The Elder Scrolls: Oblivion — Unable to skip launch cinematics

[jonkoops]

Compatibility Report

• Name of the game with compatibility issues: The Elder Scrolls: Oblivion
• Steam AppID of the game: 22330

System Information

• GPU: AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
• Video driver version: Mesa 23.1.9
• Kernel version: 6.6.1
• Proton version: 8.0-4

I confirm:

• that I haven't found an existing compatibility report for this game.
• that I have checked whether there are updates for my system available.

Symptoms

On Windows it is possible to skip the intro cinematics (logos, etc) when launching the game by pressing the Escape key. Doing the same in Proton does not work.

Reproduction

Press the Escape key upon launching the game.

[kisak-valve]

Hello @jonkoops, we're using one issue report per unofficially supported game title, so I've gone ahead and transferred this issue report to #718 (comment).