ValveSoftware / ValveSoftware/Proton

Black screen in several RPGMaker games

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Description

Compatibility Report

  • Name of the game with compatibility issues: Princess Project (one example, some others as well)
  • Steam AppID of the game: 1106080
  • See workaround at end.

System Information

  • GPU: Radeon Vega 56
  • Driver/LLVM version: Mesa 20.0.2
  • Kernel version: 5.5.13
  • Link to full system information report as Gist:
  • Proton version: 5.0-5

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

Black screen in several games, audio from title playing so game is otherwise working

Reproduction

Starting the game.

Workaround

Seems to happen in games using ffmpegsumo.dll.
Upgrading from nwjs (https://nwjs.io) to 0.44.5 with actual ffmpeg.dll fixes problem and game starts correctly.

Questions remaining

Is it enough to work around that single DLL? Or are the other files also absolutely necessary (is it enough to detect just that DLL?)?
Is it possible to have Wine detect this or to include workaround or is the game update always needed?

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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 with the compatibility report for Princess Project (Steam AppID 1106080) and reproduce the black screen when launching it under Proton 5.0-5. Compare the behavior with NW.js 0.44.5 and the reported ffmpeg.dll workaround, then determine whether the issue can be narrowed to ffmpegsumo.dll or requires broader game or Proton changes.

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Assessment

Tech stack
linux
Domain
operating-systems
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
30/100

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