Sleeping dogs definitive edition keeps installing redestributables

When I go to play sleeping dogs definitive edition, it defaults to Proton experimental (which is fine), however, when I go to launch the game it always installs the redestributables again every time but then launches fine.

awake-maroon•2/24/25, 3:52 AM

have you tried with proton-ge instead of experimental? experimental is not meant to be used outside steam

awake-maroonOP•2/24/25, 10:24 AM

I saw someone on Proton dB saying that 9.0-2 worked fine but even though it worked it still does the same thing

awake-maroon•2/24/25, 12:03 PM

but what about proton-ge? (the one you can install with heroic's Wine Manager section)

awake-maroonOP•2/24/25, 12:32 PM

you mean like this

awake-maroonOP•2/24/25, 12:33 PM

I tried using 7-6 and that has the worst experience (it wont even fully boot). Some newer ones at least get me into the game

awake-maroon•2/24/25, 12:49 PM

that's super old, in the

wine manager

wine manager

section in heroic's sidebar you can install newer ones like 9.2x

awake-maroonOP•2/24/25, 12:50 PM

I do have newer ones installed

awake-maroonOP•2/24/25, 12:51 PM

or do you suggest I do GE latest like the wine manager shows

awake-maroonOP•2/24/25, 12:57 PM

oh i did not realize there is wine-GE but also proton-GE

awake-maroonOP•2/24/25, 12:58 PM

its interesting cause for the saboteur i am using it on heroic with proton experimental and it works fine with that. Guess it depends on the game

Aawake-maroon its interesting cause for the saboteur i am using it on heroic with proton exper...

awake-maroon•2/24/25, 2:05 PM

maybe saboteur doesn't require any redistributables to be installed

is the problem solved using a newer proton-ge? that was not clear to me from the last messages

Aawake-maroon maybe saboteur doesn't require any redistributables to be installed is the prob...

awake-maroonOP•2/24/25, 2:07 PM

no its not unfortunately. Basically even if I use a newer proton version it still installs redistributables before launching, but every time I go to launhc it as well. It also seems to have issues with launching properly in desktop mode but seems to launch ok in game mode.

awake-maroon•2/24/25, 2:09 PM

hmmm that's a GOG game, right?

awake-maroonOP•2/24/25, 2:09 PM

yes

awake-maroon•2/24/25, 2:09 PM

maybe you are having this issue then https://github.com/Heroic-Games-Launcher/HeroicGamesLauncher/pull/4251 that was solved in the development branch but not released yet

GitHub

fix(gog): make sure game directory is mounted in container by imLin...

Use the following Checklist if you have changed something on the Backend or Frontend:

Tested the feature and it's working on a current and clean install.
Tested the main App features and...

Aawake-maroon maybe you are having this issue then https://github.com/Heroic-Games-Launcher/He...

awake-maroonOP•2/24/25, 2:12 PM

I don't think I am quite clear on the issue that was brought up there.

awake-maroonOP•2/24/25, 2:13 PM

I have seen games even on steam install redistributables like the very first time it is ran, but not every time after that. So I guess you are saying its possibly a heroic launcher issue?

awake-maroon•2/24/25, 2:14 PM

yes, it can be an issue with heroic that was not passing the right information to the steam runtime so some things like redistributables were not installed properly, that pull request fixed that issue but it was not released yet

awake-maroonOP•2/24/25, 2:15 PM

ok. So the fact that I have not added the game to steam via herioic like I have done with the saboteur so it can be launched on its own without going through heroic would NOT be causing this correct? Or would it?

Aawake-maroon ok. So the fact that I have not added the game to steam via herioic like I have...

nursing-lime•2/24/25, 4:09 PM

it shouldn't be the cause of the issue. delete the prefix and stick to the latest GE-Proton and try it again.

awake-maroon•2/24/25, 4:15 PM

be careful when deleting the prefix, backup your saves first

Aawake-maroon ok. So the fact that I have not added the game to steam via herioic like I have...

awake-maroon•2/24/25, 4:16 PM

how did you add the game to steam? heroic has an option to do that that handles things like cloud saves, updates, etc, when using that option it goes through steam (just opening it in the background)

if you added the game's executable that's a different thing and it's not how it's supposed to be done

Aawake-maroon be careful when deleting the prefix, backup your saves first

awake-maroonOP•2/24/25, 4:16 PM

I have only launched the game, not actually played it yet. Plus i would hope that the cloud saves are functioning correctly lol

awake-maroon•2/24/25, 4:17 PM

if you are skipping heroic as you mentioned in the previous message, cloud saves won't work

nursing-lime•2/24/25, 4:17 PM

unless you mean adding it to Steam from Heroic

Aawake-maroon how did you add the game to steam? heroic has an option to do that that handles ...

awake-maroonOP•2/24/25, 4:18 PM

I only just add the exe to steam if its a non-steam game/something that is not sold anymore (like older games such as NFS series). For the heroic games I would have it add them to steam.

