0 A.D. won't open a window when started

[Bandsman]

Hello,

On an Arch-based Linux installation (CachyOS) with KDE Plasma, when starting 0 A.D., the game won't open a window - a "task" appears on the panel, audio is played and can be heard, but it is not possible to make the window active and play the game. 

 

Also, since I want to add the game to Lutris as native, and it asks for an executable/working directory, where would the game normally be installed to? If there is anything else to consider when adding to Lutris, or if there are instructions anywhere, I would appreciate being pointed to them.

Thanks.

[Stan`]

@hyperion @vladislavbelov

Hey can you share more info about your hardware ?

Depends on how you installed the game. https://gitea.wildfiregames.com/0ad/0ad/wiki/GameDataPaths

[hyperion]

Definitely need sdl version and kde / plasma version, also are you using multiple monitors?

You could try the AppImage at https://releases.wildfiregames.com/rc/ , if it runs would be a strong indicator where to look further into the issue. The AppImage should also be easy to add to Lutris.

[hyperion]

Looks to be https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/packaging/packages/0ad/-/issues/3

[Bandsman]

Thanks for the replies.

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Hey can you share more info about your hardware ?

If still necessary after what will be written below, please let me know what info you need exactly.

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Depends on how you installed the game. https://gitea.wildfiregames.com/0ad/0ad/wiki/GameDataPaths

Paru from repository (version a27.1-5.1, by the way), it says in the link that "Most data created during the game (such as replays, screenshots, and savegames) is stored in ~/.local/share/0ad/", however there are simply 3 empty folders there currently, namely mods, saves and screenshots, no idea where the executable file should be placed.

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Definitely need sdl version and kde / plasma version, also are you using multiple monitors?

KDE Plasma version 6.5.3, sdl, if this is what is asked for:

And no, no multiple monitors.

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Looks to be https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/packaging/packages/0ad/-/issues/3

This seems to about describe it, and I am on Wayland, so I need to change Rendered backend from OpenGL to Vulkan? Silly as may be, how would I do that? Do I still need X11, because if so, I think I need to install it additionally?

Thanks. 

[Stan`]

13 hours ago, Bandsman said:

This seems to about describe it, and I am on Wayland, so I need to change Rendered backend from OpenGL to Vulkan? Silly as may be, how would I do that? Do I still need X11, because if so, I think I need to install it additionally?

You could run the game with -conf=rendererbackend:vulkan

[Bandsman]

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You could run the game with -conf=rendererbackend:vulkan

Thanks, that seems to do it.  For the sake of completeness, by the way, running from terminal by just "0ad" also seems to work, but not the Plasma launcher link, for some reason.

So then, where to look for the executable file - is it the one I see in usr/bin, or another?  

[Stan`]

If you saved the config in the option menu it might be using vulkan now which would explain it.

If not maybe the desktop file is messing up with 0 A.D. but that'd be strange, could be a KDE plasma bug might be nice to report it upstream.

Does the command which 0ad point to something else ? The underlying executable is called "pyrogenesis"