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protonopen appid 1683150Game compatibility - Unofficial
ValveSoftware/Proton#7352 · opened 2023-12-15 by Sweeper5 · updated 2023-12-21 · 2 comments · github · game page · search this game
SSweeper5 2023-12-15 github
  • Steam AppID of the game: 1683150

System Information

  • GPU: RTX 2080 Ti
  • Video driver version: NVIDIA 545.29.06
  • Kernel version: 6.6.6
  • Link to full system information report as Gist:
  • Proton version: Proton Experimental, Bleeding edge and normal tested

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.

Proton Log file:
steam-1683150.zip

Symptoms

Game doesn't start, once you click "Launch" in Steam you are presented with a black screen and it doesn't progress from there.
Checking out the log, it seems to behave the same way with either Proton Experimental (Bleeding Edge) or the normal Proton Experimental as well as Proton 8.0-4.

Reproduction

  1. Have an Arch Linux install.
  2. Try to launch the game.
SSultanARIA1387 2023-12-17 · hidden on GitHub github

Nicee

SSweeper5 2023-12-21 github

Just to add to the issue, I ran the game on my laptop, which is also an Arch system with similar packages installed.
Both of the machines are Ryzen 1st gen machines, but the GPU on the laptop is an AMD Integrated GPU.
While it runs the game poorly, it runs and it starts up nicely, so this seems to be related to Nvidia.

It seems very similar to the freezing issues that was happening to Age of Empires 2 Definitive Edition until an update to Proton Experimental was made.
I wouldn't rule out this being another Nvidia screwup.

Proton versions