Proton and Star Wars Battleftont 2 (2017) crashing after gameplay

[vvbudh]

Hey all, I have finally decided to ask for support and have lightly followed this post.

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My issue, I’m attempting to run Star Wars Battlefront 2 via Steam proton 6.3-7.
I am able to launch the game and join matches in multiplayer with only minor issues. However consistently after 10 or so minutes it will crash and just end itself without any error or message of any kind. I’m left at the Steam page sighing once more as it’s crashed again. How can I help you help me troubleshoot my issue?

I have undone my overclocking 3.6GHz → 3.2GHz back to base speeds. Disabled Direct X12. Disabled Steam overlay and Origin overlay. Enabled DirectX12(Crashed and forced complete reinstall of game.)

On ProtonDB it recommends using this launch option “PROTON_HIDE_NVIDIA_GPU=1 %command%” However it appears to have no affect on the issue whatsoever.
https://www.protondb.com/app/1237950

Any assistance provided is extremely appreciated. I’m wanting to buckle down and figure this out as I actually would really like to play this one.

System:
  Kernel: 5.10.70-1-MANJARO x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.1.0
  parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.10-x86_64
  root=UUID=6a4bca30-5747-4e2a-9521-91004530b35e rw quiet
  cryptdevice=UUID=661b2c01-ed60-4776-bc7a-ed0d0ff3b4da:luks-661b2c01-ed60-4776-bc7a-ed0d0ff3b4da
  root=/dev/mapper/luks-661b2c01-ed60-4776-bc7a-ed0d0ff3b4da apparmor=1
  security=apparmor udev.log_priority=3
  Desktop: Xfce 4.16.0 tk: Gtk 3.24.29 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm 4.16.1 vt: 7
  dm: LightDM 1.30.0 Distro: Manjaro Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Desktop Mobo: Micro-Star
  model: B450 GAMING PRO CARBON MAX WIFI (MS-7B85) v: 1.0 serial: <filter>
  UEFI-[Legacy]: American Megatrends v: 2.10 date: 04/22/2020
Battery:
  Message: No system battery data found. Is one present?
Memory:
  RAM: total: 31.36 GiB used: 4.52 GiB (14.4%)
  RAM Report: permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required.
CPU:
  Info: 8-Core model: AMD Ryzen 7 2700 bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen+
  family: 17 (23) model-id: 8 stepping: 2 microcode: 800820D cache: L2: 4 MiB
  bogomips: 102416
  Speed: 3197 MHz min/max: N/A Core speeds (MHz): 1: 3197 2: 3198 3: 3198
  4: 3199 5: 3197 6: 3199 7: 3199 8: 3199 9: 3200 10: 3199 11: 3199 12: 3195
  13: 3194 14: 3200 15: 3198 16: 3199
  Flags: 3dnowprefetch abm adx aes aperfmperf apic arat avic avx avx2 bmi1
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  cr8_legacy cx16 cx8 de decodeassists extapic extd_apicid f16c flushbyasid
  fma fpu fsgsbase fxsr fxsr_opt ht hw_pstate ibpb irperf lahf_lm lbrv lm mca
  mce misalignsse mmx mmxext monitor movbe msr mtrr mwaitx nonstop_tsc nopl
  npt nrip_save nx osvw overflow_recov pae pat pausefilter pclmulqdq pdpe1gb
  perfctr_core perfctr_llc perfctr_nb pfthreshold pge pni popcnt pse pse36
  rdrand rdseed rdtscp rep_good sep sev sev_es sha_ni skinit smap smca sme
  smep ssbd sse sse2 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 succor svm svm_lock syscall tce
  topoext tsc tsc_scale v_vmsave_vmload vgif vmcb_clean vme vmmcall wdt
  xgetbv1 xsave xsavec xsaveerptr xsaveopt xsaves
  Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
  Type: l1tf status: Not affected
  Type: mds status: Not affected
  Type: meltdown status: Not affected
  Type: spec_store_bypass
  mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp
  Type: spectre_v1
  mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
  Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Full AMD retpoline, IBPB: conditional, STIBP:
  disabled, RSB filling
  Type: srbds status: Not affected
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA TU104 [GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER] vendor: Gigabyte
  driver: nvidia v: 470.63.01 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm bus-ID: 26:00.0
  chip-ID: 10de:1e84 class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: Microsoft LifeCam HD-3000 type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo
  bus-ID: 1-3:2 chip-ID: 045e:0779 class-ID: 0102
  Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.13 compositor: xfwm4 v: 4.16.1 driver:
  loaded: nvidia display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 3520x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 931x286mm (36.7x11.3")
  s-diag: 974mm (38.3")
  Monitor-1: DP-0 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 81 size: 600x340mm (23.6x13.4")
  diag: 690mm (27.2")
  Monitor-2: HDMI-0 res: 1600x900 hz: 60 dpi: 92 size: 443x249mm (17.4x9.8")
  diag: 508mm (20")
  OpenGL: renderer: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER/PCIe/SSE2
  v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 470.63.01 direct render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: NVIDIA TU104 HD Audio vendor: Gigabyte driver: snd_hda_intel
  v: kernel bus-ID: 26:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:10f8 class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: AMD Family 17h HD Audio vendor: Micro-Star MSI
  driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 28:00.3 chip-ID: 1022:1457
  class-ID: 0403
  Device-3: Microsoft LifeCam HD-3000 type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo
  bus-ID: 1-3:2 chip-ID: 045e:0779 class-ID: 0102
  Device-4: Audio-Technica AT2020USB+ type: USB
  driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid bus-ID: 1-7:3 chip-ID: 0909:001c
  class-ID: 0300
  Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.10.70-1-MANJARO running: yes
  Sound Server-2: JACK v: 1.9.19 running: no
  Sound Server-3: PulseAudio v: 15.0 running: yes
  Sound Server-4: PipeWire v: 0.3.38 running: no
