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bioshock infinite wont run

I installed heroic, connected my epic account, and installed bioshock infinite. I pressed play, and it said "installing redistributables", then throws a fatal error:

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military-pink

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military-pinkOP•3/5/25, 2:43 AM

idk

HeroicBot

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HeroicBotAPP•3/5/25, 2:47 AM

To help you, we need a game log. Please see the following images on how to get it.

military-pink

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military-pinkOP•3/5/25, 2:48 AM

yes, calm down bot

military-pink

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military-pinkOP•3/5/25, 2:50 AM

"Failed to upload log file. Check Heroic's general log for details"

military-pink

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military-pinkOP•3/5/25, 2:54 AM

idk ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

military-pink

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military-pinkOP•3/5/25, 2:54 AM

Qc98irhzxD.log4.1KB

awake-maroon

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awake-maroon•3/5/25, 3:51 AM

"offlineMode": true,"offlineMode": true,

try with that turned off, some games don't like to run in offline mode

awake-maroon

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awake-maroon•3/5/25, 3:52 AM

also, make sure you have all wine dependencies, not sure how it's done for your OS, but in 🆘-supportRead Me First | Frequently Asked Questions there's a link to a lutris doc about that

awake-maroon

Aawake-maroon `"offlineMode": true,` try with that turned off, some games don't like to run i...

military-pink

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military-pinkOP•3/5/25, 4:01 AM

already tried

awake-maroon

Aawake-maroon also, make sure you have all wine dependencies, not sure how it's done for your ...

military-pink

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military-pinkOP•3/5/25, 4:02 AM

what does this mean ;-;

military-pink

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military-pinkOP•3/5/25, 4:05 AM

i can run programs in wine

military-pink

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military-pinkOP•3/5/25, 4:10 AM

other games seem to work

military-pink

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military-pinkOP•3/5/25, 4:18 AM

military-pink

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military-pinkOP•3/5/25, 4:19 AM

AEmqNhl3R8.log3.14KB

awake-maroon

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awake-maroon•3/5/25, 12:08 PM

set the WINEDBUG=+fixmeWINEDBUG=+fixme environment variable (as explained here https://github.com/Heroic-Games-Launcher/HeroicGamesLauncher/wiki/Environment-Variables#how-to-set-environment-variables) and share new logs

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awake-maroon

Aawake-maroon set the `WINEDBUG=+fixme` environment variable (as explained here https://github...

military-pink

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military-pinkOP•3/5/25, 9:40 PM

EK2iYT1MsB.log6.62KB

awake-maroon

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awake-maroon•3/5/25, 9:57 PM

maybe try disabling gamemode

also the env variable is wrong (I made a typo before), it's WINEDEBUGWINEDEBUG not WINEDBUGWINEDBUG

awake-maroon

Aawake-maroon maybe try disabling gamemode also the env variable is wrong (I made a typo befo...

military-pink

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military-pinkOP•3/5/25, 11:19 PM

already tried

military-pink

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military-pinkOP•3/5/25, 11:21 PM

IhUGeVSb68.log8.81KB

wet-aqua

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wet-aqua•3/5/25, 11:28 PM

Probably missing vulkan driver

military-pink

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military-pinkOP•3/5/25, 11:28 PM

i can play other games that use vulkan

wet-aqua

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wet-aqua•3/5/25, 11:29 PM

Then missing lib32-vulkan-radeon

military-pink

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military-pinkOP•3/5/25, 11:31 PM

i installed lib32-vulkan-radeon-1:24.3.4-1

military-pink

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military-pinkOP•3/5/25, 11:31 PM

3orUmfnfVm.txt9.11KB

wet-aqua

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wet-aqua•3/5/25, 11:32 PM

Missing lib32-mesa

wet-aqua

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wet-aqua•3/5/25, 11:33 PM

Would recommend using this to fix whatever else is missing: https://www.gloriouseggroll.tv/how-to-get-out-of-wine-dependency-hell/

GloriousEggroll's BlogGloriousEggroll

How to get out of Wine Dependency hell

wet-aqua

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wet-aqua•3/5/25, 11:33 PM

Actually you probably don't need 99% of it

wet-aqua

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wet-aqua•3/5/25, 11:33 PM

With umu

wet-aqua

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wet-aqua•3/5/25, 11:33 PM

Just the graphics stuff

military-pink

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military-pinkOP•3/5/25, 11:35 PM

im just gonna run the massive install and see if it works

military-pink

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military-pinkOP•3/5/25, 11:35 PM

i just want to play bioshock :(

military-pink

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military-pinkOP•3/5/25, 11:36 PM

it fixed it

military-pink

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military-pinkOP•3/5/25, 11:36 PM

dependancy hell

"offlineMode": true,

"offlineMode": true,

WINEDBUG=+fixme

WINEDBUG=+fixme

WINEDEBUG

WINEDEBUG

WINEDBUG

WINEDBUG

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