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Here you can see how ppl run this game, there is even a user claiming you have to first link your ea account and then launch the game to pass the blank screen.
I looked through these yesterday and I've tried several of these fixes with no luck. Is WINE a prerequisite to running The Sims 4 off of Steam (given that I'm using Proton for all Steam games)?
What I would try in your situation (I don't have the game so I can just give ideas):
Firstly I would try to wait a lot of time after I click on play, idk 10 minutes (because of some ppl comments on proton db I'm inclining to believe this blank screen wait until some shader compilation.
Then I would relink my ea account with steam (if it is possible, usually is, unlink and then link again).
Then I would try to run it on 8.0-2 and 7.0x In order.
Then would I close steam and delete the wineprefix, (wineprefix is a C: disk emulation where wine will run this program) on steam folder there is a compatdata folder, inside it you should find the Id of your game, it is the number in the URL of the game in steam store.
Also, I would reboot my system if I had a recent update in the last two sessions, idk why but when I update me endevour sometimes I feel the next session a little unstable until I reboot two times.
This is what I can think of right now
I'll see if any of these steps work. Thanks for all of the possible troubleshooting steps! I'll update you on the results.
You might have just had bad timing - the release notes for Proton 8.0-4 mention
Fixed EA Desktop having a blank log-in window after its recent update.
It's currently a test release so should be out shortly, but if you want to use it immediately there's some info on enabling it early at https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/09/proton-80-4-is-now-in-testing-with-a-release-candidate/
You may want to look into Lutris. They've done a lot of work on bringing windows games to Linux, and basically do a lot of the heavy lifting for you.
It will also link to your Steam, EA, Origen, Cog etc accounts and do the same for games there as well.
I've been trying to stick with Steam because Steam has been such a pleasant experience for me (besides some issues with NVIDIA but that's not Steam's fault) but I might have to take a look at Lutris if none of the other fixes work. Thanks for the recommendation, though!
Maybe you could run a virtual Windows machine on Linux if Steam Proton doesn't work?