Cannot get into the Game on Ubuntu 22.04

[s_team337]

I'm trying to play Victoria 3, but when I click "play" on the Vic3 launcher, it just takes me to a black screen. I can get into other games just fine, and I had gotten into Vic3 before, but I have since used the steam -vgui command as before, steam was taking all my memory. Victoria 3 worked fine on the same hardware in Windows 11.

• Steam client version: 1 August
• Distribution: Ubuntu 22.04
• Opted into Steam client beta?: No
• Have you checked for system updates?: Yes
• GPU: Nvidia 3060 Mobile
• CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 6800H with Radeon G
• Kernel: 6.2.0-31-generic

I've tried different combinations of opening steam, disabling and enabling vulcan shaders, and opening the game through steam, the desktop, or the command line, but nothing seems to help

I've also installed ``mesa`` and updated my drivers

 

[AndrewT]

Mesa is not necessary for nVidia drivers, only Intel or AMD.

How have you installed Steam, If it is from anywhere except the Steam website I suggest you switch to that instead:

Steam, The Ultimate Online Game Platform

Steam is the ultimate destination for playing, discussing, and creating games.

store.steampowered.com

"Install Steam Now"

If that is not the issue, what happens if you run ./victoria3 directly from a terminal command line? What output do you see there if it fails?

 

[s_team337]

Mesa is not necessary for nVidia drivers, only Intel or AMD.

How have you installed Steam, If it is from anywhere except the Steam website I suggest you switch to that instead:

Steam, The Ultimate Online Game Platform

Steam is the ultimate destination for playing, discussing, and creating games.

store.steampowered.com

"Install Steam Now"

If that is not the issue, what happens if you run ./victoria3 directly from a terminal command line? What output do you see there if it fails?

Hi, sorry for the late reply, after enabling the ``steam linux runtime`` compatibility tool I can get onto the loading screen but it hangs eventually forcing me to quit. After running the game as you suggest, I get the following output:

```
[S_API FAIL] SteamAPI_Init() failed; no appID found.
Either launch the game from Steam, or put the file steam_appid.txt containing the correct appID in your game folder.
[S_API FAIL] Tried to access Steam interface SteamUser020 before SteamAPI_Init succeeded.
[S_API FAIL] Tried to access Steam interface SteamUtils009 before SteamAPI_Init succeeded.
[S_API FAIL] Tried to access Steam interface STEAMHTMLSURFACE_INTERFACE_VERSION_005 before SteamAPI_Init succeeded.
amdgpu: The CS has been rejected, see dmesg for more information (-22).
[S_API FAIL] Tried to access Steam interface SteamFriends017 before SteamAPI_Init succeeded.
```

However, I have a steam client open. There is no difference if I enable or disable shader pre-cacheing

 

[SeekTruthFromFx]

amdgpu: The CS has been rejected, see dmesg for more information (-22).

Amdgpu is the driver for the Radeon graphics on your 6800H. You might want to take steps to make sure that Steam is trying to use your Nvidia GPU instead.

 

[AndrewT]

In general Steam will use the low power AMD video whereas the game will use the high power nVidia video. In Windows that decision is made by the nVidia utilities, whereas on MacOS it is by the OS. I don't know how it is done in Linux.


I don't know why running the game directly from the executable references Steam at all, that doesn't happen in Windows or MacOS!

steam linux runtime`` compatibility tool

I'm not familiar with this, but are you now using the Steam client I linked for you? Or the flat pack or other Steam installation?