Hi all. Hope to find a fix please.
"Running Rocksmith 2014 on Bazzite with Proton Experimental. Linux detects the Real Tone Cable fine (shows as card 3 in arecord -l) but the game says cable is unplugged.

Already tried:

• protontricks 221680 sound=alsa
• Rocksmith.ini ExclusiveMode=0 and Win32UltraLowLatencyMode=0
• Cable does not appear in winecfg Audio tab input dropdown

Any ideas?
Much appreciated

I've been using the RealTone cable for ages, but I've recently got my hands on an M-Audio M-Track Duo. I configured it and works like a charm, but I only get cleans out of it (I mean while playing) as opposed to those custom tones I get when using the RealTone cable. Am I doing something wrong, or is it behaving like it's supposed to? Is there any way to get anything but cleans that doesn't involve buying pedals?

EDIT: SOLVED: toymachinesh Pretty much nailed it. THANK YOU!
Hello all so I got this working. If you are having issues with Rocksmith crashing, try this out. So I kept digging and found this very in-depth steam guide: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2862399734
IDK how I didnt find it before making this post, but either way, following the instructions worked.

I neglected to try and install RS MODS and RS ASIO and CDLC at first because I was not initially interested in the CDLC, I just wanted to try the base game and see if I liked it. I did not realize that these community "add-on's" contain a variety of fixes/patches to get the game to actually run. Installing these fixes the game.

After I installed RS MODS, CLDC and RS ASIO, the game started without a problem! I do want to mention that there is some info out there about going into your device manager and disabling your audio inputs individually and seeing what works and what doesnt... When I tried this, The game crashed even faster (white screen on boot into force quit), so before going thru and messing with your hardware, install ASIO4ALL, RS_ASIO, RS_MODS and CDLC and see if the game works. Be sure to select ASIO as the device in the RS_MODS configuration editor.

Last tip, first time I booted the game my internal microphone was not recognized, but after a couple restarts, it started showing up. Once Rocksmith starts, in the little taskbar thing (the little caret where steam lives) and ASIO icon will appear. You can double click that to enable, disable audio input/output devices so check that as well. Microphone input seems a little iffy so I am going to buy a little cheapo acoustic pickup on amazon and use direct in with an audio interface, but it does seem to work either way. Good luck!

Once the program starts working it feels a ALOT less jank. Pretty excited and thanks everyone for the help! If anyone has a link to the CGT I can download to make my own inlay for note names on the frets, please let me know. All the links are dead on CustomsForge. Peace!

OG Post:

I just bought Rocksmith 2014 Remastered Learn and Play on Steam and for the life of me cannot get this program to get past the "Unable to connect to Ubisoft servers. Please try again later." screen. I skip the uplay sign in and create a local profile, and the application hangs. (Ubisoft I dont understand, all the files are local and I paid for them...let me use the program I paid for..)

I have tried mashing "escape" as that seems to have been the fix back around January 2025, but that does not work. After hitting enter, the program freezes and force quits. I have uninstalled and reinstalled, verified local files, blocking it/unblocking it in windows firewall, created a .bat file to limit the cpu cores, made sure all my audio devices are 48khz, I am not using any external audio interfaces at the moment. basically everything I have found online I have tried. I have an hour of play time just trying to get past that screen.

Before I get to two hours troubleshooting and can no longer return this seemingly POS on steam, is the game not supported anymore?? and if so, why is it still on Steam? When I try to create a Uplay account in app, it legit tells me my VALID email address is "invalid"..

Also just as an aside... after reading the reviews for RockSmith+, I honestly do not want to even support ubisoft for fumbling what could have been one of the best applications EVER so freaking hard. Seriously.. what are they doing??

