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    • A
      Alfher
      last edited by

      When I create a custom game the launcher tries to start the game. But it crashes before opening 😞 I am on 5.10.68-1-MANJARO. Can you help me please?

      I tried the release 1.6:

      backtrace2.txt
      game_15469525.log
      client.log
      ice-adapter.log

      and 1.6Beta1:

      backtrace.txt
      client.log
      game_15469505.log
      ice-adapter.log

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      • AmygdalaA
        Amygdala
        last edited by

        Hi. I have no idea about linux but your game log shows:
        "warning: Can't open lua file "Z:\home%USER%.faforever\bin..\Installed.Prefs"
        warning: unable to load Installed.Prefs; using empty initial prefs"

        so it seems you dont have a game.prefs file
        Did you start the game once from steam?
        If not, do so to create a game.prefs file (which safes your personal settings like resolution, hotkeys, templates and os on) and then try again on FAF

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        • MazorNoobM
          MazorNoob
          last edited by

          Sounds like a problem with wine. How are you running the game? From my experience proton 6.3 works pretty well, and it should be consistent across distros since it uses containers.

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            Alfher @Amygdala
            last edited by Alfher

            @amygdala Thank you for the reply, I did start the game before to create a profile. I started it once more to no avail.

            @MazorNoob Thanks for the reassurance, wine is what I understand the least. I am using proton 6.3 from steam and installed wine, wine-mono, winetricks, protontricks 9420 dlls d3dx9 and protontricks 9420 dlls xact. Steam is not a flatpack.

            I played two games some weeks ago under 1.4.7 with the lutris installer until it stopped working.

            I reinstalled it with the help of tagedas video.
            I had to use jdk15-adoptopenjdk

            I launch the client with:

            export INSTALL4J_JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-15-adoptopenjdk/
./downlords-faf-client

            I will try reinstalling wine now.

            edit:
            Reinstalling wine wasn't enough. I will try reinstalling everything tomorrow but first I need some sleep.

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            • MazorNoobM
              MazorNoob
              last edited by

              I'd avoid installing stuff with winetricks unless you verified things don't work without it, sometimes overrides can make things worse. Try this:

              • Remove FA's wineprefix.
              • Run FA once through Steam to verify it runs and install whatever deps Steam usually adds. In case of issues use protondb, only use winetricks as a last resort.
              • Set launch command in FAF client as needed.
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                Alfher @MazorNoob
                last edited by

                @mazornoob

                Thank you very much it works!
                I removed FA's wineprefix from the location stated in the run file. Afterwards I uninstalled supcom from steam and removed wine, wine-mono and winetricks. I also removed everything from the FAF client, including the hidden files in ~/

                I followed the guide from @Usling https://forum.faforever.com/topic/12/linux-support/157
                and did not have to install winetricks or wine itself manually for supcom to start under Proton 6.3-7.

                Afterwards I followed the guide from the wiki.

                Last time I forgot to set the launch command in the FAF client, so that was a good hint of you and probably the reason why it did not work in the first place. I think that step is missing in tatsu's video or I missed it.

                I am looking forward to play with you guys 😄

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                  Zarrex
                  last edited by

                  Hi All, I'm getting the errors below with my new/clean install.
                  Ubuntu 20.04: Steam: Proton: SupCom + FA: FA is tested and working like a dream.
                  FAF Java Client
                  Java-15-oracle is now Java-17-oracle; 15 has been removed as it is end of life.
                  I had to edit faf-client and replace 15 with 17 in two places; FAF-client is working and I'm logged in.

                  Click on a map and create game, create; I get the following errors;

                  java.util.UnknownFormatConversionException: Conversion = ' '
                  at java.base/java.util.Formatter.parse(Formatter.java:2750)
                  at java.base/java.util.Formatter.format(Formatter.java:2671)
                  at java.base/java.util.Formatter.format(Formatter.java:2625)
                  at java.base/java.lang.String.format(String.java:4140)
                  at com.faforever.client.fa.LaunchCommandBuilder.build(LaunchCommandBuilder.java:192)
                  at com.faforever.client.fa.ForgedAllianceService.startGameOnline(ForgedAllianceService.java:79)
                  at com.faforever.client.game.GameService.lambda$startGame$37(GameService.java:604)
                  at java.base/java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture$UniApply.tryFire(CompletableFuture.java:646)
                  at java.base/java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture.postComplete(CompletableFuture.java:510)
                  at java.base/java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture.complete(CompletableFuture.java:2147)
                  at com.faforever.client.fa.relay.ice.IceAdapterImpl.lambda$start$7(IceAdapterImpl.java:221)
                  at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:833)

                  I suspect this is Java-17-oracle related but any help would be appreciated.

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                  • K
                    Katharsas
                    last edited by

                    Its not Java-17 related.

                    I think it fails because your launch command ("Command line format for executable" in settings) is missing %s (this part of the string will be replaced with the .exe location when starting a game).

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                      Zarrex
                      last edited by

                      Thanks Katharsas.

