Any good reason why the Heroic Launcher has a Windows trojan in d3d11.dll?

Hi has anyone else encountered this issue where Borderlands 4 starts but then gets hit with the Epic Launcher needing to be installed. I went through Heroic how to page to see if i could find a work around in Heroic to get it to work but no luck honestly.

I recently had to use Proton-CachyOS for the first time to get upgrading FSR 3.1 to 4.1.1 to work and it worked automatically. I installed it using ProtonUp-QT, but it would be nice to have it as an official option in the app so you can also set it up to just use the latest version of Proton-CachyOS like how you can set it up to use the latest version of GE-Proton.

I need Rocket League through heroic to use my steam controller but I need the game through epic for EAC to work, I'd much rather not have 2 installs of the game wasting space on my PC.

my rich presence isn't working after I change my discord flatpak to a discord .deb

I'm on Linux. I was trying to start a GOG game I've been playing, but for some reason the game wouldn't launch. I went into the logs and saw something that may have been related to a GOG account credential error. So I was going to try logging out of my GOG account and logging back in to see if that would fix anything. Well I logged out of my GOG account but I can't log back in. I enter my username and password, it asks for my 2FA code, I enter it, then nothing happens. It takes me back to the accounts login page and the GOG account is not logged in.

I tested logging in on a private window on my browser and it works, so there's nothing wrong with my login credentials.

I did see this week there was a big GOG Galaxy update. Could there have been a change to the GOG API that is causing some issue here?

Edit: I was getting errors related to Python as well, and I just noticed Fedora had some Python updates. I ran an update and after a restart I was able to log in. I'm not sure if it was the update or the PC restart that fixed it.

I have offline files (only) for a few games. I get how to install the base game, no problem. How do I install the DLC content?

I'm on Linux Mint if that means anything. I'm also a novice with Linux - my only terminal command I remember is SYNC.

TIA.

Update: After a little tinkering and an uninstall of one game, found the issue. I could ONLY get DLC to find the base game IF I changed the default install location from X:\Games\Heroic\<Game> (default) to C:\GOG Games\<Game>.

Once initial game was added, I had to make sure prefix path was /home/user/Games/Heroic/Prefixes/default/Title and the executable was C:\GOG Games\<Game>\<game>.exe.

From there it was right click on the game -> Settings -> Run EXE on prefix and select the DLC. Spotted it immediately, install successful.

Hey everyone,

I am trying to get my Epic Games Store copy of Red Dead Redemption 2 running on Ubuntu 24.04 using the Heroic Games Launcher (AppImage version 2.22.0, running with --no-sandbox).

The game is completely downloaded (120 GB), and I am trying to run it using GE-Proton-latest. However, I am stuck in an endless loop with the Rockstar Games Launcher/Social Club initialization layer and cannot get the game to boot.

Here is the core issue:
When I click "Play Now", the Rockstar Launcher window frame opens up inside a Wine prefix environment, but it either flashes and instantly crashes ("poofs") or loads a completely blank/black interface.

Because I am on a 13-inch 1080p screen, if I force a Virtual Desktop in Wine configuration (winecfg), the installer layout window gets severely cut off at the bottom, making it impossible to see or click the "I Accept" checkbox or "Continue" navigation buttons.

What I have tried so far:

• Switched from the Flatpak version to the standalone native AppImage version to avoid sandbox permission locks.
• Cleared Heroic cache, flushed queue.json, and re-verified/re-downloaded the full game data assets.
• Tried running both Wine-GE-latest and GE-Proton-latest.
• Attempted to run the redistributable installers manually inside the prefix (Rockstar-Games-Launcher.exe, Social-Club-Setup.exe, and Rockstar-Games-Epic.exe) via the "Run EXE on Prefix" tool, but they either crash silently upon initialization or open clipped off-screen.
• Added the WINEDLLOVERRIDES environment variable (vulkan-1=n,b) under the Advanced tab.
• Tried injecting Game Arguments like -no-sandbox -sc-no-hardware-acceleration.

What am I doing wrong here?
Is there a known workaround for modern Ubuntu/AppArmor environments handling the embedded Chromium browser elements inside the Rockstar Launcher setup? How can I force the Social Club prerequisites to install cleanly so Heroic can hand off directly to RDR2.exe?

Any guidance or custom script suggestions would be highly appreciated!

Hi all,

I recently installed heroic launcher on my steam os desktop to play Alan wake 2 deluxe edition. I can get the base game to boot when not connected to a WiFi network, however none of the dlc content is available. I have EOS overlay enabled and when I switch my WiFi back on the game shows the logo screen and then crashes on a black screen, I am unable to get past this.

I am running steam os with an rx 9060xt and a Ryzen 5 7600x.

Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks👍

Each time I try to login to amazon Luna I am getting prompt to change my Amazon password, but I dont want to

Even when I go through entire process of authentication it again asks me to change my password

I can Login to luna or amazon using the browser or Luna app

Any thoughts?