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Wireless-AC 9260 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel bus-ID: 21:00.0
  chip-ID: 8086:2526 class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlo1 state: down mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Intel I211 Gigabit Network vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: igb
  v: kernel port: e000 bus-ID: 22:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:1539 class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp34s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
  IP v4: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: global broadcast: <filter>
  Device-3: Intel 82571EB/82571GB Gigabit Ethernet D0/D1 driver: e1000e
  v: kernel port: d020 bus-ID: 25:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:105e class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp37s0f0 state: down mac: <filter>
  Device-4: Intel 82571EB/82571GB Gigabit Ethernet D0/D1 driver: e1000e
  v: kernel port: d000 bus-ID: 25:00.1 chip-ID: 8086:105e class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp37s0f1 state: down mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-1: br-56d0d9c7783c state: down mac: <filter>
  IP v4: <filter> scope: global broadcast: <filter>
  IF-ID-2: docker0 state: down mac: <filter>
  IP v4: <filter> scope: global broadcast: <filter>
  IF-ID-3: tun0 state: unknown speed: 10 Mbps duplex: full mac: N/A
  IP v4: <filter> scope: global
  WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Intel Wireless-AC 9260 Bluetooth Adapter type: USB driver: btusb
  v: 0.8 bus-ID: 5-4:4 chip-ID: 8087:0025 class-ID: e001
  Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: down bt-service: enabled,running
  rfk-block: hardware: no software: yes address: see --recommends
Logical:
  Message: No logical block device data found.
  Device-1: luks-661b2c01-ed60-4776-bc7a-ed0d0ff3b4da maj-min: 254:0
  type: LUKS dm: dm-0 size: 1.86 TiB
  Components:
  p-1: nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1 size: 1.86 TiB
RAID:
  Message: No RAID data found.
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 5.5 TiB used: 1.29 TiB (23.4%)
  SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Intel model: SSDPEKNW020T8
  size: 1.86 TiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s
  lanes: 4 type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 002C temp: 39.9 C scheme: MBR
  ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Western Digital model: WD40EZRZ-00GXCB0
  size: 3.64 TiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
  type: HDD rpm: 5400 serial: <filter> rev: 0A80 scheme: GPT
  Message: No optical or floppy data found.
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 1.86 TiB size: 1.83 TiB (98.38%) used: 1.29 TiB (70.3%)
  fs: ext4 dev: /dev/dm-0 maj-min: 254:0
  mapped: luks-661b2c01-ed60-4776-bc7a-ed0d0ff3b4da label: N/A
  uuid: 6a4bca30-5747-4e2a-9521-91004530b35e
Swap:
  Alert: No swap data was found.
Unmounted:
  ID-1: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 size: 529 MiB fs: ntfs label: Recovery
  uuid: B0B65D2FB65CF776
  ID-2: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2 size: 99 MiB fs: vfat label: N/A
  uuid: 0E5D-DED3
  ID-3: /dev/sda3 maj-min: 8:3 size: 16 MiB fs: <superuser required>
  label: N/A uuid: N/A
  ID-4: /dev/sda4 maj-min: 8:4 size: 3.64 TiB fs: ntfs label: Storage
  uuid: B47A78367A77F408
USB:
  Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 10 rev: 2.0
  speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 1-3:2 info: Microsoft LifeCam HD-3000 type: Video,Audio
  driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo interfaces: 4 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
  power: 500mA chip-ID: 045e:0779 class-ID: 0102
  Device-2: 1-7:3 info: Audio-Technica AT2020USB+ type: Audio,HID
  driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid interfaces: 4 rev: 1.1
  speed: 12 Mb/s power: 100mA chip-ID: 0909:001c class-ID: 0300
  Device-3: 1-9:4 info: Logitech G502 Proteus Spectrum Optical Mouse
  type: Mouse,HID driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0
  speed: 12 Mb/s power: 300mA chip-ID: 046d:c332 class-ID: 0300
  serial: <filter>
  Hub-2: 2-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 4 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s
  chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-3: 3-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 2 rev: 2.0
  speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-4: 4-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 4 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s
  chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-5: 5-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.0
  speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 5-2:2 info: Logitech G815 Mechanical Keyboard type: Keyboard,HID
  driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s
  power: 500mA chip-ID: 046d:c33f class-ID: 0300 serial: <filter>
  Device-2: 5-3:3 info: Micro Star PRO CARBON type: HID
  driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 1 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s
  power: 500mA chip-ID: 1462:7b85 class-ID: 0300 serial: <filter>
  Device-3: 5-4:4 info: Intel Wireless-AC 9260 Bluetooth Adapter
  type: Bluetooth driver: btusb interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s
  power: 100mA chip-ID: 8087:0025 class-ID: e001
  Hub-6: 6-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 4 rev: 3.0 speed: 5 Gb/s
  chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 63.6 C mobo: N/A gpu: nvidia temp: 53 C
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A gpu: nvidia fan: 0%
Info:
  Processes: 378 Uptime: 25m wakeups: 0 Init: systemd v: 249 tool: systemctl
  Compilers: gcc: 11.1.0 Packages: pacman: 1440 lib: 472 flatpak: 0
  Shell: Bash v: 5.1.8 running-in: xfce4-terminal inxi: 3.3.07

