It tested it on proton 5.0.9, i was able to play some art of war scenarios without much trouble.

1. there is definitively an issue on splash screen about mp3
   
   if i click on "Tentative d'execution" , it does start.

2. I get an issue that may be unrelated to proton (a bug) on one of the scenario by getting all texture disappear in screen (all the 3d getting black, but the ui stay normal), i can not reproduce it later. I will try to create a log and post it here if i'm able to reproduce it. Reloading the game does fix this issue.

I am not able to play this using 5.13-X (works fine using 5.0-X).

It will launch its starter - which complains that my GPU would not support DirectX11 (although vulkan is installed and the GPU definitely does support it).
After that, it proceeds to launch the game, where only a black screen awaits and after a while Ubuntu detects the game froze and asks to kill the process.

Updating from NVIDIA drivers 450 to 455 didn't help.

I also attached the proton log
steam-933110.log

As additional info:
Using PROTON_USE_WINED3D11=1 with 5.13-4 does work and makes the game launch just fine.
Also attached the log for that, just in case.
steam-933110.log

There are, however, visible artifacts in the intro videos (which aren't present without PROTON_USE_WINED3D11=1 in 5.0-10). Didn't really test it thoroughly for other bugs, as I'd rather use 5.0-10 without wined3d11.

I have a feeling this could be related to a somewhat similar bug I had here:
https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton/issues/4298

In that case, using wined3d11 also fixed a problem (while introducing others).

@kisak-valve That is very interesting.
I'm actually not running an Optimus laptop at all and my laptop has a dedicated GPU, and only that GPU. Also see my system specs for that:

Video Card:
Driver: NVIDIA Corporation GeForce GTX 1060/PCIe/SSE2
Driver Version: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 455.38

I actually bought that laptop specifically to avoid all the usual Optimus troubles on Linux.
It's this one:
https://www.msi.com/Laptop/GE62vr-6rF-Apache-Pro/Specification

So it actually looks like the problem might be later versions of Proton not recognizing the GPU correctly under some circumstances (when vulkan is used)?

Edit: I swear I actually don't use actually that often.

Everything is working fine on both hardware Nvidia or AMD. For me and my friends. Its fine with latest proton versions as well as Proton GE versions. Except a 1 caveat which is xbox live integration for joining a clan , however it is not required for anything else. We can open another issue for that as its not just AOE specific and also effects MCC, sea of thieves and others. Again it is not required to play any of the above !

this issue can be closed @kisak-valve

I don't think this can be closed, because the same problem happens to me on other games - just a black screen and nothing else in newer Proton versions, whereas 5.0-X versions work just fine.

I really do think something along these lines is the problem:

So it actually looks like the problem might be later versions of Proton not recognizing the GPU correctly under some circumstances (when vulkan is used)?

However, maybe it would be better to rename this topic or make a new one for what is clearly a bug affecting multiple games (not all, somehow).

XBOX Live Sign In does not work nor do the US challenges, they reset every time the game is closed and opened.

How to not reset US challenges in centos 8 ? I really need that american

African maps do not load

Since the African DLC launched, I am unable to play online or via LAN

I can confirm what dhollinger said.

In my house, we have 2 machines running Arch Linux, and one running Windows 10. Since the last update, the two Arch machines running AOE3 through Proton cannot see or join any games, either online or via LAN (the "Browse Games" list is just empty). Direct invitations from the Windows player do appear in game, but attempting to actually join a game that way fails with the message "Host Rejected".

This issue occurs regardless of what version of Proton is used.

Steam System Information
Proton Log

Related post on the Age of Empires official forum, that appears to contain a possible cause for the issues: https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/due-to-the-borked-map-file-encryption-for-african-maps-linux-proton-users-are-unable-to-use-them-play-multiplayer/140245

DLCs previously bought used to be playable and show in game, but now they are no longer available in-game. It says to buy the DLC, but it has been bought and installed. Multiplayer still does not work.

