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Proton Hotfix/Experimental suddenly doesn't work with VKB Gladiator NXT EVO R

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ValveSoftware/Proton#8662 · opened 2025-05-06 by maevii · updated 2025-05-06 · 1 comments · github
Mmaevii 2025-05-06 github

Compatibility Report

  • Name of the game with compatibility issues: Elite Dangerous (though I also tested another program within the same wine prefix and ran into the same problem, so it seems to be an issue with Proton itself)
  • Steam AppID of the game: 359320

System Information

  • GPU: RTX 3080 12GB
  • Video driver version: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 570.124.04
  • Kernel version: 6.12.19
  • Link to full system information report as Gist: here
  • Proton version: latest Hotfix and Experimental as of 2025-05-06

Symptoms

I use a VKB NXT EVO Omnithrottle L with an NXT EVO R (Premium version), and after updating Proton my right stick stopped working completely (anything inside the wine prefix was unable to receive any axis or button input from it, even if it was connected without the left stick). Reverting to Proton 9.0-4 fixed the issue.

I also checked the registry with protontricks 359320 regedit, and although both joysticks were identified and in their respective HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/System/CurrentControlSet/Enum/WINEBUS/VID_.../0&... both had Service correctly set to winehid, for some reason the right joystick's 0&... dir was named 0&0000&0&0&0. I also noticed that a new VID_... dir with the correct 0&... popped up after changing the Proton version to 9.0-4 or lower.

I also tried completely rm -rf-ing the wine prefix and reinstalling the game to no avail.

Reproduction

Attempt to use a VKB NXT EVO R Premium on the latest Proton Hotfix/Experimental version.

Kkisak-valve maintainer 2025-05-06 github

Hello @romner-set, we're using one issue report per unofficially supported game title, so I've gone ahead and transferred this issue report to https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton/issues/150#issuecomment-2855734707.

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