Unable to load *any* game

[Decha]

Integrity​

I have verified my game files (on Steam)​

Yes

I have disabled all mods​

Yes

Required​

Summary​

Unable to load *any* game

Description​

Unable to load any game at all from within the game. Still able to load from the launcher (last savegame).

Reproducable 100% by saving and trying to reload, so not a version mismatch issue.

Please see screenshots:
1. Launcher, "resume" is available, with a savegame.
2. In-game, immediately after game start, no save files found.

Steps to reproduce​

Start a new game, save it, exit. Re-start the game and try to load it.

Game Version​

1.5.12 (8fd2)

OS​

Linux (Other)

Additional​

Bug Type​

Other

Save Game​

Attachments​

Player Pain​

9

 

[CaesarVincens]

I saw a similar report that was resolved by clearing out old saves (basically after a certain number of save files, the game can't load them)

 

[PDX_Sosanna]

Hi! That's a strange one. Are you using any mods? How many saves do you have stored in your local distro equivalent of "$HOME/.local/share/Paradox Interactive/Victoria 3/saves" directory? It could also be some kind of a folder access issue, however the QA department is only able to assist with issues reproducible on Ubuntu distros.

 

[Decha]

No mods, just installed game. I am attaching a strace, I think it makes the issue clear, please take a look.

 

[PDX_Sosanna]

Which distribution of Linux are you using and what file system? Are you using any symlinks?
The logs clearly indicate that the game cannot find or access the paths where the saves are stored, so it's something specific to your Linux setup.
I'll move the thread to our Technical Support as they might have more OS-specific tips to share.

 

[Decha]

I am using Gentoo, reiserfs for home and xfs for the data mount. No symlinks on either of paths.

Please note the following:
1. The game is enumerating files at the correct path:

openat(AT_FDCWD, "/home/user/.local/share/Paradox Interactive/Victoria 3/save games", O_RDONLY|O_NONBLOCK|O_CLOEXEC|O_DIRECTORY) = 175

2. But then it tries to open the filename found at the dir one above:

lstat("/home/user/.local/share/Paradox Interactive/Victoria 3/russia_1840_03_07.v3", 0x7fb1257f31f0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)

Note no "save games" in the path here.

If I copy files to this parent dir, they appear on the list in-game.

 

[AndrewT]

Last I heard we only tested on EXT4. @PDX_Sosanna do you know if xfs and reiserfs are in the test suite these days?

 

[PDX_Sosanna]

@AndrewT reiserfs definitely not. I was directed to the Engine team, but sadly I did not receive any reply besides the mention that we do not support Gentoo/non-standard filesystems.