I'm trying to get PA working on 64 bit Arch. Currently I get only sound and no video on launch. I think it may be a problem with fullscreen mode: I use the XMonad window manager, and fullscreen often interacts weirdly with it. I tried setting fullscreen:false in window_settings.json, but whenever I start the game, the file is overwritten. Is this not the correct approach?
Try running PA with the --software-ui argument. That may help with the black screen. Which drivers do you use for your graphics card by the way? If that doesn't work, can you upload a PA log? You can find those in ~/.local/Uber Entertainment/Planetary Annihilation/log or just copy-paste from the terminal. I'm also not sure what the purpose of the window_settings.json file is.
I tried software-ui, but no change. Logs with and without software-ui are identical. Code: [22:23:01.316] INFO Setting STEAM_RUNTIME to /opt/PA/steam-runtime [22:23:01.316] INFO SDL: Built w/ v2.0.3, linked w/ v2.0.3 [22:23:01.316] INFO build version 78071, id 2015021278071 [22:23:01.316] INFO Log file /home/dan/.local/Uber Entertainment/Planetary Annihilation/log/PA-22-23-01.316.txt opened [22:23:01.317] INFO delete /home/dan/.local/Uber Entertainment/Planetary Annihilation/log/PA-19-23-41.955.txt [22:23:01.317] INFO Loading mod : server_browser_show_cheat_servers [22:23:01.317] INFO LoadedLocalModCollection::loadLocalModCollection: Failed listDir call for "/home/dan/.local/Uber Entertainment/Planetary Annihilation/mods"; no mods will be loaded from this path [22:23:01.317] WARN LoadedLocalModCollection::loadLocalModCollection: Could not open /home/dan/.local/Uber Entertainment/Planetary Annihilation/mods/mods.json file; mods will not be mounted [22:23:01.317] INFO Client loaded 1 mods, mounted 0 [22:23:01.317] INFO Loading mod : cheat_allow_change_vision [22:23:01.317] INFO Loading mod : cheat_allow_change_control [22:23:01.317] INFO Loading mod : cheat_allow_create_unit [22:23:01.317] INFO Loading mod : cheat_allow_mod_data_updates [22:23:01.317] INFO LoadedLocalModCollection::loadLocalModCollection: Failed listDir call for "/home/dan/.local/Uber Entertainment/Planetary Annihilation/server_mods"; no mods will be loaded from this path [22:23:01.317] WARN LoadedLocalModCollection::loadLocalModCollection: Could not open /home/dan/.local/Uber Entertainment/Planetary Annihilation/server_mods/mods.json file; mods will not be mounted [22:23:01.317] INFO Starting async parallel for driver with 3 threads [22:23:01.387] INFO Successfully created context with configuration 6/8: v3.3 (core) [22:23:01.387] INFO HAL initializing... [22:23:01.387] INFO OpenGL Vendor: Intel Open Source Technology Center [22:23:01.387] INFO OpenGL Renderer: Mesa DRI Intel(R) Haswell Mobile [22:23:01.387] INFO OpenGL Version: 3.3 (Core Profile) Mesa 10.4.5 [22:23:01.387] INFO OpenGL Shader Language Version: 3.30 [22:23:01.387] INFO Vendor flag set to Intel. [22:23:01.388] INFO Supported rasterizer capabilities: Gamma correct pipeline, Ranged mapping, Advanced instancing, Advanced shaders [22:23:01.388] INFO Unsupported rasterizer capabilities: Compute shaders, Persistent buffer mapping [22:23:01.388] INFO Buffer textures enabled. [22:23:01.388] INFO initial size 1366x768 [22:23:01.393] INFO Loading effects from file /shaders/post.json [22:23:01.522] INFO Loading effects from file /shaders/content.json [22:23:01.644] INFO Failed to load shader file: shadowmap_batch_index.vs [22:23:01.644] INFO Failed to load vertex shader shadowmap_batch_index.vs for technique ShadowMapBatchIndex [22:23:01.644] INFO Technique in effect pa_unit failed [22:23:01.668] INFO Failed to load shader file: prelight_flat_batch_index.vs [22:23:01.669] INFO Failed to load vertex shader prelight_flat_batch_index.vs for technique PrelightBatchIndex [22:23:01.669] INFO Technique in effect pa_unit failed [22:23:01.767] INFO Failed to load shader file: shadowmap_batch_index.vs [22:23:01.767] INFO Failed to load vertex shader shadowmap_batch_index.vs for technique ShadowMapBatchIndex [22:23:01.767] INFO Technique in effect pa_unit_dead failed [22:23:01.790] INFO Failed to load shader file: prelight_flat_batch_index.vs [22:23:01.790] INFO Failed to load vertex shader prelight_flat_batch_index.vs for technique PrelightBatchIndex [22:23:01.790] INFO Technique in effect pa_unit_dead failed [22:23:01.915] INFO Loading effects from file /shaders/impostors.json [22:23:01.943] INFO Loading effects from file /shaders/misc.json [22:23:01.982] INFO Loading effects from file /shaders/particle.json [22:23:02.545] INFO Loading effects from file /shaders/scene.json [22:23:02.700] INFO Loading effects from file /shaders/vtex.json [22:23:03.192] INFO Coherent content root: "coui://ui/" [22:23:03.192] INFO Coherent host dir: "/opt/PA/host" [22:23:03.192] INFO Coherent local store: "/home/dan/.local/Uber Entertainment/Planetary Annihilation/localstore" [22:23:03.199] INFO ClientInterface constructed [22:23:03.231] INFO {{FMOD}} fmod buffer size 5 [22:23:03.255] INFO Using local server at /opt/PA/server [22:23:03.255] INFO ClientInterface constructed [22:23:03.405] INFO SystemReady [22:23:05.125] INFO resetGameState [22:23:05.125] INFO Mouse constraint cleared. [22:23:05.125] INFO ClientInterface constructed [22:23:05.133] INFO ClientInterface constructed [22:23:05.210] INFO setMusic /Music/Main_Menu_Music [22:23:06.202] INFO Setting option graphics to 'low' [22:23:06.202] INFO Setting option graphics.vte to 'low' [22:23:06.202] INFO Setting option graphics.headlights to 'off' [22:23:06.202] INFO Setting option graphics.shadows to 'off' [22:23:06.202] INFO Setting option graphics.ao to 'off' [22:23:06.202] INFO Setting option graphics.hdr to 'off' [22:23:06.202] INFO Setting option graphics.aa to 'off' [22:23:06.202] INFO Setting option graphics.display_mode to 'fullscreen' [22:23:06.202] INFO Setting camera mouse pan speed to 1x [22:23:06.202] INFO Setting camera key pan speed to 1x [22:23:06.202] INFO Setting camera zoom speed to 4x [22:23:06.202] INFO Setting camera friction to 2.5x [22:23:06.202] INFO Setting camera edge scroll to off (no mouselock) [22:23:06.202] INFO Setting planet pole lock to off [22:23:09.613] INFO Shutting down CoherentUI The screen only goes black momentarily, then video closes and I get only sound. The game doesn't actually crash, just continues playing sound with no video. I have the FLOSS Intel driver, my graphics are Intel HD 4000. Thanks for the help =)
Solved: installed openbox (a more conventional window manager) and ran it under that; software-ui was actually necessary in the end, so thanks for that tip! =) Once it was running under openbox I changed the settings to windowed mode, not runs in XMonad no problem.
