Dungeon Keeper 2 only using one core of my CPU

OS: Fedora 37
CPU: Ryzen 9 3900x
GPU: Nvidia 1660 Super

System Info:
Heroic Version: 2.6.2 Trafalgar Law
Legendary Version:  0.20.32 Dark Energy (hotfix #6)
GOGdl Version: 0.6

Electron Version: 22.2.0
Chrome Version: 108.0.5359.215
NodeJS Version: 16.17.1

OS: Freedesktop SDK KERNEL: 6.1.15-200.fc37.x86_64 ARCH: x64
CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12-Core Processor @3.8 GOVERNOR: schedutil
RAM: Total: 31.27 GiB Available: 23.17 GiB
GRAPHICS: GPU0: TU116 [GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER]  VRAM: 32MB  
PROTOCOL: x11

Game Settings: {
    "autoInstallDxvk": true,
    "autoInstallVkd3d": true,
    "preferSystemLibs": false,
    "enableEsync": true,
    "enableFsync": true,
    "launcherArgs": "",
    "nvidiaPrime": false,
    "offlineMode": false,
    "enviromentOptions": [],
    "wrapperOptions": [],
    "showFps": true,
    "useGameMode": false,
    "useSteamRuntime": false,
    "language": "",
    "wineVersion": {
        "bin": "/run/media/robi87/Games/SteamLibrary/steamapps/common/Proton - Experimental/proton",
        "name": "Proton - Proton - Experimental",
        "type": "proton"
    },
    "winePrefix": "/home/robi87/Games/Heroic/Prefixes/Dungeon Keeper 2",
    "wineCrossoverBottle": ""
}

Game launched at: Fri Mar 17 2023 23:58:40 GMT-0500 (Central Daylight Time)

Launch Command: STEAM_COMPAT_CLIENT_INSTALL_PATH=/home/robi87/.var/app/com.heroicgameslauncher.hgl/.steam/steam STEAM_COMPAT_DATA_PATH="/home/robi87/Games/Heroic/Prefixes/Dungeon Keeper 2" DXVK_HUD=fps STEAM_COMPAT_APP_ID=0 SteamAppId=0 SteamGameId="heroic-Dungeon Keeper 2" PROTON_LOG_DIR=/home/robi87/.var/app/com.heroicgameslauncher.hgl /app/bin/heroic/resources/app.asar.unpacked/build/bin/linux/gogdl launch "/home/robi87/Games/Heroic/Dungeon Keeper 2" 1207658959 --no-wine --wrapper "'/run/media/robi87/Games/SteamLibrary/steamapps/common/Proton - Experimental/proton' run" --platform windows

Game Log:
fsync: up and running.
wine: RLIMIT_NICE is <= 20, unable to use setpriority safely
[S_API] SteamAPI_Init(): SteamAPI_IsSteamRunning() did not locate a running instance of Steam.
[S_API FAIL] SteamAPI_Init() failed
Launch command: ['/run/media/robi87/Games/SteamLibrary/steamapps/common/Proton - Experimental/proton', 'run', '/home/robi87/Games/Heroic/Dungeon Keeper 2/DKII-DX.exe']

System Info:
Heroic Version: 2.6.2 Trafalgar Law
Legendary Version:  0.20.32 Dark Energy (hotfix #6)
GOGdl Version: 0.6

Electron Version: 22.2.0
Chrome Version: 108.0.5359.215
NodeJS Version: 16.17.1

OS: Freedesktop SDK KERNEL: 6.1.15-200.fc37.x86_64 ARCH: x64
CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12-Core Processor @3.8 GOVERNOR: schedutil
RAM: Total: 31.27 GiB Available: 23.17 GiB
GRAPHICS: GPU0: TU116 [GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER]  VRAM: 32MB  
PROTOCOL: x11

Game Settings: {
    "autoInstallDxvk": true,
    "autoInstallVkd3d": true,
    "preferSystemLibs": false,
    "enableEsync": true,
    "enableFsync": true,
    "launcherArgs": "",
    "nvidiaPrime": false,
    "offlineMode": false,
    "enviromentOptions": [],
    "wrapperOptions": [],
    "showFps": true,
    "useGameMode": false,
    "useSteamRuntime": false,
    "language": "",
    "wineVersion": {
        "bin": "/run/media/robi87/Games/SteamLibrary/steamapps/common/Proton - Experimental/proton",
        "name": "Proton - Proton - Experimental",
        "type": "proton"
    },
    "winePrefix": "/home/robi87/Games/Heroic/Prefixes/Dungeon Keeper 2",
    "wineCrossoverBottle": ""
}

Game launched at: Fri Mar 17 2023 23:58:40 GMT-0500 (Central Daylight Time)

