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Hwkiller 19 Feb, 2016 @ 10:47pm
Temporary fix for games that refuse to launch on latest Nvidia drivers
Hello,

In the latest nvidia driver (361.28), nvidia began using a new vendor-neutral dispatch library for opengl.

As a result, some games will fail to start (e.g., many source engine games).

There are currently two fixes. One has performance concerns and one does not.

The preferred method:
In the launch options of the game, paste the following:
__GLVND_DISALLOW_PATCHING=1 %command%

If that fails to work, try pasting the following:
__GL_THREADED_OPTIMIZATIONS=0 %command%

Finally, if *that* fails to work, find the launcher script of the game in ~/.local/share/steam/steamapps/common/$game/. It should end in .sh. Open the file in a text editor and see whether " __GL_THREADED_OPTIMIZATIONS=1" is present; if it is, change it to " __GL_THREADED_OPTIMIZATIONS=0"

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Elex Red 24 Feb, 2016 @ 12:41pm 
Thank you!
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dez 13 Mar, 2016 @ 2:29pm 
didn't work for me, what do I do?

edit: worked for a game and didnt work for dota 2
Last edited by dez; 13 Mar, 2016 @ 2:50pm
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avpbynf 25 Aug, 2016 @ 6:23am 
it does not work for me too :steamsad:
(For all games on Ubuntu 16.04LTS)
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fsmyth 7 Mar, 2019 @ 4:37am 
steam install: Enderal
tried all 3 options. no joy.
there is _no_ shell file in the library
other games launch well.
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fsmyth 7 Mar, 2019 @ 4:39am 
oops.
Ubuntu 18.04
Proton 3.16
GTX750
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