Unable to launch vulkan steam games on fresh install

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I’m able to launch cyberpunk and everspace 2 but I cannot launch:
-Control
-Satisfactory
-Stalker 2

I have tried:
-proton-ge-custom
-proton experimental
-proton 9.0-3
-proton 8.0-5

I troubleshooted x11, nvidia drivers, and vulkan extensively but wasn’t able to find a resolution so I did a clean install of Garuda and am still unable to launch most games that compile vulkan shaders.

System:
Kernel: 6.12.1-zen1-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 14.2.1
clocksource: tsc avail: hpet,acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
root=UUID=c69e4087-4193-40e7-8960-0ce7781066b3 rw rootflags=subvol=@
quiet loglevel=3 ibt=off
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.2.3 tk: Qt v: N/A info: frameworks v: 6.8.0
wm: kwin_x11 vt: 2 dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop Mobo: ASRock model: B450 Gaming K4
serial: <superuser required> uuid: <superuser required>
BIOS: American Megatrends v: P10.08 date: 01/19/2024
CPU:
Info: model: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen 3+ gen: 3
level: v3 note: check built: 2022 process: TSMC n6 (7nm) family: 0x19 (25)
model-id: 0x21 (33) stepping: 0 microcode: 0xA20102B
Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 1 cores: 8 threads: 16 tpc: 2
smt: enabled cache: L1: 512 KiB desc: d-8x32 KiB; i-8x32 KiB L2: 4 MiB
desc: 8x512 KiB L3: 32 MiB desc: 1x32 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 3575 min/max: 550/4851 boost: enabled scaling:
driver: amd-pstate-epp governor: powersave cores: 1: 3575 2: 3575 3: 3575
4: 3575 5: 3575 6: 3575 7: 3575 8: 3575 9: 3575 10: 3575 11: 3575 12: 3575
13: 3575 14: 3575 15: 3575 16: 3575 bogomips: 121365
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA GA102 [GeForce RTX 3080 Ti] vendor: Micro-Star MSI
driver: nvidia v: 565.57.01 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 550.xx+
status: current (as of 2024-09; EOL~2026-12-xx) arch: Ampere code: GAxxx
process: TSMC n7 (7nm) built: 2020-2023 pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s
lanes: 4 link-max: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: none
empty: DP-1, DP-2, DP-3, HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:2208
class-ID: 0300
Device-2: NVIDIA GA102 [GeForce RTX 3090 Ti] driver: nvidia v: 565.57.01
alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 550.xx+ status: current (as of
2024-09; EOL~2026-12-xx) arch: Ampere code: GAxxx process: TSMC n7 (7nm)
built: 2020-2023 pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 4
speed: 16 GT/s ports: active: none off: DP-6 empty: DP-4,DP-5,HDMI-A-2
bus-ID: 0a:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:2203 class-ID: 0300
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.14 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.4
compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X: loaded: nvidia unloaded: modesetting
alternate: fbdev,nouveau,nv,vesa gpu: nvidia,nvidia-nvswitch
display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 3440x1440 s-dpi: 109 s-size: 802x333mm (31.57x13.11")
s-diag: 868mm (34.19")
Monitor-1: DP-6 mapped: DP-4 note: disabled model: LG (GoldStar) ULTRAGEAR
serial: <filter> built: 2023 res: 3440x1440 hz: 60 dpi: 109 gamma: 1.2
size: 800x335mm (31.5x13.19") diag: 867mm (34.1") modes: max: 3440x1440
min: 640x480
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: nvidia platforms: device: 0 drv: nvidia device: 1
drv: nvidia device: 4 drv: swrast gbm: drv: nvidia surfaceless: drv: nvidia
x11: drv: nvidia inactive: wayland,device-2,device-3
API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: nvidia mesa v: 565.57.01
glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti/PCIe/SSE2
memory: 23.43 GiB
API: Vulkan v: 1.3.295 layers: 11 device: 0 type: discrete-gpu name: NVIDIA
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti driver: nvidia v: 565.57.01 device-ID: 10de:2208
surfaces: N/A device: 1 type: discrete-gpu name: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090
Ti driver: nvidia v: 565.57.01 device-ID: 10de:2203 surfaces: xcb,xlib
Audio:
Device-1: NVIDIA GA102 High Definition Audio vendor: Micro-Star MSI
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 4
link-max: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 01:00.1
chip-ID: 10de:1aef class-ID: 0403
Device-2: NVIDIA GA102 High Definition Audio driver: snd_hda_intel
v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 4
speed: 16 GT/s bus-ID: 0a:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:1aef class-ID: 0403
Device-3: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Starship/Matisse HD Audio
vendor: ASRock driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s
lanes: 16 bus-ID: 0c:00.4 chip-ID: 1022:1487 class-ID: 0403
API: ALSA v: k6.12.1-zen1-1-zen status: kernel-api with: aoss
type: oss-emulator tools: N/A
Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.2.6 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 RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: ASRock driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1
