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EarthWorm Jim 3D (41600)

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Description

Compatibility Report

  • Name of the game with compatibility issues: EarthWorm Jim 3D
  • Steam AppID of the game: 41600

System Information

  • GPU: GTX 1060
  • Driver/LLVM version: nvidia 440.82
  • Kernel version: 5.7.0
  • OS: Mangaro XFCE
  • Proton version: 5.0-9

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-41600.zip

Symptoms

The game seems to run fine, even my controller work properly (Logitech F710), except there is one problem preventing from playing: it doesn't display letters or numbers.
EWJ_3D_41600_20200702134644_1
EWJ_3D_41600_20200702134715_1
EWJ_3D_41600_20200702134937_1

There is Funhouse.ttf font in the game's folder, I've installed it on my system, even copied it into steamapps/compatdata/41600/pfx/drive_c/windows/Fonts/, no use. Is there a way to fix that?

Reproduction

Just launch the game and get to the main menu. It will look like this:
EWJ_3D_41600_20200702141816_1

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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 reviewing the attached steam-41600.zip Proton log and the reported system details, then reproduce the issue by launching EarthWorm Jim 3D and reaching the main menu. Done means the game's letters and numbers render correctly while running with the reported Proton setup.

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Assessment

Tech stack
linux
Domain
operating-systems
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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