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Yep, I have that same exact issue on Arch Linux KDE. Can't wait for 0.32 to test it again.

Thank you devs for acknowledging Linux.

 

0.32 is crashing on launch for me.

I tried clearing .local/share/BeamNG but no change.

Code:

  1.77149|E|GELua.lightManager| Failed to init default system:
  2.15124|I|GELua.| ============== GELUA VM loaded ================
  2.23999|D|run| Started up in 2.38 seconds: fs:164.7ms, fs:77.69ms, modules:174.8ms, TScmdline:1905.ms, cef2:50.60ms
  2.26026|W|compileHlslGlsl| compile() issues for '/shaders/common/specPrefilter.hlsl':
/shaders/common/specPrefilter.hlsl:19:1: warning: effect state block ignored - effect syntax is deprecated. To use braces as an initializer use them with equal signs. [-Weffects-syntax]
{
^
  2.49556|E|compileHlslGlsl| compile() failed for '/shaders/common/postFx/dof/DOF_Final_P.hlsl':

*** CRASH *** Minidump generated at: /home/jake/.local/share/BeamNG.drive/0.32/temp/crashReports/bce0b448-d547-421a-aede62be-6d249f39.dmp

 

works fine for me with Artix and a 5700 XT.

 

for me aswell, i7-800H / RTX 3080 propr. drivers on Arch

btw thanks devs for fixing the flickering

 

Interesting to hear it's working okay for someone else with an Nvidia card. I will try a fresh install later.

 

Working for me in some brief testing driving around the quarry. 125fps on ultra which is about 40fps better than what I can normally get on wine with dxvk (vulkan with wine is a little better, but less stable). On sway (wayland) I had to pass SDL_VIDEODRIVER=x11 however. It would launch but not draw a window otherwise.

There is still a crash when exiting the game:

Code:

259.44524|D|shutdown| *** shutdown ***
259.44578|I|GELua.server.lua| *** Level ended: /levels/west_coast_usa/info.json
259.44582|I|GELua.gameplay_speedTrapLeaderboards.| Saving leaderboards to settings/cloud/speedTrapLeaderboards/
259.45425|D|GELua.gameplay_playmodeMarkers.| Playmode clusters and markers cleared
259.45513|W|GELua.extensions| Had to manually add the extension name to the list to unload. Auto resolution design did not work - /levels/west_coast_usa/mainLevel
259.45545|E|GELua.gameplay_statistic.endAct| no activity
259.46448|D|GELua.util_richPresence.Rich Presence| Playing Freeroam on West Coast Usa with Gavril D-Series
259.47954|D|GELua.core_input_bindings.bindings| Loaded 8 bindings for device joystick0
259.47955|D|GELua.core_input_bindings.bindings| Loaded 0 bindings for device joystick1
259.47956|D|GELua.core_input_bindings.bindings| Loaded 0 bindings for device joystick2
259.47959|D|GELua.core_input_bindings.bindings| Loaded 1 bindings for device joystick3
259.47960|D|GELua.core_input_bindings.bindings| Loaded 0 bindings for device joystick4
259.47960|D|GELua.core_input_bindings.bindings| Loaded 0 bindings for device joystick5
259.48164|E|addBinding| Could not create a description for binding keyboard0::*
259.48219|D|GELua.core_input_bindings.bindings| Loaded 291 bindings for device keyboard0
259.48236|D|GELua.core_input_bindings.bindings| Loaded 19 bindings for device mouse0
260.40978|D|release| SFXFMODProject - project_ambient_maps.bank: Closing project '/art/sound/fmod/desktop/ambient_maps.bank'
260.41011|D|release| SFXFMODProject - project_ambient_maps.assets.bank: Closing project '/art/sound/fmod/desktop/ambient_maps.assets.bank'
260.50399|D|sanitizePathAsStr| Empty path will be resolved to root but should not be used
260.50450|I|GELua.postFx| % - PostFX Manager - Save complete. Preset saved at : settings/postfxSettings.postfx
260.83755|E|OnProcessMessageReceived| MainGEUI | unknown CEF message: __fdone
260.84507|D|shutdown| Discord shutting down ...
261.56124|E|operator()| Failed to wait for fences
261.56126|E|operator()| Failed to wait for fences
261.56127|E|operator()| Failed to wait for fences
*** CRASH *** Minidump generated at: /home/<username>/.local/share/BeamNG.drive/0.32/temp/crashReports/134d278c-0fbd-4b98-d3da098d-8912c0b3.dmp
/home/<username>/bin/beamng.bash: line 5: 1540847 Segmentation fault      (core dumped) $HOME/.steam/root/steamapps/common/BeamNG.drive/BinLinux/BeamNG.drive.x64

Code:

OS: Arch Linux x86_64
Kernel: 6.8.5-arch1-1
Resolution: 2560x1440
WM: sway
CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 5950X (32) @ 3.400GHz
GPU: AMD ATI Radeon PRO W6800
Memory: 64223MiB

 

0.32 Works perfectly on openSUSE Tumbleweed. Specs: Intel Core I5 12400F, Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060ti 8GB. 48GB of DDR4 is installed.

