Old Proton Versions (5.13 and below) Not Working Correctly

[TheRhysWyrill]

Describe the bug

When trying to launch any game with Proton 5.13 selected as the version to use (for some games that require it) the game won't launch and closes immediately, if I take that same Proton version from steams common folder but copy it into Heroics Wine folder then it works without issue as shown below, happens regardless of whether it's a sideloaded app or an Amazon/Epic/GOG game.

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Launching "Call of Duty" (sideload)
Native? No
Installed in: /home/TRW/Games/Heroic/Call of Duty

System Info:
CPU: 16x AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX with Radeon Graphics
Memory: 30.22 GB (used: 5.74 GB)
GPUs:
  GPU 0:
    Name: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Rembrandt [Radeon 680M]
    IDs: D=1681 V=1002 SD=0001 SV=1f66
    Driver: amdgpu
OS: Bazzite 41.20250127.0 (Kinoite) (linux)

The current system is not a Steam Deck
We are running inside a Flatpak container

Software Versions:
  Heroic: 2.15.2 Emeth
  Legendary: 0.20.36 Urban Flight (Heroic)
  gogdl: 1.1.2
  comet: comet 0.1.2

  Nile: 1.1.2 Will A. Zeppeli

Game Settings: {
	"autoInstallDxvk": true,
	"autoInstallDxvkNvapi": false,
	"autoInstallVkd3d": true,
	"preferSystemLibs": false,
	"enableEsync": false,
	"enableMsync": false,
	"enableFsync": false,
	"launcherArgs": "+set r_ignorehwgamma 1 +set r_customwidth 1440 set r_customheight 1080 +set r_mode -1",
	"nvidiaPrime": false,
	"enviromentOptions": [
		{
			"key": "MESA_EXTENSION_MAX_YEAR",
			"value": "2008"
		}
	],
	"wrapperOptions": [],
	"showFps": false,
	"useGameMode": true,
	"useSteamRuntime": false,
	"battlEyeRuntime": true,
	"eacRuntime": true,
	"language": "",
	"beforeLaunchScriptPath": "",
	"afterLaunchScriptPath": "",
	"wineVersion": {
		"bin": "/var/home/TRW/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/common/Proton 5.13/proton",
		"name": "Proton - Proton 5.13",
		"type": "proton"
	},
	"winePrefix": "/home/TRW/Games/Heroic/.Prefixes/Call of Duty",
	"wineCrossoverBottle": ""
}

Game launched at: Wed Feb 12 2025 20:04:10 GMT+0000 (Greenwich Mean Time)

Winetricks packages: 

gamemodeauto: 
gamemodeauto: 
gamemodeauto: 
wineserver: using server-side synchronization.
[S_API] SteamAPI_Init(): SteamAPI_IsSteamRunning() did not locate a running instance of Steam.
[S_API FAIL] SteamAPI_Init() failed
gamemodeauto:

Steps to reproduce

1. Install Proton 5.13 via Steam
2. Set Proton - Proton 5.13 as the Wine version for any installed game.
3. Game should fail to launch
4. Copy the contents of steamapps/common/Proton 5.13/dist to .var/app/com.heroicgameslauncher.hgl/heroic/config/heroic/tools/wine/Proton 5.13
5. Use the newly listed Wine - Proton 5.13 option
6. Game should launch

Expected behavior

To select Proton - Proton 5.13 and for it to work like any other Steam Proton version.

Screenshots

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Heroic Version

Latest Stable (Flatpak)

System Information

• OS: Bazzite 41.20250127.0
• CPU: Ryzen 9 6900HX
• GPU: Radeon 680M
• 32GB RAM

Additional information

No response

[Mew-Lew]

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