#Linux - Game will not seemingly launch. Install location might matter.

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uneven glade
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Seeing as it is supposedly a Linux native game, I was facing issue where the game just would not launch, at all. Launch -> Stop -> Launch was the buttons lifespan in under twenty seconds.
I tried verifying files, change permissions to full read/write/modify and even the owner of the game directory, and its content, and this had landed me nowhere.
Also, trying to launch the linux executable kept throwing "Unable to execute ./WreckRunners.sh: Permission denied" in terminal, and in logs as well.

  • Logs indicate attempts to load & not finding -> ignore :
    • libvulkan_intel.so | libvulkan_intel_hasvk.so | libvulkan_radeon.so | libvulkan_nouveau.so | libvulkan_lvp.so
    • Also this gem: Could not find "libdisplay-info.so.2" in LD_LIBRARY_PATH "

The Solution

To save a headache, install the game into same storage as to where your Steam Linux Runtimes are at.

  • By quick test I got to main menu on the Linux Native client. Dude has gotta sleep sometime, might as well now.
  • Easier management of moving the game / runtimes is if you open Settings -> Storage.

Before Figuring the solution

Earlier, before finding out the clarification to as to How you get into the playtest. I did get the game to launch with GE-Proton10-34 Compatibility.

  • This results to downloading Windows oriented client, thus flat-out moving away from the Native check mark for the installation.
  • I did not get to try the game at that point because the lack of how playtest approval is set up, which I admittedly dislike in many regards but it is what it is..

Some System info:

  • Full AMD Rig & Mesa Freeworld drivers
  • Fedora 44 KDE Plasma Desktop
  • CachyOS Official ported kernel : 7.0.1-cachyos1.fc44.x86_64
amber shuttle
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admittedly we didn't test on a "true linux box". just steam deck

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also to clarify, there is no gate any more regarding keys or activation

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so you got it to run eventually but the key/gate thing blocked you? or you finally did get through?

uneven glade
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Steam Deck has everything under one place, including games and runtimes. I have three separate storages set up, thus scattering where I place a game installation.
I had similar experience with VRChat - requires Proton EasyAntiCheat Runtime on the storage that the game is in.

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I got to main menu before i finished this post, did the gamma adjusting and such only so far.

amber shuttle
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ok cool. thanks for the report and info on linux

uneven glade
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Worthy to note that you should have runtime+game @ same storage, or figure a workaround so game can use it from elsewhere. Steam should keep a log of that.
Basic principle being
Check -> Point -> Verify -> OK? -> Launch / Error about issue