Crashes at startup (Linux,partially fixed)

[c☢re meltd☢wn]

I see a loading screen for a split second and hear a first beep of sound, then the game crashes. I'm using Linux on a 64 bit platform and use multiple monitors.

Running from console I see:

Set current directory to /media/data/cc/Steam/SteamApps/common/GhostControlInc
Found path: [...]Steam/SteamApps/common/GhostControlInc/GhostControl.x86
Mono path[0] = '[...]Steam/SteamApps/common/GhostControlInc/GhostControl_Data/Managed'
Mono path[1] = '[...]/Steam/SteamApps/common/GhostControlInc/GhostControl_Data/Mono'
Mono config path = '[...]/Steam/SteamApps/common/GhostControlInc/GhostControl_Data/Mono/etc'
Aborted (core dumped)

[lizin5ths]

I get this as well. Ubuntu 14.04 64-bit, single monitor, with NVIDIA + Intel optimus setup. Crashes on both NVIDIA and Intel drivers. I've also installed libsqlite3-dev like the demo asks.

I get the same minus "Aborted (core dumped)":

Set current directory to /home/ghostofbox/.steam/SteamApps/common/GhostControlInc
Found path: /home/ghostofbox/.steam/SteamApps/common/GhostControlInc/GhostControl.x86
Mono path[0] = '/home/ghostofbox/.steam/SteamApps/common/GhostControlInc/GhostControl_Data/Managed'
Mono path[1] = '/home/ghostofbox/.steam/SteamApps/common/GhostControlInc/GhostControl_Data/Mono'
Mono config path = '/home/ghostofbox/.steam/SteamApps/common/GhostControlInc/GhostControl_Data/Mono/etc'

[sanifox]

Thanks for the Log. I have send this to the developers

Greetings
Sven
GhostControl Inc. Community-Team

[c☢re meltd☢wn]

Originally posted by sanifox:

Thanks for the Log. I have send this to the developers

Tell me if/when more details are needed.

[sanifox]

I think Tassilo or another developer will contact you direct on steam. they got the link

[lizin5ths]

Thanks for the reply to both of us. For the record, when I run an strace on the .x86, which I don't really know how to read very well, it seems to contain a lot of "No such file or directory".

[DogGuts]

I had the same (/simular) problem on Debian GNU/Linux 7.5 (wheezy) 32-bit.
Game wouldn't run starting it from steam nor starting it from console (solution at the end).
Running the game with strace revealed the following ("..." = truncated):

$ strace -s 220 -e trace=open,read,write,readv,writev,recv,recvfrom,send,sendto ./GhostControl.x86

...
recv(38, "\1\0\0\0\0\1\0\0\0\0", 10, 0) = 10
write(2, "[S_API FAIL] SteamAPI_Init() failed; no appID found.\nEither launch the game from Steam, or put the file steam_appid.txt containing the correct appID in your game folder.\n", 170) = 170
send(38, "\5\0\0\0", 4, 0)              = 4
send(38, "\4\1\0\0\0", 5, MSG_NOSIGNAL) = 5
recv(38, "\1\0\0\0", 4, 0)              = 4
recv(38, "\4", 1, 0)                    = 1
open("/home/dogguts/Steam", O_RDONLY|O_NONBLOCK|O_LARGEFILE|O_DIRECTORY|O_CLOEXEC) = 38
write(36, "\0", 1)                      = 1
write(6, "[Steamworks] SteamAPI_Init() failed\n \n(Filename: /BuildAgent/work/d3d49558e4d408f4/artifacts/LinuxStandalonePlayerGenerated/UnityEngineDebug.cpp Line: 53)\n\n", 156) = 156
--- SIGSEGV (Segmentation fault) @ 0 (0) ---
write(2, "Stacktrace:\n\n", 13)         = 13
write(2, "  at (wrapper managed-to-native) Steamworks.NativeMethods.ISteamClient_SetWarningMessageHook (Steamworks.SteamAPIWarningMessageHook_t) <0x00004>\n", 145) = 145
write(2, "  at (wrapper managed-to-native) Steamworks.NativeMethods.ISteamClient_SetWarningMessageHook (Steamworks.SteamAPIWarningMessageHook_t) <0x00004>\n", 145) = 145
write(2, "  at Steamworks.SteamClient.SetWarningMessageHook (Steamworks.SteamAPIWarningMessageHook_t) <0x00010>\n", 102) = 102
write(2, "  at SteamManager.OnEnable () <0x0006c>\n", 40) = 40
write(2, "  at (wrapper runtime-invoke) object.runtime_invoke_void__this__ (object,intptr,intptr,intptr) <0x00040>\n", 105) = 105
...

