Hello @adelinoaal1974, unfortunately, the Vulkan driver for your generation of GPU is incomplete and does not provide a spec-compliant implementation. It's generally not supportable by Proton. Additionally, while it's sometimes useful for troubleshooting, using PROTON_USE_WINED3D is not considered supported.
proton experimentalx1 2026-10proton hotfixx1 2026-10PROTON_USE_WINED3Dx1 2026-10PROTON_NO_ESYNC=1x1 2026-10PROTON_NO_FSYNC=1x1 2026-10PROTON_USE_WINED3D=1x1 2026-10fpxgame.dllx1 2026-10iphlpapi.dllx1 2026-100xc0000005x1 2026-10
steam-2485460-cachyos-11.0-20261015-slr.log
steam-2485460.log
System information
### Description
The FunPlus launcher starts successfully, but launching the actual game opens a black window before crashing or returning to the launcher.
The problem is reproducible, including after recreating the Proton prefix and verifying the Steam installation.
Crash details
The Proton log consistently reports:
Exception information:
Disassembly at the crash address:
This confirms a null pointer dereference inside FPXGame.dll.
Earlier in the same function, the DLL calls
IPHLPAPI.DLL!GetAdaptersAddresses, then processes adapter-related structures. The relationship between that API call and the null pointer has not yet been established conclusively.Workarounds tested
PROTON_USE_WINED3D=1PROTON_NO_ESYNC=1PROTON_NO_FSYNC=1None resolved the crash.
DXVK initialization also fails on this older GPU, but switching to WineD3D removes that error without fixing the FPXGame.dll exception.
Expected behavior
The game should proceed past the launcher and display its main menu.
Actual behavior
The game repeatedly crashes during initialization.
Attachments
steam-2485460.logcrash.dmp(available for private diagnostic review)Questions for maintainers