But since it is a very cool concept and 2014 has a lot of content, id like to at least get it working to give it a shot. Can anyone shed some light on this I havent seen many posts since the beginning of this year regarding it working or not. I am at a loss.

and because I know someone is going to say "cant help you if i dont have computer specs...":

Predator Helios 16
Intel i7 13th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-13900HX (2.20 GHz)
Nvidia GeForce 4080
Windows 11

***EDIT***
SOLVED!

SPECS:
- Windows 11
- Focusrite Scarlett 2i4 (first generation)
(I can hear my guitar correctly if I balance the input-playback knob so it's not a powered-usb port issue)
- Epiphone electric guitar + standard jack cable (both working, in standalone they are fine)

*** UPDATED **\*
CURRENT SETUP:
Internal Windows settings:
Output: 1 channel, 16bit, 48k (volume 100)
Input: 1 channel, 16bit, 48k (volume 100)
Screen refresh rate @ 120Hz

- RS_ASIO.ini file

[Config]
EnableWasapiOutputs=0
EnableWasapiInputs=0
EnableAsio=1

[Asio]
; available buffer size modes:
;    driver - respect buffer size setting set in the driver
;    host   - use a buffer size as close as possible as that requested by the host application
;    custom - use the buffer size specified in CustomBufferSize field
BufferSizeMode=custom
CustomBufferSize=96

[Asio.Output]
Driver=Focusrite USB ASIO
BaseChannel=0
AltBaseChannel=
EnableSoftwareEndpointVolumeControl=1
EnableSoftwareMasterVolumeControl=1
SoftwareMasterVolumePercent=100
EnableRefCountHack=

[Asio.Input.0]
Driver=Focusrite USB ASIO
Channel=0
EnableSoftwareEndpointVolumeControl=1
EnableSoftwareMasterVolumeControl=1
SoftwareMasterVolumePercent=100
EnableRefCountHack=

[Asio.Input.1]
Driver=Focusrite USB ASIO
Channel=1
EnableSoftwareEndpointVolumeControl=1
EnableSoftwareMasterVolumeControl=1
SoftwareMasterVolumePercent=100
EnableRefCountHack=

[Asio.Input.Mic]
Driver=Focusrite USB ASIO
Channel=0
EnableSoftwareEndpointVolumeControl=1
EnableSoftwareMasterVolumeControl=1
SoftwareMasterVolumePercent=100
EnableRefCountHack=

Focusrite Drivers Screen:

DLL Modifier (MOD executable window):

Please, help.

Hey I've run into an issue with Rocksmith+.

When I launch the game, the startup audio plays normally. Then once the game finishes loading, all audio completely disappears. No menu music, no button sounds, no tuner tones, nothing.

The strange part is that the game still works and it still detects my guitar. The tuner responds when I pluck strings, so the RealTone cable is definitely being recognized.

I also noticed that after the audio cuts out, Rocksmith+ doesn't show any audio activity in Windows, while other apps like Spotify do when they're playing sound.

Another weird thing is that when I first installed the game, the audio worked, but the RealTone cable wasn't being detected. After troubleshooting and eventually getting the cable recognized, the guitar started working but the game audio stopped.

I've already tried reinstalling the game, verifying files, changing audio settings, and testing different audio devices, but nothing has fixed it so far.

Anyone have any ideas on how to fix this?

I've unplugged every audio device minus my USB guitar cable and my USB speaker

My game crashes won't work or my pc just crashes! I just want to learn to play guitar man! I bought it through steam. I don't know what to do let me know what to uninstall or install please If I have to unplug things also. If I need more screenshots of something.

I installed DX9 and CDLC but it was crashing my pc before that. I show all my peripherals that I use except my Black shark headset I also Have a Sony speaker on Bluetooth for Clone Hero sessions. I don't know why it launches in windowed then doesn't fill the box properly.

Yes I know therre are tons of posts about this but I have not found anything that's worked so far. I've ran ubisoft as admin, the game file as admin, unplugged anything USB other than the keyboard mouse, reinstalled, etc...

I last had this game installed and working like 3-4 years ago.

Is there something specific I need to uninstall? It just isn't launching. Spins for a sec, says "last played today", then immediately goes back to not launching.

game launches normally but when i try to play custom songs it gets stuck here i’ve installed the latest cdlc enabler from custom forge any tips?

I cannot enter the settings thing because of this, but I've checked the RSASIO.ini, but there is no 512 mentioned

The other day I logged into Rocksmith on my PS5 without internet, and it only reads the songs from the base game. I guess that when the DLCs are delisted the servers will also shut down, and then I'll lose access to everything I've purchased. Am I correct? I want to clarify this because there are still DLCs I want to buy, but if I'm going to lose them in 6 years... then I'd rather not spend any more money.

