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Heavy Rain Facial animation glitch playing with Epic games in Heroic Launcher

Log File(https://0x0.st/8iV3.log) Please help me. I have a game "Heavy Rain" in Epic games. and I want to play game in Steam Deack. So I tried to play with Heroic Launcher. But There is problem. Problem is that all charactor facial animation repeat wierd. I can't focus on playing game, because this is so funny. ㅜ_ㅜ Anyway, I figure it out that "xaudio2_7.dll" file has problem. (I found it ProtonDB web site.) So I put below code in Heroic launcher, but not working. WINEDLLOVERRIDES="xaudio2_7=n,b" When I try with "xaudio2_7=n" (it is mean Native), facial glitch is fixed, but no sound, though. Please kindly help me.
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deep-jade
deep-jade9mo ago
heavy rain has weird faces, are you sure it's not just a result of it being a david cage game?
fair-rose
fair-roseOP9mo ago
lol. No. It is glitch. I can say, it is funnier much more than before. Character mouth dose not sync with their voice. and repeat wierd.
deep-jade
deep-jade9mo ago
please do not ping me
afraid-scarlet
afraid-scarlet9mo ago
it amused me how they didnt originally then reposted with the ping specifically 😄
deep-jade
deep-jade9mo ago
right?? feels worse lol
afraid-scarlet
afraid-scarlet9mo ago
anyway its possible its a glitch with the game
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HeroicBot9mo ago
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afraid-scarlet
afraid-scarlet9mo ago
once heroic hands off to wine.. its mostly between wine and the game
fair-rose
fair-roseOP9mo ago
Ok, Thanks. and I'm sorry. I didn't know about ping.
deep-jade
deep-jade9mo ago
... it's in my name. what else do i have to do? it's basically stapled to my forehead
fair-rose
fair-roseOP9mo ago
I didn't read your ID fully. I'm sorry. Your comment was so funny, so I miss that.
deep-jade
deep-jade9mo ago
goober post the log, if there's an issue we may find it
fair-rose
fair-roseOP9mo ago
Thanks. by the way, Happy new year. ^^ https://0x0.st/8zcv.log here it is..
fair-rose
fair-roseOP9mo ago
Log file (https://0x0.st/8zmT.log) I just turn on umu and play game, but same. Still facial issue. I attached updated log.
deep-jade
deep-jade9mo ago
add WINEDEBUG=+fixme to the environment variables so we can get a better log then play again and upload again
fair-rose
fair-roseOP9mo ago
Log file(https://0x0.st/8zBP.log) I just played and uploaded. Sorry to rush you, but I just wonder. Is it possible to fix it?
afraid-scarlet
afraid-scarlet9mo ago
like i said earlier its possible its a game bug this is more or less out of the realm of a heroic thing what does the glitch look like
fair-rose
fair-roseOP9mo ago
Oh, Ok, I understand. When I play Heavy Rain in Window 11, There was not glitch. It might be problem with Proton. Thanks. I will ask Pronton engineer. By the way, glitch is that all character facial movement is repeat weird when they talk. I found the reason and how to fix (as I wrote in post), but not working in Heroic. so I asked.
evident-indigo
evident-indigo9mo ago
Are you able to record or screenshot what it looks like? Nvm you figured the issue. Missed
fair-rose
fair-roseOP9mo ago
Oh, Sorry for late reply. I thought it is not available to fix it. Thanks for asking. Please kindly check attached video clip. First one is Facial animation bug. Second one is Normal. As I mentioned, It is bug with "xaudio2_7.dll" you can find about this glitch also in below web site. https://www.protondb.com/app/960910?device=any
How well does Heavy Rain work on Linux and the Steam Deck?
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fair-rose
fair-roseOP9mo ago
and Facial bug with Epic games in Heroic launcher in Steam deck and Normal versioin with Epic games in Window11 Laptop.
afraid-scarlet
afraid-scarlet9mo ago
looks like your old log links expired can you post new one
fair-rose
fair-roseOP9mo ago
Log file (https://0x0.st/8iV3.log) Here it is.
afraid-scarlet
afraid-scarlet9mo ago
and with the xaudio flag?
fair-rose
fair-roseOP9mo ago
I am sorry, but I don't know the reason why new log is not updated.
fair-rose
fair-roseOP9mo ago
here it is.
afraid-scarlet
afraid-scarlet9mo ago
have you installed xaudio in winetricks? no idea if that will help
fair-rose
fair-roseOP9mo ago
fair-rose
fair-roseOP9mo ago
when I checked with WINECFG, it already has xaudio2_7.dll. So I checked in WINETRICKS it has only xaudio29. so I just installed xaudio29 as you mentioned. But still same. If I play with "xaudio2_7=n" -> it means 'native' Facial bug is fixed, but there is not sound. I think there is problem with transform n to b (native -> built in) here is new log file. Oh, there is Heavy rain Demo in Epic games, so you can play and check with that. Demo version has same problem.
afraid-scarlet
afraid-scarlet9mo ago
interestingly, it seems to play as if there's 5.1 audio in stereo mode.. you can hear some voices on the left right channels but all the talking goes through the center, which doesnt exist at least thats what it sounds like to me
fair-rose
fair-roseOP9mo ago
Oh, did you play? Soumd is good as you say. So, facial glitch is more unfortunate. ㅜㅜ
afraid-scarlet
afraid-scarlet9mo ago
no what i said is with the xaudio flag i can still hear voices but its pretty low as if there's no center channel
fair-rose
fair-roseOP9mo ago
Oh, I understand. ^^;;;
afraid-scarlet
afraid-scarlet9mo ago
so yeah it sounds like its got the audio channels all messed up , so sure mouth moves right but its not playing the dialogue through the right audio channels
fair-rose
fair-roseOP9mo ago
Oh.. That's weird. In steam deck, sound has no problem, but there is Facial animation bug. It's same when play with xaudio flag.
afraid-scarlet
afraid-scarlet9mo ago
wait you are saying facial animation bug remains with xaudio flag and no audio? what exactly is your problem?
fair-rose
fair-roseOP9mo ago
1. with "xaudio2_7=n,b" flag -> Facial animation bug. 2. with "xaudio2_7=n" flag -> Bug fixed but no sound at all. mute.
afraid-scarlet
afraid-scarlet9mo ago
right this is what im saying is the case except its not really mute its still audible if you listen carefully, its just very very quiet as if its not playing on the right speaker channel
fair-rose
fair-roseOP9mo ago
Oh.. In steam deck, That is not possible. As I attached screen shot, it can't catch any sound device. No sound output.
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afraid-scarlet
afraid-scarlet9mo ago
i think you are still misunderstanding me i am experiencing the same as you, but i am pretty sure the sound is just very quiet not non existant, and im suggesting the problem is that the game doesnt know how to properly put audio on the right speaker channels
fair-rose
fair-roseOP9mo ago
Oh, you mean, with "xaudio2_7=n" flag, you can hear tiny sound. right? Ok. In my case, I can't hear any sound even with earphone. Might be, I am too old.. Anyway, is there any solutions with Heroic?? Log file(https://0x0.st/8i44.log) It is "xaudio2_7=n" log file.
fair-rose
fair-roseOP9mo ago

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