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    • S Offline
      Sturnus
      last edited by

      Hey everyone!

      I'm unable to start the game from the FAF client.

      I followed the guide for installing the FAF client on Linux, ie java 14, get the run script, and configure the client to point to the run script.

      The client itself seems to work fine, I can see the game lobby, chat etc.

      Starting the game from Steam works fine.

      However when I try to start a game from within the client I can see that there is a blip on Steam, the "Play" button changes to "Stop" for all of 1-2 seconds, and then nothing more.

      The FAF client reports:
      2020-11-01 02:18:07.096 INFO 22553 --- [ Thread-400] c.f.client.fa.ForgedAllianceService : Starting Forged Alliance with command: [/home/user/Games/downlords-faf-client-1.2.2/run, /home/user/.faforever/bin/ForgedAlliance.exe, /init, init.lua, /nobugreport, /log, /home/user/.faforever/logs/game_13003185.log, /gpgnet, 127.0.0.1:39403, /mean, 1500.0, /deviation, 500.0, /savereplay, gpgnet://127.0.0.1:38461/13003185/Sturnus.SCFAreplay, /country, FO, /numgames, 0] in directory: /home/user/.faforever/bin
      wineserver: using server-side synchronization.
      Setting breakpad minidump AppID = 9420
      Steam_SetMinidumpSteamID: Caching Steam ID: 76561198007409254 [API loaded no]
      2020-11-01 02:18:09.144 INFO 22553 --- [ool-3-thread-97] com.faforever.client.game.GameService : Forged Alliance terminated with exit code 0
      2020-11-01 02:18:09.467 INFO 22553 --- [ Thread-400] c.f.client.fa.relay.ice.IceAdapterImpl : ICE adapter terminated normally

      Any help greatly appreciated.

      regards,

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      • S Offline
        Sturnus
        last edited by

        Found a workaround, forced Steam to use proton 5.09 instead of 5.11 and the game launches

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        • Brutus5000B Offline
          Brutus5000 FAF Server Admin
          last edited by

          And make sure Steam itself is running

          "Nerds have a really complicated relationship with change: Change is awesome when WE'RE the ones doing it. As soon as change is coming from outside of us it becomes untrustworthy and it threatens what we think of is the familiar."
          – Benno Rice

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          • MazorNoobM Offline
            MazorNoob
            last edited by

            Steam doesn't need to be running to use Proton.

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            • Brutus5000B Offline
              Brutus5000 FAF Server Admin
              last edited by

              If you copy the Steam shell script then Steam needs to run.

              "Nerds have a really complicated relationship with change: Change is awesome when WE'RE the ones doing it. As soon as change is coming from outside of us it becomes untrustworthy and it threatens what we think of is the familiar."
              – Benno Rice

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