Sword Coast Legends (Windows 7) not starting

Xorcist · May 3, 2026, 4:00am

After successfully installing a local copy of Sword Coast Legends from a mounted ISO, the game will not start. Any insight would be appreciated (This is not the Steam or GoG version and is working on an actual Windows 7 machine).

Here are the generated issue details from my system (couldn’t get https://paste.ubuntu.com/ working):
lutris-issue-report.json

And here is the log from starting the game:

Started initial process 94262 from /usr/bin/umu-run /home/maxeta/Games/sword-coast-legends/drive_c/Program Files (x86)/Sword Coast Legends/SwordCoast.cdx
Start monitoring process.
[umu.__main__:78] DEBUG: DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS=unix:path=/run/user/1000/bus
[umu.__main__:78] DEBUG: DEBUGINFOD_URLS=https://debuginfod.archlinux.org https://debuginfod.cachyos.org 
[umu.__main__:78] DEBUG: DISPLAY=:0
[umu.__main__:78] DEBUG: DMS_DEFAULT_LAUNCH_PREFIX=systemd-run --user --scope
[umu.__main__:78] DEBUG: DMS_DISABLE_HOT_RELOAD=1
[umu.__main__:78] DEBUG: DMS_SOCKET=/run/user/1000/danklinux-1440.sock
[umu.__main__:78] DEBUG: DOTNET_BUNDLE_EXTRACT_BASE_DIR=/home/maxeta/.cache/dotnet_bundle_extract
[umu.__main__:78] DEBUG: DOTNET_ROOT=/usr/share/dotnet
[umu.__main__:78] DEBUG: DOTNET_TOOLS_PATH=/home/maxeta/.dotnet/tools
[umu.__main__:78] DEBUG: ELECTRON_OZONE_PLATFORM_HINT=auto
[umu.__main__:78] DEBUG: HOME=/home/maxeta
[umu.__main__:78] DEBUG: INVOCATION_ID=6bf97ddf782b49519a298e91b72ce183
[umu.__main__:78] DEBUG: JOURNAL_STREAM=10:23924
[umu.__main__:78] DEBUG: LANG=en_US.UTF-8
[umu.__main__:78] DEBUG: LC_ADDRESS=en_US.UTF-8
[umu.__main__:78] DEBUG: LC_IDENTIFICATION=en_US.UTF-8
[umu.__main__:78] DEBUG: LC_MEASUREMENT=en_US.UTF-8
[umu.__main__:78] DEBUG: LC_MONETARY=en_US.UTF-8
[umu.__main__:78] DEBUG: LC_NAME=en_US.UTF-8
[umu.__main__:78] DEBUG: LC_NUMERIC=en_US.UTF-8
[umu.__main__:78] DEBUG: LC_PAPER=en_US.UTF-8
[umu.__main__:78] DEBUG: LC_TELEPHONE=en_US.UTF-8
[umu.__main__:78] DEBUG: LC_TIME=en_US.UTF-8
[umu.__main__:78] DEBUG: LOGNAME=maxeta
[umu.__main__:78] DEBUG: MAIL=/var/spool/mail/maxeta
[umu.__main__:78] DEBUG: MANAGERPID=1336
[umu.__main__:78] DEBUG: MANAGERPIDFDID=24660
[umu.__main__:78] DEBUG: MANPAGER=sh -c 'col -bx | bat -l man -p'
[umu.__main__:78] DEBUG: MANROFFOPT=-c
[umu.__main__:78] DEBUG: MEMORY_PRESSURE_WATCH=/sys/fs/cgroup/user.slice/user-1000.slice/user@1000.service/app.slice/dms.service/memory.pressure
[umu.__main__:78] DEBUG: MEMORY_PRESSURE_WRITE=c29tZSAyMDAwMDAgMjAwMDAwMAA=
[umu.__main__:78] DEBUG: MOTD_SHOWN=pam
[umu.__main__:78] DEBUG: NIRI_SOCKET=/run/user/1000/niri.wayland-1.1398.sock
[umu.__main__:78] DEBUG: PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/share/dotnet:/home/maxeta/.dotnet/tools:/usr/bin/site_perl:/usr/bin/vendor_perl:/usr/bin/core_perl
[umu.__main__:78] DEBUG: PWD=/home/maxeta
[umu.__main__:78] DEBUG: QT_LOGGING_RULES=*.debug=false
[umu.__main__:78] DEBUG: QT_QPA_PLATFORM=wayland;xcb
[umu.__main__:78] DEBUG: QT_QPA_PLATFORMTHEME=gtk3
[umu.__main__:78] DEBUG: QT_QPA_PLATFORMTHEME_QT6=gtk3
[umu.__main__:78] DEBUG: RUSTICL_ENABLE=iris
[umu.__main__:78] DEBUG: SHELL=/bin/fish
[umu.__main__:78] DEBUG: SHLVL=1
[umu.__main__:78] DEBUG: SYSTEMD_EXEC_PID=1440
