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Spacewar (480) Missing menu text

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ValveSoftware/Proton#1867 · opened 2018-11-01 by ryao · updated 2021-02-10 · 4 comments · github
Rryao 2018-11-01 github

Compatibility Report

  • Name of the game with compatibility issues: Spacewar
  • Steam AppID of the game: 480

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-480.log

Symptoms

Text is missing. You can get into the game sometimes if you randomly hit keys, but it is not a pleasant experience.

Reproduction

  1. Install steam
  2. Run steam steam://install/480.
  3. Run steam steam://run/480.
  4. Observe missing menu text.
Nnsivov 2018-11-01 github

It's most likely about missing d3dx9 functionality:

1506640.382:0008:0009:fixme:d3dx:ID3DXFontImpl_DrawTextA iface 0x1e8d80, sprite (nil), string "{ Start New Server }", count -1, rect (0,119)-(1018,155), format 0x5, color 0xff19c819 stub!

Rryao 2018-11-01 github

@nsivov Nice catch. protontricks 480 d3dx9 made it work. :)

Ssoredake 2020-02-20 github

d3dx9 no longer helps with proton 5.0-2
steam-480.log

Aalasky17 2021-02-10 github

The patches to correctly fix the missing text are included in Proton 5.13-6. This game should no longer require any workarounds to see the text.

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