Forza horizon 4 Black screen on Steam Deck

[Saif]

Forza Horizon 4 launches into a black screen with audio. I've tried launching in desktop mode, but I'm unable to enter Xbox login details as keyboard doesn't show up, any help would be much appreciated.

I'm on Steam OS 3.4.3, looks like the latest update broke Forza 4.

[LukeZy]

idk

[hamselvDK]

mine too
Ive tried re-installing same deal

[d[-_-]b]

steam key and X should launch the keyboard.
if not you can plug a keyboard in

are you using proton experimental ? if so drop back to a older version and/or use GE

protondb shows this game as a silver rating, so bugs should be expected.

[Saif]

Steam+X wasn't working or not showing in Xbox login, I have after trying in Desktop mode managed to login but it doesn't work in gaming mode, black screen with audio playback.

No I'm not using Proton experimental, I've tried latest proton GE, and also 7.0.5.

It's rated as Playable on Steam for the Steam Deck. At the moment only audio plays on loading. It looks like the same issue that was supposedly fixed for Forza 5 is present for Forza 4.

[Cave Waverider]

I have the same problem, but only in game mode. It works fine in desktop mode.

The latest SteamOS/Steam beta fixes this focus issue for FH5 only, but FH4 still has the issue.

To work around it in Game Mode, bind one back button to Alt, the other to Enter and then hold the alt one and press the enter one.

[dmullinsusa]

Alt + Enter will refocus Forza 5 after you start hearing audio in Game Mode, making it playable once more. This can be mapped to the L4 + L5 buttons. Experimental also seem to run more stable in Forza 5, for me anyway. Forza 4 works in Game Mode, when Fullscreen is disabled. This can be done in Desktop Mode.

[Saif]

Thank you for the replies guys, yes turning off full screen mode allows the game to work in Gaming Mode but random stutters occur during gameplay as a result. Performance was smoother in full screen mode. Mapping Alt and Enter to L4 and L5 doesn't work in Forza 4.

Hoping Valve fix this issue.

[Big Bad Brownie]

Originally posted by Saif:

Thank you for the replies guys, yes turning off full screen mode allows the game to work in Gaming Mode but random stutters occur during gameplay as a result. Performance was smoother in full screen mode. Mapping Alt and Enter to L4 and L5 doesn't work in Forza 4.

Hoping Valve fix this issue.

It worked half a year ago or so. But now I have this exact issue.
Audio plays, screen is black.
I can however see the FH logo and "Press A to continue and X for Accessibility" or such. But it doesn't register any inputs...

[KptPawulon]

Same problem today

[greengrunt]

same for steamdeck with latest firmware...
without any manipulations - only initial screen and blackscreen then with menu music.
when I configured proton experimental - I see menu, but after login in xbox account (successfully) I got an error in menu "sing-in needed"...

upd: I tried a few different proton versions... so it works on 8.0-5