Attempted to open via command line, additional error here:

[cddt@localhost ABZU]$ /home/cddt/data-space/Steam/steamapps/common/Proton\ 3.7\ Beta/dist/bin/wine AbzuGame.exe
wine: created the configuration directory '/home/cddt/.wine'
0009:err:file:init_redirects cannot open L"C:\\windows" (c000000f)
0012:err:ole:marshal_object couldn't get IPSFactory buffer for interface {00000131-0000-0000-c000-000000000046}
0012:err:ole:marshal_object couldn't get IPSFactory buffer for interface {6d5140c1-7436-11ce-8034-00aa006009fa}
0012:err:ole:StdMarshalImpl_MarshalInterface Failed to create ifstub, hres=0x80004002
0012:err:ole:CoMarshalInterface Failed to marshal the interface {6d5140c1-7436-11ce-8034-00aa006009fa}, 80004002
0012:err:ole:get_local_server_stream Failed: 80004002
0010:err:winediag:gnutls_initialize failed to load libgnutls, no support for encryption
0020:err:module:load_builtin_dll failed to load .so lib for builtin L"l3codeca.acm": libmpg123.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
0020:err:winediag:gnutls_initialize failed to load libgnutls, no support for encryption
wine: configuration in '/home/cddt/.wine' has been updated.
0024:fixme:ntdll:EtwEventRegister ({5eec90ab-c022-44b2-a5dd-fd716a222a15}, 0x14000107c, 0x140016030, 0x140016050) stub.
0024:fixme:ntdll:EtwEventSetInformation (deadbeef, 2, 0x140013a98, 43) stub
0026:err:winediag:gnutls_initialize failed to load libgnutls, no support for encryption
0026:fixme:debug_buffer:RtlCreateQueryDebugBuffer (0, 0): stub
0026:fixme:debug_buffer:RtlCreateQueryDebugBuffer (168, 0): returning 0x77be0
0026:fixme:debug_buffer:RtlQueryProcessDebugInformation (38, 14, 0x77be0): stub
0026:fixme:debug_buffer:RtlDestroyQueryDebugBuffer (0x77be0): stub
0026:fixme:thread:NtSetInformationThread info class 7 not supported yet
0027:fixme:thread:NtSetInformationThread info class 7 not supported yet
0026:fixme:ver:GetCurrentPackageId (0x5ff3f0 (nil)): stub
0026:err:module:load_library somehow failed to load steamclient
0024:fixme:ver:GetCurrentPackageId (0x60fd50 (nil)): stub

System Information

• GPU: GTX 970
• Driver/LLVM version: NVIDIA 396.54
• Kernel version: 4.4.0-135-generic
• Link to full system information report as Gist
• Proton version: 3.7-6 Beta

I confirm:

• [ ] that I haven't found an existing compatibility report for this game.
• [x] that I have checked whether there are updates for my system available.

steam-384190.log

Symptoms

Experiencing the same issue and shader_log.txt result as @cddt

Game does not load, reports unknown shader cache type and exits.

Reproduction

• Select the title within your Library using the Steam client and press the Play button

Same happening with me.
Game: Spec Ops The Line

in the file shader_log.txt

I found this bug report on the Wine bug tracker:

https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=43845

@kisak-valve is there a corresponding flag to the one mentioned in this report? Apparently this game used to work on Wine 2.x, and the developer seemed to think it'd be an easy fix if he could get the info needed.

@kisak-valve

OK so trying that didn't reveal anything that posters above didn't already provide.

With that said, it still doesn't work on Proton 4.2-4.

Brief System Info:

Ryzen 1700x
32Gb RAM
GTX 970
Nvidia drivers 430.14

Linux Mint 19.1

Hope you guys can bump this one up a bit, would love to play ABZU!

