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Elden Ring won't launch for Nat anymore
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Vexing!

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keithzg created this task.Wed, Oct 8, 12:13 AM
keithzg added a comment.Wed, Oct 8, 12:18 AM

Some random person commented that after getting the DLC they had to follow a bunch of silly steps to fiddle with Easy Anti-Cheat, and it seems to stall for a long time at the EAC screen most times, so maybe that's it?

Tried switching to a different Proton version and it showed a progress bar for EAC, but then the white screen and exited again.

Maybe we should try https://github.com/GloriousEggroll/proton-ge-custom . . .

keithzg added a comment.Wed, Oct 8, 12:24 AM

Those Easy Anti-Cheat steps, lightly edited to be a bit more readable:

  1. Go into desktop mode
  2. Download anti-cheat toggler
  3. drop the exe into the Elden Ring .exe folder
  4. right click on the anti cheat toggler exe and add to steam
  5. go into steam and click properties and change the forced compatibility to proton experimental
  6. go back into game mode and launch the anti cheat toggler exe and click the prompt when lauched
  7. open elden ring with internet connection off. start the game up and then go to in game setting and exit to desktop
  8. go back to the anti cheat toggler exe and open it and click the option that says re enabling anti cheat
  9. launch elden ring and everything should be working perfectly
keithzg changed the visibility from "All Users" to "Public (No Login Required)".Wed, Oct 8, 12:31 AM
Nat20 added a comment.EditedWed, Oct 8, 1:09 AM

Random things to try:
Change resolution

  • Change the resolution to Native
  • Open the game and get white screen again
  • Close the game
  • Change resolution back to Default
  • Run the game and it works

https://wealthquint.com/fix-elden-ring-steam-deck-white-screen-61592/

https://www.reddit.com/r/SteamDeck/comments/upihro/white_screen_elden_ring_help/

zooming
"repeatedly zooming when the white screen comes up with the help of Steam Button and Left Shoulder(L1)"

compatibility
Try using Proton 7.0.6.

keithzg triaged this task as Wishlist priority.Wed, Oct 8, 2:03 PM

None of the above managed to work. Uninstalling and reinstalling also didn't. Neither, seemingly, did setting the Deck to use the fallback video modes for the 1080p display it was hooked up to through my Steam Deck Dock. But simply launching the game without it being plugged into the dock worked! And then plugging the dock in afterwards, though it was then displaying at I believe 1280x800 rather than 1920x1080 (and so not just low res but also not filling up the screen) did work.

Tried on my Steam Deck, same crash out, with the same workaround working---though it seems to be 1280x720 instead, and thus the right aspect ratio.

Vexing indeed, but about the level of quality I expect from a AAA developer, especially to be frank a Japanese one with that industry's inflexibility and console-focus...