Unable to drag and move camera or selection with mouse button hold on Linux (Steam Deck)

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• 14 Nov, '25
  Gin Fuyou System

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  "Bug when right-click dragging" (suggested by <Hidden> on 2024-06-30), including upvotes (8) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.

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• 31 Oct, '25
  Gin Fuyou Admin Pinned

  Update: issue is within Unity and Proton\Wine. Proton Experimental apparently have it fixed.
  Game experimetal branch 1.0 doesn't have a workaround, you need to switch used Proton version.
  
  Find the game in your Steam library -> right click -> properties -> compatibility (see attached screenshot)
  
  upd: my bad screenshot didn't attach, but I hope most fellow linux user know where to find proton version selection anyway, but just in case

  Screenshot_20251030_201542_uknmbf.png

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• 14 Nov, '25
  Gin Fuyou Admin Pinned

  I've confirmed with devs - there are no plans to further address the issue. Proton Experimental has the fix.
  If PE causes crashes for you - please share details in a *separate* topic and prepare *crash logs*. Devs doubt crashes are related to the dragging problem.
  
  @ Kosovares
  > Still not working on Steamdeck.
  Please elaborate what is not working.

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• 30 Jun, '24
  Ezeekey Merged

  When I use right-click, and drag, occasionally it will "let go" and i will need to click again to continue scrolling.
  
  I am playing the game in Ubuntu 22.04 with a triple monitor setup. Lock cursor in window dose not fix problem. I do play with a fairly high mouse sensitivity
  
  Bug can be recreated by holding right click at the center of the screen, then vigorously shaking the mouse.

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• 11 Oct, '25
  CrazyMusketeer Merged

  Since one of the recent patches to experimental branch click and dragging (left and right click) doesn't work and results in a near instant unclick even with the button held.
  Still works fine in the normal branch, and its not a OS issue because it works for everything else I've tested.
  Trying to place a crop/tree just places a single tile.
  Using the demolish tool just marks one tile.
  Right click for camera movement will only shift the camera for a fraction of a second before stopping.
  ect.

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• 14 Oct, '25
  LarryMcJay Merged

  After the latest patch my mouse can no longer move my camera, I am on linux

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• 14 Oct, '25
  Racklinc Merged

  Hello, today mouse camera controls are not working as well as click dragging tools such as paths or painting squares for mass demolition. I could still use tools such as making a path, but I had to do it one tile at a time. Current version is v0.7.10.13-a445513-sw. These features were working yesterday but are not today. I believe a hotfix rolled out and has caused the issue.
  
  I could find the way to restore a version of the game to 0.6 and after going back to that version the camera and drag tools were working as expected. That version unfortunately is not compatible with my saved files versions.
  
  Playing on Linux Mint using Steam but no Proton version. I did try Proton Hotfix to see if that made a difference and it did not. Attaching system info if it helps. Thanks!

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• 14 Oct, '25
  steampowered.com Merged

  Bug report as posted by B1-66ER on steam:
  
  1. right click to pan camera doesn't work anymore. even when assigning the movement to my keyboard the camera doesn't pan it just rotates
  2. then scrolling doesn't work. when in a menu i can't click and drag the scroll bar anymore
  
  - this is save independent, other saves have the same issue and even restarting the game and system didn't fix it
  - tried another mouse too and it's not that
  
  yesterday i installed an update. problem started yesterday morning before the update and was still there after update.

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• 14 Oct, '25
  Gin Fuyou System

  "Camera issues" (suggested by <Hidden> on 2025-10-14), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.

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• 14 Oct, '25
  Gin Fuyou System

  "Mouse camera controls and click dragging not working today- 2025-10-13" (suggested by <Hidden> on 2025-10-14), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.

  systeminfo_hpxvbm.txt

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• 14 Oct, '25
  Gin Fuyou System

  "[Experimental] right klick and scroll stopped working" (suggested by <Hidden> on 2025-10-14), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.

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• 14 Oct, '25
  Gin Fuyou Admin

  Issue is known as newly introduced in new patch and be linux-exclusive. Linux is not officially supported platform but devs are aware there are a notable amount of linux players, so it's being actively worked on, stay tuned for updates.
  As a temp workaround you can try switching to previous major release in Steam betas menu.

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• 14 Oct, '25
  Gin Fuyou Admin

  Hotfix has just been release on experimental

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• 15 Oct, '25
  Knife Merged

  I have lost the ability to drag while clicking the mouse (like during placing multiple paths, selecting trees for cutting, and changing the camera angle) on steam deck using the integrated controller.
  
