BenBRockN
Published
Works great out-of-box with Xbox 360 wireless controller
Corrupted Savefile glitch only present in pre-2015 save files due to patch by developer. This may affect later save game files as well, be sure to read the fix actions if you cannot save your game. Fix actions can be found at this gist (too long to post):
https://gist.github.com/benbrockn/0ceaa79712bcee8def1bfa15f7a715a6
Missing DLL (missing Linux package), see notes
I ran this game with both Proton (Proton 6.3 & Proton-6.19-GE-2) and natively. When you use either Proton version, you'll get a local server error regardless of starting a new world locally or hosting multiplayer BUT if someone else hosts and invites you via Steam, Proton will work. The error basically says "Cannot connect to local server, check the logs at..." but it never generates logs.
Eco runs much better natively, BUT it does generate logs and I found out through a different error message that you need to separately install a package for Linux (I use an arch-based distro). That package is libgdiplus. Hope this helps!
The specific log file error:
"[19:38:14.056] [16] [Error] [Eco] Failed to start the server. Exception was Exception: DllNotFoundException Message:Unable to load shared library 'libgdiplus' or one of its dependencies. In order to help diagnose loading problems, consider setting the LD_DEBUG environment variable: liblibgdiplus: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory Source:System.Drawing.Common
System.DllNotFoundException: Unable to load shared library 'libgdiplus' or one of its dependencies. In order to help diagnose loading problems, consider setting the LD_DEBUG environment variable: liblibgdiplus: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory at System.Drawing.SafeNativeMethods.Gdip.GdiplusStartup(IntPtr& token, StartupInput& input, StartupOutput& output) at System.Drawing.SafeNativeMethods.Gdip..cctor() Outer Exceptions: One or more errors occurred. (The type initializer for 'Gdip' threw an exception.) The type initializer for 'Gdip' threw an exception."
Works out-of-box on EndeavourOS (arch-based Linux). Excellent
Rift works just as it would on Windows, even with GlyphClient loaded in the background as well as Discord.
I've had more than 591 hours of playtime (all on Linux, not Windows). Before whatever patch that Rift/Glyph pushed out (I think June 2022), this game ran flawlessly, and with my GTX-1080, the only issues I ever ran into were slow-downs during huge raids. After this latest update, regular Proton didn't work. Other users suggested Proton Experimental, and while that did work, after about 8-10 enemies onscreen (in a dungeon), the game would slow down and that's unacceptable. However, installing Glorious Eggroll 7-31 (it had the wrong SHA512 hash btw) it worked perfectly. I haven't tried it in a huge raid yet, but so far the same dungeon and 12+ enemies did not slow down my game.
* You can play the "game" by creating your own RPG, but you won't be able to use the tutorial or playtest it, so I consider it unplayable.
- The only audio you would hear is from the Playtest screen, but since that is borked, there is no audio
- Playtest screen does not load at all
- The tutorial is borked. You can select the menu for the tutorial, but when it loads, nothing pops up. It is still running though, as you can go into the menu and select "Stop Tutorial". I believe this is some sort of graphical glitch.
- If there's no playtest screen, then there's no RPGMaker "game"
I bought both the RPGMaker MZ & MV pre-order bundle for me and my son. I figured it might not work on Linux, but that's okay as I can make it work in Win10 and maybe a VM. I contacted the developers via email, and after a few exchanges, it was very clear that they had no desire to support native Linux development or supporting Proton/SteamPlay. When I called them out on the fact that RPGMaker MV did in fact support Ubuntu at least (14.04), they told me that "they no longer support MV and don't support Linux on MZ". The best bet to get this fixed is with Proton.
This game (MV) and the sequel game (MZ), were both tested on two systems -- Ubuntu 20.04 & EndeavourOS (arch-based Linux). . For this game (MV), here are the main problems (Ubuntu & EOS experienced different problems): . EndeavourOS:
- The tutorial doesn't pop-up but it appears that it's running in the background as you can select "Stop Tutorial" from the help menu.
- The Playtest feature DOES NOT work
Ubuntu 20.04:
- The tutorial doesn't pop-up but it appears that it's running in the background as you can select "Stop Tutorial" from the help menu.
- The Playtest feature DOES work. Audio works when the playtest pop-up activates.
You can play the "game" by creating your own RPG, but you won't be able to playtest it, so I consider it unplayable.
The only audio you would hear is from the Playtest screen, but since that is borked, there is no audio
- tiny white box artifact when using the tutorial
- Playtest screen pops up for a second and then disappears (supposed to load your game)
- In the tutorial when you open the database, the program slows down (regardless of hardware) and has ghosting of the cursor/tutorial window (think of old-school solitaire ghosting on Windows)
- When you click Playtest, the pop-up window takes a few seconds (but then goes away)
- If there's no playtest screen, then there's no RPGMaker "game"
I bought both the RPGMaker MZ & MV pre-order bundle for me and my son. I figured it might not work on Linux, but that's okay as I can make it work in Win10 and maybe a VM.
I contacted the developers via email, and after a few exchanges, it was very clear that they had no desire to support native Linux development or supporting Proton/SteamPlay. When I called them out on the fact that RPGMaker MV did in fact support Ubuntu at least (14.04), they told me that "they no longer support MV and don't support Linux on MZ".
The best bet to get this fixed is with Proton.
This game (MZ) and the previous game (MV), were both tested on two systems -- Ubuntu 20.04 & EndeavourOS (arch-based Linux).
For this game (MZ), here are the main problems (both Ubuntu & EOS experienced the exact same problems):
- tiny white artifact when using the tutorial
- when typing in text for the tutorial, have to click text box multiple times for it to register that you are selecting the text box (have to fight it to type)
- when doing the first tutorial, the "stone cave" icon disappears when you go to the next step. Not sure why.
- Playtest feature does not work
PULSE_LATENCY_MSEC=30
everything together looks like this:
PROTON_NO_FSYNC=1 PROTON_NO_ESYNC=1 PULSE_LATENCY_MSEC=30 %command%
Fullscreen except the Linux panel. Workaround for me is to hit CTRL+ALT+T (opens a terminal window), then click on the game again, and it goes fully fullscreen