[umu.__main__:78] DEBUG: TERM=linux
[umu.__main__:78] DEBUG: TERMINAL=kitty
[umu.__main__:78] DEBUG: USER=maxeta
[umu.__main__:78] DEBUG: VIRTUAL_ENV_DISABLE_PROMPT=1
[umu.__main__:78] DEBUG: WAYLAND_DISPLAY=wayland-1
[umu.__main__:78] DEBUG: XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=niri
[umu.__main__:78] DEBUG: XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/run/user/1000
[umu.__main__:78] DEBUG: XDG_SEAT=seat0
[umu.__main__:78] DEBUG: XDG_SESSION_ID=3
[umu.__main__:78] DEBUG: XDG_SESSION_TYPE=wayland
[umu.__main__:78] DEBUG: XDG_VTNR=1
[umu.__main__:78] DEBUG: _=/usr/bin/dbus-update-activation-environment
[umu.__main__:78] DEBUG: WEBKIT_DISABLE_DMABUF_RENDERER=1
[umu.__main__:78] DEBUG: PROTOCOL_BUFFERS_PYTHON_IMPLEMENTATION=python
[umu.__main__:78] DEBUG: __GL_SHADER_DISK_CACHE=1
[umu.__main__:78] DEBUG: __GL_SHADER_DISK_CACHE_PATH=/home/maxeta/Games/sword-coast-legends
[umu.__main__:78] DEBUG: LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib:/usr/lib64:/usr/lib:/usr/lib32:/usr/lib/libfakeroot:/usr/lib64:/home/maxeta/.local/share/lutris/runtime/Ubuntu-18.04-i686:/home/maxeta/.local/share/lutris/runtime/steam/i386/lib/i386-linux-gnu:/home/maxeta/.local/share/lutris/runtime/steam/i386/lib:/home/maxeta/.local/share/lutris/runtime/steam/i386/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu:/home/maxeta/.local/share/lutris/runtime/steam/i386/usr/lib:/home/maxeta/.local/share/lutris/runtime/Ubuntu-18.04-x86_64:/home/maxeta/.local/share/lutris/runtime/steam/amd64/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu:/home/maxeta/.local/share/lutris/runtime/steam/amd64/lib:/home/maxeta/.local/share/lutris/runtime/steam/amd64/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu:/home/maxeta/.local/share/lutris/runtime/steam/amd64/usr/lib
[umu.__main__:78] DEBUG: LC_ALL=
[umu.__main__:78] DEBUG: WINEDEBUG=-all
[umu.__main__:78] DEBUG: DXVK_LOG_LEVEL=error
[umu.__main__:78] DEBUG: UMU_LOG=1
[umu.__main__:78] DEBUG: WINEARCH=win64
[umu.__main__:78] DEBUG: PROTONPATH=GE-Proton
[umu.__main__:78] DEBUG: WINE=/usr/bin/umu-run
[umu.__main__:78] DEBUG: WINEPREFIX=/home/maxeta/Games/sword-coast-legends
[umu.__main__:78] DEBUG: WINEESYNC=1
[umu.__main__:78] DEBUG: WINEFSYNC=1
[umu.__main__:78] DEBUG: WINE_FULLSCREEN_FSR=1
[umu.__main__:78] DEBUG: DXVK_NVAPIHACK=0
[umu.__main__:78] DEBUG: DXVK_ENABLE_NVAPI=1
[umu.__main__:78] DEBUG: PROTON_BATTLEYE_RUNTIME=/home/maxeta/.local/share/lutris/runtime/battleye_runtime
[umu.__main__:78] DEBUG: PROTON_EAC_RUNTIME=/home/maxeta/.local/share/lutris/runtime/eac_runtime
[umu.__main__:78] DEBUG: PROTON_DXVK_D3D8=1
[umu.__main__:78] DEBUG: WINEDLLOVERRIDES=d3d10core,d3d11,d3d12,d3d12core,d3d8,d3d9,d3dcompiler_33,d3dcompiler_34,d3dcompiler_35,d3dcompiler_36,d3dcompiler_37,d3dcompiler_38,d3dcompiler_39,d3dcompiler_40,d3dcompiler_41,d3dcompiler_42,d3dcompiler_43,d3dcompiler_46,d3dcompiler_47,d3dx10,d3dx10_33,d3dx10_34,d3dx10_35,d3dx10_36,d3dx10_37,d3dx10_38,d3dx10_39,d3dx10_40,d3dx10_41,d3dx10_42,d3dx10_43,d3dx11_42,d3dx11_43,d3dx9_24,d3dx9_25,d3dx9_26,d3dx9_27,d3dx9_28,d3dx9_29,d3dx9_30,d3dx9_31,d3dx9_32,d3dx9_33,d3dx9_34,d3dx9_35,d3dx9_36,d3dx9_37,d3dx9_38,d3dx9_39,d3dx9_40,d3dx9_41,d3dx9_42,d3dx9_43,dxgi,nvapi,nvapi64,nvofapi64=n;winemenubuilder=
