Game crashes on Steam in Arch Linux

Hong Kong Foot · 06-11-2020, 12:44 PM

I just updated arch linux with `sudo pacman -Syu`. The game crashes on start up out of nowhere. It shows the "crash_on_startup_flag" message and the game window appears for a second then closes.

I've tried
1. Disabling the in-game Steam overlay
2. Uninstalling/installing the game
3. Restarting the computer
4. Verifying the integrity of the files
5. Remove the old `/home/user/.Out of the Park Developments/OOTP Baseball 21/` before starting the game
6. Update to 21.3.54.

but the game still fails to start.

The ootp_trace file ends with the following lines about opengl so could that be the problem?

2020-06-11 23:20:01 set_opengl_modes: setting_opengl_mode = EGLM_USE_DEFAULT

2020-06-11 23:20:01 set_opengl_modes: Set opengl_mode to EGLM_USE_OPENGL_ALL_THE_TIME because that's the default setting for Linux

Here's the information about Opengl.

Code:

glxinfo | egrep -i 'version|device'

server glx version string: 1.4
client glx version string: 1.4
GLX version: 1.4
    Device: Mesa Intel(R) HD Graphics 530 (SKL GT2) (0x1912)
    Version: 20.1.0
    Max core profile version: 4.6
    Max compat profile version: 4.6
    Max GLES1 profile version: 1.1
    Max GLES[23] profile version: 3.2
OpenGL core profile version string: 4.6 (Core Profile) Mesa 20.1.0
OpenGL core profile shading language version string: 4.60
OpenGL version string: 4.6 (Compatibility Profile) Mesa 20.1.0
OpenGL shading language version string: 4.60
OpenGL ES profile version string: OpenGL ES 3.2 Mesa 20.1.0
OpenGL ES profile shading language version string: OpenGL ES GLSL ES 3.20
    GL_EXT_shader_implicit_conversions, GL_EXT_shader_integer_mix,

Please check out the attached ootp_trace.txt for the details.

Hong Kong Foot · 06-13-2020, 02:31 AM

I can get the game running by appending this setting

opengl_mode
4

to /home/user/.Out of the Park Developments/OOTP Baseball 21/data/config/app.cfg

So it is definitely related to OpenGL in my case. I have no idea how the latest package update messes up the OpenGL. Can anyone figure it out?

Hong Kong Foot · 06-13-2020, 12:43 PM

To get the game running, I have to add this line to the game's launch options in Steam:

Code:

MESA_LOADER_DRIVER_OVERRIDE=i965 %command%

Mesa version 20+ use a new OpenGL driver by default, and the game doesn't work well with it. I have to disable it and revert to use the old i965 driver.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php...OpenGL_version

kcyr41 · 06-15-2020, 08:55 PM

Thanks for your post - I'm experiencing (I think) the same exact thing after a PopOS update.

With your suggested environment parameter updates I was able to load the application but it is still crashing when I try to start a game. I'll keep digging around on my end. I appreciate it if you can share anything new you've learned in the process.

06-13-2020, 12:43 PM	#3
Hong Kong Foot Bat Boy Join Date: Feb 2020 Location: Hong Kong Posts: 10	To get the game running, I have to add this line to the game's launch options in Steam: Code: MESA_LOADER_DRIVER_OVERRIDE=i965 %command% Mesa version 20+ use a new OpenGL driver by default, and the game doesn't work well with it. I have to disable it and revert to use the old i965 driver. https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php...OpenGL_version Last edited by Hong Kong Foot; 06-14-2020 at 12:59 AM.

06-13-2020, 02:31 AM	#2
Hong Kong Foot Bat Boy Join Date: Feb 2020 Location: Hong Kong Posts: 10	I can get the game running by appending this setting opengl_mode 4 to /home/user/.Out of the Park Developments/OOTP Baseball 21/data/config/app.cfg So it is definitely related to OpenGL in my case. I have no idea how the latest package update messes up the OpenGL. Can anyone figure it out?

06-15-2020, 08:55 PM	#4
kcyr41 Bat Boy Join Date: Jun 2020 Posts: 12	Thanks for your post - I'm experiencing (I think) the same exact thing after a PopOS update. With your suggested environment parameter updates I was able to load the application but it is still crashing when I try to start a game. I'll keep digging around on my end. I appreciate it if you can share anything new you've learned in the process.