Launch Command: STEAM_COMPAT_CLIENT_INSTALL_PATH=/home/robi87/.var/app/com.heroicgameslauncher.hgl/.steam/steam STEAM_COMPAT_DATA_PATH="/home/robi87/Games/Heroic/Prefixes/Dungeon Keeper 2" DXVK_HUD=fps STEAM_COMPAT_APP_ID=0 SteamAppId=0 SteamGameId="heroic-Dungeon Keeper 2" PROTON_LOG_DIR=/home/robi87/.var/app/com.heroicgameslauncher.hgl /app/bin/heroic/resources/app.asar.unpacked/build/bin/linux/gogdl launch "/home/robi87/Games/Heroic/Dungeon Keeper 2" 1207658959 --no-wine --wrapper "'/run/media/robi87/Games/SteamLibrary/steamapps/common/Proton - Experimental/proton' run" --platform windows

Game Log:
fsync: up and running.
wine: RLIMIT_NICE is <= 20, unable to use setpriority safely
[S_API] SteamAPI_Init(): SteamAPI_IsSteamRunning() did not locate a running instance of Steam.
[S_API FAIL] SteamAPI_Init() failed
Launch command: ['/run/media/robi87/Games/SteamLibrary/steamapps/common/Proton - Experimental/proton', 'run', '/home/robi87/Games/Heroic/Dungeon Keeper 2/DKII-DX.exe']

System Info:
Heroic Version: 2.6.2 Trafalgar Law
Legendary Version:  0.20.32 Dark Energy (hotfix #6)
GOGdl Version: 0.6

Electron Version: 22.2.0
Chrome Version: 108.0.5359.215
NodeJS Version: 16.17.1

OS: Freedesktop SDK KERNEL: 6.1.15-200.fc37.x86_64 ARCH: x64
CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12-Core Processor @3.8 GOVERNOR: schedutil
RAM: Total: 31.27 GiB Available: 23.17 GiB
GRAPHICS: GPU0: TU116 [GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER]  VRAM: 32MB  
PROTOCOL: x11

Game Settings: {
    "autoInstallDxvk": true,
    "autoInstallVkd3d": true,
    "preferSystemLibs": false,
    "enableEsync": true,
    "enableFsync": true,
    "launcherArgs": "",
    "nvidiaPrime": false,
    "offlineMode": false,
    "enviromentOptions": [],
    "wrapperOptions": [],
    "showFps": true,
    "useGameMode": false,
    "useSteamRuntime": false,
    "language": "",
    "wineVersion": {
        "bin": "/run/media/robi87/Games/SteamLibrary/steamapps/common/Proton - Experimental/proton",
        "name": "Proton - Proton - Experimental",
        "type": "proton"
    },
    "winePrefix": "/home/robi87/Games/Heroic/Prefixes/Dungeon Keeper 2",
    "wineCrossoverBottle": ""
}

Game launched at: Fri Mar 17 2023 23:58:40 GMT-0500 (Central Daylight Time)

Launch Command: STEAM_COMPAT_CLIENT_INSTALL_PATH=/home/robi87/.var/app/com.heroicgameslauncher.hgl/.steam/steam STEAM_COMPAT_DATA_PATH="/home/robi87/Games/Heroic/Prefixes/Dungeon Keeper 2" DXVK_HUD=fps STEAM_COMPAT_APP_ID=0 SteamAppId=0 SteamGameId="heroic-Dungeon Keeper 2" PROTON_LOG_DIR=/home/robi87/.var/app/com.heroicgameslauncher.hgl /app/bin/heroic/resources/app.asar.unpacked/build/bin/linux/gogdl launch "/home/robi87/Games/Heroic/Dungeon Keeper 2" 1207658959 --no-wine --wrapper "'/run/media/robi87/Games/SteamLibrary/steamapps/common/Proton - Experimental/proton' run" --platform windows

Game Log:
fsync: up and running.
wine: RLIMIT_NICE is <= 20, unable to use setpriority safely
[S_API] SteamAPI_Init(): SteamAPI_IsSteamRunning() did not locate a running instance of Steam.
[S_API FAIL] SteamAPI_Init() failed
Launch command: ['/run/media/robi87/Games/SteamLibrary/steamapps/common/Proton - Experimental/proton', 'run', '/home/robi87/Games/Heroic/Dungeon Keeper 2/DKII-DX.exe']

System Info:
Heroic Version: 2.6.2 Trafalgar Law
Legendary Version:  0.20.32 Dark Energy (hotfix #6)
GOGdl Version: 0.6

Electron Version: 22.2.0
Chrome Version: 108.0.5359.215
NodeJS Version: 16.17.1

OS: Freedesktop SDK KERNEL: 6.1.15-200.fc37.x86_64 ARCH: x64
CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12-Core Processor @3.8 GOVERNOR: schedutil
RAM: Total: 31.27 GiB Available: 23.17 GiB
GRAPHICS: GPU0: TU116 [GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER]  VRAM: 32MB  
PROTOCOL: x11