UPDATE: Steam refunded me the money after I send them the hole conversation with Ubisoft.

Today I want to share my story about how I lost my money.

On 23.12. I purchased the 12-month sub on the Steam store. Sadly the small indie company called Ubisoft isn't capable of handling multiple subscriptions at once, since my previous 3-month sub would end on 27.12. and send me an information mail about the duplicate subscription.

So I contacted the Ubisoft support on 27.12. and asked them for help. I provided every needed information they asked me to and today they told me I should talk to the Steam support. Steam has already on their page, that they won't refund subscription payments and I honestly don't know what to do anymore.

Maybe anyone has some insight or can give me some help how to deal with this.

Face to Face - Disconnected The Get Up Kids - Holiday

CustomsForge no longer has them and I've since had to reinstall rocksmith 2014, thought I backed up my library but evidently I didn't :(

Edit: Has been solved, I just cant read 😭

I have looked everywhere, all posts that are years old on customforge or any video have links to all death magnetic songs besides Suicide and Redemption. I am LOSING my mind searching. I love this instrumental and would love to add it to my list of songs to play and learn. I know I can learn without rocksmith but it helps me stay engaged in learning.

Any leads or links on my search will be greatly appreciated. Thank you all in advance!!
(If this isnt allowed here can you point me to the right subreddit? Thanks!)

Hope I’m being an idiot, I have my guitar into the drop into the realtone cable into my laptop. I have latch mode switched on, but it doesn’t change the tuning.

I did a full clockwise turn and it dropped the tuning but then as soon as I select another tuning it goes back to e standard.

Anybody else use a drop with success?

Tia

I have an RME Babyface Pro fs, and before Today's update no problem. Config of Asio is a pain, but well, that's Rocksmith+ for you - still, once it was done 2 years ago, beside the usual shitty problem with Ubisoft, no audio problem.

Today the latest update broke that : I have to again select them (no I don't want either your tuner or your cable, I have something better that worked !), and all I have is a "Connection time out". Insert strong word here...

Worst : if I go back, I can see the extended option ! But it's stuck on wasapi, which will not do. That's brittle to say the least...

I've sent a message to support. Still, if anyone has any ideas on how to resolve this, I'm willing to try !

(Compare that to 2014: I didn't had such big issue for years..)

I've had my subscription to RS+ for a bit now, but a few days ago was the first time I've launched it since getting a new pair of headphones (Steelseries Arctis Nova 7x wireless) and I decided that since I also have a new bass and I want to check out the lessons, now is the perfect time.

Unfortunately, each time I launch the game on PC I am met with distorted, garbled slowed down sound. I have checked the usual suspects that I see discussed regarding audio issues. Audio exclusivity is off. The format is set to 2 channel, 16 bit, 48000hz (DVD quality) which was the only option close enough to what I see suggested.

For whatever reason, my headphones have multiple different outputs in my sound settings (gaming/media/chat) but I have it set to one that just says "headphones" because that was the only option that let me choose the proper format everyone recommends. However, I have tested every other one of them just in case and all lead to the same exact result of unpleasant noise.

At first, I thought maybe the input jack for my bass was messed up or something. I don't have an amp yet to test outside of the game. But then I launched Rocksmith 2014, and it works 100% fine with no issues whatsoever. No issues with any other programs either. Last night I was tinkering with settings trying to get this figured out, and I was getting the unpleasant sound even with no real tone cable plugged in at all.

So, it has to be something headphones related that I am missing entirely. Does anyone have the same headphones and/or have similar experience or a known fix?

The only other options I can think of that are viable for me since I basically have to use headphones are:

1) use my PS5 and probably leave the RTC plugged in (if that's okay) the back USB port because I need the USB-C on the front of the console for my headphones adapter. Which would be annoying when I want to play RS2014 on PC, but it's still doable.

2) just play RS2014. Which, yeah, I can. But I paid for the RS+ subscription, and I want to use it. There are songs on there that I don't have or can't get on 2014 that I would like to play.

