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Dark Messiah of Might & Magic Single Player (2100)

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Game compatibility - Unofficial Regression
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Description

Compatibility Report

  • Name of the game with compatibility issues: Dark Messiah singleplayer
  • Steam AppID of the game: 2100

System Information

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.

steam-2100.log

Symptoms

When I launch the game, it hangs on a black screen with Proton 5 and 4. The game works fine with Proton 3.16, 3.7, etc. Also tested with d9vk, without d9vk, with d3dcompiler_42 + d3d9x from Winetricks.

Reproduction

Launch the game with Proton 5 or 4.

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First steps

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  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 the black-screen hang when launching Dark Messiah single-player with Proton 5 or 4, comparing it with the reported working Proton 3.16 and 3.7 versions. Inspect the attached steam-2100.log and the provided system information; done means identifying a reproducible cause or documenting the compatibility findings.

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Assessment

Tech stack
linux
Domain
operating-systems
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
20/100

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