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Alone in the Dark [2008]

protonopen appid 259170Game compatibility - Unofficial
ValveSoftware/Proton#2614 · opened 2019-04-30 by AwesamLinux · updated 2025-08-20 · 6 comments · github · game page · search this game
AAwesamLinux 2019-04-30 github

Compatibility Report

  • Name of the game with compatibility issues: Alone in the Dark (2008)
  • Steam AppID of the game: 259170

System Information

Distro: Linux Mint 19.1 Tessa (64 bit)
GPU: Vega 56
Driver/LLVM version: Mesa 19.1.0-devel/9.0.0
Kernel version: 5.0.10-050010-lowlatency
Proton version: 4.2-3

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.

Symptoms

Game crashes when starting "new game" from the main menu. Also if hitting any key while intro videos are playing the game pauses for 2 seconds and then proceeds playing the video (the videos are .bik (Bink Video)).

steam-259170_proton-3.16-4.log
steam-259170_proton-3.16-9.log
steam-259170_proton-4.2-3.log
system_info.txt

Note changing between Protons triggers a key reactivation.

Reproduction

launch the game > wait for the intro videos to play > select "new game" loading screen pops up and then the game crashes.

PPatola 2019-07-07 github

Happens the same with me:
steam-259170.log
system_info.txt

AAwesamLinux 2019-08-03 · hidden on GitHub github

System Information

  • GPU: RX VEGA 56
  • GPU Driver: Mesa ACO 19.1.0+aco+git1564747450-10690f8d9e6-1bionic1 (Valves PPA)
  • Kernel version: 5.2.5-050205-lowlatency
  • Distro version: Linux Mint 19.1 Tessa (64 bit) (Cinnamon Desktop)
  • Proton version: 4.11-1
  • System information: system_info.txt

Retest report

Same problems persist, game crashes after hitting new game from the main menu. Also the issue with the intro videos pausing when pressing a button remain. I also tested with and without D9VK.

steam-259170.log
steam-259170-d9vk.log

AAwesamLinux 2020-03-14 github

System Information

  • GPU: RX 5700 ITX
  • GPU Driver: 20.1.0-devel (git-cfa299e 2020-03-12 bionic-oibaf-ppa)
  • Kernel version: 5.3.18-050318-lowlatency
  • Distro version: 19.3 Tricia (64 bit) (Cinnamon)
  • Proton version: 5.0-4

Retest Compatibility Report

Problem remains, when selecting new game from the main menu, the game crashes.

steam-259170.log
system_info.txt

PPatola 2023-10-12 github

Bump!
problem still happening.

PPatola 2023-10-12 github

steam-259170-proton804-no-parameters.log
First run: no parameters (other than the PROTON_LOG=1 variable)
steam-259170-proton804-wined3d.log
Second run: PROTON_WINED3D=1 so that it doesn't use dxvk

My system info: https://gist.github.com/Patola/5b0f3d30bfdbf276b183d32f997c8500

BBlisto91 2025-08-20 github

To help the crash issue on new game one can run it with WINE_CPU_TOPOLOGY=8 %command% as it does not like systems with 10 or more logical cores. This is the same crash behavior as on Windows

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