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LOTRO hangs on black screen after launcher with Proton Hotfix, works with Proton 9.0-6

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ValveSoftware/Proton#9432 · opened 2026-01-24 by elektronikfabrik · updated 2026-01-24 · 1 comments · github
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Eelektronikfabrik 2026-01-24 github

Game: The Lord of the Rings Online (Steam AppID 212500)

Behavior:

  • Launcher starts and works normally
  • After login, when the actual game client starts, screen goes black
  • Brief audio can be heard for ~0.5s
  • Game then hangs indefinitely

This worked previously with Proton Hotfix for several weeks.
After recent updates it no longer works.

Workaround:

  • Forcing Proton 9.0-6 makes the game start and run normally.

System:

  • Fedora 43
  • Desktop: (GNOME/KDE, Wayland or X11 – optional)
  • GPU: (AMD RX9070XT)
Kkisak-valve maintainer 2026-01-24 github

Hello @elektronikfabrik, 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/1816#issuecomment-3795314490.

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