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The game hangs at a transparent window, using very little ram. You can see the terminal I launched the game from through the game window. No response to Alt+Enter.

-` james@arch9020
.o+` --------------
`ooo/ OS: Arch Linux x86_64
`+oooo: Host: OptiPlex 9020 01
`+oooooo: Kernel: 5.18.3-zen1-1-zen
-+oooooo+: Uptime: 3 hours, 34 mins
`/:-:++oooo+: Packages: 1527 (pacman), 12 (flatpak)
`/++++/+++++++: Shell: bash 5.1.16
`/++++++++++++++: Resolution: 1920x1080
`/+++ooooooooooooo/` WM: i3
./ooosssso++osssssso+` Theme: Arc-Dark [GTK2/3]
.oossssso-````/ossssss+` Icons: Papirus-Dark [GTK2/3]
-osssssso. :ssssssso. Terminal: xterm
sssssss/ osssso+++. CPU: Intel i5-4590 (4) @ 3.700GHz
/ossssssss/ +ssssooo/- GPU: AMD ATI Radeon RX 550 640SP / RX 560/560X
`/ossssso+/:- -:/+osssso+- GPU: Intel HD Graphics
`+sso+:-` `.-/+oso: Memory: 2597MiB / 15906MiB

Edit: neofetch doesn't like being posted here

 

You need to resize or drag the window to make it continue loading.

 

Runs great for a while, then i decided to change to a different map and it crashed my GPU drivers (i think)

OS: Linux Mint 20.3 x86_64
Kernel: 5.15.0-33-generic
Shell: bash 5.0.17
Resolution: 2560x1440
DE: Cinnamon
WM: Mutter (Muffin)
Terminal: gnome-terminal
CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 5950X (32) @ 3.400GHz
GPU: AMD ATI Radeon RX 470/480/570/570X/580/580X/590
Memory: 9981MiB / 64220MiB

Mesa 22.2

 

Nice FPS improvement, also have this crash when I try to change the map. High RAM usage too (+15gb).

 

That's fucking amazing! You are absolute mad lads. The performance gain is massive with AI compared to running with Proton.

 

I have an issue with high VRAM usage, and also, if I load big maps (like the OGC map) it crashes with a segmentation fault error:
(Top graph is VRAM usage (stopped at 8.4GiB), lower graph is RAM usage)

and the last few lines of the beamng log:
242.87324|I|_update| Creating imposters for: '/levels/industrial/art/shapes/trees/trees_beech/tree_beech_large_b.dae'
243.34460|I|_update| Creating imposters for: '/levels/ogc_map/art/shapes/trees/trees_oak/oak_a.dae'
243.42962|I|_update| Creating imposters for: '/levels/ogc_map/art/shapes/trees/trees_oak/oak_b.dae'
243.51646|I|_update| Creating imposters for: '/levels/ogc_map/art/shapes/trees/trees_oak/oak_c.dae'
243.60467|I|_update| Creating imposters for: '/levels/ogc_map/art/shapes/trees/trees_oak/oak_d.dae'
243.68973|I|_update| Creating imposters for: '/levels/industrial/art/shapes/trees/trees_beech/tree_beech_large_c.dae'
244.40587|I|_update| Creating imposters for: '/levels/industrial/art/shapes/trees/trees_beech/tree_beech_overhang_a.dae'
244.85420|I|_update| Creating imposters for: '/levels/industrial/art/shapes/trees/trees_italy/cork_oak_filler_center.dae'
245.31030|I|_update| Creating imposters for: '/levels/industrial/art/shapes/trees/trees_italy/cork_oak_filler_large.dae'
245.90358|I|_update| Creating imposters for: '/levels/industrial/art/shapes/trees/trees_italy/holm_oak_filler_2.dae'
246.35123|I|_update| Creating imposters for: '/levels/industrial/art/shapes/trees/trees_beech/tree_beech_forest_a.dae'
246.79731|I|_update| Creating imposters for: '/levels/industrial/art/shapes/trees/trees_beech/tree_beech_forest_b.dae'
247.26310|I|_update| Creating imposters for: '/levels/industrial/art/shapes/trees/trees_beech/tree_beech_forest_group.dae'
248.01211|I|_update| Creating imposters for: '/levels/industrial/art/shapes/trees/trees_beech/tree_beech_small_c.dae'
fish: Job 1, './BeamNG.drive.x64' terminated by signal SIGSEGV (Adressbereichsfehler)

 

Where is this option?

It works amazingly fast launching it from the terminal though.

I have two main issues. The 1st is that I need to resize the window when the game starts to load, if I don't it crashes. And the 2nd is that sometimes the game crashes randomly (or sometimes while trying to load a new car or changing car parts).

I'm using Arch with kernel 5.18.3 and latest Gnome. And my specs are CPU: Ryzen 3400g GPU: RX6600, 16GB RAM.

 

Thanks for this update! I decided to try and changing the graphics options one by one to see which ones crash the game.

