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i played a few other games in the meantime. no problems at all
guess i have to wait til i have a new PC, or at least new GPU for those UE games
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That's the first time I've ever seen that work outside of my (more native) -tkg builds. I tested Borderlands 3 with that, which is horribly fragile for the mp4 intros and embedded in-game videos.
That IS trouble. I've noticed that some new Unreal 4 titles aren't even using that anymore, they are using Bink video with the Unreal 4 engine. My guess is because of the fragility (it's not only us Linux users that have had problems with Microsoft's media foundation machinery in games). It looks like Epic actually owns that now too, Bink video (they seem to own RAD Tools now) but it would be additional licensing vs. Microsoft Mediafoundation which is licensed with Windows on the client end.
For example, "High on Life" and "The Callisto Protocol", both recent titles, use Bink.
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valve fixed it a long time ago for several games with proton.
like postal 4, die young, or Yesterday Origins
i do not know what this sniper runtime does
this BINK think could be the reason. but i do not understand why my PC shuts off completely.
If you want to try the theory that mp4/videos are causing the issue you can move them away (rename the directory Meta1/Content/Movies in the game directory). The game should still start, or at least the demo does.
You might also want to try launching the game with PROTON_USE_WINED3D=1 %command% to see if it crashes with the OpenGL driver too.
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No, that has nothing to do with it. You would be unlikely to have problems with bink video. I only mentioned that in context of the mediafoundation being trouble (devs using bink instead).
P.S. The "Sniper" runtime is the new runtime that Proton links against, vs. the previous "Soldier" runtime (not to be confused with the Steam runtime, "heavy" that the client links against)
Last edited by Grogan on 20 April 2023 at 12:02 am UTC
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yes. it behaves alway like that, but i do not like to try too much because of this behaviour. i do not think it is healthy for my pc. especially hard drives and OS itself
but since GPU prices going down lately, i hope AMD releases a new affordable one soon and i buy one of them. i hope this will fix it