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No wine output in log file

Game logs for sideloaded Windows games do not contain any output from Wine. Logs have system and game information then abruptly end. I am using Heroic installed from Chaotic AUR. This happens for any sideloaded game. I am not logged in to Epic, Amazon or GOG. Here is how a log looks like:

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exotic-emeraldOP•2d ago

Launching "Strinova" (sideload)
Native? No
Installed in: /home/mr-victory/Games/Prefixes/Strinova/drive_c/Strinova

System Info:
CPU: 4x Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-5250U CPU @ 1.60GHz
Memory: 8.22 GB (used: 1.43 GB)
GPUs:
  GPU 0:
    Name: Intel Corporation HD Graphics 6000
    IDs: D=1626 V=8086 SD=011b SV=106b
    Driver: i915
OS: Arch Linux 6.14.9-zen1-1-zen (linux)

The current system is not a Steam Deck
We are not running inside a Flatpak container

Software Versions:
  Heroic: 2.17.1 Cutty Flam Franky
  Legendary: 0.20.37 Exit 17 (Heroic)
  gogdl: 1.1.2
  comet: comet 0.2.0
  Nile: 1.1.2 Will A. Zeppeli

Game Settings: {
    "autoInstallDxvk": true,
    "autoInstallDxvkNvapi": true,
    "autoInstallVkd3d": true,
    "preferSystemLibs": false,
    "enableEsync": true,
    "enableFsync": true,
    "nvidiaPrime": false,
    "enviromentOptions": [],
    "wrapperOptions": [],
    "showFps": false,
    "showMangohud": true,
    "useGameMode": false,
    "battlEyeRuntime": true,
    "eacRuntime": true,
    "language": "",
    "beforeLaunchScriptPath": "",
    "afterLaunchScriptPath": "",
    "verboseLogs": false,
    "advertiseAvxForRosetta": false,
    "wineVersion": {
        "bin": "/home/mr-victory/.config/heroic/tools/wine/Wine-GE-Proton8-26/bin/wine",
        "name": "Wine - Wine-GE-Proton8-26",
        "type": "wine",
        "lib": "/home/mr-victory/.config/heroic/tools/wine/Wine-GE-Proton8-26/lib64",
        "lib32": "/home/mr-victory/.config/heroic/tools/wine/Wine-GE-Proton8-26/lib",
        "wineserver": "/home/mr-victory/.config/heroic/tools/wine/Wine-GE-Proton8-26/bin/wineserver"
    },
    "winePrefix": "/home/mr-victory/Games/Prefixes/Strinova"
}

Game launched at: Thu Jun 05 2025 21:36:07 GMT+0300 (Moskova Standart Saati)

Winetricks packages: 

============= End of log =============

Launching "Strinova" (sideload)
Native? No
Installed in: /home/mr-victory/Games/Prefixes/Strinova/drive_c/Strinova

System Info:
CPU: 4x Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-5250U CPU @ 1.60GHz
Memory: 8.22 GB (used: 1.43 GB)
GPUs:
  GPU 0:
    Name: Intel Corporation HD Graphics 6000
    IDs: D=1626 V=8086 SD=011b SV=106b
    Driver: i915
OS: Arch Linux 6.14.9-zen1-1-zen (linux)

The current system is not a Steam Deck
We are not running inside a Flatpak container

Software Versions:
  Heroic: 2.17.1 Cutty Flam Franky
  Legendary: 0.20.37 Exit 17 (Heroic)
  gogdl: 1.1.2
  comet: comet 0.2.0
  Nile: 1.1.2 Will A. Zeppeli

Game Settings: {
    "autoInstallDxvk": true,
    "autoInstallDxvkNvapi": true,
    "autoInstallVkd3d": true,
    "preferSystemLibs": false,
    "enableEsync": true,
    "enableFsync": true,
    "nvidiaPrime": false,
    "enviromentOptions": [],
    "wrapperOptions": [],
    "showFps": false,
    "showMangohud": true,
    "useGameMode": false,
    "battlEyeRuntime": true,
    "eacRuntime": true,
    "language": "",
    "beforeLaunchScriptPath": "",
    "afterLaunchScriptPath": "",
    "verboseLogs": false,
    "advertiseAvxForRosetta": false,
    "wineVersion": {
        "bin": "/home/mr-victory/.config/heroic/tools/wine/Wine-GE-Proton8-26/bin/wine",
        "name": "Wine - Wine-GE-Proton8-26",
        "type": "wine",
        "lib": "/home/mr-victory/.config/heroic/tools/wine/Wine-GE-Proton8-26/lib64",
        "lib32": "/home/mr-victory/.config/heroic/tools/wine/Wine-GE-Proton8-26/lib",
        "wineserver": "/home/mr-victory/.config/heroic/tools/wine/Wine-GE-Proton8-26/bin/wineserver"
    },
    "winePrefix": "/home/mr-victory/Games/Prefixes/Strinova"
}

Game launched at: Thu Jun 05 2025 21:36:07 GMT+0300 (Moskova Standart Saati)

Winetricks packages: 

============= End of log =============

Tried with Heroic Appimage, still logs have no wine output

stormy-gold•2d ago

how do you own this? ah, it's free to play i think

exotic-emeraldOP•2d ago

game doesn't matter, happens with any sideloaded game I downloaded the game's standalone installer and added it to heroic

secure-lavender•2d ago

side loaded games get notably less logging than games run through a store front you probably should put in the debug flags in the environment vars section

exotic-emeraldOP•2d ago

    "enviromentOptions": [
        {
            "key": "WINEDEBUG",
            "value": "+seh,+winhttp,+winsock,+wininet"
        }
    ],

    "enviromentOptions": [
        {
            "key": "WINEDEBUG",
            "value": "+seh,+winhttp,+winsock,+wininet"
        }
    ],

I added some winedebug options, still no output I don't get even the DXVK debug output can I download old versions of heroic to test? is there an incompatible version where heroic may fail to recognize its config files?

secure-lavender•2d ago

heroic's side load logs have always been sub optimal iirc

stormy-gold•2d ago

it may be by design, idk

secure-lavender•2d ago

worht a #💡-suggestions

exotic-emeraldOP•2d ago

appears to be a regression 2.10 has logs

secure-lavender•2d ago

it might have been intentional for some future work .. i know there was work for sideloaded games just dont recall what

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