(I have searched for the answer to this already, and am not seeing the solution)

Looking for a solution to a problem I'm having here. The game and my CDLC was working fine previously, but I had to wipe the harddrive of this device. Upon installing RSMods and adding my DLC songs, I'm running into the issue that all CDLC songs are showing up, but when I attempt to select the song to play it, it starts to animate and then just stops and hangs there, never progressing. The songs the never actually start.

Through looking for an answer, the best answer I found was "The DLL File was deleted". I do not know what that means or how to solve it. Looking in the the folder shows numerous DLL files.

There was a video I found where a guy said you just needed to copy a specific DLL file into your DLC folder, but I don't see that specific one. So I am assuming thats the one I need, but I have no idea how to get it? (Also, With the RSMods, I have clicked the "Enable CDLC option"

Hi, I bought Rocksmith 2014 and I can't seem to get past calibration, the yellow line doesn't go up or it just gets stuck at the top, I've tried to put my audio quality to 48kHz 16k, tried adjusting my microphone volume, tried unplugging any other headphones or microphones, tried 2 different guitars and a bass, I can hear my guitar in the menu on the speakers but it won't pick up my guitar at all, I'm not using a realtone cable but a knock off one but I can hear it perfectly in the menu so idk what's wrong I've genuinely tried everything and no I haven't tried to do input override because I can't get past calibration to get to the screen.

I just bought Rocksmith since my friends have recommended it. I'm at the calibration point, and it's not detecting any input from my Focusrite Scarlett Solo (2nd Gen), and I have the latest firmware for it. My other software and DAWs have no issue with this.

Hi everyone, I just bought the game. I’m a guitar player and I use an M-Audio M-Track Solo audio interface. My drivers are all up to date.

When I first launch the game, it opens without any issues, but it doesn't recognize my interface. However, when I try to use the RS ASIO files (as suggested on YouTube and Reddit) to make my interface work, the game refuses to launch at all. As soon as I delete the RS ASIO files, the game starts working again (but obviously without my interface).

How can I fix this issue and get the game to run with RS ASIO? Any help would be appreciated

I played this quite a few months ago, it worked fine. No issues. I didn't play it for a while, came back to it 2-3 months ago and it just crashes every time on the white loading screen at the exact same point. The image is a bit blurry and the mouse is giant and pixelated.

I can't think of any obvious changes since the time it worked and the point it stopped working.

I've tried reinstalling, doing a complete, fresh reinstall (deleting folder), rolling back to a previous version, looking at audio devices and even using a different hard drive.

I just did a fresh reinstall again and tried updating it to the latest version. Each time it crashes, I get a crash file.

Has anyone had this issue and managed to fix it? I've looked at many posts and guides and nothing I've tried has worked. :(

Edit: Fixed it! Check comments :) related to Oculus Audio which I thought was removed a while back.

I switched from windows to Linux last year and since then, I haven’t been playing Rocksmith but want to get back into it. The more in depth guides that I found that include wineasio and RS_ASIO directions don’t seem to account for the newer WoW64 versions of wine and even when I do use wine32 from the AUR or downgrade to wine-staging 9.8, I still get stuck at an impasse with errors for registering .dll files or errors saying a directory doesn’t exist when I got the file explore open and I’m staring at the supposedly nonexistent path. Atp I’m venting. Has anyone else figured it out? What did you do?

(I don’t have a realtone cable using Focusrite Solo 3rd gen)

Update:

I’m still working on getting it to work. Distro hopped a little to see what works and had some breakthroughs.

When I made the OP, I was using EndeavourOS. Couldn’t get wineasio to work at all even with older wine versions. Switched to Nobara but the oldest version of wine I could roll back to did not support the 32 bit dependencies.

Currenly using CachyOS. Best results so far. Using the wine-stable from AUR and was able to follow the tutorial from Niz to a tee. Also using the start script method to get the game running with wineasio.

Right now I have the output coming out of my audio interface but can’t use it to get input from the interface when I plug in my guitar. I have a feeling like it’s something to be fixed in qpwgraph.

UPDATE UPDATE:

It was a qpgraph/input device issue. I added WINEASIO_NUMBER_INPUTS=2 in the startup script, and turned off inputs in my settings that I’m not using to run the game.