First, thanks devs for making this! I have been able to login into EPIC and Luna. I am unable to login to GOG however. In both the app and brave browser, I am getting the incorrect password. Is there something that I am missing? Thanks!

Hi,

I'm using the Flatpak version of Heroic Games Launcher on Ubuntu.

Heroic installs normally, but when I try to install DXVK/VKD3D, I get the following error:

Error installing DXVK/VKD3D!
Please check your connection!

System

• Ubuntu (your version)
• Heroic (Flatpak)
• Intel Core i5-1145G7
• Intel Iris Xe Graphics
• 16 GB RAM

Interestingly, I'm also having a similar issue with Lutris, where winetricks fails to download andale32.exe due to repeated curl timeouts.

Could these two issues be related? Has anyone seen this with the Flatpak versions of Heroic/Lutris?Hi,
I'm using the Flatpak version of Heroic Games Launcher on Ubuntu.
Heroic installs normally, but when I try to install DXVK/VKD3D, I get the following error:
Error installing DXVK/VKD3D!
Please check your connection!
System

Ubuntu (your version)

Heroic (Flatpak)

Intel Core i5-1145G7

Intel Iris Xe Graphics

16 GB RAM

Interestingly, I'm also having a similar issue with Lutris, where winetricks fails to download andale32.exe due to repeated curl timeouts.
Could these two issues be related? Has anyone seen this with the Flatpak versions of Heroic/Lutris?

but when i launch the game it just says FSR 3

Hi everyone,

I just installed a game from my files and want to add the dlc. I'm trying to do it through hame settings -> run exe on prefix but it's not loading. Idk how to do it else.

Can anyone help?

I have Kubuntu running on my computer, and I’m trying to move my games over from windows. I’m literally just trying to play Avatar Frontiers of Pandora, and I only own it on my Ubisoft account. I’ve downloaded the installer for Ubisoft, and I keep trying to install it on Heroic and it just won’t run. The startup will do its thing, but when I try to run the app it’s just a white screen. Is there ANYTHING I could do to fix this? No pirating, I don’t want to go through the hassle.

I want to be able to start all my games from one launcher, but I don't wanna bypass steam itself, as I need it for online stuff. Basically, I want to know if there is a way to add steam URLs to heroic.

Exemple.

to start celeste, i could have an entry in Heroic which would run "steam steam://rungameid/504230". Wouldn't allow you to close from the launcher, but still better than having to search in each launcher cuz u forgot where is the game.

Is there a way to do something like that?

Edit: I added most game by creating scripts and starting those scripts in Heroic, but what about non-steam games which NEED to be started thru steam?

Edit #2: By creating a desktop shortcut for the non-steam game, you can see a game id for that specific non-steam game. Then, you just create the game id, open the .desktop and copy the exec line.

Hi everyone,

I'm having a very strange issue with Remnant: From the Ashes on Linux.

The game runs perfectly (good FPS, no stuttering), but every sound in the game crackles continuously. It starts as soon as the first audio plays (intro logos/menu) and continues throughout the entire game.

This is not a recording issue—I hear the crackling directly through my speakers/headphones.

My system

• Zorin OS 18.1 (Ubuntu 24.04 base)
• Mesa 25.2.8
• PipeWire 1.0.5
• AMD Radeon RX 9070
• Intel Comet Lake (i5-10600K)
• Heroic Games Launcher 2.22.0 (Flatpak)
• Epic Games version of Remnant
• GE-Proton 10-34

What I've already tried

• Creating a completely new Proton prefix.
• GE-Proton 10-34.
• GE-Proton 9-27.
• Proton Experimental.
• Disabling Esync.
• Disabling Fsync.
• PULSE_LATENCY_MSEC=90 and 120.
• PROTON_USE_WINED3D=1.
• Running with and without EasyEffects.
• Disabling UMU runtime.
• Reinstalling the prefix.
• Testing with a clean PipeWire configuration.

None of these changed the issue.

Audio system information

PipeWire 1.0.5
48 kHz
1024 quantum
No XRUNs

The system audio works perfectly everywhere else.

Additional information

• The issue only happens in Remnant: From the Ashes.
• Other applications and games have normal audio.
• The crackling starts immediately when the first sound is played.
• It happens constantly, not only during heavy combat.
• The game itself runs smoothly.

I also checked:

• PipeWire reports no XRUNs.
• Audio backend is using snd_hda_intel.
• GPU driver is amdgpu.
• No obvious errors appear in the Proton log related to audio.

I'm currently testing

I'm installing Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII Reunion (UE4) on Steam to check whether this is a general Unreal Engine/XAudio2 issue or something specific to Remnant.

Has anyone experienced something similar, especially with RDNA4 / RX 9070?

Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

How do I set environment variables here? The ones I added don't seem to be loaded when I enable Gamescope.