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== gpt-5-t-mini ==
=== User: it doesnt work, I'm using Heroic flatpak a copy on GOG ===
it doesnt work, I'm using Heroic flatpak a copy on GOG

=== Assistant: Thanks — let’s run through a short, concrete checklist exact steps you can try right now to force windowed mode and fix… ===
Thanks — let’s run through a short, concrete checklist (exact steps you can try right now) to force windowed mode and fix the black screen in your Heroic Flatpak + GOG install.

I’ll give GUI steps first, then exact file paths and terminal commands you can copy-paste.

=== Quick GUI steps (easiest) ===
# Open Heroic → select the Warlords Battlecry 3 game.
# Click Settings (the gear) for the game.
# In Launch options (or Command line / Arguments) add: ``<code> -w </code>`` Save and try launch.
# In the same Settings page find Environment variables (or “Advanced → Environment”): - Add PROTON_USE_WINED3D = 1 - Add WINEDLLOVERRIDES = ddraw=n,b Save and try launch.
# If that fails, in Heroic → Wine Manager install a Proton-GE build (latest GE) and set the game to use that Proton-GE build. Then try launching again.
# If Heroic has a Manage → Open prefix or Open game folder button, click that and go to the next section; otherwise use the file path below.

=== Exact file locations for Heroic Flatpak (where to find Battlecry.ini) ===

Heroic Flatpak stores prefixes and game files here. try these paths:
* Game prefix path root:

<syntaxhighlight>~/.var/app/com.heroicgameslauncher.hgl/data/heroic/tools/wine/prefixes/

</syntaxhighlight>
* Full typical path to the INI (adjust (yourprefix) — it’s the folder named after your prefix):

<syntaxhighlight>~/.var/app/com.heroicgameslauncher.hgl/data/heroic/tools/wine/prefixes/(yourprefix)/drive_c/GOG Games/Warlords Battlecry 3/Battlecry.ini

</syntaxhighlight>

If you can’t find it, run this in a terminal to locate the file:

<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">find ~/.var/app/com.heroicgameslauncher.hgl -type f -iname "Battlecry.ini" 2>/dev/null

</syntaxhighlight>

=== Edit the INI file (what to change) ===

Open Battlecry.ini with a text editor and set these values (create them if missing):

<syntaxhighlight>Windowed=1
Fullscreen=0

</syntaxhighlight>

Save and launch the game.

=== If editing the INI doesn’t take effect — use these environment variables (add them in Heroic → Game Settings → Environment) ===

<syntaxhighlight>PROTON_USE_WINED3D=1
WINEDLLOVERRIDES=ddraw=n,b

</syntaxhighlight>

(If Heroic wants them split, add two entries: PROTON_USE_WINED3D -> 1 and WINEDLLOVERRIDES -> ddraw=n,b)

Also try disabling DXVK (Heroic usually has a toggle) or set:

<syntaxhighlight>DXVK_DISABLE_D3D10=1

</syntaxhighlight>

=== Try running Heroic under X11 (Wayland can break old DirectDraw games) ===

If your session is Wayland, try an X11 session instead. Or launch Heroic Flatpak forcing X11 with this command:

<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">XDG_SESSION_TYPE=x11 flatpak run com.heroicgameslauncher.hgl

</syntaxhighlight>

(If that command fails on your distro, switch to an X11 session from the login screen temporarily and test.)

=== Check logs (to see what’s happening) ===

Heroic → Show Logs (for the game).
Or look in the logs folder:

<syntaxhighlight>~/.var/app/com.heroicgameslauncher.hgl/data/heroic/logs/

</syntaxhighlight>

If you want, copy the last 50 lines of the game log here and I’ll read them for errors.

=== Summary of the order to try (fastest → more intrusive) ===
# Add -w in Launch options and try.
# Edit Battlecry.ini → set Windowed=1 and Fullscreen=0.
# Add env vars: PROTON_USE_WINED3D=1 and WINEDLLOVERRIDES=ddraw=n,b.
# Disable DXVK / set DXVK_DISABLE_D3D10=1.
# Switch Proton/Wine to Proton-GE in Wine Manager.
# Run under X11.

Tell me which steps you already tried (you mentioned the INI earlier — which path did you edit?), and if you want I can walk you through the exact commands to run (for finding the prefix, opening the file, or grabbing the log). If you paste the last 20–50 lines of the Heroic game log I’ll parse them and point to the exact error.