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Bully: Scholarship edition

protonopen appid 12200Game compatibility - UnofficialXAudio2
ValveSoftware/Proton#517 · opened 2018-08-25 by Houtworm · updated 2025-03-22 · 10 comments · github · game page · search this game
HHoutworm 2018-08-25 github

Game runs perfectly under Arch Linux with Nvidia 396.54

AAccountOneOff 2018-08-31 github

It does but anti-aliasing results in a black screen with anything higher than x2. I also had to set PULSE_LATENCY_MSEC=60 %command% to fix audio crackling.

Vvanyasem 2018-09-08 github

Enabling anti-aliasing results in a black screen for me. https://gist.github.com/vanyasem/f787469ec8c50cdd3728340ef4c73269

Kkisak-valve maintainer 2018-09-09 github

Bully Schlarship edition

Issue transferred from https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton/issues/1365.
@palmer-eldritch posted on 2018-09-09T19:10:55:

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Symptoms

In the early proton release , bully scolarship edition worked wery fine. Hoever since a few days I've been getting a sound card error not compatible with dx9 and the game just stopes.
It used to work...

Reproduction

Not sure how you could get to reproduce tit now, if if you can get it work i'd love to know how you did it.

Steam app id is /12200/

Hope this could be of help , it just worked great before that (well you had to skip the annoyeing vieos but that's it..)

steam-12200.log
hope this can help
steam-12200.log

Kkorniux 2019-05-28 github

On Manjaro Linux with ATI 7500M I did:

  • Winetricks
    • quartz (installed it first or after d3d9 it will exits with error 5)
    • d3d9
    • xact
    • xinput
  • winecfg - display - simulate desktop
  • bully itself

Have some trouble with audio crackles/delay and .wmv cutscenes doesn't work as well.

TTheMackster 2019-09-01 github

The game boots up with a black screen with only audio, this is on the latest Proton 4-11.3
https://gist.github.com/TheMackster/4bcc49f5bcb54586a7e3084186e4a447

EDIT 1: reverting to proton 3.7 and 3.16-3 fixes the black screen and gamepad works.

EDIT 2: If I revert to 3.16-3 launch the game, then upgrade back to 4.11-3. I can get the video working, but gamepad and keyboard inputs don't work.

The best way to play this is in 3.16-3 (at least for me). Audio crackling still persists but like others have said, "PULSE_LATENCY_MSEC=60 %command%" doesn't fix it entirely but it improves it. This is the most optimal way to play (for now) and there's gamepad support. I think this is an issue with Proton, and I think Valve is responsible for fixing it because beta versions seem to work fine.

Ddoublez13 2021-01-24 github

When launching this game, I see the initial Bully splash screen, and then I get the screen below. I can hear the intro music, and then the menu buttons when I press the arrow keys.

Screenshot

steam-12200.log

Ssoleofthesea 2022-11-17 github

This game also has the issue that with certain keyboard layouts it fails to recognise RAlt (technically AltGr) input, which is needed for the music class. Worse, it's non-rebindable in game.

Would that be in scope to fix?

MMvEerd 2023-02-05 github

I hear a loud garbled/screeching audio sound when starting this game on the Steamdeck, I have tried Proton Experimental, 7.x and 6.x

Edit: After applying https://github.com/CookiePLMonster/SilentPatchBully the game works without issues

Xxperia64 2024-05-03 github

Not strictly an issue with Proton itself, but the current transcoded video cache being distributed by Steam appears to be incomplete/partially corrupt.

Only the Russian, French, Italian, and German intro cutscenes and the Rockstar logo cutscene appear to be present in the cache. It shows Proton's placeholder video for the other languages.

Wwestopia 2025-03-22 github

I hear a loud garbled/screeching audio sound when starting this game on the Steamdeck, I have tried Proton Experimental, 7.x and 6.x

Edit: After applying https://github.com/CookiePLMonster/SilentPatchBully the game works without issues

Is the patch can fix the audio issue?

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