[LINUX] The launcher has been updated and no longer runs

[iNUMMIOGG]

Information​

I have disabled all mods​

Yes

Required​

Summary​

[LINUX] The launcher has been updated and no longer runs

Expected Result​

Launching the launcher

Actual Result​

Unable to start the game

Steps to reproduce​

Launcher Repair

Platform​

Steam

Game Version​

Past

Optional​

Description​

1. Install the game (PortProton).
2. I launch, the launcher opens.
3. The launcher downloads the update.
4. Restart occurs.
5. The launcher does not start anymore.

Tags​

• Stability

Attachments​

 

[AndrewT]

Can I ask why you are using Proton, not the native Linux version of the game?

What distro are you using? Our launcher is only supported in Ubuntu, strictly speaking.

 

[iNUMMIOGG]

Can I ask why you are using Proton, not the native Linux version of the game?

What distro are you using? Our launcher is only supported in Ubuntu, strictly speaking.

In the native version there are graphical bugs (the models are colored blue when the camera is removed) and the keyboard does not work (several buttons on the main part and all on the additional digital + arrows work)
The first launch of the launcher on fedora is functional.

 

[AndrewT]

Probably then the game installs an earlier version of the launcher which has no problem on Fedora, but it then automatically updates to a version (currently 2023.10) that does.

This game does not need the launcher. I know how to work around it in Windows and Mac but I've not had to do that under Linux before.

Here's the Windows process:

Download the attached cities.bat file
Place the .bat file in your game's Steam folder (In the same place as your cities.exe)
Right click the game in your Steam library
Go to properties
Select Launch Options
Copy and Paste cities.bat %command% into the input box
X out of that screen
Run the game

The .bat file just consists of the line:

start Cities.exe %command%

So you could try the equivalent of that in Linux, I guess something like:

./Cities64 %command%

 

[iNUMMIOGG]

Probably then the game installs an earlier version of the launcher which has no problem on Fedora, but it then automatically updates to a version (currently 2023.10) that does.

This game does not need the launcher. I know how to work around it in Windows and Mac but I've not had to do that under Linux before.

Here's the Windows process:


The .bat file just consists of the line:


So you could try the equivalent of that in Linux, I guess something like:

dont work(

 

[AndrewT]

In what way, exactly?

 

[iNUMMIOGG]

In what way, exactly?

I installed the native version and, dancing with a tambourine, fixed the keyboard.
The question is closed.
So many problems because of your launcher.