Linux Launcher work-around

[John_A_Tallon]

Credit to MrPoootisBrights and RockafellaJaz on Reddit's r/linux_gaming for their solutions

I had to set the game to use Proton instead of the Linux Native Executable to get this solution to work:
In the launch options put the following line: eval $( echo "PROTON_NO_FSYNC=1 PROTON_NO_ESYNC=1 %command%" | sed "s/2KLauncher\/LauncherPatcher.exe'.*/Binaries\/Win32\/BioShockInfinite.exe'/" )

Then launch from Steam as normal. It will waste a few seconds at launch trying to talk to the 2K account server but it will let you proceed after it has timed out.

What the line does is it points the attempt to run the launcher directly at the game executable instead. Ugly looking command but it works fine.

[400g]

Using the windows version is not what i would call a workaround. Maybe better than nothing but still.. i don't like it.

[Giles]

Originally posted by 400g:

Using the windows version is not what i would call a workaround. Maybe better than nothing but still.. i don't like it.

im curious why do you prefer the eON/opengl version to proton/dxvk?

[fishears]

Originally posted by 400g:

Using the windows version is not what i would call a workaround. Maybe better than nothing but still.. i don't like it.

this ^^ exactly

[onitake]

Why are you turning off esync and fsync, though?

[RedHunter7]

it still did not work for me. I use linux mint btw

[400g]

Originally posted by Rex Hamilton as Abraham Lincoln:

im curious why do you prefer the eON/opengl version to proton/dxvk?

Most of the time the native version works better, performance wise and stability wise. Having additional software layers is not a good idea.

[Elegant Goblin In Africa]

I bought the game ages ago because there was a linux native version. Are you saying the "qualify of life update" basically shafted the linux customers and the only way to run the game now is via the PROTON layer, i.e, via WINE ?

[DudeBro]

I just wanted to jump in to agree with what others are saying that the quality of life update breaks the linux version of the game so it won't start. It worked perfectly before the update. I'm using Ubunut 20.04 and an Intel graphics card. Does the development team know this is broken? I'm not switching to proton. Sorry.

[400g]

Originally posted by Elegant Goblin In Africa:

... the only way to run the game now is via the PROTON layer, i.e, via WINE ?

Yes. That's how it is at the moment. Let's hope they fix it. I bet they were stupid enough to try installing the windows 2k launcher on the linux version.

[arnab.bhaumik]

The is working for me; Fedora 35 with ryzen 3600 16gm ram

[The Laughing Cow]

Protip: sed considers the first character after `s` as the delimiter, then choose something different so that you don't need to escape `/`. Here I use a comma:

eval $( echo "PROTON_NO_FSYNC=1 PROTON_NO_ESYNC=1 %command%" | sed 's,2KLauncher/LauncherPatcher.exe.*,Binaries/Win32/BioShockInfinite.exe,' )

Note: untested. Do you really need to disable esync and fsync?

[angryduck]

This is very much appreciated, dude. The game originally was not launching for me at all with the native linux or the proton version (without tweaks).

[angryduck]

Also, I had to change my resolution settings since the one the game detects is completely wrong; looked pretty crappy before I changed it to the right one.

[onitake]

Originally posted by angryduck:

Also, I had to change my resolution settings since the one the game detects is completely wrong; looked pretty crappy before I changed it to the right one.

I believe this is a known bug.
Also, the game seems to have trouble detecting the amount of video RAM on some systems, causing excessive texture swapping and inferior performance: https://steamcommunity.com/app/8870/discussions/0/618456760279835986/