Linux steam problem

[Kalle-Anka]

The game is not starting for me, the launcher appears very briefly and then disappears.
Unfortunately there are no error message in the console.
Just wanted to know if anyone else is experiencing the same problem?

Thanks.

 

[huyderman]

I'm experiencing the same. I seem to be able to start the game directly outside of Steam though, bypassing the launcher.

 

[Bluekkis]

Something is bit wonky with launcher start from steam. Auto closes for me to when starting from steam. Game seems to run fine when running out of steam and even launcher seems to work when running out of steam... Though login for pdx account does not seem to work at the moment (status code 503), maybe just crowded servers..

 

[Sn3ipen]

Same issue.

Spoiler

Manjaro Linux with Gnome.

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[Kalle-Anka]

Well thanks for the tip about starting the game directly and bypassing the launcher, worked for me as well.

 

[Blinky78]

I have this same issue, launcher flashes, then closes. Can play game if I launch it directly. Running Linux Mint 19

 

[Hori873]

I can run the launcher manually but not through Steam.
In any case, whether I launch directly with the "imperator" binary, or through the launcher, the loading gets stuck at "Init Map Graphics".
Console output:

'''
[virtualfilesystem_physfs.cpp:562] Mounted Data: /home/horatiu/.games/Steam Library/Linux/steamapps/common/ImperatorRome/clausewitz

[virtualfilesystem_physfs.cpp:562] Mounted Data: /home/horatiu/.games/Steam Library/Linux/steamapps/common/ImperatorRome/jomini

[virtualfilesystem_physfs.cpp:562] Mounted Data: /home/horatiu/.games/Steam Library/Linux/steamapps/common/ImperatorRome/game

Setting breakpad minidump AppID = 859580
Steam_SetMinidumpSteamID: Caching Steam ID: 76561198023323444 [API loaded no]
Init Game Application...
Init Game Application Done
Init Game...
Init Game Done
malloc(): invalid size (unsorted)
'''

EDIT:
It was a driver issue. I reinstalled the drivers and bumblebee and made double-sure to run the game through the Nvidia GPU and now it works.