Baldur's Gate 3

Baldur's Gate 3

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oideun Nov 2, 2024 @ 5:39am
Won't launch on linux (Manjaro)
I've been able to play this game before. I believe my last game would be around patch 5 or so. Yesterday I wanted to start a new game and found out to my dismay that it didn't launch. I press on Play and the button goes from Play to Cancel (as in "it's working") to Play again without any other visual cues.
I've tried to launch it from CLI hoping to see any kind of message to give me a lead, but nothing worked.

Support hints were:

You should be able to remove the CChromaEditorLibrary64.dll file from the '..\SteamApps\common\Baldurs Gate 3\bin' install folder. The system that is used for isn't fully implemented, so that shouldn't cause any issues.
That removes one issue reported in Linux with a previous patch update, but just deleting the dll isn't enough to get it working for some.

Another person reported that reinstalling the game resolved the issue for them.
One also mentioned that updating Vulkan drivers got the game to run for them.
One mentioned that disabling Steam Cloud saves resolved a crashing issue for them.

I tried everyone, with no success.

They also gave me more troubleshooting below, but the instructions are for Windows:

Try browsing to the 'C:\Users\<UserName>\AppData\Local\Larian Studios\Baldur's Gate 3\LevelCache' folder and delete the contents. A corrupt file there can cause problems when saving or loading. The easiest way to get there would be to copy the line below into the location bar in Explorer and hit Enter.
%LocalAppData%\Larian Studios\Baldur's Gate 3\LevelCache

If applicable, disable Steam cloud support either globally (in the client click on the Steam menu and select Settings, and then Cloud) or just for this game (in the library right click BG3 and select Properties, then switch to the General tab and check the Steam Cloud section).
Alternately, exit out of the client and start the game directly from the executable.

Next, try browsing to the 'C:\Users\<UserName>\AppData\Local\Larian Studios' folder and rename the 'Baldur's Gate 3' subfolder. The easiest way to get there would be to copy the line below into the location bar in Explorer and hit Enter.
%LocalAppData%\Larian Studios

This folder contains the saved games, configuration files and a level cache folder. Deleting or renaming it will get the game to recreate it on startup; playing the game from a different Windows user account would effectively do the same thing. With Steam/Galaxy running and cloud support enabled, the client would just download the cloud copy of your existing profile.

Also followed those (LarianStudios folder was located in $user/.steam/steam/steamapps/compatdata/1086940/pfx/drive_c/users/steamuser/AppData/Local/Larian Studios/ if anyone needs it) but also no success.

Has someone else gone through this and got it to work again?
Date Posted: Nov 2, 2024 @ 5:39am
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