Linux/Proton - SCFA doesn't launch Thread - LOUD PROJECT mod for Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance

Anyone running LOUD under Linux/Proton?

I'm running Steam on Lubuntu 22.04. Using Proton Experimental (apparently required by FAF-Linux). The LOUD client seemed to update properly, and I was apparently able to download a map. The "play game" button was disabled on first client launch but enabled on subsequent client launches. However I just get an error dialog when I click it.

FWIW I'm launching SCFA_Updater.exe as follows shown at the end. (Ugh - with my browser I can't seem to move the cursor to "after" the source code box. I'll try to paste both launch "script" and log file into the same box.) The paths listed in the log file look right, and the Tools/Open-usermods etc. seem OK. When I clicked the Discord button I got another error.

The CLI/console/terminal is constantly spitting out "not implemented" warnings, seemingly one every time I move the mouse in the client window. I didn't see an obvious clue when I clicked the Play button but dunno. I could attempt to capture a version with duplicates filtered if that sounds helpful.

Steam SC:FA seems to run fine under various Proton versions. I probably should have tried other versions before posting. Hoping to connect with someone who already has it working before I begin trying things at random.

Copies of the log file and images are also stored at Overtracks.com

BTW I totally get the desire to have the Discord link in one place and one place only to simplify updates. But it was a little frustrating not to be able to ask questions before I attempted the install. No simple way to satisfy every need.

#!/bin/bash
export WINEPREFIX=/home/hfs2/.steam/debian-installation/steamapps/compatdata/9420/pfx
export protonpath="/home/hfs2/.steam/debian-installation/steamapps/common/Proton - Experimental"
export scfa="/home/hfs2/.steam/debian-installation/steamapps/common/Supreme Commander Forged Alliance"
cd "$scfa"
"$protonpath/files/bin/wine" SCFA_Updater.exe
------ begin SCFA_Updater.log --------
[LOG][11:53:25AM]: #### version: 5.8.2
[LOG][11:53:25AM]: base uri: Z:\home\hfs2\.steam\debian-installation\steamapps\common\Supreme Commander Forged Alliance (if this doesn't match your SupCom directory, file a bug report in discord and quit the client)
[LOG][11:53:25AM]: Doc uri is C:\users\steamuser\Documents
[ERROR][11:53:25AM]: toggleUserContent:luaFile:: does not exist
[ERROR][11:53:25AM]: toggleUserContent:luaFile:: does not exist
[LOG][11:53:25AM]: Created maps folder, or it already existed
[LOG][11:53:25AM]: Created mods folder, or it already existed
[LOG][11:53:25AM]: Created replays folder, or it already existed
[LOG][11:53:25AM]: Client is in correct folder
[LOG][11:53:25AM]: 'usermods' directory exists
[LOG][11:53:25AM]: *** Warning *** Files found in 'usermaps' directory and will be loaded as maps
[LOG][11:53:25AM]: Test write succeeded

The good news - as I'm sure you've already worked out - SCFA works fine under Linux. The bad news - no - our launcher/installer was built for a Windows environment and doesn't behave well. To that end, the launcher does have the ability to create desktop command line shortcuts to the game, to bypass the need to launch using the launcher - it also has a dropdown link to our OneDrive folder, for getting the files without the launcher. However, I wasn't aware that the Discord link would be a problem there. Due to some spam and security issues, we isolated the Discord link, in the launcher, so we can have some idea of where connections are coming from. Here is a temporary link

Discord.com

Tools/Create Shortcuts seemed to encounter an error. I'll try to paste a snippet of the terminal output below. Maybe someone could paste the contents of their file(s) here?

Probably obvious that I'm not the best pioneer material. My tech level is pretty low on a good day. As I said in the first post, I was hoping to follow the trail someone else had already blazed. Not clear how much time/effort to expend on a single potential Linux user...

I did launch using Proton 6.3 and Proton 7.0. Those behaved the same as Proton - Experimental as far as I could tell.

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Probably not important, but for the sake of thoroughness: At the time of my first post, I had not clicked the Update button in the client. At that time the LOUD directory had ~201MB, 200 of which was the RootOfBeta map I'd downloaded. (When first ran SCFA_Updater.exe, it said it was updating, so I assumed it had.) Later when I finally tried that button it downloaded ~2.6GB of stuff. Maps, .scd files, even a spreadsheet? Yummy! And now I have a green up-to-date indicator. However, the responses to the Run Game and Discord buttons are still the same.

Prompt reply appreciated. I apparently wasn't as prompt on checking for the reply. I couldn't get the link to work in either browser or desktop client. May have expired, or may have been my ineptitude with all things Discord.

0178:fixme:dxgi:d3d11_swapchain_Present1 Ignored present parameters 0x81dee0.
02e0:fixme:wshom:WshShortcut_QueryInterface Unknown iface {a6ef9860-c720-11d0-9337-00a0c90dcaa9}
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wine: Read access denied for device L"\\??\\Z:\\", FS volume label and serial are not available.
02e0:fixme:wshom:WshShortcut_QueryInterface Unknown iface {a6ef9860-c720-11d0-9337-00a0c90dcaa9}
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02e0:fixme:wscript:ActiveScriptSite_OnScriptError ()
02e8:fixme:wshom:WshShortcut_QueryInterface Unknown iface {a6ef9860-c720-11d0-9337-00a0c90dcaa9}
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wine: Read access denied for device L"\\??\\Z:\\", FS volume label and serial are not available.
02e8:fixme:wshom:WshShortcut_QueryInterface Unknown iface {a6ef9860-c720-11d0-9337-00a0c90dcaa9}
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Ok - I'm going to see if I can get one of our Linux folks to reply to this thread - and offer some help. I'm not a Linux user so we've exhausted my knowledge on the matter. I know for a fact it works - we'll do whatever we can to get you running.

I did a quick search of our Discord, for the meantime and found this - I don't know if it will help you at all.

PROTON_USE_WINE3D=1 PROTON_NO_ESYNC=1 PROTON_NO_FSYNC=1 %command% /log "../LOUD/bin/Loud.log" /init "../LOUD/bin/LoudDataPath.lua"

If you have hit the update button - then yes - you are good to go - now all we need is a command line to make it run.

Edited by: Sprouto

That seemed to work! Just pasted those params into Steam and it was like a completely new game, complete with LOUD logos and such.

Late here and I was too tired to even test it. Loaded a map (LEM 4.5 or something) just to see if it was functional. That turned out to be (gulp) 40K by 40K. Not sure if vanilla sc:fa even has a 40K map. Wound up quitting before I even encountered the AI I'd placed in the far corner. But all seemed to be working. Thank you!

This is grand news.

Please, don't be shy about asking questions - ideally via our Discord... This line should be good for 7 days. Discord.gg