The game starts and it actually doesn't freeze. The DXVK HUD shows FPS are changing but the screen is black and it ain't goes any further. I waited for 10 minutes to no avail. A tried to install DX and to disable nvapi/64 also.
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The black screen is to be expected because the game doesn't even try to render anything. Does it work with wined3d?
Nope, here it is the wine log:
https://pastebin.com/sc8VNvWz
Hm. Do you have access to a Windows machine to record an apitrace on that OS? There's no indication of what might be wrong, but it's not a rendering issue because, as mentioned, the game doesn't actually render anything.
I'm very sorry but I don't use Windows.
Here is a windows trace of the game : https://drive.google.com/file/d/19Qnn6xt9cwujWTualVgyYOcN-IHDdMbN/view?usp=sharing
It is replaying fine though. Could be a wine issue.
Probably the videos of logos and intro?
This is the first thing I thought of but I couldn't find anything for no intro fix on the net.
This game needs MS Media Foundation to play intro videos. @lieff managed to play it, described here: https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton/issues/1102#issuecomment-419678627
Not my bug then, closing.
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This game needs MS Media Foundation to play intro videos. @lieff managed to play it, described here: https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton/issues/1102#issuecomment-419678627