GRID 2 is stuck on a black screen

[tannisroot]

When I launch GRID 2 from Steam (got it for free from Humble) using DXVK (tried Proton and Lutris' Windows Steam with latest DXVK), the game is stuck on a black screen. Doesn't launch with WineD3D either.
In a d3d11 log, an interesting error pops up:

err:   D3D11: Cannot create texture:
  Format:  88
  Extent:  205679679x2098426539x1
  Samples: 1
  Layers:  1
  Levels:  1
  Usage:   8
  Flags:   0

System information

• GPU: Nvidia GTX 1070
• Driver: 418.43
• Wine version: tkg-4.3
• DXVK version: 1.0.1

Apitrace file(s)

Note: this apitrace was recorded on computer with Windows 7 and a pretty old card with a very outdated driver (as newer ones result in BSODs). And while it loaded the main menu and prompted to start a new game just fine, it got stuck on a loading screen, so the actual gameplay wasn't traced.
https://yadi.sk/d/NjJOr6eCYUHCIQ

Log files

• d3d11.log: grid2_avx_d3d11.log
• dxgi.log: grid2_avx_dxgi.log

[mrdeathjr28]

This can be fixed with nodvd but steam show same error in my case

[Joshua-Ashton]

As I mentioned on Discord:

D3D11 has a max 2D texture width/height of 16384 and and 3D of 2048 w/h/d.

Since then, I have verified the behavior of this in native d3d11:
If any of the dimensions exceeds the values listed above, E_INVALIDARG is returned.

[Joshua-Ashton]

#974

[Joshua-Ashton]

Probably won't fix the issue but would mimic native behaviour better maybe? 🤷‍♂️

Edit: I made this at 3AM and realised it probably won't help at all. Oops.

[ziemia]

I tried to run versions of this game from Steam (wine and proton) for a few hours, unfortunately without success.
There are several videos on Youtube that have worked (DXVK), but not from the Steam version.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKbxXebVPjw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJiAdNEp7ms

[Zeioth]

It doesn't start on my end, not in Lutris, nor in Steam+proton. I get:

[0318/233958.239:ERROR:angle_platform_impl.cc(54)] populateRenderer11DeviceCaps(906): Error querying driver version from DXGI Adapter.

System information

• GPU: Nvidia GTX 1070
• Driver: 418.49.4
• Wine version: tkg-4.4
• DXVK master up-to-date

Log files

• Lutris log here.
• DXVK logs are empty.

EDIT: The game seems to be running in background, but no window is created.

[doitsujin]

@Zeioth that message comes from Steam (specifically, CEF), not the game.

[ziemia]

If you want to run this game (stem ver.), read this:
ValveSoftware/Proton#1647
ValveSoftware/Proton#753
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwfCZJd56AY&feature=youtu.be

@doitsujin this is not a problem with dxvk

[Joshua-Ashton]

I think Pierre-Loup has mentioned CEG being an issue before -- not sure what the status is on that though.

[NerosTie]

Tested and it's a DRM issue:

https://www.reddit.com/r/linux_gaming/comments/cl1o6p/how_piracy_saves_pc_gaming_using_the_example_of/

https://www.protondb.com/app/44350

Unfortunately, I'm stuck on the "check for DLC" screen, but it's not an issue with DXVK.

Can be closed.