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Might & Magic Heroes VII

protonopen appid 321960Game compatibility - Unofficial.NET
ValveSoftware/Proton#3005 · opened 2019-08-23 by kartoffelsup · updated 2021-09-20 · 2 comments · github · game page · search this game
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Kkartoffelsup 2019-08-23 github

Compatibility Report

  • Name of the game with compatibility issues: Might & Magic Heroes VII
  • Steam AppID of the game: 321960

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.

Symptoms

Trying to launch the Game from Steam after a fresh installation results in:

Unable to locate Uplay PC.
Please reinstall Uplay PC

steam-321960.log_1.zip

Executing Uplay via wine directly once and logging in:
env WINEPREFIX=/mnt/Games/Steam/steamapps/compatdata/321960/pfx wine64 /mnt/Games/Steam/steamapps/compatdata/321960/pfx/drive_c/Program\ Files\ \(x86\)/Ubisoft/Ubisoft\ Game\ Launcher/Uplay.exe
then closing it (Uplay) again and launching the Game from Steam seems to solve this issue.

However, this leads me to the second issue. After getting the Uplay error fixed, and running the Game from Steam, it successfully launches
Uplay and then shows the game's loading splash. But after the loading splash disappears, nothing else happens.

The game is shown as 'Running' in Steam and the process is also running, but the game windows never appears unfortunately.

steam-321960.log_2.zip

Running the game directly via wine to leads to the game actually launching:
env WINEPREFIX=/mnt/Games/Steam/steamapps/compatdata/321960/pfx wine64 /mnt/Games/Steam/steamapps/common/Might\ \&\ Magic\ Heroes\ VII/Binaries/Win64/MMH7Game-Win64-Shipping.exe
But unfortunately the performance is very bad (lag spikes, low fps).

Reproduction

Launching the Game from Steam does not work.

Mmozo78 2019-08-23 github

You can use D9VK and the game runs pretty well:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edJbrnaolA0
Yes, with Proton the exe runs in the background hence the game doesn't work. With Wine-Staging and D9VK the game is working fine except the messed music in the latest DLC Trial by Fire. In the main game the music is fine.

Kkisak-valve maintainer 2021-09-20 github

[Might and Magic HerosVII] Unable to locale Uplay PC.

Issue transferred from https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton/issues/5170.
@damon-kwok posted on 2021-09-20T11:23:14:

Might and Magic Heros VII: Unable to locale Uplay PC. Please reinstall Uplay PC.
OS: Linux (Manjaro)
Kernel: 5.13.15

# uname -a
Linux damon-manjaro 5.13.15-1-MANJARO #1 SMP PREEMPT Wed Sep 8 14:12:50 UTC 2021 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Screenshot from 2021-09-20 19-25-05

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