fair-rose

Very old games from GOG not starting.

Bazzite OS. Heroic flatpack. Tried to start some of my classic games (Lands of Lore: Throne of Chaos and Lands of Lore: Guardians of Destiny), which are 90's-era doss games and probably use DOSbox. I install, it flags the WINE version as not being appropriate and switches to ge-8-26-x86_64. I click the PLAY button, it says LAUNCHING, then PLAYING, then goes back to normal, and nothing launches or appears on either of my monitors. I'm a Linux neophyte and need things explained in small words. Anyone have any idea how to fix this?

26 Replies

flat-fuchsia•3mo ago

I added a new word to my vocab, thanks. What a quaint way to say novice.

HeroicBot•3mo ago

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

fair-roseOP•3mo ago

Won't let me upload the log file automatically. Skimming thorugh the log file, I think this is the relevant part:

(02:54:34) [INFO]:    Game Output:

Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "gogdl/cli.py", line 67, in <module>

  File "gogdl/cli.py", line 62, in main

  File "gogdl/launch.py", line 92, in launch

FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/var/mnt/91cde446-8700-4e0f-857b-9517ed840419/GOGLibrary/Lands Of Lore/DOSBOX'

[PYI-1742:ERROR] Failed to execute script 'cli' due to unhandled exception!

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

(02:54:34) [INFO]:    Game Output:

Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "gogdl/cli.py", line 67, in <module>

  File "gogdl/cli.py", line 62, in main

  File "gogdl/launch.py", line 92, in launch

FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/var/mnt/91cde446-8700-4e0f-857b-9517ed840419/GOGLibrary/Lands Of Lore/DOSBOX'

[PYI-1742:ERROR] Failed to execute script 'cli' due to unhandled exception!

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

wise-white•3mo ago

share the whole thing, not just the last part it includes more information that can help, like... is this a linux native game? or a windows game running through proton/wine? that's important because I think dosbox games installed native have issues, but windows versions work better

fair-roseOP•3mo ago

message.txt

wise-white•3mo ago

how did you install the game? did you install it or imported it? the GOGLibrary/Lands Of Lore 2/Lands Of Lore 2 duplicated folder looks odd it's also different than what you had in the previous message and wine-ge is really old, it's not recommended anymore, you should use ge-proton instead

fair-roseOP•3mo ago

It's what Heroic used by default (I think, there was a popup that said it couldn't find the WINE version it was set to but that it found an another that was compatible, so I clicked 'ok'). A few days ago I tried uninstalling and reinstalling from my GOG library, accessed through Heroic itself.

fair-roseOP•3mo ago

ge-proton isn't an option in the dropdown menu. Do I need to reinstall Heroic?

wise-white•3mo ago

click the wine manager option in heroic's sidebar, you can install ge-proton there

fair-roseOP•3mo ago

Switched to GE-Proton-Latest. Still doesn't run.

national-gold•3mo ago

Hi Michael, I'm wondering what distro you're using and your graphics card

flat-fuchsia•3mo ago

21:20:57) [INFO]:    System Info: 
CPU: 16x AMD Ryzen 7 2700X Eight-Core Processor
Memory: 33.56 GB (used: 11.39 GB)
GPUs:
  GPU 0:
    Name: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Radeon RX 580
    IDs: D=67df V=1002 SD=c580 SV=1682
    Driver: amdgpu
OS: Bazzite 42.20250908.0 (Silverblue) (linux)

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

21:20:57) [INFO]:    System Info: 
CPU: 16x AMD Ryzen 7 2700X Eight-Core Processor
Memory: 33.56 GB (used: 11.39 GB)
GPUs:
  GPU 0:
    Name: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Radeon RX 580
    IDs: D=67df V=1002 SD=c580 SV=1682
    Driver: amdgpu
OS: Bazzite 42.20250908.0 (Silverblue) (linux)

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

Just read the log Yes but we are not interested in Wine GE log, proton ge one

fair-roseOP•3mo ago

(09:29:57) [INFO]:    Launching "Lands Of Lore - Guardians of Destiny" (gog)

