Katamari Damacy REROLL (848350) - Unplayable game
Issue transferred from https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton/issues/2133.
@kddlb posted on 2018-12-24T01:01:39:
Important: this is a different issue from #2125 - in this case, the game is unplayable.
The game freezes when the "Produced by NAMCO" screen fades out.
I tried the PROTON_USE_WINED3D=1 environment variable, as suggested by @kode54, and it still freezes in the same fashion.
~With as close as the specs are between the two systems, that may be a dxvk <-> mesa/anv issue.~
I saw that original comment, and the edit. Yeah, a little bit of not paying attention, but I forgive you, you've got a full plate.
Both up-to-date Arch desktops, running the Runtime variant of the repo provided Steam package.
Mine running an i7 3770 with an AMD RX 480, running the game successfully and pretty much issue free on Gnome Xorg, and with a shutdown lockup on KDE where it would ordinarily show the progress dialog for uploading the save data to Steam Cloud.
His running an i7 6770HQ with Iris Pro graphics, locking where the game would actually start showing some 3D graphics, which should have picked up his save file from Steam Cloud, so it would have shown the save file selection screen.
We both have 512GB SSDs, but mine's an 850 Pro, his is a 950 Pro NVMe. We both have 32GB of RAM, mine is DDR3 1600, his is some DDR4 spec. Not too dissimilar, and probably not relevant to the problem.
I'm not sure if I instructed him correctly with the environment variable to test wined3d instead of dxvk, as I don't recall if it works as a launch-time argument instead of editing the global Proton user settings Python script sample and saving it under the correct name.
Posting a new comment to report that the XWayland issue does not appear to have been fixed, and this is one of the only games I've tested full screen support on to fail to work with XWayland. There may be others, if they force Wine to try to set an actual video mode instead of using the GPU to stretch it to the current desktop mode.
This game can't sync to Steam Cloud under Linux. This is entirely a bug on the game; it has hardcoded AppData\Local, instead of using %LocalAppData% or the ilk.
Other than that, it seems to work fine-ish for me.
EDIT: Posted a bug on Wine: https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=47408
Aside from its inability to sync to Steam Cloud, the game runs perfect for me on the latest Proton with no changes to anything, nor any launch options.
Can't control the game, not via controller or keyboard. Also tried using gamescope.
Edit: Seems to work fine, with a new clean save state. Used the same system with the account of my daughter, which never played it on that and it worked fine.
PROTON_USE_WINED3D=1`x1 2018-12
Compatibility Report
System Information
I confirm:
steam-848350.log
Symptoms
Graphics stutter every few seconds, possible indication of some triple buffering issue, or some issue with my Gnome-shell Wayland session.
Game locks up with music looping in the background when switching to fullscreen or windowed fullscreen mode.
Reproduction
The lock up happens every time I attempt to switch the game into fullscreen mode. Note that it takes a full progression through the game's tutorial before you even get to the home planet to be able to change the video mode from the default of 1280x720 windowed, and if you lock the game up before saving (it's 100% manual), then you have to repeat the tutorial to get to the menu again.
EDIT - Important note
This only affects Wayland sessions. The game seems to work perfectly under Gnome Xorg. These are probably bugs with XWayland and not specifically Proton.