Why does this happen to some of my games?

title really.. got a few games where this oldschool TV error shows instead of the actual main screen, the same happens with Dragons Dogma Dark Arisen. It's a super weird thing, as before this appears the actual loading screen is present, but this error-image just decides to slowly fade in...?

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aBundleOfFerrets@sh.itjust.works · 69 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Have you tried changing channel? Some consoles are on ch3 and some are on ch4

ivanafterall@kbin.social · 24 pts · 2y

And make sure the channel on the TV is set to the the same one as the RF adapter.

Jontique@lemmy.world · 57 pts · 2y (3 replies)

Missing codecs, try running with Proton-GE

emilmuzz@lemmy.world · 35 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Seconding this advice. Install ProtonUp-Qt, run it and add the latest Proton-GE version. Restart Steam and change game compatibilty settings to use use Proton-GE.

Sunny@slrpnk.net · 21 pts · 2y

It was indeed this! Thanks :)

narc0tic_bird@lemm.ee · 13 pts · 2y

Jup, this is it. Valve's Proton doesn't include some of the more exotic proprietary codecs like Bink and the likes.

yo_scottie_oh@lemmy.ml · 8 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Take it out and blow on it.

Sunny@slrpnk.net · 2 pts · 2y

Damn this got me laughing a lot 😅

Burghler@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 2y

I've noticed this with Warhammer 40K: Rogue Trader too. And with dragons dogma like you have, thought it was just a me problem... Good to know!

ekky@sopuli.xyz · 1 pts · 2y (2 replies)

I've observed this in VRising too. It's been nearly consistent since I upgraded to a better graphics card.

Sunny@slrpnk.net · 11 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Proton-GE fixed it as pointed out in the comments!

ekky@sopuli.xyz · 1 pts · 2y

Yup, that appears to have fixed the problem. Derp.

BradleyUffner@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y

Ohh wow. I just thought this was some new game intro thing. Had no idea it wasn't supposed to do that.