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Avernum 4

protonclosed appid 206020Game compatibility - Unofficial
ValveSoftware/Proton#4792 · opened 2021-05-01 by xenopeek · updated 2021-05-02 · 3 comments · github · game page · search this game
Xxenopeek 2021-05-01 github

Compatibility Report

  • Name of the game with compatibility issues: Avernum 4
  • Steam AppID of the game: 206020

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.

steam-206020.log

Symptoms

After clicking to play the game a black window opens which then resizes to full screen and instead of the game load screen appearing it immediately crashes. I take it this happens when it tries to switch to 1024x768 resolution in 16 bit color. That's the only resolution the game works on and it can't play in a window.

The game worked fine with Mesa 20.3.4 but after upgrading to Mesa 21 it crashes as described.

Reproduction

  1. Upgrade to Mesa 21.x
  2. Click to play the game
  3. It cashes as described

After downgrading to Mesa 20.3.4 the game will play again.

Update: upgrade to Mesa 21.0.3-3 includes fix for the issue that caused the game to stop working with Steam Play.

Kkisak-valve maintainer 2021-05-01 github

Blind guess that your issue is https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/-/issues/3969.

Xxenopeek 2021-05-01 github

I think you hit the nail on the head @kisak-valve, that looks like it. I see a patch was done today so I'll wait for a Mesa update and hopefully that will fix it and make this game compatible again. Thanks for the quick response!

Xxenopeek 2021-05-02 github

Update to Mesa 21.0.3-3 on Arch Linux includes the patch from the issue you linked to. After updating the immediately runs again so I think I can close this? Thanks for your quick pointer to the right suspect.

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