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10mo ago
verbal-lime
GTA V not launching
The game already working through Heroic when launched there but it crashes if launched in Gaming Mode
.
Is there a fix for this
?
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nursing-lime
•
3/10/25, 3:11 AM
Post a log from the attempt
V
verbal-lime
OP
•
3/10/25, 4:54 AM
Here
's the log
.
8769e24080ea413b8ebca3f1b8c50951-lastPlay.log
2.88KB
V
verbal-lime
OP
•
3/10/25, 4:54 AM
I also did this fix from this link
:
https://github.com/Heroic-Games-Launcher/HeroicGamesLauncher/wiki/Rockstar-Games-from-Epic-Games
GitHub
Rockstar Games from Epic Games
A games launcher for GOG
, Amazon and Epic Games for Linux
, Windows and macOS
.
- Heroic
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-Launcher
/HeroicGamesLauncher
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verbal-lime
OP
•
3/10/25, 4:55 AM
But still not working if played on gaming mode
.
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nursing-lime
•
3/10/25, 5:10 AM
disable then reenable umu
disable DXVK
-NVAPI
N
nursing-lime
•
3/10/25, 5:10 AM
enable verbose logs
V
verbal-lime
OP
•
3/10/25, 7:24 AM
Already did those but still having the same issue
.
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nursing-lime
•
3/10/25, 7:28 AM
Disable and enable umu
. Post the logs after doing this
V
verbal-lime
OP
•
3/10/25, 10:55 PM
8769e24080ea413b8ebca3f1b8c50951-lastPlay_1.log
14.53KB
V
verbal-lime
OP
•
3/10/25, 10:55 PM
Here
's the new log after disabling and enabling umu
.
V
verbal-lime
OP
•
3/10/25, 10:58 PM
This is what happen if launched in Gaming Mode
.
V
verbal-lime
OP
•
3/10/25, 11:00 PM
I added the game to Steam via Heroic
W
wet-aqua
•
3/11/25, 2:24 AM
can you update to 2
.16
.1 and give new log pls
W
wet-aqua
can you update to 2.16.1 and give new log pls
V
verbal-lime
OP
•
3/11/25, 5:37 AM
After doing that
, for some reason
, the log file size reached 260mb
. I
'll send a gdrive link shortly
.
V
verbal-lime
OP
•
3/11/25, 5:40 AM
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CPyNUW6vV1HW5nL2w3AW_uVKg4Pys0uA/view?usp=sharing
Google Docs
8769e24080ea413b8ebca3f1b8c50951-lastPlay.log
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wet-aqua
•
3/11/25, 5:44 AM
yea so it
's working in desktop mode
W
wet-aqua
•
3/11/25, 5:44 AM
which is nice
W
wet-aqua
•
3/11/25, 5:45 AM
try turning off umu
W
wet-aqua
•
3/11/25, 5:45 AM
unfortunately u need to turn on shader precaching for umu to work in gamemode
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wet-aqua
•
3/11/25, 5:45 AM
ill probably make a binary that works around this at some point
V
verbal-lime
OP
•
3/11/25, 5:48 AM
So no fix at this point
?
W
wet-aqua
•
3/11/25, 5:49 AM
you can fix it by either trying to turn off umu
W
wet-aqua
•
3/11/25, 5:49 AM
or u can turn on shader precaching in steam
V
verbal-lime
OP
•
3/11/25, 5:49 AM
Trying it right now
V
verbal-lime
OP
•
3/11/25, 5:53 AM
The shader precaching is already turned on and I turned off umu but still no luck
. The game still keeps closing after a few second on game mode
.
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