Linux play test not working.

[TuxMaster]

Hello everybody.
lately I have a weird problem in linux version (manjaro) of RMMV. Nothing happens when I click play test button or press ctrl+r. I don't know when it started, it's been a while since I needed to play test a game. I am sure everything still worked a month or two ago (still 1.6.1).

I think I tried everything. Reinstalling RMMV. Checking integrity. Rolling back few versions. I even wiped the whole system and installed it as new. Nothing changed. I checked it on windows and everything is OK. But I did noticed that the version on windows is 1.6.2 compared to linux 1.6.1. And yet you can opt for 1.6.2 beta in steam. But still stays 1.6.1. Maybe there was some kind of error when devs rolled the newest hotfix or something?

For now I'm stuck working on VM windows, but it would be cool to find a solution. Any linux devs here to check their versions?

[Ultimoore]

I am also having this exact issue on Manjaro as well. Maybe is has something to do with the executing script being more catered to Debian based systems. Because when I test on my Ubuntu system it works no issues.

[TuxMaster]

Yes. I noticed it too. Went back to ubuntu based distro for now. Probably one of the updates of Manjaro broke something.

[Ultimoore]

TuxMaster eredeti hozzászólása:

Yes. I noticed it too. Went back to ubuntu based distro for now. Probably one of the updates of Manjaro broke something.

Yeah I have been dual booting between Manjaro and Ubuntu and the manjaro version lately is absolutely broken.

[BenBRockN]

Hey, I'm coming from EndeavourOS (also arch-based). There's something wrong with the game when run on an arch-based distro. Both the playtest button doesn't work (I know because I did the entire tutorial correctly on both a Win10 VM and EOS, and the last part is to playtest). Playtest works in the Win10 VM but not in EOS.

Probably a similar issue, the tutorial itself doesn't load in EOS (I just followed the same steps as in Win10) but it 'acts' like it's running (as in, the "Stop Tutorial" button appears under 'Help'). Here's that discussion:

https://steamcommunity.com/app/363890/discussions/1/1642041886377492829/#c2796126019801011174

Someone mentioned in an old Windows forum that it might be Open GL related, but I'm not sure where to go from here or how to fix an OpenGL issue (if that is the issue).

My specs:
* EndeavourOS (64-bit Linux)
* Ryzen 2700
* GTX-1080
* 32GB RAM @ 3200 MHz
* 2560x1440 @ 144Hz G-Sync Monitor
* Linux Kernel 5.7.12-arch1-1
* Nvidia driver, version 450.57
* Steam client build 31 July 2020 09:12:33
* Steam package versions: 1596217132
* Steam Proton version: 5.0-9

[BenBRockN]

Found something out. When you run RPGMaker MV from the terminal, you get the stderr as well. When you try to click the 'playtest' button in-game the following error occurs:

Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/fonts.conf", line 5: unknown element "its:rules"
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/fonts.conf", line 6: unknown element "its:translateRule"
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/fonts.conf", line 6: invalid attribute 'translate'
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/fonts.conf", line 6: invalid attribute 'selector'
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/fonts.conf", line 7: invalid attribute 'xmlns:its'
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/fonts.conf", line 7: invalid attribute 'version'
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/fonts.conf", line 9: unknown element "description"
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/10-hinting-slight.conf", line 4: unknown element "description"
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/10-scale-bitmap-fonts.conf", line 4: unknown element "description"
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/20-unhint-small-vera.conf", line 4: unknown element "description"
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/30-metric-aliases.conf", line 4: unknown element "description"
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/40-nonlatin.conf", line 4: unknown element "description"
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/45-generic.conf", line 4: unknown element "description"
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/45-latin.conf", line 4: unknown element "description"
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/49-sansserif.conf", line 4: unknown element "description"
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/50-user.conf", line 4: unknown element "description"
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/51-local.conf", line 4: unknown element "description"
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/60-generic.conf", line 4: unknown element "description"
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/60-latin.conf", line 4: unknown element "description"
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/65-nonlatin.conf", line 4: unknown element "description"
Fontconfig error: Cannot load config file from /etc/fonts/fonts.conf
[8261:8261:0812/215832.403847:FATAL:platform_font_linux.cc(83)] Check failed: InitDefaultFont(). Could not find the default font
#0 0x7f420f38736c <unknown>

So it looks like there's an error with the game not knowing what the default font is to run the playtest. I can pastebin font.conf or any other item the Devs/mods need. Let me know if you all need anything, I want this issue fixed ASAP.

[Ultimoore]

BenBRockN eredeti hozzászólása:

Found something out. When you run RPGMaker MV from the terminal, you get the stderr as well. When you try to click the 'playtest' button in-game the following error occurs:

Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/fonts.conf", line 5: unknown element "its:rules"
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/fonts.conf", line 6: unknown element "its:translateRule"
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/fonts.conf", line 6: invalid attribute 'translate'
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/fonts.conf", line 6: invalid attribute 'selector'
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/fonts.conf", line 7: invalid attribute 'xmlns:its'
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/fonts.conf", line 7: invalid attribute 'version'
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/fonts.conf", line 9: unknown element "description"
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/10-hinting-slight.conf", line 4: unknown element "description"
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/10-scale-bitmap-fonts.conf", line 4: unknown element "description"
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/20-unhint-small-vera.conf", line 4: unknown element "description"
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/30-metric-aliases.conf", line 4: unknown element "description"
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/40-nonlatin.conf", line 4: unknown element "description"
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/45-generic.conf", line 4: unknown element "description"
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/45-latin.conf", line 4: unknown element "description"
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/49-sansserif.conf", line 4: unknown element "description"
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/50-user.conf", line 4: unknown element "description"
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/51-local.conf", line 4: unknown element "description"
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/60-generic.conf", line 4: unknown element "description"
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/60-latin.conf", line 4: unknown element "description"
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/65-nonlatin.conf", line 4: unknown element "description"
Fontconfig error: Cannot load config file from /etc/fonts/fonts.conf
[8261:8261:0812/215832.403847:FATAL:platform_font_linux.cc(83)] Check failed: InitDefaultFont(). Could not find the default font
#0 0x7f420f38736c <unknown>

