GIRLS' FRONTLINE 2: EXILIUM (3308670)

[nolrinale]

Compatibility Report

• Name of the game with compatibility issues: GIRLS' FRONTLINE 2: EXILIUM
• Steam AppID of the game: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3308670/GIRLS_FRONTLINE_2_EXILIUM/

System Information

• STEAM DECK OLED 512 GB
• OS: 3.6.20
• Proton version: Proton Hotfix & Experimental

I confirm:

• that I haven't found an existing compatibility report for this game.
• that I have checked whether there are updates for my system available.

systemreport-20250211200643.tar.gz

steam-3308670.tar.gz

Symptoms

After updating the game for the first time and proceeding to start, the game just unexpectedly closes without any error or warning message.

Reproduction

1. Download and install the game from https://store.steampowered.com/app/3308670/GIRLS_FRONTLINE_2_EXILIUM/
2. Start the game
3. You will arrive to the title screen, the game will then begin to download extra update files
4. Once the update is finished you click the title screen to start the game.
5. The game closes and you return to your Steam dashboard

[Parmethyst]

@makabrax It's worth pointing out AppID 3347400 is the Darkwinter version of the game, whereas this thread AppID 3308670 is the HaoPlay version, wondering whether to open a new issue for the other version or not, since I'm unsure I'll post here first unless being asked otherwise.

Compatibility Report

• Steam AppID of the game: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3347400/GIRLS_FRONTLINE_2_EXILIUM/

System Information

• GPU: AMD RX 7600 XT
• Video driver version: Mesa 24.2.8
• Kernel version: 6.12.9-203.bazzite.fc41.x86_64
• Link to full system information report as Gist: https://gist.github.com/Parmethyst/3d842e82f076aa1c90f4c20bcd90566c
• Proton version: Proton 9.0-4, Proton Hotfix, Proton Experimental + bleeding-edge

steam-3347400-bleeding-edge-fail.log

Symptoms

Game need several retries to open successfully

Reproduction

1. Download and install the game from https://store.steampowered.com/app/3347400/GIRLS_FRONTLINE_2_EXILIUM
2. Start the game
3. Game won't open
4. Retry to start the game until it opens

[makabrax]

The publisher is just different for the geolocation, you can easily use the same steps to make either version work. Here is another guide.

<Link removed by moderator>

[kisak-valve]

Hello @Parmethyst, generally speaking, if a game is using a different appid, then we want to track that variant separately, but until there's any known difference between the two, it probably doesn't matter one way or another.

Hello @makabrax, the workaround you linked is legally problematic and has been removed.

[ItsKaa]

The Haoplay version has a dependency on webview2, whereas the Darkwinter version does not.

The work-around for the title screen crash for the Haoplay version is available on Workaround removed by moderator, basically just comes down to installing webview2 with Windows 7 compatibility and changing the renderer to GDI. The issue where you have to re-launch the game is applicable to the Haoplay version too even with the webview2 work-around.

Possibly related to https://gitlab.winehq.org/wine/wine/-/merge_requests/7032

[kisak-valve]

I need to make this abundantly clear. I'm not a lawyer, but it appears that third party redistribution of WebView2's installer is legally problematic and instructions pointing towards that should not be recommended here. Additionally, scripting the download of the software by pointing to a Microsoft download site also appears to be against the installer's EULA.

Please do not point others in that direction, as the way forward is to always grow support for the component in wine or wine-adjacent projects.

@ItsKaa, the workaround you linked is legally problematic and has been removed.