[Linux] Cannot Launch after trying Fixes

[ViviTron]

I have been unable to launch Monster Hunter Wilds for three weeks now. The inciting change was getting a new OS and GPU at that time, CachyOS and a Intel ARC B580 GPU.
My Windows install had destroyed itself, that's not important atm.

Currently when I try to launch it simply hangs on a black screen with a not responding prompt, I have tried to leave it be for up to two hours at one point, no change.
https://imgur.com/a/EayYkRn

I have tried replacing the dstorage files, both from Nexus Mods and the official microsoft direct3d site. This didn't work.

I have tried launching with several different Proton versions, including the new Proton Hotfix. Hasn't worked.

I have tried removing .cache files and re_chunk.pak files, hasn't worked though to note removing *some* re_chunk files did cause it to not pop up with a not responding prompt and my FPS counter appeared but nothing ever changed, just a black screen.
https://imgur.com/pxjGBzx

I just really want to play the game I spent most of what little I can save on. I can launch MonHun Worlds just fine as well as Rise. I can play mostly everything else without or with minimal issue, like Helldivers 2 etc etc.

My spec's are as follows:
CPU - AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 8-Core Processor
GPU - intel Arc B580
Mobo - msi AMD Tomohawk B450 MAX
34 Gigs of RAM
SSD 1.2TB Memory it's launching from

ANY help or insight would be appreciated, I'm desperate.

[FlashFire037]

did you verify game files via steam before replacing both dstorage AND dstoragecore dlls? If that doesnt work, i guess try a more recent kernel for updated drivers.

[ViviTron]

Originally posted by FlashFire037:

did you verify game files via steam before replacing both dstorage AND dstoragecore dlls? If that doesnt work, i guess try a more recent kernel for updated drivers.

I have done both, still nothing sadly

[Lord Honk]

I've got the same issue, both on my main PC (7900X3D, 7900XT, X670-Pro, 64GB 6400MHz, Samsung 970 EVO PLUS 1TB) and my Steam Deck (I don't expect stellar performance, but the fact that I get the same error indicates to me that my hardware isn't the issue).

I've tried latest GE, various Proton versions (Hotfix, Experimental, 9,8, and 7), the directStorage "fixes" both directly from Microsoft and "The Little Engine That Shouldn't" from moddb; I've used dlloverrides in the launch options, verified files, reinstalled the game, reinstalled my OS, and it's always the same exact symptom:

I launch through Steam, and after installing windows dependencies (runtime stuff etc) and precaching shaders, I get a black window that, after 5-10s, locks up my entire system, mouse and keyboard included.

If somebody finds a solution, I'd be eternally grateful, I barely got to play the game before Update 1 and now I can't play at all.

[Kiririn]

If you haven't tried following this video, give it a shot. Not sure if something has changed recently but it's got quite a number of people commenting from 5-7 days ago saying that it's worked for them.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rx622NWG298

[ViviTron]

Originally posted by Kiririn:

If you haven't tried following this video, give it a shot. Not sure if something has changed recently but it's got quite a number of people commenting from 5-7 days ago saying that it's worked for them.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rx622NWG298

Attempted this as well, still not working, I've just sort of given up

[mccloud]

Originally posted by ViviTron:

I have been unable to launch Monster Hunter Wilds for three weeks now. The inciting change was getting a new OS and GPU at that time, CachyOS and a Intel ARC B580 GPU.

I have tried replacing the dstorage files, both from Nexus Mods and the official microsoft direct3d site. This didn't work.

I have tried launching with several different Proton versions, including the new Proton Hotfix. Hasn't worked.


My spec's are as follows:
CPU - AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 8-Core Processor
GPU - intel Arc B580
Mobo - msi AMD Tomohawk B450 MAX
34 Gigs of RAM
SSD 1.2TB Memory it's launching from

ANY help or insight would be appreciated, I'm desperate.

There are many CachyOS users that reported the game running fine, one even said the latest Proton Hotfix made swapping DLLs unnecessary. The only thing different here is Intel ARC.