First series of test, I avoided Lightint and texture, as I suspect them of crashing the game, since when running on Proton, the road textures are black:

• Anti-aliasing SMAA <-> FXAA
• Mesh Quality :
  • Normal -> high
  • high -> lowest
  • lowest -> low
  • low -> normal
• Shadow visibility:
  • All -> partial
  • partial -> none
  • None -> all
• Shader quality:
  • Normal -> high
  • High -> lowest (Crashed here, not sure if it was when going from normal -> high or from high -> lowest though, it could have still been processing the first change)

Second test, I decided to start by changing the shader first:

• Shader quality:
  • Normal -> high
  • High -> normal
  • normal -> low (CRASHES. It looks like changing from normal to high and vice versa does nothing, the change is basically instant and there is no visual change on the screen. So I am guessing that the shader is actually different in normal/high than on low/lowest and when it has to change it crashes.)

Third test, decided to not change shader quality since it is know to crash on my system:

• Texture quality:
  • Normal -> high
  • High -> lowest
  • Lowest -> low
  • Low -> normal (Did not crash, but the changes from high to lowest and onwards are instant and there is basically no visual change)
  • Normal -> High (there is a small freeze here, as expected)
• Lighting Quality:
  • Normal -> High (weird behaviour, the game has a very low fps, 10 to 20)
  • High -> Ultra (long freeze, then visual change, still froze, then CRASHES)

From my very quick and unscientific testing, the crashes seems to come from lighting, shader quality, and anisotropic filtering, but I did not document this one

Also, I noticed the game looks like it reloads languages when changing any graphics settings, it looks for english US but does not find it.

Code:

564.51087|D|GELua.core_settings_settings.setting| refreshLanguages called: oldLanguage = "en-US"  appliedLanguage = "en-US" userLanguage = ""
564.55903|D|reloadLanguages| Could not load any language, falling back to 'en-US'

Here is the error messages when the game crashes after changing graphics settings

Code:

