Hello @BackOrder, I'm not seeing hints of .NET in the log, but it does look like this game is hitting the same snafu as https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton/issues/3331#issuecomment-567533598. It may be worth retesting once progress is made on that issue.
Hello @kisak-valve , this is usually not a problem for newer games but I did test with Proton 4.2-9 for good measure. Unfortunately, no cake. Always glad to see you around. I wish you happy happy holidays!
@kisak-valve @BackOrder I'm also hitting this problem. Tried with Proton 4 through to Proton 5.0-9.
It does show some visuals now (attached) but gets stuck on a black screen after the autosave screen.
Log is attached. Any ideas on this? Two of the turn based strategy games I want to play have game breaking issues (this and Gears Tactics). I seem to be doomed :)
Thank you
Log: https://pastebin.com/keyYj0Us
Screenshots:
https://imgur.com/G88BBAt
https://imgur.com/Mb5kQBZ
Tested Proton-5.9-GE-6-ST (log) and proton-5.0-10-rc4 (log).
Both stall on a black screen after the loading/autosave screens.
Steam system info
With proton-5.0-10-rc4 + <Workaround removed by moderator>, you can hear but not see the developer/publisher logos video play, then you see the loading/autosave screens, then it stalls with a black screen just when the intro video should play. Still stalls in the same place after deleting the video files.
The game does work with Wine-staging 5.17. You can hear but not see the developer/publisher logos video play, the rest of the game seems to play fine, videos and all. Lots of mfplat messages in the Lutris log.
Adding <Workaround removed by moderator> to the Wine-staging 5.17 prefix makes it stall on the usual black screen, with lots of ntdll messages in the Lutris log.
Updated post with system info and Proton logs.
Hello @dpanter, the workaround you mentioned is legally problematic and has been removed.
Sorry about that. It was included only for reference as it doesn't actually fix anything in this case.
Retested with 5.13-1b, same result as before, stalling on a black screen after autosave screen.
steam-914110_513.log
proton 5.0-10x1 2020-09proton 5.9-ge-6x1 2020-09proton 5.0-9x1 2020-06proton 4.2-9x1 2019-12PROTON_USE_WINED3D=1:x1 2019-12
Compatibility Report
System Information
I confirm:
Proton log with a pristine installation: steam-914110.001.log
Proton log with PROTON_USE_WINED3D=1: steam-914110.wined3d.log
Proton log with dotnet40 installed: steam-914110.dotnet40.log
Proton log with MF libraries installed (@kisak-valve I own a licence to Windows 7/10 to be clear): steam-914110.mf.log
Symptoms
The game loads and a auto saving page shows up but then the screen remains black. The game cursor is still working.
Additionally, you will find a log with dotnet40 trick installed. It's unclear whether it needs dotnet 4.0 or not but the log spew something about it, so I gave it a try. Waiting few minutes after no activity did output more in the log. Might be interesting, might not.
Installing MF libraries does help where audio is working and it displays a loading screen and so on but it gets stuck further down the road.
Reproduction