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Nier: Automata has no sound

protonopen appid 524220Game compatibilityXAudio2
ValveSoftware/Proton#1540 · opened 2018-09-22 by matthew-nichols · updated 2025-08-25 · 1 comments · github · game page · search this game
Mmatthew-nichols 2018-09-22 github

Compatibility Report

  • Nier: Automata
  • Steam AppID of the game: 524220

System Information

  • GPU: RX 480
  • Driver/LLVM version: Mesa 18.3.0-devel - padoka PPA/LLVM 8.0.0
  • Kernel version: 4.15.0-34-generic (Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS)
  • Link to full system information report
  • Proton version: 3.7-6

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.

steam-524220.log

Symptoms

Nier: Automata plays no audio. Other applications play (including other Proton apps) and NieRAutomata.exe : audio stream #8 appears in pavucontrol set to the right output and is not muted but does not show any sound being played.

Reproduction

Clean Steam install (apt purge steam && apt install steam && rm -rf ~/.steam && steam) on Kubuntu 18.04.1, with padoka PPA.

WWedge009 2025-08-25 github

Might be worth a retry. I just started playing yesterday (August 2025) with vanilla Proton 9.0-4, no apparent issues with audio on Kubuntu 24.04.

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