You're correct, vcrun2019 manual installation isn't needed after all. With proton experimental I tried twice, and crashed twice, unfortunately. Here's the log: [steam-2782500.log](https://github.com/user-attachments/file...
@Recipient4626 hotfix shouldn't be used for random games. When it's needed by a title, it'll usually be set as the default steam side or be mentioned in the issue tracker. I did some initial testing with proton experimen...