Grimslade
Published
As of Proton 6.3-8, game now launches and runs identically to that on Windows.
Some claim to run this game easily.. I don't know how.. It wouldn't start for me without the "buggy" Wine Steam client.
I was able to get the game to start only when using the Windows Steam client (through Wine)... I believe this confirms the DRM is what stops it running through the native client.
I'm sure with further tweaking the Steam (Wine client), it could work better... but just running OOB it's playable, but has annoying stuttering and sound issues. Also, loading times are a bit long.
Loading times were long for loading maps.
Not anti-cheat as such, but it appears the game uses some DRM that's hard to bypass even with modifications. Only way it worked for me was to bypass it using a Wine Steam client.
Anti-cheat issues appear resolved and now the game launches without issue as of Proton 6.3-8.
First Windows game I tried on Linux. I was lucky to have randomly selected it; amazing to see an MS game just boot up. Perfect experience.
In order to get this game to run you need to bypass Games for Windows Live. While other users have posted their method of doing this, others still can't seem to get it to work. Other methods wouldn't work for me either, until I tried the follow (so I thought I should also post it here in case it helps someone): What I simply did was REPLACE the Gfwlivesetup35.exe under ".../SteamLibrary/steamapps/common/Resident Evil Operation Raccoon City/support/". I did this by duplicating (i.e. copying & pasting) the vcredist_x86.exe in the same folder and renaming it "Gfwlivesetup35.exe" (I chose that one because it's convenient and obviously already works with the Steam install script). DO THIS BEFORE LAUNCHING THE GAME FOR THE FIRST TIME.
ALSO NOTE, you have to add this XLive.dll in the main game directory as well (the one with RaccoonCity.exe), and this is regardless of whatever bypass method ends up working for you. You can get it from: http://www.mediafire.com/file/1zzmeara8xhldz0/XLive.dll/file
-- WHY DOES THIS WORK? Because the issue is that the install script that runs when you launch the game for the first time tries to install GFWL using that Gfwlivesetup35.exe. You'll notice that the suggestions from other users all involve trying to get around this, by trying to edit the installscript.vdf itself, by tampering with the WINE prefixe's registry in order to make it appear like GFWL was already installed successfully, etc. All these methods seem to be hit and miss though (I'm sure including mine) and work for some users, but not others. I wouldn't be surprised if Steam is simply updating its anti-malware techniques (checking file hashes etc) and that's why some methods stop working over time, but who knows? If you're unable to bypass the GFWL in the initial install script, it will very likely just hang trying to start the game.
Anyway, I hope that bypass method helps someone.
If you have a new system, I doubt you'd notice any problems. If not, changing the DE settings is probably your best bet.
As mentioned.. Changing the resolution in the in-game settings didn't do much. Lowering the the res and fps in the DE settings drastically improved performance.
The game did start 'out of the box' on GE v6.xx, but, by default and even after changing the in games settings, the FPS was somewhat low. Oh, also there was a loading screen at the start that took like a billion years (10 minutes or so..) to get through.. now it seems to get through it in about 5 minutes at each startup.
The TRICK for me was not lowering res and fps in the game settings, but in the actual DE settings... after that, ran great on UW 1080p at 100hz (as opposed to my default setup of UW 1440p at 144hz).
Cheers!
I'm not sure if this is due to a "bug" in a technical sense, but it certainly would be close. Again, as mentioned in the main notes.. The game has a long, roughly 10 minutes, first initial startup loading screen. After that, for me, it now takes about 5 minutes. I'm guessing this is one of the the issues in which people's mileage will vary drastically depending on the specifics of their system.
