Great response! I really appreciate the helpful info! But unfortunately I tried everything you said and it doesn't seem to be working :/
The DXVK and VKD3D settings were defaulted to the only version/option available besides "disabled." I tried the default runner "soda 8.0-2" and the other one "sys-wine-8.0.2". But I've been searching through every menu in Bottles and on Google and I'm not seeing where/how to add runners.
Im still not sure how to configure lutris and wasn't really understanding the "foolproof" guide I read about it. I didn't know if I was supposed to be pointing directories to where the game is already currently located or to the new game & prefixes folders the guide told me to create. It seemed like the guide was specifically for installing games but it's a "preinstalled" game that just came as a zip. It also came with a bunch of .exe's for like C++ and all that stuff and steamrip said all those need to be ran for the game work. Do I have to do something with those?
Dude.. You are a god!! I can't thank you enough for being so helpful! I'll never understand how people can be so smart with stuff like this lol. Thank you sooo much! You saved the day and helped a lot of people have a blast and a ton of laughs! You're awesome!