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Dragon's Dogma 2 - Crash at main menu screen when using /WineDetectionEnabled:False launch argument

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HansKristian-Work/vkd3d-proton#2885 · opened 2026-03-17 by Desmondchaser27 · updated 2026-06-11 · 3 comments · github
DDesmondchaser27 2026-03-17 github

On the starting main menu of the game (ray tracing was enabled by default). Sometimes it fully loads with "New Game", "Load Game", etc. but always freezes on this screen. There is a realtime rendered scene in the background, hence why I believe it freezes here. Something when running without Wine detection is running on the new driver that breaks it. Log file included below. This crash does not happen when the launch argument is removed and the game plays fine, just without ray tracing support.

Software information

Dragon's Dogma 2

System information

  • GPU: RTX 4090
  • Driver: 595.45.04
  • Wine version: wine-11.4
  • VKD3D-Proton version: Proton-Experimental (Bleeding Edge) (tried a couple others, same result and limited by Denuvo)

Log files

Please attach Proton or Wine logs as a text file:

steam-2054970.log

DDesmondchaser27 2026-03-25 github

On latest driver 595.58.03 this game no longer plays at all, regardless of whether WineDetectionEnabled:False is given or ray tracing is on/off.

EDIT: Removing all args allows the game to run without /WineDetectionEnabled:False, but still crashes with the arg.

LLuxiP7 2026-04-17 github

Same thing with Pragmata (full version). Crashes on loading screen after logos. Would post a log but it's 1 GB with 1.2 million lines.

DDesmondchaser27 2026-06-11 github

I can no longer speak on 40 series, but I'm still experiencing this on 50 series with driver 610.43.02.

Proton versions