  I have tried reinstalling the game, reverting the steam OS to a previous version, verifying the game files, toggling/adjusting all the in game setting, & changing the many of controller settings on steams side.
  
  It seems like it might be related to frame rate, as changing some related settings affects how the bug acts but does not fix it. The clips I have won’t attach, but I joined the discord & can post them there if needed.
  
  Thank you!

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• 15 Oct, '25
  Gin Fuyou System

  "Steam Deck Mouse Issue" (suggested by <Hidden> on 2025-10-15), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.

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• 16 Oct, '25
  Gin Fuyou System

  "Experimental branch bug - Click and drag not working on Linux via proton." (suggested by <Hidden> on 2025-10-11), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.

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• 17 Oct, '25
  dwaladin Merged

  I am unable to rotate the camera by holding the scroll bar and moving the mouse, and unable to pan the camera by right clicking and dragging.
  This has only started in the latest update (running version 0.7.10.13-a445513-sw) (camera settings are "swap camera buttons" enabled and "enable edge scrolling" enabled)

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• 17 Oct, '25
  Gin Fuyou System

  "Linux camera rotation and camera drag not working" (suggested by <Hidden> on 2025-10-17), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.

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• 17 Oct, '25
  Gin Fuyou Admin

  According to devs it's also fixed in latest proton experimental

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• 18 Oct, '25
  Racklinc

  I can confirm that for me, proton experimental seems to make it return back to normal functionality.

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• 29 Oct, '25
  M47riarch

  Having the same issue, it was working just fine until i updated to the 1.0 experimental, was just fine on the experimental version before that one.

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• 30 Oct, '25
  HopeStoryteller Merged

  Hi! I'm playing on Linux via Proton, just started up a save for the first time in a little while, and discovered that when attempting to plant multiple crops or trees at once, it would only let me designate (or un-designate) one tile at a time. It does the same thing with paths, actually, I just tested that as well. Game is playable like this but it takes a WHILE to plant new things or draw new paths which is... unfortunate. (Not sure if I'm doing this bug report thing right, but this definitely was not the case last time I played the game so...)

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• 31 Oct, '25
  Gin Fuyou System

  "Crop/Tree Planting Bug" (suggested by <Hidden> on 2025-10-30), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.

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• 31 Oct, '25
  Floby Merged

  I'm playing with the laptop touchpad, but it happens with a mouse too, no dragging interaction works at all, be it for camera rotation or building paths or building anything that can be built in bulk. It also prevents from marking wood to be cut or destroying stuff in an area. it makes the game mostly unplayable for me.
  
  Playing on Linux (Ubuntu 24.04) through Proton 9.0 on experimental 1.0 branch.

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• 31 Oct, '25
  Monique Merged

  Have been using mouse and keyboard on Steamdeck however since mid-Oct update I cannot use mouse controls anymore. Reverted back to older versions to test and mouse controls work on older versions. Tested again with recent updates however still not working. Grateful if you can please investigate as I want to use latest version of the game!

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• 31 Oct, '25
  Gin Fuyou System

  "Mouse controls stopped working after mid-Oct update" (suggested by <Hidden> on 2025-10-31), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.

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• 31 Oct, '25
  Gin Fuyou System

  "unable to drag mouse/pad for camera or building" (suggested by <Hidden> on 2025-10-31), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.

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• 01 Nov, '25
  Pearazz

  Issue seems to have re-emerged. The previous experimental fix that addressed this issue worked until today. I am able to rotate camera with the keyboard but not mouse.
  OS: Ubuntu 24.04.03 LTS
  Proton 9.04

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• 01 Nov, '25
  Fou Lou

  I can confirm the pinned message. Switching to proton experimental has solved the klick an drag issue for me on steamdeck.

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• 04 Nov, '25
  Dan

  I can also confirm that switching to proton experimental has fixed the issue for me.

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• 05 Nov, '25
  Rob Merged

  Since the new experimental build, dragging with a mouse connected to a Steamdeck does not work. This is most obvious when dragging a path, but it even affects scrollbars on menus. Note that this problem does not occur on any other Steamdeck games and did not occur in the previous version of Timberborn.

