Red Dead Redemption 2 Opens to Black Screen (ROG Ally/Bazzite)
Good morning, everyone, I hope you're all doing well. Thank you so much for reading this, I greatly appreciate it.
I've been looking to play RDR2 on my Bazzite-only Ally, but the install process was weird and the game is not working properly. Specifically, the install process required installing the Rockstar Launcher a number of times, over and over. Furthermore, when I open RDR2 on my Ally, it opens to a black screen. I can hear game audio, there's just nothing on the screen.
I've found that using an external keyboard to hit "alt-enter" does bring up the graphics of the game, but controller support and external keyboard inputs both do not work. I was able to also get the game to show its graphics via opening it in Desktop mode, with the same issues.
I looked up on ProtonDB to see if RDR2 had known issues on Linux, but most people on there said it worked more or less out of the box. Of course, before I came here I googled "red dead redemption 2 opening on black screen with audio steamos" and "red dead redemption 2 opening on black screen with audio linux", but I couldn't find anything that seemed relevant.
I'm not using Lutris or Heroic Launcher, simply the Steam version of the game booting into the Rockstar Launcher.
In addition, the Rockstar Launcher struggled to find my copy of RDR2, though it seems to be working fine now in that the game (imperfectly) boots.
Weirdly, this is just a problem with RDR2, GTA V Enhanced actually works fine (though GTA V not enhanced does only work in 4:3 - changing the aspect ratio doesn't seem to do anything - but that's no big problem atm).
I would greatly appreciate some help, and I'm very thankful for anyone who chooses to do so. I know we all have busy, complex lives and there's a lot of fun and work we could be doing, so I really do value people who are willing to help out strangers like this. It's a kind thing to do.
I've been looking to play RDR2 on my Bazzite-only Ally, but the install process was weird and the game is not working properly. Specifically, the install process required installing the Rockstar Launcher a number of times, over and over. Furthermore, when I open RDR2 on my Ally, it opens to a black screen. I can hear game audio, there's just nothing on the screen.
I've found that using an external keyboard to hit "alt-enter" does bring up the graphics of the game, but controller support and external keyboard inputs both do not work. I was able to also get the game to show its graphics via opening it in Desktop mode, with the same issues.
I looked up on ProtonDB to see if RDR2 had known issues on Linux, but most people on there said it worked more or less out of the box. Of course, before I came here I googled "red dead redemption 2 opening on black screen with audio steamos" and "red dead redemption 2 opening on black screen with audio linux", but I couldn't find anything that seemed relevant.
I'm not using Lutris or Heroic Launcher, simply the Steam version of the game booting into the Rockstar Launcher.
In addition, the Rockstar Launcher struggled to find my copy of RDR2, though it seems to be working fine now in that the game (imperfectly) boots.
Weirdly, this is just a problem with RDR2, GTA V Enhanced actually works fine (though GTA V not enhanced does only work in 4:3 - changing the aspect ratio doesn't seem to do anything - but that's no big problem atm).
I would greatly appreciate some help, and I'm very thankful for anyone who chooses to do so. I know we all have busy, complex lives and there's a lot of fun and work we could be doing, so I really do value people who are willing to help out strangers like this. It's a kind thing to do.