(09:29:57) [INFO]:    Native? false

(09:29:57) [INFO]:    Installed in: /var/mnt/91cde446-8700-4e0f-857b-9517ed840419/GOGLibrary/Lands Of Lore 2/Lands Of Lore 2 

(09:29:57) [INFO]:    System Info: 

CPU: 16x AMD Ryzen 7 2700X Eight-Core Processor

Memory: 33.56 GB (used: 10.77 GB)

GPUs:

  GPU 0:

    Name: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Radeon RX 580

    IDs: D=67df V=1002 SD=c580 SV=1682

    Driver: amdgpu

OS: Bazzite 42.20250908.0 (Silverblue) (linux)

The current system is not a Steam Deck

We are running inside a Flatpak container

Software Versions:

  Heroic: 2.18.1 "Waterfall Beard" Jorul

  Legendary: 0.20.37 Exit 17 (Heroic)

  gogdl: 1.1.2

  comet: comet 0.2.0

  Nile: 1.1.2 Will A. Zeppeli

(09:29:57) [INFO]:    Game Settings: {

  "autoInstallDxvkNvapi": true,

  "preferSystemLibs": false,

  "enableEsync": true,

  "enableFsync": true,

  "enableWineWayland": false,

  "enableHDR": false,

  "enableWoW64": false,

  "nvidiaPrime": false,

  "enviromentOptions": [],

  "wrapperOptions": [],

  "showFps": false,

  "useGameMode": true,

  "battlEyeRuntime": true,

  "eacRuntime": true,

  "language": "",

  "beforeLaunchScriptPath": "",

  "afterLaunchScriptPath": "",

  "verboseLogs": true,

  "wineVersion": {

    "bin": "/home/Giffin/.var/app/com.heroicgameslauncher.hgl/config/heroic/tools/proton/GE-Proton-latest/proton",

    "name": "Proton - GE-Proton-latest",

    "type": "proton"

(09:29:57) [INFO]:    Launching "Lands Of Lore - Guardians of Destiny" (gog)

(09:29:57) [INFO]:    Native? false

(09:29:57) [INFO]:    Installed in: /var/mnt/91cde446-8700-4e0f-857b-9517ed840419/GOGLibrary/Lands Of Lore 2/Lands Of Lore 2 

(09:29:57) [INFO]:    System Info: 

CPU: 16x AMD Ryzen 7 2700X Eight-Core Processor

Memory: 33.56 GB (used: 10.77 GB)

GPUs:

  GPU 0:

    Name: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Radeon RX 580

    IDs: D=67df V=1002 SD=c580 SV=1682

    Driver: amdgpu

OS: Bazzite 42.20250908.0 (Silverblue) (linux)

The current system is not a Steam Deck

We are running inside a Flatpak container

Software Versions:

  Heroic: 2.18.1 "Waterfall Beard" Jorul

  Legendary: 0.20.37 Exit 17 (Heroic)

  gogdl: 1.1.2

  comet: comet 0.2.0

  Nile: 1.1.2 Will A. Zeppeli

(09:29:57) [INFO]:    Game Settings: {

  "autoInstallDxvkNvapi": true,

  "preferSystemLibs": false,

  "enableEsync": true,

  "enableFsync": true,

  "enableWineWayland": false,

  "enableHDR": false,

  "enableWoW64": false,

  "nvidiaPrime": false,

  "enviromentOptions": [],

  "wrapperOptions": [],

  "showFps": false,

  "useGameMode": true,

  "battlEyeRuntime": true,

  "eacRuntime": true,

  "language": "",

  "beforeLaunchScriptPath": "",

  "afterLaunchScriptPath": "",

  "verboseLogs": true,

  "wineVersion": {

    "bin": "/home/Giffin/.var/app/com.heroicgameslauncher.hgl/config/heroic/tools/proton/GE-Proton-latest/proton",

    "name": "Proton - GE-Proton-latest",

    "type": "proton"

  },

  "winePrefix": "var/home/Giffin/Games/Heroic/Prefixes/default/Lands Of Lore - Guardians of Destiny"

} 

(09:29:57) [INFO]:    Winetricks packages: 