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• 05 Nov, '25
  Gin Fuyou Admin Merged

  please see the merged topic

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• 05 Nov, '25
  Gin Fuyou System

  "Bug: Dragging doesn't work on Steamdeck with mouse" (suggested by <Hidden> on 2025-11-05), including upvotes (1) and comments (1), was merged into this suggestion.

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• 13 Nov, '25
  Kosovares

  Still not working on Steamdeck.

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• 13 Nov, '25
  JB

  I have followed your guides and am using Experimental Proton and Experimental Timberborn branch to combat mouse dragging on steam deck (linux). The mouse / game was working for some time until it crashed on the Pressure map. I am unable to restart the game with that map. If I open another old save and interact with the mouse immediately after the UI launches then it will crash. Can you make a post letting steam deck users know once the mouse is back to 100% and (whatever other issue is there) not causing the game to crash?

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• 15 Nov, '25
  JB

  Proton 10.0.3 and Timberborn Experimental are now working for me on the pressure map. I was previously using experimental proton which I believe was causing the instability.
  
  Thank you for a great game.

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• 30 Nov, '25
  Taylor Merged

  Simple things like dragging paths and zones do not work on the steam deck using a keyboard and mouse. Either that or it's another issue.

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• 30 Nov, '25
  Gin Fuyou System

  "Steam Deck Compatibility" (suggested by <Hidden> on 2025-11-30), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.

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• 01 Dec, '25
  LL

  Same issue, no mouse drag or camera controls making it more or less unplayable. Playing on MX Linux 23 using GoG version on Lutris. Game worked fine for ages using wine-ge-proton-8-26 then mouse drag controls stopped after the 7.10.13 update to the game. Since installing the newer 7.11 update the issue persists, and updating the lutris runner to GE-proton-10-3 doesn't fix it. GE-proton-10-25 the game doesnt even launch, and proton-experimental flashes some kind of window that then closes, as does proton-hotfix.
  
  my separate U6 install still works fine.

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• 04 Dec, '25
  Saz Merged

  Hello! I am unable to drag paths or cut tree area (or really anything with dragging) when playing on experimental on the Steam Deck (as of 12/4/2025). I do not have any mods installed on my version of Timberborn.

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• 05 Dec, '25
  Gin Fuyou System

  "[Bug] Unable to drag with mouse button hold on Steam Deck" (suggested by <Hidden> on 2025-12-04), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.

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• 07 Dec, '25
  QV

  Same issue, mouse drag doesn't work on Linux, and Proton Experimental and Proton Hotfix flashes window that closes and no launch occur.
  With Proton 9.0-4 the game launch well, but mouse wheel and drag are making only "one step", and line/area selection selects only first tile.

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• 11 Mar
  David Kowis

  I'm hitting this again today.
  Proton experimental does not seem to rectify it.
  Have also tried GE 10-32.
  
  Seems timberborn was just updated today too. Build ID 22279740. :(

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• 11 Mar
  Gin Fuyou Admin

  I don't think there we are any changes to the engine, not I see more reports about it, sounds like a local issue.

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• 12 Mar
  LL

  This is STILL an issue with v1.0.12.3

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• 12 Mar
  Gin Fuyou Admin

  @LL it's not game issue, so it won't be fixed.

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• 13 Mar
  LL

  @Gin Fuyou
  
  it IS a game issue, it was a game update (7.10.13) that broke it. My mouse works perfectly fine with everything else and nothing else changed. The game is unplayable without mouse dragging. As I said before, U6 still works fine

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• 16 Mar
  snail pie

  Can confirm this is still an issue for Linux users in the 2016-03-13 hotfix.
  
  All UI elements, the camera, and anything else which would require clicking and dragging (using scrollbars, placing roads, selecting units/buildings, and so forth) fail to function, and immediately reject the mouse downstate seemingly after the first update/poll event.
  
  This was not present in Update 7 of the main branch, which worked fine on Proton 9. However, switching to Proton Experimental does seem to fix the issue.
  
  Of course, having to search the forums of a third-party site to find this suggestion and actually get this to work is NOT a suitable workaround.

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• 17 Mar
  Gin Fuyou Admin

  @snail pie let me remind you Linux is not officially supported? That's a third-party site but is official Timberborn tracker and well we have it pinned in official game's discord.
  
  It's problem between Unity engine and compatibility tool that is resolved in Proton 10 (at some point, initially was only Experimental)
  There are no plans to address it in other way.

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• 04 Apr
  Dennis Merged

  I can't do any drag and drop actions. Like move with middle click or select timber area

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