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The Evil Within

protonopen appid 268050Game compatibility - UnofficialXAudio2
ValveSoftware/Proton#236 · opened 2018-08-23 by arzardk · updated 2021-01-12 · 13 comments · github · game page · search this game
Aarzardk 2018-08-23 github

I launched game, Bethesda logo and others plays, after that loading screen appears and game hangs after 2 seconds without any crash message.

System specs
steam-268050.log
2018-08-23 10-44-33

I managed to run this game in windowed mode which can be toggled in configure file located in this directory: /home/arzardk/.steam/steam/steamapps/compatdata/268050/pfx/drive_c/users/steamuser/Saved Games/TangoGameworks/The Evil Within/base

Ttr37ion 2018-12-23 github

You can switch fullscreen/window mode via ALT+ENTER at main menu or check upper config file for settigns like:

...
win_ypos "5"
win_xpos "1912"
in_joystick "1"
s_volume_music "-7.958801"
r_swapInterval "-1"
r_windowPosY "28"
r_windowPosX "1916"
r_windowHeight "1008"
r_windowWidth "1920"
r_mode "23"
r_screenGrainAmount "1"
r_toneGamma "2.1"
r_lpp_SMAA "1"
r_lpp_FXAA "0"
r_lpp_CameraBlur "0"
r_letterBoxMode "0"
con_IconWindowY "24"
con_IconWindowX "24"
sys_lang "english"
r_forceAspectRatio "1.7777"
Zzzhiyi 2019-01-13 github

Proton 3.16 should have some improvement. The main menu doesn't hang for me but it's indeed sluggish. However, that could be related to that I'm using the integrated graphics card, producing only several fps.

Fflibitijibibo 2019-09-19 github

Seems this got reintroduced on or after 4.11-4. Disabling fsync/esync fixes the issue for me.

AAwesamLinux 2020-01-09 github

System Information

  • GPU: RX 5700
  • GPU Driver: Mesa 20.0.0-devel (git-472593e 2020-01-08 bionic-oibaf-ppa)
  • Kernel version: 5.3.18-050318-lowlatency
  • Distro version: 19.3 Tricia (64 bit) (Cinnamon)
  • Proton version: 4.11-11

Compatibility Report

Everything worked out of the box with good performance:
✔ Keyboard & Mouse controls
✔ Switching between fullscreen and desktop
✔ Fullscreen mode
✔ Loading game saves
✔ Nintendo Switch Pro Controller
✔ Good performance
✔ No rendering issues with ACO
✔ Videos

So for me, this is looking like it could be whitelisted

The log created by the game is huge so perhaps there is some issue that did not affect the user experience.
steam-268050.log.zip
system_info.txt

Kkentosama 2020-03-20 github

I have the same problem after upgrading to Debian testing. I upgraded to Debian unstable and the game still hangs on startup.

Capture d’écran du 2020-03-20 13-23-29

System information

  • GPU: R9 280X
  • GPU Driver: Mesa 20.0.2
  • Kernel version: 5.4.0-4-amd64
  • Distro version: Debian GNU/Linux bullseye/sid (64 bits) (Cinnamon)
  • Proton version: 5.0-4

system_info.txt
steam_268050.log

Kkisak-valve maintainer 2020-03-20 github

Hello @kentosama, can you check if setting the game's launch options to PROTON_NO_ESYNC=1 %command% has an effect?

Kkentosama 2020-03-24 github

Hello @kisak-valve with PROTON_NO_ESYNC=1 the game still hangs on loading screen.

Kkentosama 2020-04-04 github

After install ArchLinux, the game run without problem with Mesa 20.

Lluca-s 2021-01-11 github

[I am adding this report just for future reference]

I have a similar issue, the hame hangs forever at start-up, I can only see a black screen. The issue is related only to proton 5.13-4 and the game works fine with proton 5.0-10 instead (months ago I also played the game 90+ hours with proton 5.0-7 without issues).

EDIT: added system info and logs links

System info
proton 5.13-4 log - black screen
proton 5.0-10 log - works fine

Kkisak-valve maintainer 2021-01-11 github

Hello @luca-s, please add PROTON_LOG=1 %command% to the game's launch options and attach the generated $HOME/steam-$APPID.log to this issue report as a file. (Proton logs compress well if needed.) Also, please copy your system information from Steam (Steam -> Help -> System Information) and put it in a gist, then include a link to the gist in this issue report.

Lluca-s 2021-01-11 github

@kisak-valve updated my previous post with links to the files (thanks)

Kkisak-valve maintainer 2021-01-11 github

Thanks @luca-s, I think your system information is hinting that you're seeing https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-runtime/issues/312. Can you try temporarily disabling mesa/ANV with something like sudo mv /usr/share/vulkan/icd.d/intel_icd.x86_64.json /usr/share/vulkan/icd.d/intel_icd.x86_64.json.disabled and test if that has an effect?

Lluca-s 2021-01-12 github

You are right @kisak-valve , this is the same issue of ValveSoftware/steam-runtime#312. If I rename the file I can play the game.

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