(09:30:05) [INFO]:    Launching Lands Of Lore - Guardians of Destiny: HEROIC_APP_NAME=1207662563 HEROIC_APP_RUNNER=gog GAMEID=umu-0 HEROIC_APP_SOURCE=gog STORE=gog STEAM_COMPAT_INSTALL_PATH="/var/mnt/91cde446-8700-4e0f-857b-9517ed840419/GOGLibrary/Lands Of Lore 2/Lands Of Lore 2" LD_PRELOAD= STEAM_COMPAT_CLIENT_INSTALL_PATH=/home/Giffin/.var/app/com.heroicgameslauncher.hgl/.steam/steam WINEPREFIX="var/home/Giffin/Games/Heroic/Prefixes/default/Lands Of Lore - Guardians of Destiny" STEAM_COMPAT_DATA_PATH="var/home/Giffin/Games/Heroic/Prefixes/default/Lands Of Lore - Guardians of Destiny" PROTONPATH=/home/Giffin/.var/app/com.heroicgameslauncher.hgl/config/heroic/tools/proton/GE-Proton-latest WINE_FULLSCREEN_FSR=0 PROTON_ENABLE_NVAPI=1 DXVK_NVAPI_ALLOW_OTHER_DRIVERS=1 PROTON_EAC_RUNTIME=/home/Giffin/.var/app/com.heroicgameslauncher.hgl/config/heroic/tools/runtimes/eac_runtime PROTON_BATTLEYE_RUNTIME=/home/Giffin/.var/app/com.heroicgameslauncher.hgl/config/heroic/tools/runtimes/battleye_runtime STEAM_COMPAT_APP_ID=0 SteamAppId=0 SteamGameId="heroic-Lands Of Lore 2" PROTON_LOG_DIR=/home/Giffin/.var/app/com.heroicgameslauncher.hgl WINEDEBUG=+fixme DXVK_LOG_LEVEL=info VKD3D_DEBUG=fixme GOGDL_CONFIG_PATH=/home/Giffin/.var/app/com.heroicgameslauncher.hgl/config/heroic/gogdlConfig /app/bin/heroic/resources/app.asar.unpacked/build/bin/x64/linux/gogdl --auth-config-path /home/Giffin/.var/app/com.heroicgameslauncher.hgl/config/heroic/gog_store/auth.json launch "/var/mnt/91cde446-8700-4e0f-857b-9517ed840419/GOGLibrary/Lands Of Lore 2/Lands Of Lore 2" 1207662563 --no-wine --wrapper "/app/bin/gamemoderun "/home/Giffin/.var/app/com.heroicgameslauncher.hgl/config/heroic/tools/runtimes/umu/umu_run.py"" --platform windows --prefer-task 0 

(09:30:05) [INFO]:    Game Output:

  },

  "winePrefix": "var/home/Giffin/Games/Heroic/Prefixes/default/Lands Of Lore - Guardians of Destiny"

} 

(09:29:57) [INFO]:    Winetricks packages: 

