Nosferatu: Wrath of Malachi from GOG is choosing the wrong .exe to run

[Relbron]

Describe the bug

After you install the game Nosferatu: Wrath of Malachi on Heroic or on Lutris it (for some bizarre reason) defaults to a .exe named Nosshell.exe instead of Nosferatu.exe not allowing you to properly play the game out of the box.

Add logs

Launching "Nosferatu: Wrath of Malachi" (gog)

Native? No

Installed in: /media/sebastian/Games/Nosferatu - Wrath of Malachi

System Info:

CPU: 12x AMD Ryzen 5 4500 6-Core Processor

Memory: 16.54 GB (used: 4.92 GB)

GPUs:

  GPU 0:

    Name: NVIDIA Corporation TU116 [GeForce GTX 1660]

    IDs: D=2184 V=10de SD=1067 SV=3842

    Driver: nvidia

OS: Linux Mint 22 (Wilma) (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": true,

    "enableMsync": false,

    "enableFsync": true,

    "nvidiaPrime": false,

    "enviromentOptions": [],

    "wrapperOptions": [],

    "showFps": false,

    "useGameMode": true,

    "battlEyeRuntime": true,

    "eacRuntime": true,

    "language": "",

    "beforeLaunchScriptPath": "",

    "afterLaunchScriptPath": "",

    "wineVersion": {

        "bin": "/home/sebastian/.steam/debian-installation/steamapps/common/Proton 5.0/proton",

        "name": "Proton - Proton 5.0",

        "type": "proton"

    },

    "winePrefix": "/home/sebastian/Games/Heroic/Prefixes/default/Nosferatu Wrath of Malachi",

    "wineCrossoverBottle": ""

}

Game launched at: Sat Dec 14 2024 12:51:54 GMT-0500 (Colombia Standard Time)

Winetricks packages: 

Launch Command: HEROIC_APP_NAME=1207666093 HEROIC_APP_RUNNER=gog GAMEID=umu-0 HEROIC_APP_SOURCE=gog STORE=gog STEAM_COMPAT_INSTALL_PATH="/media/sebastian/Games/Nosferatu - Wrath of Malachi" LD_PRELOAD= STEAM_COMPAT_CLIENT_INSTALL_PATH=/home/sebastian/.var/app/com.heroicgameslauncher.hgl/.steam/steam WINEPREFIX="/home/sebastian/Games/Heroic/Prefixes/default/Nosferatu Wrath of Malachi" STEAM_COMPAT_DATA_PATH="/home/sebastian/Games/Heroic/Prefixes/default/Nosferatu Wrath of Malachi" PROTONPATH="/home/sebastian/.steam/debian-installation/steamapps/common/Proton 5.0" WINE_FULLSCREEN_FSR=0 PROTON_DISABLE_NVAPI=1 PROTON_EAC_RUNTIME=/home/sebastian/.var/app/com.heroicgameslauncher.hgl/config/heroic/tools/runtimes/eac_runtime PROTON_BATTLEYE_RUNTIME=/home/sebastian/.var/app/com.heroicgameslauncher.hgl/config/heroic/tools/runtimes/battleye_runtime STEAM_COMPAT_APP_ID=0 SteamAppId=0 SteamGameId="heroic-Nosferatu - Wrath of Malachi" PROTON_LOG_DIR=/home/sebastian/.var/app/com.heroicgameslauncher.hgl /app/bin/heroic/resources/app.asar.unpacked/build/bin/x64/linux/gogdl launch "/media/sebastian/Games/Nosferatu - Wrath of Malachi" 1207666093 --no-wine --wrapper "/app/bin/gamemoderun "/home/sebastian/.steam/debian-installation/steamapps/common/Proton 5.0/proton" waitforexitandrun" --platform windows

Game Log:

gamemodeauto: 

gamemodeauto: 

gamemodeauto: 

esync: up and running.

[S_API] SteamAPI_Init(): SteamAPI_IsSteamRunning() did not locate a running instance of Steam.

[S_API FAIL] SteamAPI_Init() failed

gamemodeauto: 

Launch command: ['/app/bin/gamemoderun', '/home/sebastian/.steam/debian-installation/steamapps/common/Proton 5.0/proton', 'waitforexitandrun', '/media/sebastian/Games/Nosferatu - Wrath of Malachi/nosshell.exe']

All processes exited

============= End of log =============

Steps to reproduce

1. Go to 'Heroic Games Launcher'
2. Click on 'Nosferatu: Wrath of Malachi'
3. Run the game with any compatibility layer
4. See the message of "Playing" and then nothing happens.

Expected behavior

Click the play button and the game should open right away.