port: c000 bus-ID: 09:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp9s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Info: services: NetworkManager, smbd, systemd-timesyncd
Bluetooth:
Device-1: TP-Link UB500 Adapter driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 1.1
speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-10:7 chip-ID: 2357:0604
class-ID: e001 serial: <filter>
Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 5.1
lmp-v: 10 status: discoverable: no pairing: no class-ID: 6c0104
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 9.21 TiB used: 3.67 TiB (39.9%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Inland model: SATA SSD size: 3.73 TiB
block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s tech: SSD
serial: <filter> fw-rev: 9006 scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 750 EVO 500GB
size: 465.76 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 1B6Q scheme: MBR
ID-3: /dev/sdc maj-min: 8:32 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 850 EVO 500GB
size: 465.76 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 2B6Q scheme: GPT
ID-4: /dev/sdd maj-min: 8:48 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 860 EVO 1TB
size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 4B6Q scheme: MBR
ID-5: /dev/sde maj-min: 8:64 vendor: Silicon Power
model: SPCC Solid State Disk size: 3.64 TiB block-size: physical: 512 B
logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 840H
scheme: GPT
ID-6: /dev/sdf maj-min: 8:80 model: USB DISK 3.0 size: 28.91 GiB
block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B type: USB rev: 2.1 spd: 480 Mb/s
lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 tech: N/A serial: <filter> fw-rev: PMAP scheme: MBR
SMART Message: Unknown USB bridge. Flash drive/Unsupported enclosure?
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 465.76 GiB size: 465.76 GiB (100.00%)
used: 66.5 GiB (14.3%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sdb1 maj-min: 8:17
ID-2: /home raw-size: 465.76 GiB size: 465.76 GiB (100.00%)
used: 66.5 GiB (14.3%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sdb1 maj-min: 8:17
ID-3: /var/log raw-size: 465.76 GiB size: 465.76 GiB (100.00%)
used: 66.5 GiB (14.3%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sdb1 maj-min: 8:17
ID-4: /var/tmp raw-size: 465.76 GiB size: 465.76 GiB (100.00%)
used: 66.5 GiB (14.3%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sdb1 maj-min: 8:17
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 31.26 GiB used: 296.8 MiB (0.9%)
priority: 100 comp: zstd avail: lzo-rle,lzo,lz4,lz4hc,deflate,842
max-streams: 16 dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 59.5 C mobo: N/A gpu: nvidia temp: 47 C
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A gpu: nvidia fan: 30%
Info:
Memory: total: 32 GiB available: 31.27 GiB used: 9.62 GiB (30.8%)
Processes: 521 Power: uptime: 32m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
avail: s2idle wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
suspend, test_resume image: 12.45 GiB services: org_kde_powerdevil,
power-profiles-daemon, upowerd Init: systemd v: 256 default: graphical
tool: systemctl
Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1902 libs: 566 tools: octopi,paru Compilers:
clang: 18.1.8 gcc: 14.2.1 Shell: garuda-inxi default: fish v: 3.7.1
running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.36
Garuda (2.6.26-1):
System install date:     2024-11-23
Last full system update: 2024-11-23
Is partially upgraded:   No
Relevant software:       snapper NetworkManager dracut nvidia-dkms
Windows dual boot:       <superuser required>
Failed units:
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i know it can be a real pain getting a game to run again after a reinstall. One very useful solution is downloading protonup-qt and installing the latest GE-proton, as well as the latest few Proton-Tkg version and try again.

More often than not such solves the problem. i found out that especially the latest proton-tkg versions often fixes (newer type) games, that ran before, but video driver updates, or re-installation, broke. Sometimes, after driver updates, new proton commands need to be added to get the game to work again. Checking after the official game proton recommendations often has user share such information.

(For example with Ark Evolved i did not have to use launch options to get it to run for many years. Yet now i have to give these launch options to get it to work. WINE_FULLSCREEN_FSR=1 PROTON_ENABLE_NGX_UPDATER=1 VKD3D_CONFIG=dxr,dxr11,force_static_cbv PROTON_HIDE_NVIDIA_GPU=0 PROTON_ENABLE_NVAPI=1 %command%

See how you go.

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Thanks for the reply. I gave that a try. No dice unfortunately.

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I resolved this with DXVK_FILTER_DEVICE_NAME=“NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti” %command%

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