Game Settings: {
    "autoInstallDxvk": true,
    "autoInstallVkd3d": true,
    "preferSystemLibs": false,
    "enableEsync": true,
    "enableFsync": true,
    "launcherArgs": "",
    "nvidiaPrime": false,
    "offlineMode": false,
    "enviromentOptions": [],
    "wrapperOptions": [],
    "showFps": true,
    "useGameMode": false,
    "useSteamRuntime": false,
    "language": "",
    "wineVersion": {
        "bin": "/run/media/robi87/Games/SteamLibrary/steamapps/common/Proton - Experimental/proton",
        "name": "Proton - Proton - Experimental",
        "type": "proton"
    },
    "winePrefix": "/home/robi87/Games/Heroic/Prefixes/Dungeon Keeper 2",
    "wineCrossoverBottle": ""
}

Game launched at: Fri Mar 17 2023 23:58:40 GMT-0500 (Central Daylight Time)

Launch Command: STEAM_COMPAT_CLIENT_INSTALL_PATH=/home/robi87/.var/app/com.heroicgameslauncher.hgl/.steam/steam STEAM_COMPAT_DATA_PATH="/home/robi87/Games/Heroic/Prefixes/Dungeon Keeper 2" DXVK_HUD=fps STEAM_COMPAT_APP_ID=0 SteamAppId=0 SteamGameId="heroic-Dungeon Keeper 2" PROTON_LOG_DIR=/home/robi87/.var/app/com.heroicgameslauncher.hgl /app/bin/heroic/resources/app.asar.unpacked/build/bin/linux/gogdl launch "/home/robi87/Games/Heroic/Dungeon Keeper 2" 1207658959 --no-wine --wrapper "'/run/media/robi87/Games/SteamLibrary/steamapps/common/Proton - Experimental/proton' run" --platform windows

Game Log:
fsync: up and running.
wine: RLIMIT_NICE is <= 20, unable to use setpriority safely
[S_API] SteamAPI_Init(): SteamAPI_IsSteamRunning() did not locate a running instance of Steam.
[S_API FAIL] SteamAPI_Init() failed
Launch command: ['/run/media/robi87/Games/SteamLibrary/steamapps/common/Proton - Experimental/proton', 'run', '/home/robi87/Games/Heroic/Dungeon Keeper 2/DKII-DX.exe']

So far I've tried launching the game a couple of times and even went so far as to restart my PC. From what I can tell is that the game is only using one core of my CPU. When I look at my system monitor it shows that CPU1 is maxxed out while the rest of the entries are hovering around 5 to 10%. I'm not sure what it is that's causing this to happen. All I really want to do is to play my old games. Any help is appreciated.

dry-scarlet•3/18/23, 5:28 AM

i would not expect dungeon keeper to use multiple cpu cores, since its from 1999

dry-scarlet•3/18/23, 5:30 AM

are you having perf issues?

awake-maroonOP•3/19/23, 2:16 AM

Yes. Very bad lag.

awake-maroonOP•3/19/23, 2:16 AM

I'll try recording it so I can show ya

awake-maroonOP•3/19/23, 2:18 AM

Oh shoot that didn't record the game.

awake-maroonOP•3/19/23, 2:18 AM

Welp thats not very helpful. Lol I'll try again

awake-maroonOP•3/19/23, 2:31 AM

There we go

dry-scarlet•3/19/23, 4:38 AM

any particular reason you are using proton? it doesnt really produce any logs, so probably best to switch to wine-ge in the heroic wine manager

awake-maroonOP•3/19/23, 5:38 AM

Proton is the default that it chose.

awake-maroonOP•3/19/23, 5:38 AM

I'm not well versed in this application. How would I go about trying to switch that over.

awake-maroonOP•3/19/23, 5:48 AM

Figured it out. Tried running it and ran into the same issue again. Here is the log for that one.

awake-maroonOP•3/19/23, 5:48 AM

message.txt10.12KB

dry-scarlet•3/19/23, 6:13 AM

proton isnt the default in heroic, but if thats all your system had installed when you installed heroic it will pick it since there are not other wines setup

dry-scarlet•3/19/23, 6:16 AM

what drivers for your gpu are you using?

dry-scarlet•3/19/23, 6:18 AM

id check to make sure you have updated drivers for your hardware and that your vulkan support is set up properly.. this is all os and hardware dependent, so you might should look for guids for your OS. other than that, the game is old enough that maybe disabling dxvk/vkd3d is ok.. you can also try to disable esync/fsync

dangerous-fuchsia•3/19/23, 9:04 AM

I can confirm it works with wine (or ge, or some specific version), try using the openGL dk exe.

dangerous-fuchsia•3/19/23, 9:07 AM

Oh and some of the UI thing in linux is not supporting to launch it.
I think it crashed when I used Wayland

nursing-lime•4/30/23, 4:42 PM

Interesting, I just tried this with Lutris and it works with no issue. Wonder what the difference is.

dry-scarlet•4/30/23, 10:54 PM

The difference is lutris has setup scripts that do this part for you

nursing-lime•5/1/23, 1:35 AM

I see, well hopefully that will be something implemented in the future for this game launcher. I really like using it for some of my GOG games.

Dungeon Keeper 2 only using one core of my CPU

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