: 1.2 size: 344x194mm (13.54x7.64") diag: 395mm (15.5")
ratio: 16:9 modes: 1920x1080
API: OpenGL v: 4.6 Mesa 23.0.3 renderer: Mesa Intel Xe Graphics (TGL GT2)
direct-render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Tiger Lake-LP Smart Sound Audio vendor: Hewlett-Packard
driver: sof-audio-pci-intel-tgl
alternate: snd_hda_intel,snd_sof_pci_intel_tgl bus-ID: 0000:00:1f.3
chip-ID: 8086:a0c8 class-ID: 0401
API: ALSA v: k6.2.13-zen-1-zen status: kernel-api with: aoss
type: oss-emulator tools: N/A
Server-1: PipeWire v: 0.3.70 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
4: pw-jack type: plugin tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
Device-1: Realtek RTL8821CE 802.11ac PCIe Wireless Network Adapter
vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: rtw_8821ce v: N/A modules: rtw88_8821ce
port: 3000 bus-ID: 0000:01:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:c821 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlo1 state: up mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Realtek Bluetooth Radio type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8
bus-ID: 1-10:6 chip-ID: 0bda:b00e class-ID: e001 serial: <filter>
Report: bt-adapter ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: down
bt-service: enabled,running rfk-block: hardware: no software: yes
address: <filter>
RAID:
Hardware-1: Intel Volume Management Device NVMe RAID Controller driver: vmd
v: 0.6 port: N/A bus-ID: 0000:00:0e.0 chip-ID: 8086:9a0b rev: class-ID: 0104
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 471.36 GiB used: 221.57 GiB (47.0%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Samsung
model: MZVLQ256HBJD-00BH1 size: 238.47 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 type: SSD serial: <filter>
rev: HPS1NFAV temp: 35.9 C scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 type: USB vendor: Netac model: MobileDataStar
size: 232.89 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B type: SSD
serial: <filter> rev: 1301 scheme: GPT
SMART Message: Unknown USB bridge. Flash drive/Unsupported enclosure?
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 39.06 GiB size: 39.06 GiB (100.00%) used: 8.71 GiB (22.3%)
fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 1000 MiB size: 998 MiB (99.80%)
used: 576 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
ID-3: /home raw-size: 190.62 GiB size: 190.62 GiB (100.00%)
used: 18.8 GiB (9.9%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:3
ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 39.06 GiB size: 39.06 GiB (100.00%)
used: 8.71 GiB (22.3%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 39.06 GiB size: 39.06 GiB (100.00%)
used: 8.71 GiB (22.3%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 7.41 GiB used: 55.5 MiB (0.7%) priority: 100
dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 52.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 0 fan-2: 0
Info:
Processes: 265 Uptime: 22m wakeups: 2435 Memory: 7.41 GiB
used: 3.52 GiB (47.6%) Init: systemd v: 253 default: graphical
tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 12.2.1 Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1790
libs: 522 tools: gnome-software,octopi,pamac,paru Shell: fish v: 3.6.1
default: Bash v: 5.1.16 running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.26
error: could not register 'chaotic-aur' database (database already registered)
Garuda (2.6.16-1):
System install date:     2023-04-30
Last full system update: 2023-05-01 ↻
Is partially upgraded:   No
Relevant software:       snapper NetworkManager dracut
Windows dual boot:       No/Undetected
Failed units:

I would recommend reading the comments on the game’s page on Protondb.com. Lots of solutions, try using different Proton versions in Steam, including the GE (glorious eggroll) versions, etc. There are also lots of pre-launcher options and tips to use, such as;

Recommend to switch DX12 to DX11 for better performance Also you can enable V-Sync for much smoother picture

Tinker Steps:Custom Proton: GE, Set launch options

LD_PRELOAD= __GL_THREADED_OPTIMIZATIONS=1 %command% -nostartupmovies
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