Thanks,

jonbitzen

System Information

• GPU: RX VEGA 56
• GPU Driver: Mesa ACO 19.1.0+aco+git1564747450-10690f8d9e6-1bionic1 (Valves PPA)
• Kernel version: 5.2.5-050205-lowlatency
• Distro version: Linux Mint 19.1 Tessa (64 bit) (Cinnamon Desktop)
• Proton version: 4.11-1
• System information: system_info.txt

Game won't launch, nothing happens.

steam-384190.log

System Information

• GPU: RX VEGA 56
• GPU Driver: 19.1.0+aco+git1566739320-db73bde35cc-1bionic1 (Valves PPA)
• Kernel version: 5.2.10-050210-lowlatency
• Distro version: Linux Mint 19.2 Tina (64 bit) (Cinnamon)
• Proton version: 4.11-3

Retest Compatibility Report

Same problem persists, launching the game nothing happens.

steam-384190-proton-4.11-3.log
system_info.txt

Proton 4.11-6 doesn’t work with Abzu. I know it’s probably small fish to fry, but hopefully eventually:)

@jonbitzen nice pun 👌

I suspect it is due to the Denuvo DRM, since they've released a DRM-free version on GoG which works perfectly.

Here, the game simply spams the terminal with:
002e:fixme:thread:NtSetInformationThread info class 7 not supported yet

but won't ever start…

Steve (a Squid Dev) on their Discord regarding Denuvo DRM: "Ah, I’m sorry, :/ but yeah unfortunately steam’s DRM thing is a mandate from 505 or something. Sadly we don’t have any control over having it removed to my knowledge."

Unfortunate, since apparently there is no Denuvo in the GoG version (which has been reported to work perfectly through WINE).

This issue can be closed. ABZU runs perfectly with Proton 5.0-1.
It was even noted in the patch notes of 5.0-1 that ABZU is now working https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton/releases/tag/proton-5.0-1

System Information

• GPU: RX 5700 ITX
• GPU Driver: Mesa 20.1.0-devel (ppa:ernstp/ppa)
• Kernel version: 5.3.18-050318-lowlatency
• Distro version: 19.3 Tricia (64 bit) (Cinnamon)
• Proton version: 5.0-1

Retest Compatibility Report

Game works as of Proton 5.0-1 out of the box :tada: , functionality and performance is similar as on Windows. The only issue I could see is that switching between fullscreen and desktop mode is not perfect (the game behaves like a borderless fullscreen windowed app, switching to desktop the game still is seen in the background).

However, this exact same problem exists with this game on Windows too, considering that I think is whitelist material. If the Alt+Tab issue would be fixed, then the game would be working better on Linux than it does on actual Windows.

Logs:
system_info.txt
steam-384190proton-5.0-1.log.zip

Tested with Proton 5.0-1, works fine.

@gnuletik it seems the game is no longer working with 5.0-4 (nothing happens on launch). It worked fine for me back with Proton 5.0-3

@AwesamLinux Thanks for the feedback ! I was getting crazy trying to find out why it didn't work :)

@cddt This issue may be reopened as the game does not work any longer with proton 5.0-4. I can confirm this as well.

@gnuletik @Citiroller The game is working for me again with Proton 5.0-5

Thanks for the feedback @AwesamLinux !
I tried with Proton 5.0-5 but I wasn't able to get into the game.
After the intro scene and the loading screen, a new window opens a show the following error :

The UE4-AbzuGame Game has crashed

LowLevelFatalError [File:K:\AbzuMain\Engine
\Source\Runtime\Windows\D3D11RHI\Private
\D3D11Util.cpp][Line 200]
Direct3DDevice->
CreateVertexShader( (void*)CodePtr, Code Size
NULL, Shader->Resource.GetInitReference() )
failed
at K:\AbzuGame\Engine\Source\Runtime
\Windows\D3D11RHI\Private
\D3D11Shaders.cpp:46
with error E_INVALIDARG

I'm using

• Archlinux up-to-date
• Kernel 5.5.10-arch1-1
• Nvidia drivers 440.64-5
• Proton 5.0-5 or Proton 5.0-3
• GPU : RTX 2070

Thanks also for the Beta tab @kisak-valve, I was able to give a try with the Proton 5.0-3 version and got the same issue as above.

EDIT: Removing PROTON_USE_WINED3D=1 %command% from the game's launch option fixed it :)

In fact, it is working.
I had PROTON_USE_WINED3D=1 %command% as a launch option. I removed it and the game works out of the box :)
Thanks !!

Thank you for the clarification @kisak-valve The game works again flawlessly after the 5.0-5 update.

I had no luck running ABZÛ With latest 5.0-5b and 5.0-6rc Proton. Here is the log. I'm not sure what causes it to be this long
steam-384190.zip

Edit: while looking for my System settings, I found out I didn't have the proper libraries installed to run Vulkan. I've now installed them and the game seems to run normally.