 

I noticed something with the UI not expanding to the whole window, but I'll need to investigate further if it is a Linux-specific issue, or if it has something to do with the UI Resolution setting

 

Thanks for the device id fix (Y)

 

I just tested 0.32! The Native version has no flickering for me anymore,
performance seems fine once objects have been loaded in once, some of my old Vehicle mods seem broken, the FFB settings have "inverted" enabled by default? (makes the wheel go crazy). I will do more testing but for now it already seems pretty playable, no sudden crashes, just the fact that closing the game via shortcut makes it think it crashed.
After tweaking some settings wheel also works as expected (mostly check testing updates), I feel like loading times have improved (or are at least better than non-native).
Haven't checked out everything yet but: Big Thanks to the beamng devs!
Great birthday present for me!

My Setup:
Ryzen 5 3600
GTX 1650 Super 4GB VRAM
24GB DRAM
Logitech G29 Steering wheel


Testing updates:
- Some wheel buttons aren't detected (G29 Steering wheel) - only Wheel DPAD buttons?
- Performance is mostly far better than with proton (from what I've already tested)
+- West cost and East cost are killing my GPU on normal, using 100% VRAM and GPU; smaller maps work fine
- weird Force feedback behaviour:
- When reaching the end of left or right rotation the wheel jumps away from it at full power when 1:1 Steering -angle is above 820
- Traffic works from my testing better than before (less performance impact)
- Drifting is hard, when trying to transition (I can't tell why exactly) I always spin out very suddenly (while do more testing); holding a drift with the new BX works for me, though not perfectly smooth

 

For me it expands fine.

 

The key configuration is detecting the arrow keys as their first letter (the up arrow key is detected as "U", the down arrow key as "D", the left arrow key as "L" and the right arrow key as "R"). It seems this issue does however not occur in-game, only when configuring keys.

Arch Linux, if the distribution matters.

Edit: I'm also having some issues with smoke flickering, at least on Ultra settings (with an AMD GPU). Other than these two minor issues, it seems to be working very well so far.

 

yeah, not quite sure what it was, i think it may have been in career mode, maybe I'll look into it tomorrow, but it's almost 3 am here now

 

So a couple of findings after some drive-time:

* FFB works well, and works in "fast" update mode, which is nice in comparison to wine, however there are some rather dangerous sudden movements when switching vehicles or simply clicking the apply button in the FFB settings. The sounds you hear in the attached video are some kind of high frequency effect being sent to the wheel similar to "beeping" the motor with the driver on an RC car.
* The FFB steering lock strength slider doesn't do anything at any setting other than 0. When not at zero the soft lock gain is EXTREMELY high which causes a ton of oscillation if you even touch it slightly. At 0 you can still feel the soft lock but it's much more manageable and feels pretty good actually.
* When starting the game or switching cars sometimes the wheel will very suddenly move to full lock at what feels like 100% force. It's pretty scary.
* The search bars in cars and settings, and every where else I've tested can't be selected. They flash a cursor for a second and then it is unfocused. Trying to type anything after selecting a search bar sends input to the game (not surprising since it isn't focused)

I use an OpenFFBoard wheel, I'd be interested to hear what other wheel users experience since mine is quite unique, however it has been consistent in every other game (AC, ACC, AMS2, DR2.0, EA WRC, etc.) and even in BeamNG played through wine. All these weird sudden movements and sounds are something I've never experienced in any of those other games.

Thanks for all your effort on this port!

I'm not sure why the video is attached like that. Here's an embedded link instead:

 

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Oh I can use all the search bars,
and regarding FFB
My Logitech G29 feels mostly good except for 3 things (used to be 2) that feel weird in the current version:
- Drfitng transitioning seems impossible to me (at least with the BX | Bluebuck drift configuraiton is better but not perfect (not sure if it's actually beamngs issue tho))
- Reaching the left or right end of the wheel rotation makes my wheel "punch" itself away from the end (seemingly 100% power)
- D-PAD buttons don't work anymore

Also:
- Normal driving seems mostly fine, feels right haven't tested the steer lock slider yet.
-++- Are you sure that update mode "fast" doesn't work in wine? from my experience, it wouldn't work when the game started, but switching to "FULL" and back would fix it.
- By default setting, FFB was inverted (very very messed up wheel behaviour)
- Pedals weren't assigned correctly (I think my clutch pedal was set to gas for example)

 

I've noticed this as well @Tinolm however I interpreted it to be that when selecting "full" and then going back to "fast" it remains on "full" until the game is restarted. I didn't sniff any USB traffic or anything, just a feeling.

Good to know, might just be my window manager or display configuration. I have a lot of displays and run wayland (sway).
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@Tinolm Were drifting transitions easier in proton, or in previous versions of the game for you? I've always found it pretty difficult to drift in this game compared to, for example, Assetto Corsa.

 

Did a short test and seems to be working well here on a 6800xt settings on ultra.. I do get the whole screen flickering if I use vert sync but fine with it disabled and frame rate limit set equal to vsync rate.

 

apart from the drifting issue and the ffb being inverted, I've noticed all of the issues you listed in previous versions aswell...
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is there a way to make it run natively on wayland? since one of two updates I have severe flickering (frames not being shown in order from what it looks like) issues on xwayland windows in wayland, but native wayland works perfectly fine

 

Not that I know of. For me setting SDL_VIDEODRIVER=wayland on launch results in an almost entirely black window I can't interact with, that has 1 illuminated pixel right in the center and very high CPU usage. I didn't try any other window mangers though, maybe it would work on one of the less minimal ones like Plasma.

xeyes does confirm it is a wayland native window FWIW, but it's not very helpful.