So pretty much this:

SteamAPI_Init() failed; no appID found.\nEither launch the game from Steam, or put the file steam_appid.txt containing the correct appID in your game folder.\n

Adding the file "steam_appid.txt" in the game root folder with content/appID "280540" made the game run till the menu.
Now i'm stuck on the menu screen now because none of the buttons seem to work.
Mouseovers and mouseclicks make 'the buttons react', no furhter actions are performed.

EDIT
Concerning the menu interface not 'reacting': this fix/workaround worked for me:
board.bumblebee-games.com/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=236

Additionally there seems to be an unused(?) bash script in the game root folder with some issues:
* the file uses windows file endings
* And i'm pretty sure GAMENAME="REPLACEWITHYOURGAMENAME" should be GAMENAME="GhostControl"

[Stromsky | SkyCat]

Uff, thanks a lot for all your effort! We will look into the problems and contact you if we need more information :)

[DogGuts]

Well I'm enjoying the game in the meantime :)

[lizin5ths]

Not sure if I just have a different cause to my problem, but the steam_appid.txt fix doesn't get me past the first "beep of sound" crash. Thank you for the effort; I'm sure the menu fix will come in handy if I ever get to it! :D

[hateball]

Ugh. Just bought the game without checking the forum.... I have the same problem, be happy to supply debug info as well if needed.

[Bumblings]

don´t hesitate to do that :)

[akmelius]

Hi, I have the same problem.
Ubuntu 14.04 64 bits nvidia 780m

[PunyPaladin]

I'm in the same boat. Ubuntu 12.04LTS 64-bit. It crashes at the loading splash page.

Here's the output when I launch it from a terminal:

dan@dan-quad:~/Steam/SteamApps/common/GhostControlInc$ ./GhostControl.x86 
Set current directory to /home/dan/Steam/SteamApps/common/GhostControlInc
Found path: /home/dan/Steam/SteamApps/common/GhostControlInc/GhostControl.x86
Mono path[0] = '/home/dan/Steam/SteamApps/common/GhostControlInc/GhostControl_Data/Managed'
Mono path[1] = '/home/dan/Steam/SteamApps/common/GhostControlInc/GhostControl_Data/Mono'
Mono config path = '/home/dan/Steam/SteamApps/common/GhostControlInc/GhostControl_Data/Mono/etc'
dan@dan-quad:~/Steam/SteamApps/common/GhostControlInc$ ./GhostControl.x86 
Set current directory to /home/dan/Steam/SteamApps/common/GhostControlInc
Found path: /home/dan/Steam/SteamApps/common/GhostControlInc/GhostControl.x86
Mono path[0] = '/home/dan/Steam/SteamApps/common/GhostControlInc/GhostControl_Data/Managed'
Mono path[1] = '/home/dan/Steam/SteamApps/common/GhostControlInc/GhostControl_Data/Mono'
Mono config path = '/home/dan/Steam/SteamApps/common/GhostControlInc/GhostControl_Data/Mono/etc'

[nzachow]

Same problem here....

$ ./GhostControl.x86 
Set current directory to /home/user/.local/share/Steam/SteamApps/common/GhostControlInc
Found path: /home/user/.local/share/Steam/SteamApps/common/GhostControlInc/GhostControl.x86
Mono path[0] = '/home/user/.local/share/Steam/SteamApps/common/GhostControlInc/GhostControl_Data/Managed'
Mono path[1] = '/home/user/.local/share/Steam/SteamApps/common/GhostControlInc/GhostControl_Data/Mono'
Mono config path = '/home/user/.local/share/Steam/SteamApps/common/GhostControlInc/GhostControl_Data/Mono/etc'

[Stromsky | SkyCat]

Thank you all for your support. We are truly sorry for the inconvenience and are working on a solution!