P5R ASI loader causing crashpad infinite hang

[anodyne99]

Describe the Bug
Game launches fine from mod manager "launch application" option, but game indefinitely hangs with ASI loader method (both through reloaded-ii created shortcut and directly through steam) without manual alt-tab intervention to close the background ./bin/crashpad.exe window

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behaviour:

1. Install ASI loader
2. Tick "Don't Inject Loader"
3. Launch P5R.
4. Reloaded-ii console window opens and runs correctly.
5. Game will launch but requires alt tabbing to crashpad.exe window to force close.
6. Game will immediately load with no problems after crashpad.exe is force closed. Mods will also be fully functional if installed.

Expected Behaviour
Game should load properly with ASI loader option.

Additional Context
I've run a test with the ASI loader using no mods at all and it still hangs, so I don't think it's a broken mod.

[coderabbitai]

⚠️ Possible Duplicate Issue(s)

• P5R Steam launch via deployed ASI loader crashes in coreclr.dll (0xc0000602) #899

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[Sewer56]

Without any mods enabled? Curious.

[yukiami]

Can confirm, I'm having this issue as well running the game with no mods on SteamOS, both launching through Reloaded itself and using ASI launcher

[Sewer56]

Check your Proton version; I don't remember what folks are running nowadays; but always worth a check.
I remember one of the versions being problematic.

[yukiami]

It's definitely not Proton version. I've tried it with Vanilla 11, 10, 9, and 8, as well as GE-Proton 11-1, and 10-34.

[Sewer56]

Well, that sucks. I also misread the text earlier, oops.

The game itself usually calls crashpad when it dies- it's odd it just boots right after.

For the time being, just delete the crashpad handler exe from the game folder. We shouldn't be sending crash reports on modded copies to the publisher anyway.

[anodyne99]

Can confirm renaming the crashpad handler lets it load as a workaround. Unlike @yukiami I'm using windows 11 instead of a linux distro with proton, so the problem appears to be OS agnostic.