[umu.__main__:78] DEBUG: WINE_LARGE_ADDRESS_AWARE=1
[umu.__main__:78] DEBUG: GAME_NAME=Sword Coast Legends
[umu.__main__:78] DEBUG: GAME_DIRECTORY=/home/maxeta/Games/sword-coast-legends
[umu.__main__:78] DEBUG: GAMEID=umu-default
[umu.__main__:78] DEBUG: PROTON_VERB=waitforexitandrun
[umu.__main__:78] DEBUG: LUTRIS_GAME_UUID=43c27131-2761-435b-9087-803ae914b9e7
[umu.umu_run:848] INFO: umu-launcher version 1.4.0 (3.14.4 (main, Apr 11 2026, 09:31:02) [GCC 15.2.1 20260209])
[umu.umu_run:777] DEBUG: PROTONPATH is codename 'GE-Proton', defaulting to 'sniper'
[umu.umu_run:890] DEBUG: Connecting to '1.1.1.1'...
[umu.umu_runtime:267] DEBUG: Local: /home/maxeta/.local/share/umu/steamrt3
[umu.umu_proton:90] DEBUG: Sending request to 'api.github.com'...
[umu.umu_runtime:316] DEBUG: Existing install detected
[umu.umu_runtime:317] DEBUG: Using container runtime 'steamrt3' aka 'sniper'
[umu.umu_runtime:318] DEBUG: Checking updates for 'steamrt3'...
[umu.umu_runtime:368] DEBUG: Sending request to 'repo.steampowered.com/steamrt3/images/latest-public-beta/VERSION.txt?version=r9GdNlVawek0zAbJtZeIbg' for 'VERSION.txt'...
[umu.umu_proton:646] DEBUG: PROTONPATH not *-Latest, skipping
[umu.umu_proton:529] INFO: GE-Proton is up to date
[umu.umu_runtime:453] DEBUG: Acquiring file lock '/home/maxeta/.local/share/umu/umu.lock'...
[umu.umu_runtime:455] DEBUG: Acquired file lock '/home/maxeta/.local/share/umu/umu.lock'
[umu.umu_runtime:460] DEBUG: Released file lock '/home/maxeta/.local/share/umu/umu.lock'
[umu.umu_runtime:377] INFO: steamrt3 is up to date
[umu.umu_run:997] DEBUG: WINEPREFIX=/home/maxeta/Games/sword-coast-legends
[umu.umu_run:997] DEBUG: GAMEID=umu-default
[umu.umu_run:997] DEBUG: PROTON_CRASH_REPORT_DIR=/tmp/umu_crashreports
[umu.umu_run:997] DEBUG: PROTONPATH=/home/maxeta/.local/share/Steam/compatibilitytools.d/GE-Proton10-34
[umu.umu_run:997] DEBUG: STEAM_COMPAT_APP_ID=a5505942f3eb4cbfec6176d1a75512e0
[umu.umu_run:997] DEBUG: STEAM_COMPAT_TOOL_PATHS=/home/maxeta/.local/share/Steam/compatibilitytools.d/GE-Proton10-34:/home/maxeta/.local/share/umu/steamrt3
[umu.umu_run:997] DEBUG: STEAM_COMPAT_LIBRARY_PATHS=/home
[umu.umu_run:997] DEBUG: STEAM_COMPAT_MOUNTS=/home/maxeta/.local/share/Steam/compatibilitytools.d/GE-Proton10-34:/home/maxeta/.local/share/umu/steamrt3
[umu.umu_run:997] DEBUG: STEAM_COMPAT_INSTALL_PATH=/home/maxeta/Games/sword-coast-legends/drive_c/Program Files (x86)/Sword Coast Legends
[umu.umu_run:997] DEBUG: STEAM_COMPAT_CLIENT_INSTALL_PATH=
[umu.umu_run:997] DEBUG: STEAM_COMPAT_DATA_PATH=/home/maxeta/Games/sword-coast-legends
[umu.umu_run:997] DEBUG: STEAM_COMPAT_SHADER_PATH=/home/maxeta/Games/sword-coast-legends/shadercache
[umu.umu_run:997] DEBUG: STEAM_COMPAT_LAUNCHER_SERVICE=proton
[umu.umu_run:997] DEBUG: FONTCONFIG_PATH=
[umu.umu_run:997] DEBUG: EXE=/home/maxeta/Games/sword-coast-legends/drive_c/Program Files (x86)/Sword Coast Legends/SwordCoast.cdx
[umu.umu_run:997] DEBUG: SteamAppId=default
[umu.umu_run:997] DEBUG: SteamGameId=default
