Proton: Tales Of Berseria (429660)

[Zero86Sk]

The game dosn't aunch at all.

My Steam Info
https://gist.github.com/Zero86Sk/d629f657c1ae861c36657cdf238a7765

here is the log
steam-429660.log

[JazzGlobal]

I looked through it and a few articles suggest disabling steam overlay. I also get this issue but I am not at my main PC so I can't test it right now. Please do!

EDIT: Try the same for Symphonia too.

[Steveice10]

The Wine AppDB says this game doesn't run due to its Denuvo DRM.

[hagabaka]

I'd just like to add that disabling steam overlay doesn't help.

[zaps166]

• wine-staging 4.6, Steam for Windows - the game runs properly*.
• wine 4.6, Steam for Windows - the game freezes before it shows the window, CPU 100%.
• Proton 4.2-3 - the game still doesn't start.

* only screen tearing is visible even with vsync ON, NVIDIA OSD shows "BLIT"

[Seizz]

As @zaps166, mentioned yes it does not even start. ;(
Yes staging wine is always progress thanks goodness... :dancer:
So to sum @hagabaka, we can say that problem not in Steam Overlay at all...
The problem looks familiar to God Eater 1-2 a bit.
steam-429660.log

[Shin-Aska]

* wine-staging 4.6, Steam for Windows - the game runs properly*.

* wine 4.6, Steam for Windows - the game freezes before it shows the window, CPU 100%.

* Proton 4.2-3 - the game still doesn't start.

• only screen tearing is visible even with vsync ON, NVIDIA OSD shows "BLIT"

I tried it with Wine 4.10, it works. Although it kinda feels awkward to maintain two different steam versions (Native and Windows)

[Vladimir-A]

Strange, Proton 4.11-1 - the game still doesn't start.

[Shin-Aska]

Strange, Proton 4.11-1 - the game still doesn't start.

Use lutris and specifically, use the ge-protonified build to run a windows version of steam. It should work, along with other tales games such as Symphonia and Zestiria

[kust2708]

Works out of the box with Proton 5.0-1.

[HugLifeTiZ]

It now starts for me on Proton 5.0-1, but doesn't read controller input at the main menu. Controller input works fine with other games like SoulCalibur VI.

[kust2708]

@TiZ-EX1
Controller input works for me with Steam Input (xinput) on.

[HugLifeTiZ]

My global controller settings have pretty much everything unchecked to make Steam Input as unobtrusive as possible. I tried to force Steam Input on in the per-game and it didn't work. But when I set it to Force Off, then it started working.

[adamluzsi]

thank you so much for making the game playable with Proton!

[gatx375]

Game no longer works on Proton 5.0-4 for me. It was working earlier today using 5.0-3.

[CSahajdacny]

Game no longer works on Proton 5.0-4 for me. It was working earlier today using 5.0-3.

Have you tried deleting the shadercache folder of the game?

[gatx375]

Game no longer works on Proton 5.0-4 for me. It was working earlier today using 5.0-3.

Have you tried deleting the shadercache folder of the game?

I have not but that's the fix for Radeon cards right? I'm using an Nvidia card. I'm pretty sure this game uses Denuvo DRM and there was some kind of change done to get Just Cause 3 and Batman Arkham Knight (which also use Denuvo DRM) working in the latest version. My suspicion is that may have broken Tales of Berseria because it crashes just like it used to on Proton 4.11.

[CSahajdacny]

I use an Nvidia card too... RTX 2060SUPER...

[gatx375]

I use an Nvidia card too... RTX 2060SUPER...

Does the game still work for you? If so where is that folder located?

[CSahajdacny]

.../steamapps/shadercache/SteamIDnumber
in this case will be .../steamapps/shadercache/429660

[gatx375]

.../steamapps/shadercache/SteamIDnumber
in this case will be .../steamapps/shadercache/429660

Unfortunately it still crashes the same way during startup for me.

[kisak-valve]

Hello @gatx375, please add PROTON_LOG=1 %command% to the game's launch options and drag and drop the generated $HOME/steam-$APPID.log into the comment box.

[gatx375]

Hello @gatx375, please add PROTON_LOG=1 %command% to the game's launch options and drag and drop the generated $HOME/steam-$APPID.log into the comment box.

Here's the log file, I had to compress it because it was larger than 10MB.
steam-429660.log.zip

[Shin-Aska]

Can confirm, same experience as @gatx375 after upgrading to proton 5.0.4

[aeikum]

Thanks for reporting. We're able to reproduce and are looking into the problem.

[aeikum]

We have found a fix for this, which will be in the next Proton release. In the meantime, I have created a new app branch for the Proton 5.0 app called "proton-5.0-3" which you can use to play the game. You can find it on the BETAS tab in the settings for the Proton 5.0 tool in your Steam client.

[gpollo]

The game worked perfectly with proton-5.0-3. It seems that proton-5.0-4 breaks the game again. It simply won't start.

[aeikum]

@gpollo The problem is already understood, see comments above (it's the ntdll virtual memory commit).

[aeikum]

Hello. Tales of Berseria should be playable again in Proton 5.0-5. Thanks for reporting the problem!

[kust2708]

@aeikum It works for me, thanks !

[adamluzsi]

it works for me too, thank you for fixing it!

[roothorick]

There's a problem with extremely loud buzzing noises during FMVs that I suspect is specific to multichannel (i.e. surround sound) devices as I've observed an extremely similar issue in other games (e.g. Saints Row IV) and it seems the buzzing is only in the side, rear, and subwoofer (and sometimes center) channels.

Other games don't have the issue in Proton 4.11... but ToB doesn't run at all in 4.11.

[korodarn]

This game doesn't launch using 5.0-9, at least not on my system (Pop OS, kernel 5.6)
steam-429660.log.zip

[kisak-valve]

Hello @korodarn, does setting the game's launch options to WINEDLLOVERRIDES=dxgi=n,b %command% have an effect?

[korodarn]

@kisak-valve That did the trick, seems to work perfectly now. Thanks!

[nstgc]

For me the game launches and runs perfectly except for three annoyances:

First and foremost, in the anime cutscenes the game stops every 5 seconds. I need to defocus the game window in order to get it to play able, so I'm hitting the penguin (Windows) key on my keyboard to take me to the...overview mode (I'm not sure what it's called, but I'm using Gnome Shell).

This is a real problem for me since it breaks the feel of the game. Nothing like being at some dramatic part and then having it stop until you press a button.

I've tried switching from Borderless Window to Fullscreen, which leads to my second complaint. In Fullscreen mode the game doesn't completely defocus. I can change windows to another program, but I can't interact with it and the cursor remains that of the game (or so I suspect).

I've also tried fixing my issue with the cutscenes by using Proton-GE 5.9-2.

The third issue is that Velvet's nose looks weird and the fix is to use Special K...which doesn't work. This, of course, is not news.

[CygnusTerminal]

I have found two problems. On KDE Plasma (Arch Linux, i5 6300hq, GTX 960m, 12GB of DDR4 RAM, 240GB SSD+1 TB HDD) the game rendering would stop if i use the volume keys or try to alt tab. Sound still plays, but the game "freezes" for 10 seconds or so. Also, Alt+Tab doesn't work. The mouse keeps trying to focus the game's window, obviously making it nigh impossible to click on the desktop.
EDIT: To clarify, if ToB windows loses focus, it would freeze the entire machine for 10 seconds (sound still plays though) until becoming responsive again.

[CygnusTerminal]

steam-429660.zip
Also @GloriousEggroll ToB does not launch as of Proton-5.9-GE-4-ST. Works fine with GE-3-ST. Log weighs over 370MB.