Fixing video not playing in visual novel

1. Installing ProtonQT-up + Lutris + Protontricks

I am a bit too lazy to redo the screen capture for installing Proton tricks, and you should be able to download the Flathub version in the app store.

SteamOS: In desktop mode  Open discover store  search Lutris + Proton-Up-QT and click install.

Bazzite: Open “Bazzar” store  search proton-up-QT + flatseal + protontricks

Note: Lutris is pre-installed in Bazzite 43 or later

Fedora: 

Step A: Installing Lutris  Open terminal and type the command

sudo dnf install lutris

#Type in the admin password

#Type y (= yes) to confirm the installation

Step B: Installing ProtonUp-Qt (flatpak)  open discovery & search the app name

2. Important notes when using the Flathub version apps

Just a friendly reminder when using Flathub version apps. If you want the app to access data from non-OS drives, you need to change the permission in FlatSeal by adding the file path to “other file”. Below is a step-by-step on how to do it. 

Step 1: Open Flatseal and select the apps that you want to change permissions for

Step 2: Copy the file path of your external drive

Step 3: Return Flatseal, add the copied file path to “other file”

Step 4: Restart the application 

3. Setting up ProtonQT-up

The main purpose of ProtonQT-up is to install proton-GE for Steam and Lutris.

Step 1: Open the app  check install location and make sure it is in Lutris

Step 2: Install the compatibility tool that you want

4. Setting up Lutris (for non-steam games)

This shows you how you can add your non-steam VN to Lutris. 

Step 1: Open the add games panel

Step 2: Set up the game info

Note: exe file type is used for Windows 

Step 3: Set up game options

Note: wine prefix is like simulating a Windows file system in Linux

Step 4: Set up runner options 

Step 5: enable gamescope (optional)

Note: Gamescope is more like forcing a VN in window mode to go to full screen. However, it is recommended you disable it if you want to use Luna translator while reading VN, as the translator windows won’t stay on top of the VN in full-screen mode.

Step 6: Done

1. Winetricks in Lutris (non-steam games)

Step 1: Click on Winetricks in Lutris

Step 2: Click “Select the default Wineprefix”

Step 3: Click “Install a Windows DLL or component”

Step 4: Select the packages below, then click ok to install

• ffdshow

• gdiplus

• lavfilters

• quartz

• vcrun2010

• wmp9/wmp10/wmp11

• wsh57

Step 5: Launch the VN and have fun

2. Protontricks (Steam games)

Since Steam creates a separate Wineprefix for each game that you have, when using a translation layer like Proton. Therefore, you will need to repeat the steps below for each VN that has video playback issues.

Step 1: Launch Protontricks

Step 2: Select the game that you want to patch

Step 3: Choose “Select the default Wineprefix”

Step 4: Choose “Install a Windows DLL or component”

Step 5: Select the package for installation

• ffdshow

• gdiplus

• lavfilters

• quartz

• vcrun2010

• wmp9/wmp10/wmp11

• wsh57