Hello @williewillus, it looks like depot 2227431 includes xaudio2_9redist.dll and d3dcompiler_47.dll, so I'd expect that to be beside the game binary and used.
Sorry, looks like this is a false positive. I did a full reinstall/verify and things seem to work now. Thanks!
xaudio2_9redist.dllx2 2023-03d3dcompiler_47.dllx1 2023-03
Compatibility Report
System Information
Arch Linux packages
I confirm:
Symptoms
Two issues. One, xaudio2 is missing DLLs. After downloading the xaudio2 32-bit DLL by hand and placing it into the game directory, an additional crash is observed due to missing shader functionality.
Reproduction
xaudio2_9redist.dllsomehow (I downloaded the official NuGet package and extracted the dll from the zip) and place it into the game folder