[SOLVED] Proton cannot start STEINS;GATE, file access error

FishBoneEK · 2023-12-25 13:16:20

Hello, I got a weird issue on Steam Proton.
I can run Phoenix Wright (which is a Win game, run by Proton) with no issue, but when I run STEINS;GATE (also a Win game), Steam shows "Launching" for a few secs, then stopped launching silently. The blue "Launching" button turned into green "Launch" button, that is.
I check the log generated by `PROTON_LOG=1 %command%` launch option, it says:

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Proton: 1675326504 proton-7.0-6e
SteamGameId: 412830
Command: ['/home/fishbone/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/common/STEINS;GATE/Launcher.exe']
Options: {'forcelgadd'}
depot: 0.20231107.66294
pressure-vessel: 0.20231107.1 scout
scripts: 0.20231107.1
soldier: 0.20231107.66294 soldier 0.20231107.66294
Kernel: Linux 6.6.3-arch1-1 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Wed, 29 Nov 2023 00:37:40 +0000 x86_64
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fsync: up and running.
wine: RLIMIT_NICE is <= 20, unable to use setpriority safely
41315.410:0028:002c:trace:seh:install_bpf Installing seccomp filters.
41315.410:0028:002c:trace:seh:check_bpf_jit_enable enabled 0x31.
41315.411:0028:002c:trace:loaddll:build_module Loaded L"C:\\windows\\system32\\wineboot.exe" at 0000000140000000: builtin
41315.412:0028:002c:trace:loaddll:build_module Loaded L"C:\\windows\\system32\\kernelbase.dll" at 000000007B000000: builtin
41315.412:0028:002c:trace:loaddll:build_module Loaded L"C:\\windows\\system32\\kernel32.dll" at 000000007B600000: builtin
41315.413:0028:002c:fixme:actctx:parse_depend_manifests Could not find dependent assembly L"Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls" (6.0.0.0)
41315.415:0028:002c:trace:loaddll:build_module Loaded L"C:\\windows\\system32\\msvcrt.dll" at 00000001C8DB0000: builtin
41315.416:0028:002c:trace:loaddll:build_module Loaded L"C:\\windows\\system32\\ucrtbase.dll" at 00000003AF670000: builtin
41315.416:0028:002c:trace:loaddll:build_module Loaded L"C:\\windows\\system32\\sechost.dll" at 000000032A700000: builtin
41315.417:0028:002c:trace:loaddll:build_module Loaded L"C:\\windows\\system32\\advapi32.dll" at 0000000330260000: builtin
41315.417:0028:002c:trace:loaddll:build_module Loaded L"C:\\windows\\system32\\ws2_32.dll" at 00000001EC2B0000: builtin
41315.425:0028:002c:err:wineboot:main Cannot set the dir to L"C:\\windows" (2)
41315.464:0030:0034:trace:seh:sigsys_handler SIGSYS, rax 0xffff, rip 0x600000000005.
41315.464:0030:0034:trace:seh:install_bpf Seccomp filters already installed.
41315.465:0030:0034:trace:loaddll:build_module Loaded L"C:\\windows\\system32\\services.exe" at 0000000140000000: builtin
41315.467:0030:0034:trace:loaddll:build_module Loaded L"C:\\windows\\system32\\kernelbase.dll" at 000000007B000000: builtin
41315.467:0030:0034:trace:loaddll:build_module Loaded L"C:\\windows\\system32\\kernel32.dll" at 000000007B600000: builtin
41315.469:0030:0034:trace:loaddll:build_module Loaded L"C:\\windows\\system32\\msvcrt.dll" at 00000001C8DB0000: builtin
41315.471:0030:0034:trace:loaddll:build_module Loaded L"C:\\windows\\system32\\ucrtbase.dll" at 00000003AF670000: builtin
41315.471:0030:0034:trace:loaddll:build_module Loaded L"C:\\windows\\system32\\sechost.dll" at 000000032A700000: builtin
41315.471:0030:0034:trace:loaddll:build_module Loaded L"C:\\windows\\system32\\advapi32.dll" at 0000000330260000: builtin
41315.472:0030:0034:trace:loaddll:build_module Loaded L"C:\\windows\\system32\\rpcrt4.dll" at 0000000231AE0000: builtin
41315.473:0030:0034:trace:loaddll:build_module Loaded L"C:\\windows\\system32\\version.dll" at 00000002F1FA0000: builtin
41315.473:0030:0034:trace:loaddll:build_module Loaded L"C:\\windows\\system32\\setupapi.dll" at 000000021A7E0000: builtin
41315.474:0030:0034:trace:loaddll:build_module Loaded L"C:\\windows\\system32\\userenv.dll" at 0000000388E20000: builtin
41315.508:0030:0034:fixme:service:scmdatabase_autostart_services Auto-start service L"MountMgr" failed to start: 2
41315.509:0030:0034:fixme:service:scmdatabase_autostart_services Auto-start service L"wineusb" failed to start: 2
41315.509:0030:0034:fixme:service:scmdatabase_autostart_services Auto-start service L"winebus" failed to start: 2
41315.509:0030:0034:fixme:service:scmdatabase_autostart_services Auto-start service L"PlugPlay" failed to start: 2
41315.510:0030:0034:fixme:service:scmdatabase_autostart_services Auto-start service L"SharedGpuResources" failed to start: 2
41315.510:0030:0034:fixme:service:scmdatabase_autostart_services Auto-start service L"Eventlog" failed to start: 2
41315.510:0030:0034:fixme:service:scmdatabase_autostart_services Auto-start service L"nsiproxy" failed to start: 2
41315.511:0030:0034:fixme:service:scmdatabase_autostart_services Auto-start service L"NDIS" failed to start: 2
41315.519:0028:002c:trace:loaddll:build_module Loaded L"C:\\windows\\system32\\win32u.dll" at 0000000375610000: builtin
41315.519:0028:002c:trace:loaddll:build_module Loaded L"C:\\windows\\system32\\gdi32.dll" at 000000026B4C0000: builtin
41315.530:0028:002c:trace:loaddll:build_module Loaded L"C:\\windows\\system32\\rpcrt4.dll" at 0000000231AE0000: builtin
41315.539:0028:002c:trace:loaddll:build_module Loaded L"C:\\windows\\system32\\version.dll" at 00000002F1FA0000: builtin
41315.540:0028:002c:trace:loaddll:build_module Loaded L"C:\\windows\\system32\\setupapi.dll" at 000000021A7E0000: builtin
41315.540:0028:002c:trace:loaddll:build_module Loaded L"C:\\windows\\system32\\user32.dll" at 000000023D820000: builtin
41315.540:0028:002c:trace:loaddll:build_module Loaded L"C:\\windows\\system32\\combase.dll" at 0000000327020000: builtin
41315.540:0028:002c:trace:loaddll:build_module Loaded L"C:\\windows\\system32\\ole32.dll" at 00000002E8F10000: builtin
41315.540:0028:002c:trace:loaddll:build_module Loaded L"C:\\windows\\system32\\shcore.dll" at 00000003126F0000: builtin
41315.540:0028:002c:trace:loaddll:build_module Loaded L"C:\\windows\\system32\\shlwapi.dll" at 00000002E3540000: builtin
41315.540:0028:002c:trace:loaddll:build_module Loaded L"C:\\windows\\system32\\shell32.dll" at 00000001C69E0000: builtin
41316.014:0028:002c:trace:loaddll:build_module Loaded L"C:\\windows\\system32\\imm32.dll" at 00000003AFD00000: builtin
41316.014:0028:002c:err:shell:SHGetFolderPathAndSubDirW Failed to create directory L"C:\\users\\steamuser\\AppData\\Roaming".
41316.015:0028:002c:err:shell:SHGetFolderPathAndSubDirW Failed to create directory L"C:\\users\\steamuser".
41316.015:0028:002c:err:shell:SHGetFolderPathAndSubDirW Failed to create directory L"C:\\users\\steamuser\\AppData\\Local".
wine: failed to open "c:\\windows\\system32\\steam.exe": c0000135
pid 10472 != 10471, skipping destruction (fork without exec?)

