Resolved DXVK and Protontricks Issues for AoE2DE

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📅 2025-07-10 — Session: Resolved DXVK and Protontricks Issues for AoE2DE

🕒 03:05–03:40
🏷️ Labels: DXVK, Protontricks, Aoe2De, Steam, Troubleshooting
📂 Project: Dev
⭐ Priority: MEDIUM

Session Goal

The goal of this session was to resolve issues related to DXVK and Protontricks for running Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition (AoE2DE) on Linux through Steam.

Key Activities

  • Followed a recovery guide to address a Protontricks failure loop caused by a corrupted appinfo.vdf file.
  • Troubleshot DXVK initialization issues for AoE2DE, ensuring Visual C++ redistributables were installed.
  • Set DXVK debug launch options in Steam for AoE2DE.
  • Executed a detailed recovery path for fixing DXVK injection issues using Flatpak and Proton GE.
  • Verified successful installation and configuration of Proton GE and DXVK.

Achievements

  • Successfully regenerated appinfo.vdf and reattempted Protontricks.
  • Confirmed DXVK initialization and activation for AoE2DE.
  • Completed installation and configuration of Proton GE and DXVK, ensuring proper functionality on Steam.

Pending Tasks

  • Monitor the game performance over the next few sessions to ensure stability and functionality remain intact.

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