Do we have any update on this or should I just move on to AoE2 or 4?

Do we have any update on this or should I just move on to AoE2 or 4?

Only AOE2 works properly as of now. AOE3 is still broken and so is 4.

Do we have any update on this or should I just move on to AoE2 or 4?

Only AOE2 works properly as of now. AOE3 is still broken and so is 4.

AOE4 finally has a workaround that makes the textures visible, but it requires some extra files and either Proton-GE or Proton Experimental IIRC

Looks like the issues related to AOEIII-DE may have to do with an issue in BattleServer.exe:

Crash Log: 2021-11-11_11:56:36_appid-933110_crash.log

Proton Log:
steam-933110.log

As has been mentioned elsewhere, it does appear as though the map files from the newest DLC have been obfuscated. The C Source and XML files report as simply binary data files when checked with the file command while the core map files return as the correct file type.

@kisak-valve is there anything we can do to try and pinpoint what, if anything, in Proton is missing that allows the game to know how to read these files so that users can play multiplayer again?

Tracking note: This compatibility report was originally opened against the beta variant of this game (1211010), but past the initial post, the entirety of the feedback has been for the main release variant of this game. In hindsight, we shouldn't have done this and tracked feedback for the main game separately, but at this point it'd be more counterproductive to fragment discussion for the main game release (933110) over multiple issue reports, so I'm switching this compatibility report to align with the most feedback.

hello, ready understood that there was already a problem report, although what I add to the report is about the problem, handling wine and proton is based on it, apparently the encryption or decryption with aes is not working in wine ,"proton"
crypt: get_gnutls_cipher AES Mode 1 with key length 64 not compatible wine linux or will the report be sent to wine directly?

I am encountering the "progress not saved" bug under Proton 6.3 and Experimental. This is resolved when Proton 5.13 is used. The bug has been previously reported and user Epiqure provided the temporary solution of downgrading to the 5.x branch of the software six months back.

The distro does not seem to be relevant as it is seen on everything from Pop to Ubuntu to Arch to Fedora.

@kisak-valve

• System Information
• Steam Log - 933110

Steps:

• Delete 933110 folders from compatdata and userdata
• Start game
• Change Home City from Germans to British
• Add new deck and add random cards to it
• Go back to main menu and exit game
• Start game again
• None of the changes are saved

I've also got the "progress not saved" under both Proton 6.3 and Experimental. Downgrading to Proton 5.13 solves the issue, but then I can't join multiplayer games.

• Steam System Information
• Proton Log

Steps to reproduce:

• Start game;
• Change Home City to any other civilization;
• Go to "Deck Builder" and create a new deck with random cards, save it;
• Go back to home screen, Home City returns to previous one;
• If you search for the created deck, it isn't there.

@arafek

I can't join multiplayer games.

Have you tried the ucrtbase.dll replacement trick that works with the other Age games?

• Create a temp folder somewhere and cd into it.
• wget "https://aka.ms/vs/16/release/vc_redist.x64.exe"
• cabextract vc_redist.x64.exe
• cabextract a10
• Copy the ucrtbase.dll file from that folder into ~/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/compatdata/933110/pfx/drive_c/windows/system32

I just tried it, I still get the "Host rejected" error when trying to join or host a casual multiplayer game.

@arafek the problem is with uncrypt african maps, wine don't support that decrypted, i report the bug on winehq

@tridoxx I couldn't find the winehq bug you filed for some reason - could you link it here?

@alasky17 https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=52158 look.

ey everybody multyplayer problem with decrypt maps is fixed using, Proton 6.21 GE plz try and check if work for you, i am playing on this moment, bay bay bugwindows.

@tridoxx it's important to note that players should manually select the map they want to use if they play multiplayer. I had to re-setup a game with my wife last night because it selected an African DLC map and still couldn't decrypt it.

@dhollinger very strange, i will try to test african map, but steam don't show on logs, the error abut decrpyt

you same test on mexico maps?

