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Pat & Mat (65710)

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Description

Compatibility Report

  • Name of the game with compatibility issues: Pat & Mat
  • Steam AppID of the game: 65710

System Information

  • GPU: NVIDIA Corporation GeForce GTX 680/PCIe/SSE2
  • Driver/LLVM version: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 390.48
  • Kernel version: 4.15.0-33-generic
  • Link to full system information report as Gist: link
  • Proton version: 3.7-6

I confirm:

  • that I haven't found an existing compatibility report for this game.
  • that I have checked whether there are updates for my system available.

Symptoms

Game propably contains WMV videos, so error pop up window is shown before any playback (I cant see event first frame, just black screen and error dialog). "CPAL3D: Cannot initialize windows media video playback. Please reinstall the game." ... and then game is terminated.

Contributor guide

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First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start by reproducing Pat & Mat with Proton 3.7-6 and review the linked system report alongside the WMV playback error. Investigate the game's startup video path and confirm the issue is resolved when the game reaches playback without the error dialog or termination.

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Assessment

Domain
desktop, operating-systems
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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