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Guild Wars 2 launcher is glitching

protonclosed appid 1284210
ValveSoftware/Proton#9686 · opened 2026-04-20 by vlad-teodor · updated 2026-04-20 · 1 comments · github · game page · search this game
Vvlad-teodor 2026-04-20 github

Compatibility Report

  • Name of the game with compatibility issues: Guild Wars 2
  • Steam AppID of the game: 1284210

System Information

  • GPU: Intel Arc 140V
  • Video driver version: Mesa 25.3.6
  • Kernel version: 6.19.12-200.fc43.x86_64
  • Link to full system information report as Gist: here
  • Proton version: Experimental (10+

I confirm:

  • [ ] that I haven't found an existing compatibility report for this game.
    • the existing compatibility report mentions a different issue
  • [x] that I have checked whether there are updates for my system available.

Symptoms

Launcher is glitching out and lagging on newer Proton versions, using almost 100% GPU. This is better with older versions of Proton.
It seems to also be mentioned by others in the ProtonDB page.

The glitching does not affect the gameplay, but it makes the system almost unusable while the game is updating, which may be a long time on slower connections, especially on first launch.

Reproduction

Launch the game with different Proton versions:

  • 9.0-4 - animations (e.g. minimise) work, XWayland uses ~50% GPU
  • 10.0-4, 11.0 (beta), Experimental - glitches, XWayland uses 90% GPU
Kkisak-valve maintainer 2026-04-20 github

Hello @vlad-teodor, 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/6547#issuecomment-4282468871.

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