                      I've changed that field to blank was "PROTON_NO_ESYNC=1 PROTON_NO_FSYNC=1 %command% /windowed 1920 1080"
                      but still failing to launch FA.

                      See the log here;
                      2021-11-13 16:38:48.491 INFO 51127 --- [lication Thread] com.faforever.client.update.Version : fromVersion '1.4.6' is not newer than toVersion '2021.11-alpha-4'. No update is required.
                      2021-11-13 16:38:48.519 INFO 51127 --- [lication Thread] com.faforever.client.user.UserService : Logging in with refresh token
                      2021-11-13 16:38:48.916 INFO 51127 --- [tor-tcp-epoll-2] com.faforever.commons.lobby.FafLobbyApi : Connected to lobby.faforever.com on port 8002
                      2021-11-13 16:38:50.870 INFO 51127 --- [lication Thread] com.faforever.client.update.Version : fromVersion '2021.10' is not newer than toVersion '2021.11-alpha-4'. No update is required.
                      2021-11-13 16:39:05.335 INFO 51127 --- [pool-3-thread-3] c.f.c.patch.GameBinariesUpdateTaskImpl : Updating binaries to 3724
                      2021-11-13 16:39:05.415 INFO 51127 --- [ Thread-41] c.f.client.fa.relay.ice.IceAdapterImpl : Starting ICE adapter with command: [/usr/lib/jvm/java-17-oracle/bin/java, -jar, %USER_PROFILE%/Games/faf-client-2021.11.0-alpha4/natives/faf-ice-adapter.jar, --id, 260187, --login, Zarrex, --rpc-port, 59093, --gpgnet-port, 8879]
                      2021-11-13 16:39:05.731 INFO 51127 --- [ Thread-41] c.f.client.fa.ForgedAllianceService : Starting Forged Alliance with command: [%USER_PROFILE%/.faforever/bin/ForgedAlliance.exe, /init, init.lua, /nobugreport, /log, %USER_PROFILE%/.faforever/logs/game_15710019.log, /gpgnet, 127.0.0.1:8879, /mean, 1500.0, /deviation, 500.0, /savereplay, gpgnet://127.0.0.1:39905/15710019/Zarrex.SCFAreplay, /country, GB, /numgames, 0, /numgames, 0] in directory: %USER_PROFILE%/.steam/steam/steamapps/common/Supreme Commander Forged Alliance/bin
                      /home/andyh/.faforever/bin/ForgedAlliance.exe: 1: MZ����@0��: not found
                      /home/andyh/.faforever/bin/ForgedAlliance.exe: 1: Syntax error: word unexpected (expecting ")")
                      2021-11-13 16:39:05.733 INFO 51127 --- [onPool-worker-6] com.faforever.client.game.GameService : Forged Alliance terminated with exit code 2
                      2021-11-13 16:39:05.753 WARN 51127 --- [tor-tcp-epoll-2] c.f.client.fa.relay.ice.IceAdapterImpl : Ignoring call to ICE adapter as we are not connected: setIceServers([[{credentialType=token, urls=[turn:coturn-eu-1.supcomhub.org?transport=tcp, turn:coturn-eu-1.supcomhub.org?transport=udp, stun:coturn-eu-1.supcomhub.org], credential=cjzETqLAtXQs2l/KeckOmCGSnp4=, username=1636907945:260187}, {credentialType=token, urls=[turn:faforever.com?transport=tcp, turn:faforever.com?transport=udp, stun:faforever.com], credential=cjzETqLAtXQs2l/KeckOmCGSnp4=, username=1636907945:260187}, {credentialType=token, urls=[turn:faf.mabula.net?transport=tcp, turn:faf.mabula.net?transport=udp, stun:faf.mabula.net], credential=XK0B5Sykd4Q9/7GHfRr5Jtmeamw=, username=1636907945:260187}]])

                      In FAF-Clinet, Settings, Forged Alliance Forever I have;
                      Game Location: /home/{UserID}/.steam/steam/steamapps/common/Supreme Commander Forged Alliance
                      Command line Format for Exe: %s / Blank
                      Exe Directory: /home/{UserID}/.steam/steam/steamapps/common/Supreme Commander Forged Alliance/bin
                      Automatic Map download: Enabled

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                      • MazorNoobM
                        MazorNoob
                        last edited by

                        Try inserting path to wine executable between PROTON_NO_FSYNC and %command%.

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                        • AskaholicA
                          Askaholic
                          last edited by

                          That’s the wrong command. You need to change the one in the client settings to "%s" not the one in the steam settings

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                            Zarrex @MazorNoob
                            last edited by

                            @mazornoob

                            Thank you, however I'm not using WINE. Steam only (with Proton).

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                            • AskaholicA
                              Askaholic
                              last edited by

                              Proton is just wine plus some extra stuff, so yea you are using it.

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                                Zarrex @Askaholic
                                last edited by

                                @askaholic

                                Thank you; I have tried 'blank' and "%s" neither worked.
                                Just retried, to be sure, and no neither worked.
                                "Exit code 2"

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                                  Zarrex @Askaholic
                                  last edited by

                                  @askaholic
                                  Thanks for the correction. I thought Proton was Steam/Value's API that could work with WINE, not that it was an extension of it.
                                  Do I need to install wine ? Typing # wine or # wine --help certainly confirms that WINE is not installed.

