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      left_boy
      last edited by left_boy

      Yes you need to delete old files. If you just unpact the tar.gz old files might be left over that are then still loaded (those old files being wrong verison and therefore causing issues)

      Soon™️

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        Davebowman
        last edited by Davebowman

        Hello, I recently installed FAF client on Linux Mint 19.3 w/Cinnamon. I was able to successfully play stock Forged Alliance on steam with Proton and those launch options. After following instructions I am able to get the client working for FAF. FAF appears to point to the correct location for the game install. However in spite of all of this, when I try to create a match or join one through the client, nothing happens. I don't even get an error message or any real indicator that something happened.

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          left_boy
          last edited by left_boy

          @Davebowman Game/Client log please. Screenshot 2020-10-01 185314.png

          Soon™️

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            foodlfg
            last edited by

            @Davebowman
            maybe this one?
            https://wiki.faforever.com/index.php?title=Setting_Up_FAF_Linux#The_FAF_client_doesn.27t_launch_the_game

            nice ghetto streams: https://www.twitch.tv/foodlfg

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              left_boy
              last edited by

              i might have done something wrong or forgot when setting up u can have a look at this video as well https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rv3ZXA4FNFk

              Soon™️

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                Davebowman @left_boy
                last edited by

                @axel12 said in Linux Support:

                @Davebowman Game/Client log please.

                All I have is a client log: https://pastebin.com/HA0Y5M72

                There is an iceadapterlogs folder too, do you want that as well?

                @foodlfg said in Linux Support:

                @Davebowman
                maybe this one?
                https://wiki.faforever.com/index.php?title=Setting_Up_FAF_Linux#The_FAF_client_doesn.27t_launch_the_game

                Steam is installed and active, Forged Alliance is installed as well and it works with Proton stock.

                @axel12 said in Linux Support:

                i might have done something wrong or forgot when setting up u can have a look at this video as well https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rv3ZXA4FNFk

                This is what I used as a guide. I followed it to the letter (except for uninstalling old client, since I have no old client).

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                  left_boy
                  last edited by

                  2020-10-01 13:02:11.772 INFO 11646 --- [pool-3-thread-5] com.faforever.client.game.GameService : Forged Alliance terminated with exit code 2

                  Soon™️

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                    left_boy
                    last edited by left_boy

                    @Davebowman The client starts the exe without wine /home/bowman/.faforever/bin/ForgedAlliance.exe
                    You must have missed the steps:

                    1. Make steam build a script
                    2. Copy that script from temp folder to a save location.
                    3. Enter that script under executable format in the client settings.

                    I am not sure if the steps are missing in the video but if so the video would be incomplete.

                    Read "Copy the Steam RUN script" in the wiki article!

                    Soon™️

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                      Davebowman
                      last edited by

                      I did miss that step, but have changed that and now I am able to join and create games. I tested in a 1v1 and was able to play through the entire game. Thanks for the help.

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                        foodlfg
                        last edited by

                        Proton 5.13-1 is out!
                        Test pls!

                        nice ghetto streams: https://www.twitch.tv/foodlfg

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                          tatsu
                          last edited by

                          testing.

                          How to setup FAF on linux

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                            tatsu
                            last edited by tatsu

                            works brilliant for me. I got way faster game ForgedAlliance.exe boot-up time. nothing else to remark on.

                            How to setup FAF on linux

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                              foodlfg
                              last edited by

                              really?
                              because the generated run file for 5.13 is different for me than for 5.09 (i regenerated 5.09 as well, it is not old).

                              if i just run the run 5.09 file from terminal the original game launches.
                              if i run the 5.13 file nothing happens. it is working with launching from Steam, but not from terminal or from the client.

                              i get this in terminal:

                              wineserver: using server-side synchronization.
                              Wine cannot find the FreeType font library.  To enable Wine to
                              use TrueType fonts please install a version of FreeType greater than
                              or equal to 2.0.5.
                              http://www.freetype.org
                              Setting breakpad minidump AppID = 9420
                              Steam_SetMinidumpSteamID:  Caching Steam ID:  76561198445101600 [API loaded no]```

                              nice ghetto streams: https://www.twitch.tv/foodlfg

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                                tatsu
                                last edited by

                                make sure steam is running.

                                i dunno what to say works utterly brilliant for me.

                                How to setup FAF on linux

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                                  nine2
                                  last edited by

                                  step 1. uninstall linux

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                                    foodlfg @nine2
                                    last edited by

                                    @nine2 said in Linux Support:

                                    step 1. uninstall linux

                                    hehe funneh!
                                    just support monopolistic giga corporations with you everyday life decisions.
                                    that are cannot be controlled by society at all. in fact, people are exposed to their decisions. they directly associate with corruption. it makes sense.
                                    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ag1AKIl_2GM

                                    nice ghetto streams: https://www.twitch.tv/foodlfg

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                                      foodlfg @tatsu
                                      last edited by foodlfg

                                      @tatsu said in Linux Support:

                                      make sure steam is running.

                                      i dunno what to say works utterly brilliant for me.

                                      how does your Proton 5.13 run file look like?
                                      this is mine. the PATH variable is noticeably shorter in it:
                                      https://gist.github.com/foodlfg/d104c6d42e14d6929a0e8626c8edaeb6#file-supcom-proton513-run-file

                                      nice ghetto streams: https://www.twitch.tv/foodlfg

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                                        BigMamaMurder Banned
                                        last edited by

                                        I was hoping for some fix for the missing effects but alas it's still the same.

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                                          foodlfg
                                          last edited by

                                          @Whatsisname
                                          what is about your Proton 5.13 run file btw?
                                          working fine?

                                          nice ghetto streams: https://www.twitch.tv/foodlfg

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                                            vitautart
                                            last edited by

                                            Hi, can't understand what's wrong with my setup. I tried to follow instructions, on first launch it exits with code 1, says that wine can't find freetype2 fonts family, so I install 32 version of it, and error gone.

                                            Now when I try to create game, It does nothings, logs give me exit with code 0. Like this

                                            2020-11-08 13:29:58.803 INFO 4686 --- [ Thread-110] c.f.client.fa.ForgedAllianceService : Starting Forged Alliance with command: [/home/vitautart/apps/faf/client/1.2.2/run, /home/vitautart/.faforever/bin/ForgedAlliance.exe, /init, init.lua, /nobugreport, /log, /home/vitautart/.faforever/logs/game_13067128.log, /gpgnet, 127.0.0.1:21521, /mean, 1892.75, /deviation, 301.084, /savereplay, gpgnet://127.0.0.1:33127/13067128/vitautart.SCFAreplay, /country, UA, /numgames, 7] in directory: /home/vitautart/.faforever/bin
                                            wineserver: using server-side synchronization.
                                            Setting breakpad minidump AppID = ****
                                            Steam_SetMinidumpSteamID: Caching Steam ID: ****************** [API loaded no]
                                            2020-11-08 13:30:00.506 INFO 4686 --- [pool-3-thread-2] com.faforever.client.game.GameService : Forged Alliance terminated with exit code 0
                                            2020-11-08 13:30:00.832 INFO 4686 --- [ Thread-110] c.f.client.fa.relay.ice.IceAdapterImpl : ICE adapter terminated normally

                                            System: ArchLinux
                                            WM: dwm
                                            Proton 5.13

                                            Vanilla FA works fine in steam.

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