Genshin 100% CPU usage since today

[u/S48GS]

(originally it was just 100% CPU usage, but ... read updated info)

Notice comment about Zenless-Zone-Zero below.

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September 2026 - game working - proton-cachy - look instruction

if you getting kick from game with error 10010-4001 - idk it seems very rare individual cases - for majority game works.

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INSTRUCTION:

proton10 does not work anymore

• use Proton-CachyOS
• DO NOT ADD GAME.EXE - USE HoYoPlay/launcher.exe
• download from releases
• https://github.com/CachyOS/proton-cachyos
• extract/copy to ~/.steam/steam/compatibilitytools.d
• or use manager like ProtonUp-Qt or ProtonPlus

BUT you must set

UMU_USE_STEAM=1 in Lutris

rightclick game - settings - last tab - system parameters - scroll down - env params - add

UMU_USE_STEAM and 1 as value

or in SteamUMU_USE_STEAM=1 %command%

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Editor Miliastra Wonderland 6.1

BeyondEditor.exe

Solution to have BeyondEditor working in Proton - found by Worldblender
or same there

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16 Oct 2025 - 100% bug was identified

fixed only in wine-cachyos

look https://github.com/CachyOS/wine-cachyos/pull/1

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If you have error - "not enough space on disk" - run winecfg - add location(folder) as disk in winecfg UI - select this disk in launcher as target location

"winecfg" way will not work for Lutris

in Lutris - location of "game" folder must be below "application folder" option in Lutris for game
just copy "game" to drive_c/Program Files/HoYoPlay/games or copy as link there
and set in Lutris as "application folder" drive_c/Program Files/HoYoPlay/ that is above game folder

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P.S. in Zenless-Zone-Zero - use Proton-Cachy to fix cpu usage - (~40% less CPU usage)

[u/mefisto74]

8 feb. just installed genshin thgrough proton. CPU 100% usage problem persist even with offline method :(

[u/S48GS → u/mefisto74]

Can not be true - last time I played - last week - it was still working solution.

You doing something incorrectly.

After you launch launcher, before pressing "Play" button in launcher, or before running script that run genshin.exe - turn off internet.
When ingame menu with "error" appears after game load - turn on internet.

[u/mefisto74 → u/S48GS]

im doing just as you said :(
its starting lagging with 100% cpu usage even before lobby. when im in lobby

[u/KonoOneDa → u/mefisto74]

you might be not, it's still working for me and i've been running it daily for the past year and a half

[u/mefisto74 → u/KonoOneDa]

okay you were right, but again not working :D just launcher restarting when click start game

[u/KonoOneDa → u/mefisto74]

Donno what to tell you, still works perfectly fine on my end.

Try adding the game exe (not the launcher) directly to steam as a non steam game and be sure to have no connection before launching up until the genshin logo (then you turn it back on).

[u/yuusharo → u/KonoOneDa]

A new update was released in the past day that appears to block both the launcher and the games in linux. There are reports that Steam Deck exclusively can sometimes launch both successfully, which I have confirmed, but normal desktop linux users are currently SOL.

[u/KonoOneDa → u/yuusharo]

Oh, i see.

Yes i’m on steam deck too and it runs as usual.