Update your OS, verify game files. Try asking for help in their forum. Game runs fine with Proton Experimental and Hotfix on other distros and even on CachyOS. Something is amiss with your install. AFAIK, Intel drivers on Linux should be stellar. Try finding other ARC users that have played the game, maybe they have some advice for you.

If all else fails, swap distros - if you've made your Home partition separate, you'd only need to reinstall the OS and that takes 15 minutes. Maybe its CachyOS that is causing your issue, though unlikely.

[アンジェル]

Originally posted by ViviTron:

Linux Cannot Launch after trying Fixes
I have been unable to launch Monster Hunter Wilds for three weeks now. The inciting change was getting a new OS and GPU at that time, CachyOS and a Intel ARC B580 GPU.
My Windows install had destroyed itself, that's not important atm.

Currently when I try to launch it simply hangs on a black screen with a not responding prompt, I have tried to leave it be for up to two hours at one point, no change.
https://imgur.com/a/EayYkRn

I have tried replacing the dstorage files, both from Nexus Mods and the official microsoft direct3d site. This didn't work.

I have tried launching with several different Proton versions, including the new Proton Hotfix. Hasn't worked.

I have tried removing .cache files and re_chunk.pak files, hasn't worked though to note removing *some* re_chunk files did cause it to not pop up with a not responding prompt and my FPS counter appeared but nothing ever changed, just a black screen.
https://imgur.com/pxjGBzx

I just really want to play the game I spent most of what little I can save on. I can launch MonHun Worlds just fine as well as Rise. I can play mostly everything else without or with minimal issue, like Helldivers 2 etc etc.

My spec's are as follows:
CPU - AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 8-Core Processor
GPU - intel Arc B580
Mobo - msi AMD Tomohawk B450 MAX
34 Gigs of RAM
SSD 1.2TB Memory it's launching from

ANY help or insight would be appreciated, I'm desperate.

Did you check for savegame corruption?

[Blue]

Originally posted by ViviTron:

I have been unable to launch Monster Hunter Wilds for three weeks now. The inciting change was getting a new OS and GPU at that time, CachyOS and a Intel ARC B580 GPU.
My Windows install had destroyed itself, that's not important atm.

Currently when I try to launch it simply hangs on a black screen with a not responding prompt, I have tried to leave it be for up to two hours at one point, no change.
https://imgur.com/a/EayYkRn

I have tried replacing the dstorage files, both from Nexus Mods and the official microsoft direct3d site. This didn't work.

I have tried launching with several different Proton versions, including the new Proton Hotfix. Hasn't worked.

I have tried removing .cache files and re_chunk.pak files, hasn't worked though to note removing *some* re_chunk files did cause it to not pop up with a not responding prompt and my FPS counter appeared but nothing ever changed, just a black screen.
https://imgur.com/pxjGBzx

I just really want to play the game I spent most of what little I can save on. I can launch MonHun Worlds just fine as well as Rise. I can play mostly everything else without or with minimal issue, like Helldivers 2 etc etc.

My spec's are as follows:
CPU - AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 8-Core Processor
GPU - intel Arc B580
Mobo - msi AMD Tomohawk B450 MAX
34 Gigs of RAM
SSD 1.2TB Memory it's launching from

ANY help or insight would be appreciated, I'm desperate.

I'had the same problem as you with the Intel Arc b580.
I've tried this command "PROTON_LOG=1 DXVK_HUD=1 RADV_DEBUG=disable_shader_cache DXVK_DISABLE_PIPELINE_CACHE=1 VKD3D_DISABLE_PIPELINE_CACHE=1 FOSSILIZE_DISABLE=1 %command%" and it worked, there seems to be a problem with this part:
Fossilize WARN: Pipeline library handle 0x00007d17240384f0 is not registered.
It has either not been recorded, or it failed to be recorded earlier (which is expected if application uses an extension that is not recognized by Fossilize).