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                                  • AskaholicA
                                    Askaholic
                                    last edited by Askaholic

                                    @Zarrex can you post screenshots of your launch command settings from the FAF client and steam?

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                                    • K
                                      Katharsas
                                      last edited by Katharsas

                                      All of is kind of confusing for me, there is exactly one location where %s works, which is inside the FAF client settings under "Command line format for executable".

                                      When the client starts the game, it will replace %s with the path to the FA executable. You can modifiy the command so the client adds additional parameters, for example %s /nosound should start the game with /nosound parameter. I have no idea what %command% is so i cannot help with that.

                                      Then there is this part of your log:

                                      /home/andyh/.faforever/bin/ForgedAlliance.exe: 1: MZ����@0��: not found
/home/andyh/.faforever/bin/ForgedAlliance.exe: 1: Syntax error: word unexpected (expecting ")")

                                      Is this really what is inside the log? Its better to post the log as file attachment so we know if this is a forum problem with encoding or if that is actually in the log. Btw the forum uses markdown, so you can use backticks ` to make it clearer when you cite a value.

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                                        lemorragia
                                        last edited by lemorragia

                                        Hi there, same problem here, on ubuntu(kubuntu) 22.10:

                                        2023-01-04 12:06:32.903 INFO 37568 --- [r-http-epoll-16] c.f.client.fa.ForgedAllianceService : Starting Forged Alliance with command: [%USER_PROFILE%/.faforever/bin/FAFDebugger.exe, %USER_PROFILE%/.faforever/bin/ForgedAlliance.exe, /init, init.lua, /nobugreport, /log, %USER_PROFILE%/.faforever/logs/game_18912593.log, /gpgnet, 127.0.0.1:40099, /mean, 1485.16, /deviation, 446.046, /savereplay, gpgnet://127.0.0.1:35593/18912593/lemorragia.SCFAreplay, /country, IT, /numgames, 1, /numgames, 1] in directory: %USER_PROFILE%/.faforever/bin
                                        /home/xyz/.faforever/bin/FAFDebugger.exe: 1: MZP���@▒��: not found
                                        /home/xyz/.faforever/bin/FAFDebugger.exe: 2: /gpgnetPEL: not found
                                        /home/xyz/.faforever/bin/FAFDebugger.exe: 9: Syntax error: word unexpected (expecting ")")

                                        -fresh steam install, which works, with command params: PROTON_NO_ESYNC=1 PROTON_NO_FSYNC=1 %command% (the error is the same if i remove steam additional params)
                                        -faforever installed with linux script https://github.com/FAForever/faf-linux
                                        -try to launch a game, the game fails to starts (and in steam it shows that it is still running)
                                        -if i try to run the run-offline executable, it crashes with this error

                                        wineserver: using server-side synchronization.
                                        wine: RLIMIT_NICE is <= 20, unable to use setpriority safely
                                        wine: could not load kernel32.dll, status c0000135

                                        it looks like wine/libraries is missing BUT idk if the offline executable needs to be launched with additional params (eg. PREFIX)

                                        any ideas?

                                        EDIT: i completely removed FA from steam, uninstalled wine and removed the ~/.wine, faforever and faf-linux folders...i rebooted and reinstalled everything from the beginning (steam, proton 7(not experimental) with params, faf-linux)...now run-offline works correctly and the game starts BUT the lobby still crashed creating a game

                                        EDIT2: after a little bit of digging i discovered various issues with my system..i'll write them here for future users:

                                        -i had a custom repo (ondrej/php) in my system which installed a library (libgd3) version which the amd64 and i386 had incompatibilities between each other (they coundn't be installed together)...i solved by 1) removing the custom repo 2) installing both the libraries needed for my system and wine (libgd3:i386 and libgd3:amd64) 3) installed wine 4) re-added the repo but i pinned/locked the packages installed previously (apt-mark) in their version from the base repo

                                        -at the same time faf-linux creates a local wine prefix in its folder...once the wine installation was broken in the system, the setup script continued to fail until i deleted the faf-linux folder and cloned the repository again (and than executed the setup.sh script)

                                        in synthesis, on ubuntu 22.04/22.10:
                                        -be sure to install a working wine (32/i386)
                                        -follow the instructions on faf-linux repository
                                        -the game should work perfectly running the run-offline script

                                        i'm still having issues running it from the lobby

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                                          psyrg @lemorragia
                                          last edited by

                                          @Katharsas
                                          I had the same issue as you, and managed to get past it. In my case, it was because set-client-paths.sh had not been executed after my first log in. Hopefully this helps someone else with the issue.

                                          @lemorragia
                                          Perhaps you have the same problem. Try running the set-client-paths.sh shell script.

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                                          • SteelTalonS
                                            SteelTalon
                                            last edited by

                                            Having this issue as well, exit code 53 really is not very descriptive, for me anyway. @psyrg s post above did not help.

                                            Help? Anyone?

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