Playing ELDEN RING NIGHT REIGN causes my PC to crash

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Hi everyone,

I’m looking for help with a persistent issue where my PC crashes while playing a modded(seamless co-op) version of Elden Ring (Nightreign) through the Heroic Games Launcher. After a few minutes of gameplay, the screen goes blank, and the entire system becomes unresponsive/black screen including no sound, forcing a hard reboot. I’ve been troubleshooting for a while and have hit a wall.

System Specifications

  • OS: Manjaro Linux (KDE Plasma)
  • CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5700X
  • GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070
  • RAM: 16 GB
  • Launcher: Heroic Games Launcher 2.17.2

What I’ve Tried So Far

  • Cleared Caches: I have cleared the Heroic shader cache, the vkd3d-proton.cache inside the Wine prefix, and the NVIDIA GLCache. The issue persists.
  • Changed Proton Versions: I’ve tried both GE-Proton (latest) and Proton Experimental. The crash happens on both.

Suspected Cause: NVIDIA Driver

My nvidia-smi output shows I am on the 575.64 driver version, which seems to be a very new/unstable development version. My game logs are filled with vkd3d-proton: Invalid format errors, which strongly points to a driver incompatibility.

I’m fairly certain the NVIDIA driver is the root cause, but I’m not sure how to correctly downgrade or switch to a stable version on Manjaro. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Logs and System Information

Log Files:

Command Outputs:

journalctl -b -1 -p 3

Jun 29 15:49:01 istiak-b550aoruselitev2 kernel:
Jun 29 15:49:13 istiak-b550aoruselitev2 org_kde_powerdevil[848]: [   848] Error detecting VCP version using VCP feature xDF: Error_Info[DDCRC_REPORTED_UNSUPPORTED in ddc_get_nontable_vcp_value]

mhwd -li

> Installed PCI configs:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                   NAME               VERSION          FREEDRIVER           TYPE
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
           video-nvidia            2025.01.13               false            PCI

nvidia-smi -q | grep GSP

    GSP Firmware Version                  : 575.64
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hmm i found this

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It might be worthwhile to update the UEFI / BIOS to the latest version as I think GIGABYTE have issued updates since the installed version.

Not sure if you have linux612-nvidia-open installed, but it might help to try that. NVIDIA recommends the open kernel modules for Ampere GPUs. You can execute the following from a tty and then reboot :

sudo pacman -S linux612-nvidia-open
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Asking for help with running Games

Before asking for help about running Games on Manjaro, we usually ask members to see the pinned topic in the Gaming category:

As the article suggests:

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The thing is, it’s not night reign that’s crashing. it’s the whole PC. I tested with Windows, and it seems like it was fixed. seems to be a problem with seamless co-op and Elden ring. I also set the HUD to Auto instead of ON.

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The following was mentioned in the Known Issues and Solutions of the 2025-06-23 Update announcement:

Because Elden Ring Night Reign is a Windows game (presumedly via Steam) it might be that WINE with WOW64 is related to the problem. Perhaps the Steam Community might reveal something useful.

Regards.