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[379720] DOOM (2016)

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Description

Compatibility Report

  • Name of the game with compatibility issues: DOOM(2016)
  • Steam AppID of the game:379720

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.

Symptoms

Game does not launch, error message in blue box is shown below:

Configured log listener print-redirect tags
Added structured log listener print-redirect
Added structured log listener mp-cloud-gobbler
2020-02-21T20:58:08.317+00:00 LOG: Process started
Added structured log listener aws-kinesis-logger
Winsock Initialized
------ Initializing File System ------
Current search path:
- C:/users/steamuser/Saved Games/id Software/DOOM/base/
- E:/SteamLibrary/steamapps/common/DOOM/base/
------ File System initialized.
------ Command Line ------
"E:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\DOOM\DOOMx64.exe"
2020-02-21T20:58:08.327+00:00 LOG: Command Line: "E:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\DOOM\DOOMx64.exe"
------ CPU Information ------
1 CPU package, 4 physical cores, 8 logical cores
3800 MHz Intel CPU with MMX & SSE & SSE2 & SSE3 & SSSE3 & SSE41 & SSE42 & AVX & HTT
32768 kB 1st level cache, 262144 kB 2nd level cache, 6291456 kB 3rd level cache
23696 MB System Memory
initializing resource container gameresources.resources
initializing resource container gameresources.patch
idLib::SetProduction( PROD_PRODUCTION )
------- Initializing renderSystem --------
PreliminaryRenderSetup
---registered window class
---registered fake window class
---registered context window class
X..WGL_EXT_swap_control_tear not found
unknown error: 0x578
FATAL ERROR: wglCreateContextAttribsARB failed
Dumped console text to C:\users\steamuser\Saved Games\id Software\DOOM\base\ErrorLog_02-21-2020__08-58-08pm.txt.

idRenderSystem::Shutdown()
Shutting down OpenGL subsystem


FATAL ERROR: wglCreateContextAttribsARB failed


Proton Logs:

https://gist.github.com/DAMO238/87121b4a885a0d4b92e70a9b18a0bc19

Reproduction

Simply start the game from steam with all default settings.

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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 with the linked Proton log and reproduce by launching DOOM (Steam AppID 379720) with default settings. Trace the reported wglCreateContextAttribsARB failure; done means the game launches without the fatal render-system error.

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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
25/100

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