Game Freezes all time if i accept the first quest (STEAM DECK)

[X Eulos X]

All time freeze the Game on the same point.
Game goes Fine at the dream Intro and than i talk to the Women and its freeze.. can somebody help me?

[Aussie Girl Simp]

I use PT 7. something, used another players save to bypass the crash after first quest convo, It worked for 2-3 seconds after I started walking then crashed, it's not a steam deck issue, it's a game dev issue, clearly it wasn't made with intent to work on modern systems while being developed, sad, would be a great playthrough on deck.

[Durkan]

I found this on proton.db and that worked for me.:

„I launched the game in proton experimental and I did the same thing as user Tim Co©K dit (thanks, by the way) and I'll just copy and paste his procedure and call it a day, because that's the only things I've to do to make the game works on Deck (with minor visual glitches, face transparency for exemple) :
Game crashes because of missing file "shine_glowing.wmv". This file is being user for UI modal. So to fix it:
You need to go in desktop mode on your Deck, then go to Dolphin > Steamapps > Common > Arcania :
1- Go to folder "Data/Video" 2- Make a copy of a small file like "B_ShadowBeast.wmv" to "B_ShadowBeast (Copy).wmv" 3- Rename the "B_ShadowBeast (Copy).wmv" to "shine_glowing.wmv" 4- Play game
And then, you can enjoy the worst Gothic game, which is still a fine game that deserve a try.“