Nnursing-lime unless you mean adding it to Steam from Heroic

awake-maroonOP•2/24/25, 4:18 PM

yes this is what I mean

awake-maroon•2/24/25, 4:19 PM

ok, in that case you are still going through heroic then things should work as expected (it's just running in the background)

Aawake-maroon if you are skipping heroic as you mentioned in the previous message, cloud saves...

awake-maroonOP•2/24/25, 4:19 PM

from what I understand, if you use heroic to add a GOG game to steam (which puts a command telling steam to actually launch heroic in the background), then when launching the game (rather than going through heroic first), wouldn't cloud saves still work?

awake-maroon•2/24/25, 4:20 PM

if you used the add to steamadd to steam option in heroic, when you launch the game in steam it runs heroic first (just in the background), so cloud saves should work if the game supports them and they are enabled in the settings

Aawake-maroon if you used the `add to steam` option in heroic, when you launch the game in ste...

awake-maroonOP•2/24/25, 4:21 PM

yes that is what I know to do. I will try the method of deleting the prefix for the game in the heroic folder and then will try the latest GE-Proton version like you suggest and will see what happens.

awake-maroonOP•2/24/25, 4:54 PM

So for an update, I just deleted the sleeping dogs heroic prefix, then installed the latest GE-Proton and had the game use that. In game mode, upon running the game it installed the redistributables and launched just fine. I then exited the game and ran it again, but this time it launched normally without installing the redestributables again (which is an improvement).

awake-maroonOP•2/24/25, 4:55 PM

Still weird how when launching it in desktop mode the window for the game comes up but its just an all white screen and nothing on the desktop taskbar can be clicked cause the game cursor shows.

awake-maroonOP•2/24/25, 6:17 PM

so after adding the following mods that includes replacing the exe (even though the replacement has the same name)https://github.com/SDmodding/PropsFix, https://mega.nz/file/fK5SWARD#1fAWkxAHaKCIMDaJ5XAQKvjs6gK4RCQo5ZlvvtHWtVw, https://github.com/SDmodding/UmbrellaColorVariants The game goes to try and launch but it fails and the "play now" shows again.

GitHub

GitHub - SDmodding/UmbrellaColorVariants: Small modification that m...

Small modification that makes umbrella have randomized color rather than having white color. - SDmodding/UmbrellaColorVariants

35.75 MB file on MEGA

awake-maroonOP•2/24/25, 6:29 PM

hopefullu its not against the rules to post this stuff

nursing-lime•2/24/25, 6:38 PM

the UmbrellaColorVariants package has dinput8.dlldinput8.dll. Are you ensuring that you have declared all of the necessary WINEDLLOVERRIDESWINEDLLOVERRIDES?

awake-maroonOP•2/24/25, 7:20 PM

Yes, but I think I figured out the issue with the mods. I installed the game on my PC to test things out. The game runs fine on its own vanilla. However, the replacement exe that you have to use with the mods, causes the same issue in that launching via GOG, you click play and after a second or two of it trying to load nothing happens. I then tried clicking the exe directly and it says it is looking for a steam64 dll file. So that tells me the replacement exe (to work with sdk stuff) along with the mods are only designed for the Steam version of the game and not the GOG version. Unless there is another command I need to use.

nursing-lime•2/24/25, 7:31 PM

post a game log with WINEDEBUG=+fixmeWINEDEBUG=+fixme

nursing-lime•2/24/25, 7:31 PM

otherwise, it might be patched on the Steam build

dry-scarlet•2/24/25, 7:35 PM

yeah if the executable is for steam that's likely going to be incompatible with gog version .. also what a weird way to distribute a mod x_x

Ddry-scarlet yeah if the executable is for steam that's likely going to be incompatible with ...

awake-maroonOP•2/24/25, 8:00 PM

Yeah I have never seen a mod where you need to replace the exe like this, especially not on a game released after 2010. It's one thing to have to patch the exe but to replace it like this is weird. The pcgamingwiki needs to be updated to state that they currently only work for the steam version of the game.

I would have it on steam except for it not supporting cloud saves there....

dry-scarlet•2/24/25, 8:04 PM

doh

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