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fix: silent crash when openvrpaths file has invalid json data#3

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@SpaceFox1 SpaceFox1 commented May 29, 2026

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When launching any game with proton, be it a VR title or not, proton will check for the openvrpaths file, and if it exists it will try and parse its contents, however if the file contains invalid json data this causes proton to throw and since the exception is unhandled proton just crashes silently, causing the user to wonder why any of their proton steam games are launching

Co-authored-by: kitsuvm <50382775+kitsuvm@users.noreply.github.com>
@SpaceFox1 SpaceFox1 requested a review from kitsuvm May 29, 2026 17:25
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