Steam Linux | Path of Exile | Proton 8+ | comctl32.dll failed to initialize | Works with Proton 7

[freddiehaddad]

Compatibility Report

• Name of the game with compatibility issues: Path of Exile
• Steam AppID of the game: 238960

System Information

• GPU: RX 7900 XTX
• Video driver version: Mesa 23.2.1
• Kernel version: 6.6.2
• Link to full system information report as Gist:
• Proton version: 8 and 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.

40892.597:0124:0128:err:module:LdrInitializeThunk "COMCTL32.dll" failed to initialize, aborting
40892.597:0124:0128:err:module:LdrInitializeThunk Initializing dlls for L"Z:\\home\\freddiehaddad\\.local\\share\\Steam\\steamapps\\common\\Path of Exile\\PathOfExileSteam.exe" failed, status c0000005

https://gist.github.com/freddiehaddad/388bd33e062682a63ff0964ea78ef8e7

Symptoms

Game fails to start using Proton 8 and Proton Experimental, works with Proton 7.

Launch Options:

PROTON_LOG=1 WINEDLLOVERRIDES="version.dll=n,b" %command%

Reproduction

1. Install Path of Exile via steam
2. Change launch options for game to:

   PROTON_LOG=1 WINEDLLOVERRIDES="version.dll=n,b" %command%

3. Download: https://github.com/RoseTheFlower/UltrawideIndex/releases/download/pathofexile/Path.of.Exile.Ultrawide.v1.1.zip
   1. Unzip archive to game directory.

   2. unzip ~/downloads/Path.of.Exile.Ultrawide.v1.1.zip -d ~/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/common/Path\ of\ Exile/
      

4. Attempt to launch game using Proton Experiment or Proton 8, game will not launch and logs will show the comctl32.dll error.
5. Switch to Proton 7 and game will launch.

[kisak-valve]

Hello @freddiehaddad, we're using one issue report per unofficially supported game title, so I've gone ahead and transferred this issue report to #58 (comment).