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Dead Space 3 on Linux Mint
Tinkering
This one so far has been the hardest to get to work on Linux. First, I couldn't get with my primary game location [/games] in Steam which is my SSD which is also my root [/] mountpoint. My home mountpoint [/home] is on an 8TB hard disk. So what I did was move my install from [/games/…] to the default mount location [/home/tom/.steam/debian-installation/steamapps/common/…]. Once this was accomplished I was able to install using Proton 5.13-6. Then I was able to successfully install the Origin Launcher and get the game to start.
Also, when I [Alt] + [Tab]bed out of the game, when I tabbed back in the controls and sound didn't work, so I saw on ProtonDB a fellow that suggested that you have to tab out, then in, then out, then back in and then the sound and controls work. This worked for me.
NOTE: I tried running DS3 and installing the Origin Launcher with several different versions of Proton, but it only worked after I moved the files to the location where Steam games are installed by original (fresh install default library folder.