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HoYoplay launcher - Genshin doesn't open

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Assessment

Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
25/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
linux
Domain
desktop, game-dev

Research direction

Start by reproducing the HoYoplay launch flow on Linux with Genshin Impact, using the reported GE-Proton 10-28 runner and DXVK settings. Compare the behavior with the reported GAMEID=umu-genshin environment setting; done means Genshin opens a window instead of returning to the launcher.

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Description

I installed HoYoplay launcher using the link and updated it to latest :-) . The launcher works and downloaded Genshin impact but whenever I run Genshin impact, no window appears and and it re-opens the launcher again (standard for game exit I think).

I tried different runners but mostly ge-proton10-28, updating anything that would be updated (DXVK)
I also added GAMEID=umu-genshin to env but all that made no difference.

I can't work out what other launchers are doing to make it work, but it would be nice to get it working in something a bit more organised like this if anyone has any ideas?

for info:
Linux 6.18.3-2-cachyos
Nvidia open driver 590.48.01

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