Sniper Elite V2 won't launch (63380)

[tfaller]

The launcher of the game shows up, but the actual game can't be launched by the launcher.
There is nothing special in the steam-63380.log file.

OS: Ubuntu 18.04 64-bit
CPU: AMD Athlon(tm) II X4 620
GPU: AMD Radeon HD 7800 Series
Driver Version: Mesa 18.3.0-devel - padoka PPA

[Warrengbrn]

Same here.

Ubuntu 18.04.1
Ryzen 7 1700
Nvidia Geforce GTX 1070
Driver 354.51

[priand1]

Can confirm this. My System Information:
https://gist.github.com/FreigeistZ/df2db421094762a1a14e184585fd9eee

The logfile of appid 63380:

steam-63380.log

[IanTrudel]

I managed to launch Sniper Elite V2 using Lutris and Winesteam.

Running the game requires the following:

• Update GNU TLS in the appropriate Steam directory by removing and symlink libgnutls.so.26 to the newer version.
• Install Xact using winetricks or protontricks if you have troubles with sound.
• Refresh rate might be a problem. Useful command line options:
  • Use -<refresh rate>Hz such as -60Hz, -70Hz, etc.
  • Otherwise use -subwindow and press ALT-ENTER.

[priand1]

This is on Proton 4.2-3, my gist is two comments above.
Sniper Elite V2 is still crashing when pressing the play button in the launcher.

In the attached log you can see that Proton is trying to load
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\Steam2.dll
as a native dll which does not work, because it does not exist.

After that it tries to load
/Steam/steamapps/common/Proton 4.2/dist/lib/wine/steam2.dll.so
as built-in dll which also fails because it also does not exist.

SniperEliteV2.exe terminates after that

FWIW, I found a native Steam2.dll in a Steam for Windows installation and copied it over to the
/Steam/steamapps/compatdata/63380/pfx/drive_c/Program Files (x86)/Steam/
folder and the game still crashes. I deleted that native dll afterwards.

After that I found all files in
/Steam/steamapps/compatdata/63380/pfx/drive_c/Program Files (x86)/Steam/
namely
385312 Apr 22 19:01 steamclient64.dll
385312 Apr 22 19:01 steamclient.dll
385312 Apr 22 19:01 Steam.dll
share the same size and md5sum.

So I copied Steam.dll as Steam2.dll into this folder which resulted in the game starting but hanging with a black screen.
steam-63380.log

[kisak-valve]

Sniper ELite V2 Doesn't launcher!

Issue transferred from #4676.
@AndyMxM posted on 2021-03-17T21:26:33:

Compatibility Report

Sniceper Elite V2 Doens't launch

• Steam AppID of the game: 63380

System Information

• GPU: GTX 1050
• Driver/LLVM version: NVIDIA-DIRVER 460(propietary)
• Kernel version: 5.4.0-67-generic
• Link to full system information report as Gist
• (https://gist.github.com/AndyMxM/a1fc7e26ed0f73dbbae9597b1c817731#file-steam-63380-log)
• Proton version: 5.13-6

I confirm:

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

(https://gist.github.com/AndyMxM/a1fc7e26ed0f73dbbae9597b1c817731#file-steam-63380-log)

Symptoms

I am trying to launch the game Sniper Elite V2, but it trying to load but doesn't work, and even it doesn't show me any error message!

Reproduction

[NoXPhasma]

With Steam Beta + Proton Experimental it shows the launcher but crashes when I press play in the launcher.
https://gist.github.com/NoXPhasma/533c7562e7fb7366545517ca4a05ef67
steam-63380.log

[NoXPhasma]

Retested with Proton Experimental Bleeding Edge and it still crashes after the launcher.
steam-63380.log