Hello @HubsChromeFreeze, 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/3834#issuecomment-3478743291.
My apologies. Did not see this was last active in June, thought it was due for a new post since it was created around 4 years ago.
ge-proton10-25x1 2025-11proton 6.3-8x1 2025-11PROTON_USE_WINED3D=1x1 2025-11
Compatibility Report
System Information
I confirm:
Proton Log:
https://gist.github.com/HubsChromeFreeze/95fa4109fa718ff7637426ba64e8f9e5
Proton logs do not appear in the provided location by the template. This could be because debian-installation has put it in a bad spot where it's hard to find, or it is Proton itself crashing and generates this report and no log.
Symptoms
Using any of the above Proton will yield different results;
For 9.0-4, the game will crash during the startup sequence, right around as the cutscene begins. No menus besides the EULA agreement screen are reached.
For more experimental versions, the game often will not launch at all, or produces an identical result, kicking to the Unity Crash Handler.
For older versions, down to 5.13-6, the game will either crash immediately -- or in the case of Proton 6.3-8, will NOT crash at the described location and will instead cause the game to freeze as the menu cutscene says "Waiting for system assets to initialize.." (exact number of periods too), not loading and not crashing. This is as far as I have been able to reach.
Reproduction
Launch the game with hardware and software as described.
Notes: PROTON_USE_WINED3D=1 causes the game under MOST Proton versions (if it does not crash) to not successfully load (or at least load so slowly my patience ran out -- so about 5-10 minutes). A long list (which I cannot remember, unfortunately) of other launch options have been tried, to no positive effect.
Edit: Fixed links.