After trying some other option it didn't work anymore and I got banned for 24h, thanks Denuvo :)

[Blue]

Originally posted by Blue:

Originally posted by ViviTron:

I have been unable to launch Monster Hunter Wilds for three weeks now. The inciting change was getting a new OS and GPU at that time, CachyOS and a Intel ARC B580 GPU.
My Windows install had destroyed itself, that's not important atm.

Currently when I try to launch it simply hangs on a black screen with a not responding prompt, I have tried to leave it be for up to two hours at one point, no change.
https://imgur.com/a/EayYkRn

I have tried replacing the dstorage files, both from Nexus Mods and the official microsoft direct3d site. This didn't work.

I have tried launching with several different Proton versions, including the new Proton Hotfix. Hasn't worked.

I have tried removing .cache files and re_chunk.pak files, hasn't worked though to note removing *some* re_chunk files did cause it to not pop up with a not responding prompt and my FPS counter appeared but nothing ever changed, just a black screen.
https://imgur.com/pxjGBzx

I just really want to play the game I spent most of what little I can save on. I can launch MonHun Worlds just fine as well as Rise. I can play mostly everything else without or with minimal issue, like Helldivers 2 etc etc.

My spec's are as follows:
CPU - AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 8-Core Processor
GPU - intel Arc B580
Mobo - msi AMD Tomohawk B450 MAX
34 Gigs of RAM
SSD 1.2TB Memory it's launching from

ANY help or insight would be appreciated, I'm desperate.

I'had the same problem as you with the Intel Arc b580.
I've tried this command "PROTON_LOG=1 DXVK_HUD=1 RADV_DEBUG=disable_shader_cache DXVK_DISABLE_PIPELINE_CACHE=1 VKD3D_DISABLE_PIPELINE_CACHE=1 FOSSILIZE_DISABLE=1 %command%" and it worked, there seems to be a problem with this part:
Fossilize WARN: Pipeline library handle 0x00007d17240384f0 is not registered.
It has either not been recorded, or it failed to be recorded earlier (which is expected if application uses an extension that is not recognized by Fossilize).

After trying some other option it didn't work anymore and I got banned for 24h, thanks Denuvo :)

To add to this, I didn't try actually gaming, but I made it to the cache download at the first start of the game, and I used the latest Proton-GE version

[Dagný]

Originally posted by ViviTron:

Originally posted by Kiririn:

If you haven't tried following this video, give it a shot. Not sure if something has changed recently but it's got quite a number of people commenting from 5-7 days ago saying that it's worked for them.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rx622NWG298

Attempted this as well, still not working, I've just sort of given up

You'll only give up once you install windows

[ViviTron]

Originally posted by Blue:

Originally posted by ViviTron:

I have been unable to launch Monster Hunter Wilds for three weeks now. The inciting change was getting a new OS and GPU at that time, CachyOS and a Intel ARC B580 GPU.
My Windows install had destroyed itself, that's not important atm.

Currently when I try to launch it simply hangs on a black screen with a not responding prompt, I have tried to leave it be for up to two hours at one point, no change.
https://imgur.com/a/EayYkRn

I have tried replacing the dstorage files, both from Nexus Mods and the official microsoft direct3d site. This didn't work.

I have tried launching with several different Proton versions, including the new Proton Hotfix. Hasn't worked.

I have tried removing .cache files and re_chunk.pak files, hasn't worked though to note removing *some* re_chunk files did cause it to not pop up with a not responding prompt and my FPS counter appeared but nothing ever changed, just a black screen.
https://imgur.com/pxjGBzx

I just really want to play the game I spent most of what little I can save on. I can launch MonHun Worlds just fine as well as Rise. I can play mostly everything else without or with minimal issue, like Helldivers 2 etc etc.

My spec's are as follows:
CPU - AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 8-Core Processor
GPU - intel Arc B580
Mobo - msi AMD Tomohawk B450 MAX
34 Gigs of RAM
SSD 1.2TB Memory it's launching from

ANY help or insight would be appreciated, I'm desperate.