@tridoxx I don't have the African or Mexican DLC. I'll buy it and re-test. Maybe it was just a fluke

@kisak-valve I am not the person you asked the info from, but I suffer from the same regression.

steam-933110.log
https://gist.github.com/AliceDTRH/9029b50bd5a0d68e77a13da06556e3ef

The game now works again with wine 7.1 or proton-ge 7.1

It should work on proton 7.0-5, as i was able to play on it a few days prior. But since the update to 7.0-6, it seems that multiplayer no longer works. I would like to test if it was my PC updating or proton updating which broke multiplayer, but I don't know where to find a viable proton 7.0-5 build. Downgrading my PC is just not viable by the amount of packages updated.

There ya go
steam-933110.log
https://gist.github.com/Zetabite/d1cd2109fd4717550a24a3a6faa752f5

@Zetabite We are hoping that the networking regression is fixed with Experimental Bleeding-Edge. Could you confirm and let us know if there are any AOE III multiplayer things that were previously working on 7.0-5 that are still not working? To switch to bleeding-edge, you will need to force the game to use Proton Experimental (which you can do on a per-game basis by right-clicking on the game and going to "compatibility tool"), and also switch Experimental to the bleeding-edge beta branch.

@alasky17 i tried it and can confirm that the issue has been indeed fixed. what i noted that i had my first ever game desync, but it has only happened once and then not again. i havent played a lot yet with the new proton, so i will let you know if it changes. but atm it seems its fixed, hooray :D

@alasky17 In my case the startup splash screen for the game flickers and then the game crashes. Please find the compatibility report below.

Compatibility Report

• Name of the game with compatibility issues: Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition
• Steam AppID of the game: 933110

System Information

• GPU: RX 6850M XT
• Driver/LLVM version: Mesa 23.0.0
• Kernel version: 6.2.8
• Link to full system information report as Gist: here
• Proton version: 7.0-6

I confirm:

• [ ] 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.

steam-933110.log

Symptoms

The startup splash screen displays normally, then flickers and the game crashes with the error report dialog:

Reproduction

Start the game with Proton 7.0-6 to reproduce the crash above. Under Proton 5.0-10, the game starts up with audio and a white screen and the MP3 codec error message is displayed.

Replying to https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton/issues/3712#issuecomment-1484787888

so strange for me is working the last year after proton update, i use proton experimental pop_os 22.04 kernel 6.2.6, ryzen 55600g, rtx3060ti maybe drivers problem?.

Replying to [#3712 (comment)](https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton/issues/3712#issuecomment-1484787888)

so strange for me is working the last year after proton update, i use proton experimental pop_os 22.04 kernel 6.2.6, ryzen 55600g, rtx3060ti maybe drivers problem?.

@tridoxx @alasky17 @kisak-valve Proton Experimental doesn't cause the game to crash anymore, instead the game is immediately minimized. When I restore the game window, it is not shown, but my mouse cursor disappears and animations for other windows and my desktop environment lag. Since I can still reproduce the original crash on Proton-7.0-6 and Proton-8.0-1, I doubt anything has changed on the Mesa side between 23.0.1 and 23.0.2.

steam-933110.log

on proton-GE 7-55 it crashes when you launch the game, it works with proton 7.0 tho but i would assume the multiplayer won't work
update : it works with proton-GE 8-01

on proton-GE 7-55 it crashes when you launch the game, it works with proton 7.0 tho but i would assume the multiplayer won't work update : it works with proton-GE 8-01

@josef256 For me it shows the same behaviour with GE-Proton8-1 as with Proton Experimental.

steam-933110.log

If anybody has complaints from friends, while playing AoEIII:DE, that they are experiencing a lot of lag spikes, then see Arkanosis' comment here. His solution for AoEII:DE seems to also have fixed my issue on AoEIII:DE. Note that on my end, the game appeared to have no lag, but all my friends were complaining heavily.