build-a-lot series has very slow screen transitions (38080 38090 38100 38110)

protonopen Game compatibility - Unofficial

ValveSoftware/Proton#1300 · opened 2018-09-07 by Mezentium · updated 2025-08-22 · 4 comments · github

MMezentium 2018-09-07 github

Compatibility Report

The complete build-a-lot series parts 1 through 4 have screen swiping issues. The screen swipe is very slow on Proton, it takes a minute on Proton where it only takes a second on Windows or WINE.

System Information

GPU: Core i7-3820QM, Intel HD graphics 4000 integrated gpu
Driver/LLVM version: Mesa 18.2
Kernel version: 4.18
Link to full system information report as Gist:
Proton version: 3.7-3

I confirm:

[X] 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.

Symptoms

Reproduction

Vvanyasem 2018-09-07 github

try the game with launch options PROTON_NO_ESYNC=1 %command%

MMezentium 2018-10-11 github

Using 3.7-7 Beta the slow screen transition issue is fixed. However the game throttles the CPU very hard.

Jjanosthebrave 2025-08-19 github

sorry to necro, but this appears to have regressed using more modern proton builds

Ccodeweaverwill 2025-08-22 github

In my testing, I found that the speed of the transition seems to be based on the screen resolution. Windows sets the screen resolution smaller, which makes the transition faster. Proton, on the other hand, doesn't change the screen resolution, but if you set the resolution lower, then the game will transition similarly.

@janosthebrave Could you retest with a lower monitor resolution and see if that matches up for you? Also attach a gist and logs if the issue persists.

Launch options

PROTON_NO_ESYNC=1x1 2018-09

Launch lines

PROTON_NO_ESYNC=1 %command%x1 2018-09