I'had the same problem as you with the Intel Arc b580.
I've tried this command "PROTON_LOG=1 DXVK_HUD=1 RADV_DEBUG=disable_shader_cache DXVK_DISABLE_PIPELINE_CACHE=1 VKD3D_DISABLE_PIPELINE_CACHE=1 FOSSILIZE_DISABLE=1 %command%" and it worked, there seems to be a problem with this part:
Fossilize WARN: Pipeline library handle 0x00007d17240384f0 is not registered.
It has either not been recorded, or it failed to be recorded earlier (which is expected if application uses an extension that is not recognized by Fossilize).

After trying some other option it didn't work anymore and I got banned for 24h, thanks Denuvo :)

Going to attempt this, I'll report back

[ViviTron]

Originally posted by mccloud:

Originally posted by ViviTron:

I have been unable to launch Monster Hunter Wilds for three weeks now. The inciting change was getting a new OS and GPU at that time, CachyOS and a Intel ARC B580 GPU.

I have tried replacing the dstorage files, both from Nexus Mods and the official microsoft direct3d site. This didn't work.

I have tried launching with several different Proton versions, including the new Proton Hotfix. Hasn't worked.


My spec's are as follows:
CPU - AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 8-Core Processor
GPU - intel Arc B580
Mobo - msi AMD Tomohawk B450 MAX
34 Gigs of RAM
SSD 1.2TB Memory it's launching from

ANY help or insight would be appreciated, I'm desperate.

There are many CachyOS users that reported the game running fine, one even said the latest Proton Hotfix made swapping DLLs unnecessary. The only thing different here is Intel ARC.

Update your OS, verify game files. Try asking for help in their forum. Game runs fine with Proton Experimental and Hotfix on other distros and even on CachyOS. Something is amiss with your install. AFAIK, Intel drivers on Linux should be stellar. Try finding other ARC users that have played the game, maybe they have some advice for you.

If all else fails, swap distros - if you've made your Home partition separate, you'd only need to reinstall the OS and that takes 15 minutes. Maybe its CachyOS that is causing your issue, though unlikely.

I was also wondering if it's an Intel ARC issues as well, been having a different issues but also involving Intel ARC with Cyberpunk 2077 having a memory leak issue with Intel ARC B580

[ViviTron]

Originally posted by ViviTron:

Originally posted by Blue:

I'had the same problem as you with the Intel Arc b580.
I've tried this command "PROTON_LOG=1 DXVK_HUD=1 RADV_DEBUG=disable_shader_cache DXVK_DISABLE_PIPELINE_CACHE=1 VKD3D_DISABLE_PIPELINE_CACHE=1 FOSSILIZE_DISABLE=1 %command%" and it worked, there seems to be a problem with this part:
Fossilize WARN: Pipeline library handle 0x00007d17240384f0 is not registered.
It has either not been recorded, or it failed to be recorded earlier (which is expected if application uses an extension that is not recognized by Fossilize).

After trying some other option it didn't work anymore and I got banned for 24h, thanks Denuvo :)

Going to attempt this, I'll report back

Sadly, nothing. No change.
I did try to use a Steamdeck fix but nothing on that front either.
I am truly at a loss as to what to do, I'm finding nothing on the Intel ARC side of things to even attempt.

[ViviTron]

Ok, so I've made some progress.
I changed my GPU driver provider from vulkan to mesa-git
It now launches, HOWEVER now I am getting this error during Cache loading
https://imgur.com/a/91KQX5r
Haven't figured this one out yet, most searches I find are for completely different games so I'm struggling to find a solution, BUT it's a step forward.

[Ferris]

Originally posted by ViviTron:

Ok, so I've made some progress.
I changed my GPU driver provider from vulkan to mesa-git
It now launches, HOWEVER now I am getting this error during Cache loading
https://imgur.com/a/91KQX5r
Haven't figured this one out yet, most searches I find are for completely different games so I'm struggling to find a solution, BUT it's a step forward.

I'm getting this exact same error with an A770. Arch Linux, 6.14.2-1-cachyos, Mesa 25.1.0-devel.