I see there's some errors:

41315.425:0028:002c:err:wineboot:main Cannot set the dir to L"C:\\windows" (2)
...
41316.014:0028:002c:err:shell:SHGetFolderPathAndSubDirW Failed to create directory L"C:\\users\\steamuser\\AppData\\Roaming".
41316.015:0028:002c:err:shell:SHGetFolderPathAndSubDirW Failed to create directory L"C:\\users\\steamuser".
41316.015:0028:002c:err:shell:SHGetFolderPathAndSubDirW Failed to create directory L"C:\\users\\steamuser\\AppData\\Local".

It's weird. Sounds like file access error, but if it's so, I shouldn't be able to run Phoenix Wright either.
For video card compatibility, I forced Steam to use Proton 7.0-6 for both Phoenix Wright and STEINS;GATE. Launch option is the same for these 2 games.

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It's fixed by...switching to Proton 8 and then switching back to Proton 7. I guess it's just a bug of Proton itself.
Now STEINS;GATE starts fine.

Last edited by FishBoneEK (2023-12-25 13:30:28)

Head_on_a_Stick · 2023-12-25 13:21:42

Please use code tags for, er, code. Quote tags aren't very useful.

Have you seen https://www.protondb.com/app/412830? tl;dr: try Proton 7.0-6 instead.

FishBoneEK · 2023-12-25 13:27:18

Head_on_a_Stick wrote:

Please use code tags for, er, code. Quote tags aren't very useful.
Have you seen https://www.protondb.com/app/412830? tl;dr: try Proton 7.0-6 instead.

Thanks for fast reply. I changed the "quote" to "code".
The weird issue is fixed...in a very weird way. Check my edit.
By the way I actually mentioned Proton 7 in the post.

Last edited by FishBoneEK (2023-12-25 13:27:40)

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#1 2023-12-25 13:16:20

[SOLVED] Proton cannot start STEINS;GATE, file access error

#2 2023-12-25 13:21:42

Re: [SOLVED] Proton cannot start STEINS;GATE, file access error

#3 2023-12-25 13:27:18

Re: [SOLVED] Proton cannot start STEINS;GATE, file access error

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