573.24406|E|compileHlslGlsl| /temp/shaders/procedural/48faf5f984f1ca45_V.hlsl: warning: macro 'BGE_HLSL_MODEL' contains embedded newline; text after the newline is ignored
In file included from hlsl.hlsl:5:
In file included from ./shaders/common/bge.hlsl:7:
./shaders/common/hlsl.h:8:5: error: expected end of line in preprocessor expression
#if BGE_HLSL_MODEL >= 6
    ^
<built-in>:73:46: note: expanded from here
#define BGE_HLSL_MODEL MFT_MaterialDeprecated,-1
                                             ^
In file included from hlsl.hlsl:5:
./shaders/common/bge.hlsl:421:5: error: expected end of line in preprocessor expression
#if BGE_HLSL_MODEL < 6
    ^
<built-in>:73:46: note: expanded from here
#define BGE_HLSL_MODEL MFT_MaterialDeprecated,-1
                                             ^
hlsl.hlsl:55:8: error: no member named 'imposterFade' in 'ConnectData'
   OUT.imposterFade = IN.tcImposterParams.y;
   ~~~ ^
hlsl.hlsl:61:11: error: redefinition of 'inPosition'
   float3 inPosition;
          ^
hlsl.hlsl:52:11: note: previous definition is here
   float3 inPosition;
          ^
hlsl.hlsl:62:11: error: redefinition of 'texCoord'
   float2 texCoord;
          ^
hlsl.hlsl:53:11: note: previous definition is here
   float2 texCoord;
          ^
hlsl.hlsl:63:13: error: redefinition of 'worldToTangent'
   float3x3 worldToTangent;
            ^
hlsl.hlsl:54:13: note: previous definition is here
   float3x3 worldToTangent;
            ^
hlsl.hlsl:64:8: error: no member named 'imposterFade' in 'ConnectData'
   OUT.imposterFade = IN.tcImposterParams.y;
   ~~~ ^
hlsl.hlsl:66:11: error: redefinition of 'wsPosition'
   float3 wsPosition = inPosition.xyz;
          ^
hlsl.hlsl:57:11: note: previous definition is here
   float3 wsPosition = inPosition.xyz;
          ^
hlsl.hlsl:67:13: error: redefinition of 'viewToTangent'
   float3x3 viewToTangent = worldToTangent;
            ^
hlsl.hlsl:58:13: note: previous definition is here
   float3x3 viewToTangent = worldToTangent;
            ^
hlsl.hlsl:72:8: error: no member named 'hpos' in 'ConnectData'
   OUT.hpos = mul(mul(cameraToScreen, worldViewOnly), float4(inPosition.xyz,1));
   ~~~ ^
hlsl.hlsl:74:13: error: redefinition of 'objTrans'
   float4x4 objTrans = uObjectTrans;
            ^
hlsl.hlsl:70:13: note: previous definition is here
   float4x4 objTrans = uObjectTrans;
            ^
hlsl.hlsl:75:13: error: redefinition of 'worldViewOnly'
   float4x4 worldViewOnly = mul( worldToCamera, objTrans ); // Instancing!
            ^
hlsl.hlsl:71:13: note: previous definition is here
   float4x4 worldViewOnly = mul( worldToCamera, objTrans ); // Instancing!
            ^
hlsl.hlsl:76:8: error: no member named 'hpos' in 'ConnectData'
   OUT.hpos = mul(mul(cameraToScreen, worldViewOnly), float4(inPosition.xyz,1));
   ~~~ ^
hlsl.hlsl:80:8: error: no member named 'out_texCoord' in 'ConnectData'
   OUT.out_texCoord = float4(texCoord.xy, texCoord.xy);
   ~~~ ^

573.24425|E|processMaterial| Failed to initialize material 'imposter_mat_/levels/Utah/art/shapes/trees/Juniper/Juniper_tree_01.dae'
573.24427|E|operator()|         ERROR: MatInstance::init - Invalid processed material for imposter_mat_/levels/Utah/art/shapes/trees/Juniper/Juniper_tree_01.dae
*** CRASH *** Minidump generated at: /home/[user]/.local/share/BeamNG.drive/0.25/temp/crashReports/69c44149-f4cc-4ab2-b8094287-16b1dfb5.dmp

Test conditions:

Game:

• Utah map
• Campsite spawn
• Normal settings
• UI resolution: 2560x1440

Computer:

• CPU: i9-10850K
• GPU: GTX 1080Ti FE
• GPU Driver: 515.48.07
  
• RAM: 2x8GB @3200MHz
• Monitors: 2560x1440@165Hz (primary) + 1920x1080@144Hz (secondary)
• Display server: X11 (so the refresh rate is basically 144hz)
• DE: Latest GNOME (42.2)
• Distro: Arch Linux
• Kernel: 5.18.3-arch1-1
  
• Storage:

• Boot drive: NVMe formatted with ext4 with a Windows11 dual boot
• Game drive: ext4 partition with another as ntfs for windows

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Hey there,
I am very happy that this port exists since I am now finally getting reasonable 30 fps on normal settings and no longer 20 fps on the lowest possible, though I'm having some problems:
First of all, most of the repository mods are apparently 404s, even though I only installed though the in-game mod manager. Trying to enable them regardless causes the game to freeze, apparently.
The other problem, that I discovered a crash and I don't know what caused it. I was just driving around the USA city map and then when I approached the oil pumps coming from the city, following a dusty road, the game crashed.

I am running Garuda Linux (It's arch based), Wayfire and the 5.18.3-zen1-1-zen kernel on an Ryzen 5 and an RX 560

Can you help out? I am very grateful for the linux port

Thanks!

 

With the new version sound works perfectly, thanks!

Issues which are still present:

1. Graphical choppiness in comparison to the proton version when running multiple screens and other applications. I tested in the same state with both proton and native. Native's frame rates are noticeably less stable, this is visible in the graphs below as well as when just playing the game (no mods in either situation):

With native ("normal" graphics preset):



With Proton ("ultra" graphics preset):



2. I still can't add multiple buttons with the same name from two different controllers, for example both paddles or next/previous gear labeled button0 and button1 on my t300, and gear 1 and gear 2 labeled button0 and button1 on my t500 gear shifter. They overlap and cause very strange problems when shifting since pressing the paddle (button0) also activates all the other button0s that belong to other controllers.

Thanks for all the hard work, and I'm happy the community is able to have such a good dialogue started here in this thread to help work out the kinks.

 

Just a heads up: I can confirm this issue goes away when specifying the `RADV_DEBUG=zerovram` environment variable. This would indicate this issue is caused by an uninitialized buffer read.

 

I'm getting this on my system too while trying to load East Coast USA

Specs:
OS: Fedora 36 Workstation Edition
CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 1600x
GPU: AMD Radeon RX480 4gb
RAM: 16gb ddr4

 

It appears that Vsync causes continuous extreme stutters, filling the whole screen with artifacts. This all with a few seconds delay between stutters, but it's very noticeable.

Can anyone confirm this?

 

I can't confirm the artifacts, but for me when I enable VSync, it runs at 0fps according to mangohud, and it's extremely unresponsive (took me like 30 seconds to change it back)
I'm also using Garuda, but KWin 5.25 with Wayland and XWayland

 

I have two problems with my G27:

- The DPad or HAT doesn't work (which I use on Windows for navigating menus and move the camera).

- And this is an odd and frustrating one. I lose the FFB when the vehicles are over steering. While a car is sliding the wheel has like 90° of nothing, and if I try to correct the slide the FFB sometimes goes bonkers. It does the same when hitting the soft lock too.

 

By chance is it some vehicles? And when you fight it enough it feels like it wants to pull towards the direction you were fighting?

I had an issue with my wheel and that required a patch.

 

Does anyone also experience system freezes with beamng? It likes to completely freeze my system, forcing me to use sysrq. I would really like this to not occur that frequently, but as a sidenote; Last time I experienced this was with Garrys's mod on their awesomium branch. Maybe updating chromium would help? What version is it even on?