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    FAF Instant crash (no lobby) unable to create effect: (...)\effects.nx2\effects\range.fx

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    • Frozen_byteF Offline
      Frozen_byte
      last edited by Frozen_byte

      Heyho, I recently updated my Linux to Ubuntu 23.04 and now FAF-Client does not launch the game anymore.

      Playing via Steam works fine, only when I try to host/watch/ladder a game via FAF the Game instantly crashes. Last (and I guess relevant) log:

      info: Compiled shader: /effects/primbatcher.fx
      warning: z:\home\%USER%\.faforever\gamedata\effects.nx2\effects\range.fx: unable to create effect: z:\home\%USER%\.faforever\gamedata\effects.nx2\effects\range.fx reason: unknown error
      

      game_19786986.log
      client.log

      Any helpful suggestions how to debug/fix the problem?

      I am using the setup from https://github.com/FAForever/faf-linux

      What I have tried so far:

      1. Reinstalled FAF and SupCom completely
      2. sudo apt install git wget jq cabextract libxcomposite1:amd64 libxcomposite1:i386 libfreetype6:amd64 libfreetype6:i386 tells me everything is installed on lates version.
      3. Used protonwrapper 'GE-55' and 'SteamExperimental'
      4. Sometimes, it crashes at primbatcher.fx, somtimes at sky.fx but its always in proximitry to range.fx
      5. Created a GithubIssue on the FAForever/faf-linux repo
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      • Frozen_byteF Offline
        Frozen_byte
        last edited by

        Well if I remove the effects.nx2 file and run in offline mode (so the Client does not compare checksums and redownloads the files) it's working like a charm (Haven't played a full match, but I expect graphical glitches)

        So my Question is: How do I get a better error message, what exactly went wrong while loading the effects?

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          Ice_Wolve
          last edited by

          my son an i have the same problem

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            donkeypunchspice
            last edited by

            Same problem here :-

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