[omano]

Maybe try to verify the game files from Steam, it can happen that some files may be corrupted and it crashes the game.

Make sure you use the latest Proton version (v6.3 in Steam Settings).

Try the Steam BETA client, sometimes it can fixes random issues.

Just random suggestions, try one by one and see if it helps. This game I eventually installed on Windows last year (it was the EPIC version though), Origin had so much issues under Proton it made the experience horrible I couldn’t even launch the game because it couldn’t find the EPIC launcher to allow game access…

[vvbudh]

Thank you for the reply!

I have verified it as well as completely reinstalled the whole application twice. I am using Proton 6.3-7. Have not tried Beta Steam client but it may be worth a try. I do not have the Epic Launcher and do not want to contribute to them… But Origin and EA are absolute TRASH too…

In conclusion: I will try the Steam Beta Launcher and report my results here.

[vvbudh]

I have attempted to use the Steam Beta launcher and it still consistently crashes after a new effect appears on the screen, normally it’ll stutter for a bit and then continue going. But when it fails it just freezes in the middle, usually when I see an effect on the screen such as an explosion or a force power then it will crash.

[omano]

Try to enable shader pre-caching in Steam Settings. Allow processing of shaders in the background (same settings page), and restart Steam, it should download some shader cache files and process them in the background, and then it should improve maybe the situation.

[vvbudh]

I can disable then reenable that, that was actually a solution to one of my other games, good advice! Thank you omano, I’ll try that once again.

[vvbudh]

Unfortunately it still crashes. I’m blaming Origin but have no proof.