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Thimbleweed Park / Steam / Linux does not launch

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#1
  • Linux Mint 20
  • Nvidia 440.100 drivers

I don’t know whether the game worked before on my Linux machine.
(I tried it today because while testing Delores, Ron asked whether or not TWP was working).

When I launch the game I crashes (I assume it is crashing) immediately. I don’t see any window… I just press “Play” on Steam, I see the “Cancel” button that replaces the “Play” button, and in less than a second, I see the “Play” button again (meaning that the game crashed).

I tried removing the ~/.local/share/Terrible Toybox/Thimbleweed Park folder. But my Steam client re-populates it with the save data back from April 2017.

I wonder if the newer client has problems parsing data from 2017. Did the format changed?
I don’t have any logs…

What’s the best way to report Linux issues for TWP?

#2

I guess that the save files are platform agnostic, but in case it helps, those savefiles where created in a Mac, and now I’m running it on Linux.

#3

Nothing has change in the save files since launch. Save files should work on any platform.

#4

would you know how to run it from command line ? Perhaps I might be able to find some error.
Also, is FMOD also being used in TWP? If so, then probably it is the same bug that I’m seeing in Dolores.

#5

TWP did not use FMOD.

#6

I seem to recall that being mentioned as a mistake in retrospect, but I couldn’t find anything other than this from the very beginning. Maybe @ZakPhoenixMcKracken can help me. :smiley:
https://blog.thimbleweedpark.com/roadmap1.html

Sound system and basic commands to play sounds - I’m currently just using SDL_MIXER for audio and based on using it in other projects, it seems to do everything I need. I’ve looked at solutions like FMOD, but they are too expensive, even with their “indie” pricing. We’d end up spending over $6000 just to license FMOD for Win/Mac/Linux, I’d rather use that money on actual music. I might drop in a better system down the road, but this gets us started.

#7

@riq Sorry, the topic. If you start Steam from the terminal (just type steam in a terminal emulator) you might be able to see some console output of error messages (if any).

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#8

Nope, I’m sorry I can’t help here.
The magician user is @Nor_Treblig

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#9

Thanks all for the help.

Not sure what did I change in my system, but now the game launches Ok (?).

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#10

You’re welcome :wink: :smiley:

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