[umu.umu_run:997] DEBUG: STEAM_RUNTIME_LIBRARY_PATH=/home/maxeta/.local/share/lutris/runtime/steam/i386/usr/lib:/home/maxeta/.local/share/lutris/runtime/steam/amd64/usr/lib:/home/maxeta/.local/share/lutris/runtime/steam/i386/lib/i386-linux-gnu:/usr/lib64:/home/maxeta/Games/sword-coast-legends/drive_c/Program Files (x86)/Sword Coast Legends:/home/maxeta/.local/share/lutris/runtime/Ubuntu-18.04-i686:/home/maxeta/.local/share/lutris/runtime/steam/i386/lib:/home/maxeta/.local/share/lutris/runtime/steam/amd64/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu:/usr/lib/libfakeroot:/home/maxeta/.local/share/lutris/runtime/steam/i386/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu:/home/maxeta/.local/share/lutris/runtime/steam/amd64/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu:/usr/lib32:/home/maxeta/.local/share/lutris/runtime/steam/amd64/lib:/home/maxeta/.local/share/lutris/runtime/Ubuntu-18.04-x86_64:/usr/lib
[umu.umu_run:997] DEBUG: STORE=
[umu.umu_run:997] DEBUG: PROTON_VERB=waitforexitandrun
[umu.umu_run:997] DEBUG: UMU_ID=umu-default
[umu.umu_run:997] DEBUG: UMU_ZENITY=
[umu.umu_run:997] DEBUG: UMU_NO_RUNTIME=
[umu.umu_run:997] DEBUG: UMU_RUNTIME_UPDATE=
[umu.umu_run:997] DEBUG: UMU_NO_PROTON=
[umu.umu_run:997] DEBUG: UMU_CONTAINER_NSENTER=
[umu.umu_run:997] DEBUG: RUNTIMEPATH=/home/maxeta/.local/share/umu/steamrt3
[umu.umu_run:997] DEBUG: UMU_STEAM_GAME_ID=
[umu.umu_run:997] DEBUG: UMU_INVOCATION_ID=003540c608c91acb87d34f92268b68ba
[umu.umu_runtime:637] INFO: Running 'GE-Proton10-34' using runtime 'sniper'
[umu.umu_runtime:637] INFO: Running 'steamrt3' using runtime 'host'
[umu.umu_run:1008] DEBUG: ('/home/maxeta/.local/share/umu/steamrt3/umu', '--verb=waitforexitandrun', '--', '/home/maxeta/.local/share/umu/umu-shim', '/home/maxeta/.local/share/Steam/compatibilitytools.d/GE-Proton10-34/proton', 'waitforexitandrun', '/home/maxeta/Games/sword-coast-legends/drive_c/Program Files (x86)/Sword Coast Legends/SwordCoast.cdx')
[umu.umu_run:732] DEBUG: prctl exited with status: 0
ProtonFixes[94362] INFO: Running protonfixes on "GE-Proton10-34", build at 2026-03-23 03:55:11+00:00.
ProtonFixes[94362] INFO: Running checks
ProtonFixes[94362] INFO: All checks successful
ProtonFixes[94362] WARN: Game title not found in CSV
ProtonFixes[94362] INFO: Non-steam game UNKNOWN (umu-default)
ProtonFixes[94362] INFO: No store specified, using UMU database
ProtonFixes[94362] INFO: Using early stage global defaults for UNKNOWN (umu-default)
ProtonFixes[94362] INFO: Non-steam game UNKNOWN (umu-default)
ProtonFixes[94362] INFO: No store specified, using UMU database
ProtonFixes[94362] INFO: No early stage global protonfix found for UNKNOWN (umu-default)
ProtonFixes[94362] INFO: Running protonfixes on "GE-Proton10-34", build at 2026-03-23 03:55:11+00:00.
ProtonFixes[94362] INFO: Running checks
ProtonFixes[94362] INFO: All checks successful
ProtonFixes[94362] INFO: Non-steam game UNKNOWN (umu-default)
ProtonFixes[94362] INFO: No store specified, using UMU database
ProtonFixes[94362] INFO: Using main stage global defaults for UNKNOWN (umu-default)
ProtonFixes[94362] INFO: Non-steam game UNKNOWN (umu-default)
ProtonFixes[94362] INFO: No store specified, using UMU database
ProtonFixes[94362] INFO: No main stage global protonfix found for UNKNOWN (umu-default)
Proton: /home/maxeta/Games/sword-coast-legends/drive_c/Program Files (x86)/Sword Coast Legends/SwordCoast.cdx
Proton: Executable a unix path, launching with /unix option.

