SpellForce 2 - Anniversary Edition

protonopen appid 39550Game compatibility - Unofficial

ValveSoftware/Proton#1277 · opened 2018-09-06 by buschmann23 · updated 2025-01-06 · 6 comments · github · game page · search this game

Bbuschmann23 2018-09-06 github

Works flawless on highest details.

Distribution: openSUSE Tumbleweed
Linux: 4.18.5
GPU: AMD Radeon R9 280
GPU driver: amdgpu 18.0.1 / Mesa 18.1.6 / LLVM 6.0.1
GPU memory: 3072MB
CPU: AMD FX 6300
RAM: 16GB
Resolution: 1920x1080
Proton: 3.7-5 Beta

Full specs: https://gist.github.com/buschmann23/f0040553d4bc4bdeb567778bd52f7946

Oomicron-b 2018-09-07 github

Just in case someone encounters the same issue, leaving this here:

https://gist.github.com/omicron-b/756962165db02f9e6c45c5829979fca7
steam-39550.log

Symptoms: When anti-aliasing set to Extreme, there are no textures visible, everything is black.

You can still select units and interact with a map and menus. This sometimes happens with anti-aliasing set to High and Very High.

Reproduction

Set anti-aliasing to Extreme
Load previously saved game (from Windows or Wine)

Fix

Start a new game with Proton - this fixes the issue permanently.

Ssupashang 2019-06-04 github

I had an issue were the game would not start. On further investigation I noticed that the "config.xml" was not set to my exact screen resolution after a cloud save. To fix this,

Disable "Steam cloud saving" for the game by right clicking on the game in library - Properties > Updates > Untick "Enable Steam Cloud sync for Spellforce 2 - Anniversary".
Navigate to the /media/supa/Steam/SteamLibrary/steamapps/compatdata/39550/pfx/drive_c/users/steamuser/My Documents/SpellForce2/ folder and edit the "config.xml" file.
In the "config.xml" file you will see screenheight="900" screenwidth="1680" or similar.
Modify the "screenheight" & "screenwidth" to the exact resolution for your monitor. In my case, this is screenheight="1050" screenwidth="1680".
Save and close the config file and launch the game.

This fix worked for me. Hope this helps people not being able to launch the game.

Kkasha695 2024-12-29 github

There's a regression with the bleeding edge Proton Experimental.

Text doesn't load properly on the menu screens and on buttons. Works fine in the stable Experimental version.

This issue is present in all the Spellforce 2 titles (Anniversary Edition, Demons of the Past and Faith in Destiny)

Kkisak-valve maintainer 2024-12-29 github

Hello @kasha695, please add PROTON_LOG=1 %command% to the game's launch options, reproduce the regression, and attach the generated $HOME/steam-$APPID.log to this issue report as a file. (Proton logs compress well if needed.) Also, please copy the contents of Steam Runtime Diagnostics from Steam (Steam -> Help -> Steam Runtime Diagnostics) and put it in a gist, then include a link to the gist in this issue report.

Kkasha695 2024-12-29 github

Log: steam-39550.log
gist: https://gist.github.com/kasha695/aa09d22021370dd3ce04735f0007c7a6

Aalasky17 2025-01-06 github

@kasha695 Thank you for reporting the regression! This turned out to be a dxvk regression that K0bin fixed here: https://github.com/doitsujin/dxvk/pull/4577. The text should be rendering correctly again with experimental-bleeding-edge and the fix will be in the next experimental release :)