[BUG] Doki Doki Literature Club! (698780)

[BLaDZer]

System:    Host: blad-pc Kernel: 4.18.3-1-MANJARO x86_64 bits: 64 Desktop: Xfce 4.12.4 
           Distro: Manjaro Linux 
CPU:       Topology: 6-Core model: AMD FX-6100 bits: 64 type: MCP L2 cache: 2048 KiB 
           Speed: 1541 MHz min/max: 1400/3300 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1554 2: 1806 3: 1527 4: 1529 
           5: 1535 6: 1529 
Graphics:  Card-1: AMD Pitcairn PRO [Radeon HD 7850 / R7 265 / R9 270 1024SP] driver: amdgpu v: kernel 
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.1 driver: amdgpu unloaded: modesetting 
           resolution: 1360x768~60Hz 
           OpenGL: 
           renderer: AMD Radeon HD 7800 Series (PITCAIRN DRM 3.26.0 4.18.3-1-MANJARO LLVM 6.0.1) 
           v: 4.5 Mesa 18.1.6

Game runs well but there are video bug when trying to expand window(if playing in windowed mode) image will jump up and down. Fullscreen mode works as expected.

[basxto]

Better play the native version.
launch option: ./DDLC.sh # %command%

[popsUlfr]

Could this game not just have ./DDLC.sh started by default on Linux instead of creating a prefix and pulling in proton while there's a perfectly playable native way to start the game ?

[basxto]

Yes, but devs would need to do that.
On itch.io they also have a linux version.

https://steamcommunity.com/app/698780/discussions/0/1620599015891554769/ it does not look like it will change

[nstgc]

Does not work with Proton 6.3. Some text won't load at a certain point (which I'll get to later since it's a spoiler... sort of). When I tried changing to a different version of proton everything went crazy.

The first thing that happened was that some of the main menu text was gibberish (Part of another screen shot). Not that it was in a foriegn language—most of it was still in English—but that is was just messed up. When I went to load a save, it said something was corrupted and some other stuff (should have taken a screenshot). Then the save was gone... sort of.

So I exit the game and try again. It's at this point that Sayori on the main menu is messed up. Her sprite is some unholy amalgamation of all four of the girls in box form.

This also illustrates the messed up text I menioned earlier.

It's at this point I verify the game data and find that over 100 files need to be replaced. So I do that and try again. I'm told that an old save was found and I'm asked if I want to delete it. I say "no". That helped, not at all.

Rinse and repeat a few times with different versions. For some reason, even the version that's default (nothing is ticked in the compatibility menu) is borked.

Eventually I try launching from DDLC.sh. The game seems to work, but my saves are gone. Which really sucks since I'd very much like to know what the text on the wall is in the screenshot below.

Spoiler warning (though at this point I'm pretty sure everyone is basically waiting for it).

I must admit, though, that an "An exception has occurred" is pretty apropos. The traceback at this point is basically gone, sadly. I should have looked at that first.

Steam System Info

[kisak-valve]

Hello @nstgc, since this game is on the Steam Play whitelist, we want to track each issue with this game separately. Please open a new compatibility report with the details you shared here.