Starting program with command-launcher service.

To run commands in the per-app container, use a command like:

/home/maxeta/.local/share/umu/steamrt3/pressure-vessel/bin/steam-runtime-launch-client \
	--bus-name=:1.183 \
	-- \
	bash

wineserver: NTSync up and running!
[umu.umu_run:740] DEBUG: Child 94267 exited with wait status: 0
Monitored process exited.
Initial process has exited (return code: 0)
All processes have quit
Exit with return code 0

Xorcist · May 3, 2026, 2:10pm

Looks like this game might need .NET 4.5 or later. Is this something I need to install myself?

Any tutorials on how to get this done?

Xorcist · May 3, 2026, 2:53pm

Seems like it actually wants .NET 4.8, but I set my default winprefix component via Winetricks with dotnet40, dotnet45, and dotnet48, but I got a bunch of warnings about using 32bit Wine instead of the 64bit one.

The game still fails with the .NET requirement error above, despite me having it selected.

I’m kinda new to Linux, Wine, and Lutris, so any advice would be appreciated.

Xorcist · May 4, 2026, 2:47pm

So I blew away the install, and just went straight for a wine install as a proof of case.

Create a new WINEPREFIX

export WINARCH=win64
export WINPREFIX="$HOME/Games/sword-coast-legends
wineboot -u

Install .NET 4.8

WINEPREFIX='/home/maxeta/Games/sword-coast-legends' winetricks -q corefonts dotnet48

Mount the ISO

sudo mount -o loop '/home/username/Downloads/Sword Coast Legends.iso' /mnt/

Install the game

WINEPREFIX='/home/maxeta/Games/sword-coast-legends' wine /mnt/setup.exe

Run the game

WINEPREFIX='/home/maxeta/Games/sword-coast-legends' wine SwordCoast.exe

and it 100% works… so I manually added it to Lutris, but it would be great to know why Lutris failed to do the same setup etc (I have a feeling it was the .NET 4.8 part that was messed up).

Xorcist · May 6, 2026, 12:57am

OMG! This is so stupid… so not one to leave any problem unsolved, I dug deep, and it turns out the Lutris wine install is 99.999% completely fine! For some reason the setup chose to use a CDX file as the executable instead of the EXE file. After a clean install, targeting Windows 7, and then changing the executable to the proper file everything starting just fine, no need for .NET 4.8 or anything.