So I’m getting the famous gray screen crash on trying to start the game.

I have finally moved to Linux for my main machine and almost everything is running smoothly except this game in particular.

I using Lutris to get to BattleNet. Overwatch 2 works great. But Diablo 4 just shows a gray screen for 2 or 3 seconds and then the window closes bringing me back to whatever was on the screen when it tried launching.

I’ve seen a bunch of mentions of this issue, most are for the Steam Deck or are Windows-related, and I’ve seen a lot of posts about switching Proton versions and VKD3D versions, but I cannot seem to get a working combination to just get into the game.

I don’t have a clue what is wrong or how to even diagnose what else to do here. All of the links I can find that mention anything.

I had to stop after launch because my last machine only had 4GB of RAM and would choke after a few minutes, but this machine should not be having problems.

  • d3Xt3r@lemmy.nzEnglish
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    6 months ago

    I don’t play D4 anymore so I can’t say if this still works, but back when I did, I used to launch it (ie the Battle.net launcher) from Steam, as a non-Steam game.

    I also used the latest Proton-GE as the compatibility tool, so that’s something you could try as well.

    • nhowell77@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      6 months ago

      Second this comment. I have had minimal to no issues running D4 through Steam. Was never able to get it running via Lutris.