Frostpunk GOG does not work

Frostpunk installed from GOG does not work at all, however it works on the same system when installed from EGS (Heroic EGS)...

I want to play it from GOG since I have all the DLCs there and achievements.

I have my doubts why it does not work... and it's probably Nvidia. Any help would be welcome.

https://0x0.st/8VkE.log

nursing-lime•4/25/25, 10:48 PM

Enable umu. Check and uncheck the box for Disable umu

colossal-harlequinOP•4/25/25, 10:52 PM

Does not work

nursing-lime•4/25/25, 10:52 PM

Post a new log after failed runs

colossal-harlequinOP•4/25/25, 10:53 PM

https://0x0.st/8VkI.log

nursing-lime•4/25/25, 10:53 PM

Some thoughts: your Bazzite version is out of date, but if you can run another game, then that’s not yet a major factor

nursing-lime•4/25/25, 10:54 PM

Do you have the EGS version also installed?

nursing-lime•4/25/25, 10:54 PM

If so, can you provide a lot for that too?

Nnursing-lime Some thoughts: your Bazzite version is out of date, but if you can run another g...

colossal-harlequinOP•4/25/25, 10:55 PM

I just installed it (iso) and updated from their repo (I could rebase from stable to latest) ... My main system is not Bazzite, but it does not work there either... I was thinking like; if it does not work on Bazzite, I give up...

Nnursing-lime Do you have the EGS version also installed?

colossal-harlequinOP•4/25/25, 10:56 PM

I will install it in a few minutes

nursing-lime•4/25/25, 10:57 PM

The Steam version identifies a few dependencies that you don’t have yet. https://steamdb.info/app/323190/depots/

SteamDB

Frostpunk Depots

Frostpunk is the first society survival game. As the ruler of the last city on Earth, it is your duty to manage both its citizens and infrastructure. What decisions will you make to ensure your society's survival? What will you do when pushed to breaking point? Who will you become in the process?
Frostpunk Steam charts, data, update history.

nursing-lime•4/25/25, 10:57 PM

Notably vcrun2013 2015 and 2019vcrun2013 2015 and 2019

nursing-lime•4/25/25, 10:57 PM

And .net 4.7

nursing-lime•4/25/25, 10:58 PM

I think NTLM is in .net

nursing-lime•4/25/25, 10:58 PM

So maybe install dotnet47dotnet47 via Winetricks

colossal-harlequinOP•4/25/25, 10:58 PM

I tried with vcrun2013 and 2019, it did not work... I might try dotnet now

colossal-harlequinOP•4/25/25, 11:06 PM

Does not work (with vcrun and dotnet), I will paste EGS logs in 3 mins

colossal-harlequinOP•4/25/25, 11:10 PM

working EGS logs: https://0x0.st/8Vdz.log

nursing-lime•4/25/25, 11:18 PM

wow, they're using the same prefix folder too. try enabling esync and fsync in the GOG version

nursing-lime•4/25/25, 11:18 PM

and enable game mode too

nursing-lime•4/25/25, 11:19 PM

those are the notable differences. (also the anticheat runtimes, but I don't think those are actually being used here)

colossal-harlequinOP•4/25/25, 11:21 PM

Now different error....

colossal-harlequinOP•4/25/25, 11:23 PM

GOG Frostpunk works fine on laptop with AMD gpu... But not on this PC

nursing-lime•4/25/25, 11:25 PM

there might be some conflict somewhere because it's sharing all the game and prefix folders

colossal-harlequinOP•4/25/25, 11:30 PM

This same error with gamemode enabled was present before I had EGS Frostpunk installed, on another OS (another SSD) (Bluefin latest) on same PC

colossal-harlequinOP•4/25/25, 11:30 PM

That's why I disabled it in the first place

colossal-harlequinOP•4/25/25, 11:33 PM

I will try GOG version without DLC to see if it does make a difference since EGS does not have any DLCs... but I doubt it will work

nursing-lime•4/25/25, 11:36 PM

I’m installing the GOG version now but can’t attend to it for over an hour

nursing-lime•4/25/25, 11:36 PM

Don’t think I have dlc as it was probably a freebie

colossal-harlequinOP•4/25/25, 11:39 PM

yes, it's the same without DLCs... same error... it just does not work for some reason

colossal-harlequin•4/26/25, 12:51 AM

i just tried it with the gog version on my system and i can't get it to run yet
still trying stuff

colossal-harlequin•4/26/25, 12:54 AM

uh...

1648559910-lastPlay.log5.59KB

colossal-harlequin•4/26/25, 1:01 AM

dropped the proton version to see if that helped anything, and got a different error that is very confusing, at least to me

1648559910-lastPlay.log11.47KB

colossal-harlequin•4/26/25, 1:08 AM

is directx the problem?

colossal-harlequin•4/26/25, 1:14 AM

okay, got it

colossal-harlequin•4/26/25, 1:15 AM

back up your saves (do not skip this)
delete your prefix
install the following in this order through winetricks:
vcrun2013
vcrun2015
vcrun2019 (not sure this one is needed)
dotnet472
then run the game

nursing-lime•4/26/25, 1:23 AM

2015 is rolled into 2019 (and 2022) so one step can probably be saved

colossal-harlequin•4/26/25, 1:23 AM

nice

nursing-lime•4/26/25, 3:40 AM

seems to work OOTB for me. it installed all them. Maybe the fixes got updated since then

colossal-harlequinOP•4/26/25, 12:46 PM

nah, I still get the same error

colossal-harlequinOP•4/26/25, 12:58 PM

Ok another info

colossal-harlequinOP•4/26/25, 12:58 PM

GOG version works out of the box when installed via Lutris

colossal-harlequinOP•4/26/25, 12:58 PM

But I want to make it work on Heroic (achievements)

colossal-harlequinOP•4/26/25, 1:00 PM

https://lutris.net/games/install/8693/view

Lutris

Frostpunk (GOG w/ DXVK)

Frostpunk (GOG w/ DXVK) - Lutris

radical-lime•4/26/25, 1:57 PM

disable nvapi

radical-lime•4/26/25, 1:58 PM

also... any reason you have umu disabled?

radical-lime•4/26/25, 1:59 PM

or is it this bug again....

radical-lime•4/26/25, 1:59 PM

in game settings, check and uncheck disable umu option

colossal-harlequinOP•4/26/25, 2:28 PM

same error... changed prefix to lutris prefix, changed wine to wine used in Lutris.... same error

Ccolossal-harlequin https://lutris.net/games/install/8693/view

nursing-lime•4/26/25, 3:05 PM

Lutris does install two vcrunsvcruns. Heroic also automatically installed them as shown in my screenshot above

colossal-harlequinOP•4/26/25, 3:35 PM

I just tried with GOG offline installer and Heroic and it works... But it does not when I install directly from GOG in Heroic

Frostpunk GOG does not work

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