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Football Manager 2011

protonopen appid 34220Game compatibility - Unofficial
ValveSoftware/Proton#5396 · opened 2021-12-10 by Ud4ba · updated 2026-01-24 · 8 comments · github · game page · search this game
UUd4ba 2021-12-10 github

Compatibility Report

  • Name of the game with compatibility issues:Wont start at all
  • Steam AppID of the game:Football Manager 2011

System Information

  • GPU: <GTX 970 -->
  • Driver/LLVM version:
  • Kernel version: <5.14 -->
  • Proton version:Tried with all versions

Is there any way to make Football Manager 2011 run under Proton on steam ?
All i can find is this : https://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=application&iId=12250
When i try to run the game wont do anything and i can launch it again . Tried with DX9 command with no luck .
Am i missing something?

Kkisak-valve maintainer 2021-12-10 github

Hello @Ud4ba, please add PROTON_LOG=1 %command% to the game's launch options and attach the generated $HOME/steam-$APPID.log to this issue report as a file. (Proton logs compress well if needed.) Also, please copy your system information from Steam (Steam -> Help -> System Information) and put it in a gist, then include a link to the gist in this issue report.

UUd4ba 2021-12-10 github

steam-34220.log
There is it!
Thanks for your quick answer.

Kkisak-valve maintainer 2021-12-10 github

Thanks, warn:debugstr:OutputDebugStringA ":51:25: error: syntax error, unexpected NEW_IDENTIFIER\n" looks like a line of interest from your log, which is shortly followed by an access violation (c0000005) and the game fails there.

UUd4ba 2021-12-10 github

Someone recommend me do this : (but cant seem to make it done)

run football manager with proton 6.3 and run WINEPREFIX=/home/$USER/.steam/root/steamapps/compatdata/34220/pfx WINE=/home/$USER/.steam/root/steamapps/common/Proton\ 6.3/dist/bin/wine winecfg in terminal. You may need to change the one or both of the paths if proton and/or football manager are installed on a separate drive.

Once you have done this a wine config window should pop up, go to the 'libraries' tab. 'In the new override for library' box type and add:

d3dx9_36

d3dx9_41

d3dx9_42

gameux (once you add this one find it in the list and push edit and set it to 'disabled')

wlanapi

After this go and push apply and close the window then try launch the game and see if it works.

UUd4ba 2022-01-19 github

With PROTON_USE_WINED3D=1 %command%
I get this log
steam-34220.log

Ggundenaf 2026-01-21 github

Greetings, I can get the game running by doing the following:

  • Using Proton Experimental
  • Using these Steam launch options: -windowed -small_screen
  • Installing d3dx9_43 and d3dcompiler_47 via protontricks: protontricks 34220 d3dx9_43 d3dcompiler_47
UUd4ba 2026-01-24 github

Replying to https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton/issues/5396#issuecomment-3779121291

how do you installing d3dx9_43 and d3dcompiler_47 via protontricks ?

Ggundenaf 2026-01-24 github

Replying to [#5396 (comment)](https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton/issues/5396#issuecomment-3779121291)

@Ud4ba

protontricks 34220 d3dx9_43 d3dcompiler_47

This is exactly the command you can run in the terminal.