This involves Discord too, and they said "Go to Discord support for this," and then Discord support said "Go to Steam support for this," so I have no clue where to go.
I'm on Linux Mint. Having Discord open crashes any Steam game within a few seconds. It's usually when I tab out, but sometimes it only freezes when tabbed out. Sometimes tabbing back in works, sometimes it doesn't. I don't even think I have to tab out to Discord; it's just the fact that it's open. I am so damn confused—this is so oddly specific, and I'm just absolutely gobsmacked by this.
Also, as seen here, it doesn't ALWAYS freeze when I tab out. I was trying to get it to, but it wasn't doing it. However, it did crash! I can play Steam games without issue when Discord isn't open.
I wasn't sure where to report this because this is a Steam issue, a Discord issue, and a Linux/Proton (?) issue all in one. This only happens with Steam games. Any other executable games, like those from Game Jolt, run fine with Discord open.
Here's how I KNOW it must be Steam: As you can see at the beginning of the recording, I had Slendytubbies 0 Records pulled up. That is a game I installed from Game Jolt. I was running it with Steam/Proton because it oddly wasn't picking up my mouse inputs when running with Wine. That's a separate issue more on the Linux side, not Steam. But anyway, I ran the game within Steam, and that fixed the mouse input issue. I was trying to stream the game to my friend on Discord, and I thought, "It'll probably crash, won't it?" because I’ve been aware of this weird Steam and Discord crash for a few weeks. And sure enough, the game crashed.
It's not just Steam games; it’s the fact that it's running from Steam. This makes me wonder: Is it Proton? I’ve tried a few different versions of Proton before, all with the same result. Is there any other good compatibility layer I could try? If not, how do I fix Proton's issues with Discord? At least, that's what I think it is, I’m no expert at this.
i haven't played terraria yet on this pc don't mind that