Black screen on startup

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Infidelus
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Having been a Windows user for 20+ years, I'm now trying to convert to Linux. As such, I've installed Linux Mint 18 and the Linux version of Steam, but every time I try to launch WFTO I get a black screen and nothing else. Alt+F4 closes it (in proper Windows style).


The current version of WFTO is 1.4.2. If I go into Steam's Beta's section for WFTO and choose previousbuild (in this case 1.3.2) or the publictestbranch (v1.4.0 hotfix testing), the game launches without issue.

Game Version:
Steam Public
Platform:
Linux

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Satisfaction mark by Infidelus 8 years ago

The team helped as much as they could, even when I got a bit frustrated with them for seeming lack of helpful updates on a Linux issue.

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Infidelus

Unfortunately as I'm using an AMD Radeo 7850 card, there are no newer drivers for Linux. Also, the fact that the publictest and previousbuild versions both work seems to point to something unrelated to graphics drivers.

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Scott Richmond Programmer & Producer
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It is highly likely due to bad GPU drivers in Linux. Ensure you've got the most up to date drivers. You may need to do some research into which drivers work best for your configuration due to how fragmented Linux is with GPU drivers.