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Mary Skelter: Nightmares

protonopen appid 837610Game compatibility - UnofficialXAudio2
ValveSoftware/Proton#3400 · opened 2020-01-02 by Sanaki · updated 2021-06-25 · 2 comments · github · game page · search this game
SSanaki 2020-01-02 github

Compatibility Report

  • Name of the game with compatibility issues: Mary Skelter: Nightmares
  • Steam AppID of the game: 837610

System Information

I confirm:

  • [✔] that I haven't found an existing compatibility report for this game.
  • [✔] that I have checked whether there are updates for my system available.

steam-837610.log

Symptoms

Game crashes on attempting to load the intro video with "Unable to create custom presenter"

Reproduction

Start the game.

Workaround

Rename the MOVIE directory to bypass the intro video playing. Movies are wmv.

Kkisak-valve maintainer 2020-01-02 github

Possible line of interest from the log: fixme:dxva2:DXVA2CreateDirect3DDeviceManager9 (14BA9954, 14BA999C): stub

SSanaki 2021-06-25 github

New test on Proton 6.3-5 with a clean prefix:
Still crashes if the MOVIE directory is present, but the error is now as follows:
Graphics\DirectXValidate.cpp (5) : DXFAIL : Invalid parameter.
steam-837610.log

Log appears to indicate it's an mfplat issue.

I attempted playing further with the MOVIE directory renamed just to see stable the game was, but shortly after the first fight in the game it crashed. Another log of this crash (zipped due to size):
steam-837610.log.zip

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