Screenshots

Heroic Version

Latest Stable

System Information

System:
Kernel: 6.8.0-50-generic arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.3.0 clocksource: tsc
Desktop: Cinnamon v: 6.2.9 tk: GTK v: 3.24.41 wm: Muffin v: 6.2.0 vt: 7 dm: LightDM v: 1.30.0
Distro: Linux Mint 22 Wilma base: Ubuntu 24.04 noble
Machine:
Type: Desktop Mobo: ASUSTeK model: PRIME A320M-K v: Rev X.0x serial:
part-nu: SKU uuid: UEFI: American Megatrends v: 6042 date: 04/28/2022
CPU:
Info: 6-core model: AMD Ryzen 5 4500 bits: 64 type: MT MCP smt: enabled arch: Zen 2 rev: 1 cache:
L1: 384 KiB L2: 3 MiB L3: 8 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 2662 high: 4198 min/max: 400/4208 cores: 1: 3603 2: 2800 3: 400 4: 2999
5: 2953 6: 2965 7: 4001 8: 400 9: 3375 10: 4198 11: 400 12: 3850 bogomips: 86406
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA TU116 [GeForce GTX 1660] vendor: eVga.com. driver: nvidia v: 535.183.01
arch: Turing pcie: speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 2 ports: active: none off: HDMI-A-1 empty: DP-1,DVI-D-1
bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:2184 class-ID: 0300
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.11 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.6 driver: X: loaded: nouveau
unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa failed: nvidia gpu: nvidia,nvidia-nvswitch display-ID: :0
screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 101 s-size: 483x261mm (19.02x10.28") s-diag: 549mm (21.61")
Monitor-1: HDMI-0 res: 1920x1080 hz: 75 dpi: 102 size: 480x260mm (18.9x10.24")
diag: 546mm (21.49") modes: N/A
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: nvidia platforms: device: 0 drv: nvidia device: 2 drv: swrast gbm:
drv: kms_swrast surfaceless: drv: nvidia x11: drv: nvidia inactive: wayland,device-1
API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: nvidia mesa v: 535.183.01 glx-v: 1.4
direct-render: yes renderer: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660/PCIe/SSE2
Audio:
Device-1: NVIDIA TU116 High Definition Audio vendor: eVga.com. driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
pcie: speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 2 bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:1aeb class-ID: 0403
Device-2: AMD Renoir Radeon High Definition Audio vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel
v: kernel pcie: speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 09:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:1637 class-ID: 0403
Device-3: AMD Family 17h/19h HD Audio vendor: ASUSTeK PRIME B450M-A driver: snd_hda_intel
v: kernel pcie: speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 09:00.6 chip-ID: 1022:15e3 class-ID: 0403
API: ALSA v: k6.8.0-50-generic status: kernel-api
Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.0.5 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse status: active
2: wireplumber status: active
Server-2: PulseAudio v: 16.1 status: off (using pipewire-pulse)
Network:
Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet vendor: ASUSTeK RTL8111H
driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: e000 bus-ID: 06:00.0
chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp6s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac:
Device-2: Ralink MT7601U Wireless Adapter driver: mt7601u type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
lanes: 1 bus-ID: 3-3:2 chip-ID: 148f:7601 class-ID: 0000 serial:
IF: wlx000c430bad09 state: up mac:
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 1.15 TiB used: 431.64 GiB (36.7%)
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: TeamGroup model: TM8FP6512G size: 476.94 GiB speed: 31.6 Gb/s
lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: fw-rev: EDFME0.1 temp: 38.9 C scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/sda vendor: TeamGroup model: T253512GB size: 476.94 GiB speed: 6.0 Gb/s tech: SSD
serial: fw-rev: 61.5 scheme: GPT
ID-3: /dev/sdb vendor: Patriot model: Burst Elite 240GB size: 223.57 GiB speed: 6.0 Gb/s
tech: SSD serial: fw-rev: 3B0 scheme: GPT
Partition:
ID-1: / size: 218.51 GiB used: 156.33 GiB (71.5%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sdb2
ID-2: /boot/efi size: 96 MiB used: 31.4 MiB (32.7%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sda1
Swap:
ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 2 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 file: /swapfile
USB:
Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1
chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
Hub-2: 2-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 4 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s lanes: 1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
class-ID: 0900
Hub-3: 3-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 9 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1
chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 3-3:2 info: Ralink MT7601U Wireless Adapter type: Network driver: mt7601u
interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 power: 160mA chip-ID: 148f:7601 class-ID: 0000
serial:
Device-2: 3-6:3 info: Evision RGB Keyboard type: keyboard,mouse driver: hid-generic,usbhid
interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 power: 400mA chip-ID: 320f:505b class-ID: 0301
Hub-4: 4-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 3 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s lanes: 1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
class-ID: 0900
Hub-5: 5-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 4 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1
chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
Hub-6: 6-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 2 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s lanes: 1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
class-ID: 0900
Hub-7: 7-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 4 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1
chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 7-1:2 info: Nordic ASA 1K NRF Receiver type: mouse,HID driver: hid-generic,usbhid
interfaces: 4 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 power: 98mA chip-ID: 1915:0723 class-ID: 0300
Hub-8: 8-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 2 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s lanes: 1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
class-ID: 0900
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 47.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: nvidia temp: 40 C
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A gpu: nvidia fan: 0%
Repos:
Packages: 2678 pm: dpkg pkgs: 2620 pm: flatpak pkgs: 58
No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list
1: deb http: //packages.linuxmint.com wilma main upstream import backport
2: deb http: //archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble main restricted universe multiverse
3: deb http: //archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-updates main restricted universe multiverse
4: deb http: //archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-backports main restricted universe multiverse
5: deb http: //security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ noble-security main restricted universe multiverse
Info:
Memory: total: 16 GiB note: est. available: 15.41 GiB used: 4.38 GiB (28.4%)
Processes: 399 Power: uptime: 32m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep wakeups: 0
hibernate: platform Init: systemd v: 255 target: graphical (5) default: graphical
Compilers: gcc: 13.3.0 alt: 11/12 Client: Cinnamon v: 6.2.9 inxi: 3.3.34

Additional information

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[imLinguin]

Based on the log it looks like you are using a really old Proton 5.0.
Based on the .info file you've shared on Discord it seems the nosshell.exe is the expected executable. If anything, its a wine issue.