Project Freedom (34810)

Compatibility Report

• Name of the game with compatibility issues: Project Freedom
• Steam AppID of the game: 34810

System Information

• GPU: AMD Radeon RX 580
• Driver/LLVM version: Mesa 20.0.7
• Distro version: Arch Linux
• Link to full system information report as Gist:
• Proton version: 5.0-7

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

• The movies are playing, but no video, only audio: Same as here: https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton/issues/3908
  On Windows there are issues with the videos too: https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Project_Freedom#Game_crashes_due_to_missing_codecs
• Frame drops, specifically when aiming and shooting. (with dxkv and wined3d)
  The problem also seems to exist on Windows too: See https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Project_Freedom: Key points

Reproduction

• Play the game

Logs:

• dxvk: steam-34810_dxkv.log
• wined3d: steam-34810_wined3d.log
• Proton-5.8-GE-2-MF: steam-34810_Proton-5.8-GE-2-MF.log

Note:

• I tried from HDD and SSD, no difference on the frame drops side.
• I can play the videos with vlc or mpv without any problems.
• Using Proton-5.8-GE-2-MF, the frame drops are gone.

Start by reviewing the linked DXVK, wined3d, and Proton-5.8-GE-2-MF logs, then reproduce the game with Proton 5.0-7 using the reported AMD Radeon RX 580 and Arch Linux setup. Compare video playback and frame drops with DXVK and wined3d; the issue is done when the responsible compatibility problem is identified and a verified fix or limitation is documented.