ValveSoftware
DRAGON BALL: Sparking! ZERO (1790600)
Compatibility Report
- Name of the game with compatibility issues: DRAGON BALL: Sparking! ZERO
- Steam AppID of the game: 1790600
System Information
- GPU: NVIDIA 4070
- Video driver version: NVIDIA 560.35.03-1
- Kernel version: 6.10.6-zen1-1-zen
- Link to full system information report as Gist: https://gist.github.com/papuSpartan/6ac7c2fbafad4a35c7d03f15c35b41c6
- Proton version: 1727965900 experimental-9.0-20241003
I confirm:
- [y] that I haven't found an existing compatibility report for this game.
- [y] that I have checked whether there are updates for my system available.
Symptoms
While offline play works like native under proton experimental, very few users seem to report being able to start an online match. At first glance, this may seem to be anti cheat, but it seems like the game does not include any client-side anti cheat, nor anti tamper.
Online play will fail not long after the start of an online dual. Usually, this happens right after either the proton user or the opponent moves their character. It's not a completely ungraceful failure though, the game does show the message "communication error" before booting the user from the match.
Reproduction
High-level overview: open game and start an online duel against a player, once the two player's characters face each other and one moves, an error message will be presented to the player and online play is interrupted. This forces the user back to the main menu of the game.
Detailed: (assuming mouse and keyboard control scheme)
- From the title screen, select "start". this brings you to the main menu
- Hit the 'q' key until "Battle & Training" is selected. (You should now see: "Battle" "Super Training" "World Tournament" up top)
- Select: battle -> online -> player match
- Select "Quick Match (Single Battle)" (the game should now say "Matchmaking...")
- Ready up and wait for the match to begin
- Characters may say a few lines prompting the match to start
- You should see shortly after this: "Notifications" "A communication error has occurred."
- You should now be booted back to the main menu or lobby of the match that you could not play
