Kingdom Come Deliverance 1 from GoG fails to launch

When trying to launch Kingdom Come Deliverance 1 from the play button it crashes shortly after showing the game's loading screen, but when selecting the option "Run exe on prefix" it launches normally

heroic.log9.16KB

launch.log87.84KB

dry-scarlet•11/16/25, 5:49 PM

Please try with proton ge latest

HeroicBotAPP•11/16/25, 5:49 PM

Please follow these instructions on using GE-Proton:

Head to the Wine Manager in Heroic, click the "GE-Proton" tab, and install "GE-Proton-Latest"
Head to the settings for your game(s) (icon on game card in library). In the "Wine Version" dropdown, select "Proton - GE-Proton-latest"
Rename your Wineprefix (path is shown in game settings), e.g. from
```
current-name
```
```
current-name
```
to
```
current-name_bak
```
```
current-name_bak
```
. To clarify: Rename the actual folder on your hard drive, do not change the option in the game settings.
Note: This will make game-specific configuration data (e.g. in-game settings or save files) unavailable. If this is an issue, let us know & we'll help you restore them.

Ddry-scarlet Please try with proton ge latest

popular-magentaOP•11/16/25, 9:25 PM

Worked once, then it started crashing again

heroic.log42.52KB

dry-scarlet•11/16/25, 9:31 PM

game log is what matters

dry-scarlet•11/16/25, 9:31 PM

Not that

Ddry-scarlet game log is what matters

popular-magentaOP•11/16/25, 9:31 PM

launch.log90.24KB

dry-scarlet•11/16/25, 9:32 PM

click to winetricks on game page

dry-scarlet•11/16/25, 9:32 PM

Install d3dcompiler_47 from there

dry-scarlet•11/16/25, 9:33 PM

If that doesnt make a diff then 43 one

Ddry-scarlet If that doesnt make a diff then 43 one

popular-magentaOP•11/16/25, 9:36 PM

Same problem after installing both

launch.log43.17KB

awake-maroon•11/16/25, 9:39 PM

you seem to be having this issue Games crash instantly when run by clicking "Play" but will work fine if run via "Run exe on prefix".

try disabling comet in settings (general settings, not game settings) > advanced

dry-scarlet•11/16/25, 9:39 PM

got rid of d3dcomp errs at least

Aawake-maroon you seem to be having this issue https://discord.com/channels/812703221789097985...

popular-magentaOP•11/16/25, 9:45 PM

This worked

popular-magentaOP•11/16/25, 9:45 PM

Appreciate the help

awake-maroon•11/16/25, 10:10 PM

cc @Linguin in case you want to investigate what's happening with comet and this game in particular

radical-lime•11/16/25, 10:10 PM

is it crashing?

dry-scarlet•11/16/25, 10:11 PM

There are like 3 messages to read back

radical-lime•11/16/25, 10:12 PM

well yea

radical-lime•11/16/25, 10:13 PM

but

radical-lime•11/16/25, 10:13 PM

is it like just after play

radical-lime•11/16/25, 10:13 PM

or it reaches a menu then stops

radical-lime•11/16/25, 10:13 PM

tries to play a startup videos and frezes and closes

radical-lime•11/16/25, 10:14 PM

@caringnickel240 would you be able to share a comet log of when it's crashing?

popular-magentaOP•11/16/25, 10:17 PM

Where do I find the comet log?

radical-lime•11/16/25, 10:21 PM

show file in folder

radical-lime•11/16/25, 10:21 PM

then there is a comet.log

popular-magentaOP•11/16/25, 10:28 PM

This is without turning it on again on

comet.log6.16KB

radical-lime•11/16/25, 10:57 PM

hmm

radical-lime•11/16/25, 10:57 PM

its like just after the handshake it crashed

radical-lime•11/16/25, 10:57 PM

wtf

radical-lime•11/16/25, 10:57 PM

[2025-11-16T21:35:29Z INFO  comet::api::handlers] Socket connection closed with None
[2025-11-16T21:35:29Z INFO  comet::api::handlers::communication_service] Client identified as 50749845871559061 33484fee2f001325cef82cb38c9b70a1b70cd48e1245f79cb0d1a3e2da4dfe8c
[2025-11-16T21:35:29Z INFO  comet::api::handlers::communication_service] Game PID: 200
[2025-11-16T21:35:30Z INFO  comet::db::gameplay] Setting up database at "/home/adam/.var/app/com.heroicgameslauncher.hgl/data/comet/gameplay/50749845871559061/54890396928348033/gameplay.db"
[2025-11-16T21:35:31Z INFO  comet::api::handlers] Socket connection closed with Some("50749845871559061")

[2025-11-16T21:35:29Z INFO  comet::api::handlers] Socket connection closed with None
[2025-11-16T21:35:29Z INFO  comet::api::handlers::communication_service] Client identified as 50749845871559061 33484fee2f001325cef82cb38c9b70a1b70cd48e1245f79cb0d1a3e2da4dfe8c
[2025-11-16T21:35:29Z INFO  comet::api::handlers::communication_service] Game PID: 200
[2025-11-16T21:35:30Z INFO  comet::db::gameplay] Setting up database at "/home/adam/.var/app/com.heroicgameslauncher.hgl/data/comet/gameplay/50749845871559061/54890396928348033/gameplay.db"
[2025-11-16T21:35:31Z INFO  comet::api::handlers] Socket connection closed with Some("50749845871559061")

radical-lime•11/16/25, 10:58 PM

50749845871559061

50749845871559061

corresponds to KCD

[2025-11-16T21:35:29Z INFO comet::api::handlers] Socket connection closed with None [2025-11-16T21:35:29Z INFO comet::api::handlers::communication_service] Client identified as 50749845871559061 33484fee2f001325cef82cb38c9b70a1b70cd48e1245f79cb0d1a3e2da4dfe8c [2025-11-16T21:35:29Z INFO comet::api::handlers::communication_service] Game PID: 200 [2025-11-16T21:35:30Z INFO comet::db::gameplay] Setting up database at "/home/adam/.var/app/com.heroicgameslauncher.hgl/data/comet/gameplay/50749845871559061/54890396928348033/gameplay.db" [2025-11-16T21:35:31Z INFO comet::api::handlers] Socket connection closed with Some("50749845871559061")

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