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Universe Sandbox crashes at launch

protonopen appid 72200Game compatibility - Unofficial.NET
ValveSoftware/Proton#1597 · opened 2018-09-24 by CentralPython · updated 2021-11-11 · 6 comments · github · game page · search this game
CCentralPython 2018-09-24 github

Compatibility Report

  • Name of the game with compatibility issues: Universe Sandbox
  • Steam AppID of the game: 72200

System Information

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-72200.log

Symptoms

Crashes at launch and does not play at all after installing all of the standard "extra" files like DirectX, Visual Runtime etc. then it states running and disappears and crashes does not launch nor load.

Reproduction

Activate all options in the advanced setting on Steam Play in the main menu hit download for Universe Sandbox then hit play after downloading it just states running and then dumps and nothing happens.

Kkisak-valve maintainer 2018-09-24 github

For reference: err:module:LdrInitializeThunk Main exe initialization for ... failed, status c0000017

Llucifertdark 2018-09-25 github

It uses dotnet20sp2, which refuses to install in 64bit prefix so the game doesn't run.

Llucifertdark 2019-05-17 github

Tested with Proton 4.2-4, dotnet20sp2 is installed but the game still throws a hissy.
steam-72200.log

Nnobodywasishere 2019-11-21 github

What can I do to help get this game running?

NNerosTie 2020-05-19 github

I installed dotnet35sp1 and I can run the game, but I can't go any further because it crashes:

Screenshot_20200520_005553

Proton log (I had to compress it, it gets huge very quickly):
steam-72200.tar.gz

Tested with Proton 5.0-7

EDIT:

If I set the Windows version to Windows 7 in winecfg, I get this error:

Screenshot_20200520_011519

IItsMeLeeson 2021-07-13 github

Was able to play the game fine without any major issues by installing .NET framework 2.0 with protontricks
protontricks 72200 dotnet20

The game is however prone to crashing when resizing the window. The Windows version does have a similar issue though it only occurs when resizing the window too small so it's possibly related to that.

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