(09:30:05) [INFO]:    Launching Lands Of Lore - Guardians of Destiny: HEROIC_APP_NAME=1207662563 HEROIC_APP_RUNNER=gog GAMEID=umu-0 HEROIC_APP_SOURCE=gog STORE=gog STEAM_COMPAT_INSTALL_PATH="/var/mnt/91cde446-8700-4e0f-857b-9517ed840419/GOGLibrary/Lands Of Lore 2/Lands Of Lore 2" LD_PRELOAD= STEAM_COMPAT_CLIENT_INSTALL_PATH=/home/Giffin/.var/app/com.heroicgameslauncher.hgl/.steam/steam WINEPREFIX="var/home/Giffin/Games/Heroic/Prefixes/default/Lands Of Lore - Guardians of Destiny" STEAM_COMPAT_DATA_PATH="var/home/Giffin/Games/Heroic/Prefixes/default/Lands Of Lore - Guardians of Destiny" PROTONPATH=/home/Giffin/.var/app/com.heroicgameslauncher.hgl/config/heroic/tools/proton/GE-Proton-latest WINE_FULLSCREEN_FSR=0 PROTON_ENABLE_NVAPI=1 DXVK_NVAPI_ALLOW_OTHER_DRIVERS=1 PROTON_EAC_RUNTIME=/home/Giffin/.var/app/com.heroicgameslauncher.hgl/config/heroic/tools/runtimes/eac_runtime PROTON_BATTLEYE_RUNTIME=/home/Giffin/.var/app/com.heroicgameslauncher.hgl/config/heroic/tools/runtimes/battleye_runtime STEAM_COMPAT_APP_ID=0 SteamAppId=0 SteamGameId="heroic-Lands Of Lore 2" PROTON_LOG_DIR=/home/Giffin/.var/app/com.heroicgameslauncher.hgl WINEDEBUG=+fixme DXVK_LOG_LEVEL=info VKD3D_DEBUG=fixme GOGDL_CONFIG_PATH=/home/Giffin/.var/app/com.heroicgameslauncher.hgl/config/heroic/gogdlConfig /app/bin/heroic/resources/app.asar.unpacked/build/bin/x64/linux/gogdl --auth-config-path /home/Giffin/.var/app/com.heroicgameslauncher.hgl/config/heroic/gog_store/auth.json launch "/var/mnt/91cde446-8700-4e0f-857b-9517ed840419/GOGLibrary/Lands Of Lore 2/Lands Of Lore 2" 1207662563 --no-wine --wrapper "/app/bin/gamemoderun "/home/Giffin/.var/app/com.heroicgameslauncher.hgl/config/heroic/tools/runtimes/umu/umu_run.py"" --platform windows --prefer-task 0 

(09:30:05) [INFO]:    Game Output:

Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "gogdl/cli.py", line 67, in <module>

  File "gogdl/cli.py", line 62, in main

  File "gogdl/launch.py", line 92, in launch

FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/var/mnt/91cde446-8700-4e0f-857b-9517ed840419/GOGLibrary/Lands Of Lore 2/Lands Of Lore 2/DOSBOX'

[PYI-3101:ERROR] Failed to execute script 'cli' due to unhandled exception!

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

Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "gogdl/cli.py", line 67, in <module>

  File "gogdl/cli.py", line 62, in main

  File "gogdl/launch.py", line 92, in launch

FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/var/mnt/91cde446-8700-4e0f-857b-9517ed840419/GOGLibrary/Lands Of Lore 2/Lands Of Lore 2/DOSBOX'

[PYI-3101:ERROR] Failed to execute script 'cli' due to unhandled exception!

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

For some reason it's not letting me copy/paste the file itself.

flat-fuchsia•3mo ago

It is either a broken game installation or flatpak wreaking havoc again. Did you try with appimage heroic?

fair-roseOP•3mo ago

How would I do that? Please remember, I'm an idiot.

wise-white•2mo ago

does this folder actually exist? /var/mnt/91cde446-8700-4e0f-857b-9517ed840419/GOGLibrary/Lands Of Lore 2/Lands Of Lore 2/DOSBOX because if it doesn't something failed during installation

fair-roseOP•2mo ago

It appears to not exist. Should I uninstall/reinstall?

wise-white•2mo ago

yes, try reinstalling the game

fair-roseOP•2mo ago

Uninstalled, reinstalled, still no dosbox folder. Any idea why?

fair-roseOP•2mo ago

wise-white•2mo ago

@Linguin sorry for the ping, but do you know what could be happening here? is this something the galaxy redistributables should take care of?

rival-black•2mo ago

its possible that GOG changed something in the manifest so dosbox isn't downloaded as a dep now very weird, I'll see if I can debug this soon

fair-roseOP•2mo ago

If you need me to do anything as a test-bed and report back, let me know. Anyone have any ideas?

xenial-black•2mo ago

Hi, I experienced a similar problem when installing HoMM III - Horn of the Abyss and Heroes Chronicles [Chapter 8] - Sword of the Frost. Both games theoretically install correctly, but they don’t launch at all. Moreover, I also tried installing Sword of the Frost through Porting Kit, and the problem is the same, so the fault might indeed lie on GOG’s side. I also hope this issue can be resolved for all older games. Should I share my logs as well?

wise-white•2mo ago

@marcin9991 are you having the same missing DOSBOX issue? if not then create a new thread and share logs

xenial-black•2mo ago

I've created a new thread. Hope you will solve your problem @Michael_P_Giffin !

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