So it looks like there's an error with the game not knowing what the default font is to run the playtest. I can pastebin font.conf or any other item the Devs/mods need. Let me know if you all need anything, I want this issue fixed ASAP.

see that is super weird cause even the play test should be loading to game core fonts. not trying to load the fonts from /etc/fonts

[pcavalcanti]

Here's the solution from the general discussions:

Using newer nwjs from https://nwjs.io/ works, but it would good if that was included with RPGmaker already.

I don't know if there's way to "downgrade" or change the font config to something older or if there's some other option, but looks like Arch Linux has this same issue.

[Ultimoore]

pcavalcanti eredeti hozzászólása:

Here's the solution from the general discussions:

Using newer nwjs from https://nwjs.io/ works, but it would good if that was included with RPGmaker already.

I don't know if there's way to "downgrade" or change the font config to something older or if there's some other option, but looks like Arch Linux has this same issue.

they might have forgot to update it due to releasing MZ. That could be a possibility.

[BenBRockN]

Ultimoore eredeti hozzászólása:

they might have forgot to update it due to releasing MZ. That could be a possibility.

I emailed their tech support. I told them that their Steam "minimum requirements" for MV said that it was for Ubuntu 14.04, so they need to support the latest version (20.04) at least since it is an officially supported OS (similar issues happened in 20.04 as they did in EOS). They said that they are no longer supporting MV, which means they've moved on and don't care.

I emailed them back asking if they'd support native Linux or help support Proton for MZ -- they haven't replied back yet.

[Argent^]

Hello! Manjaro user here with the same issue.

Getting the newer nwjs from their site allows playtest to actually work but it's not the most stable experience. I get very random lag spikes and freezes if I tab out of the playtest window, both in battle test and on a small map. Audio doesn't lag which is strange and I have no idea what it means overall.

[Ultimoore]

Kennedy^ eredeti hozzászólása:

Hello! Manjaro user here with the same issue.

Getting the newer nwjs from their site allows playtest to actually work but it's not the most stable experience. I get very random lag spikes and freezes if I tab out of the playtest window, both in battle test and on a small map. Audio doesn't lag which is strange and I have no idea what it means overall.

I tried it as well and got the same result. It might be a memory leak from what i am seeing in Htop.

[pcavalcanti]

I give up on this software. After you make a build it simply doesn't run. I can't fix it at all.

[Eroldin - Lord of Searing Flames]

Ultimoore eredeti hozzászólása:

Kennedy^ eredeti hozzászólása:

Hello! Manjaro user here with the same issue.

Getting the newer nwjs from their site allows playtest to actually work but it's not the most stable experience. I get very random lag spikes and freezes if I tab out of the playtest window, both in battle test and on a small map. Audio doesn't lag which is strange and I have no idea what it means overall.

I tried it as well and got the same result. It might be a memory leak from what i am seeing in Htop.

You downloaded the latest nwjs right? That one won't work well with RPG Maker MV.
You need version 0.43.6 to prevent it fro lagging. You might need to remove RPG Maker MV and delete it's folders (in the steamapp/common folder) first and then reinstall it, to make sure non of the latest files are on your machine.

Good Luck!

For your convenience:
https://dl.nwjs.io/v0.43.6/nwjs-v0.43.6-linux-x64.tar.gz

[JimJam]

Eroldin - Lord of Searing Flames eredeti hozzászólása:

Ultimoore eredeti hozzászólása:

I tried it as well and got the same result. It might be a memory leak from what i am seeing in Htop.

You downloaded the latest nwjs right? That one won't work well with RPG Maker MV.
You need version 0.43.6 to prevent it fro lagging. You might need to remove RPG Maker MV and delete it's folders (in the steamapp/common folder) first and then reinstall it, to make sure non of the latest files are on your machine.

Good Luck!

For your convenience:
https://dl.nwjs.io/v0.43.6/nwjs-v0.43.6-linux-x64.tar.gz

This worked for me, thanks.

[Free Palestine]

Manjaro user here - same problem here, too. I tried this 3-4 times, and it didn't work, until it did; here's what I did:

- Shut down RPG Maker MV
- Reset the game by going to the Steam properties, picking the option to check integrity of files, and letting it redownload everything that was changed so far. Start out with a clean version.
- Download njws.io v0.43.6 from the link a couple of posts above and unpack it to a temporary directory. Copy all the files to your clipboard.
- Browse to the RPG Maker MV directory.
- There are two directories: nwjs-lnx and nwjs-lnx-test. Paste, overwriting any files and folders that already exist.
- Restart and rerun RPG Maker MV.

You will still see various errors, but at least the default font issue resolves, and the playtest launches. This is with Manjaro 21.2.6 on XCFE

Special thanks to this thread for filling out some of the details I missed: https://steamcommunity.com/app/363890/discussions/1/2653116024334677568/#c2653116235598796183