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[morgoth_bauglir]

Devs abandon python client?

[Podli]

Sorry for late reply - had no free time for faf.

the Command line executable format below that:

My command line has be just "%s"
I've changed it to /home/podli/faf/run "%s"
Now i have exception:

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java.util.concurrent.CompletionException: com.github.nocatch.NoCatchException: java.io.IOException: Cannot run program "/home/podli/faf/run" (in directory "/home/podli/.faforever/bin"): error=2, No such file or directory

Code from install scrips for /faf/run is

cp -f /tmp/proton_$USER/run ~/faf

But i haven't such files in the /tmp catalog.
Google says than steam should make launch script there when i launch FA, but he doesn't

[callcifer]

Google says than steam should make launch script there when i launch FA, but he doesn't

Did you tell Steam to dump the commands? If you didn't, you need to edit FA's launch options and set it to

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PROTON_DUMP_DEBUG_COMMANDS=1 %command%

, then launch the game. The launch script will be in /tmp/proton_something.

[callcifer]

Devs abandon python client?

Basically, yes. The FAF server now requires all client to use the ICE connection adapter but nobody has fully implemented it for the Python client. There are some old experimental versions out there I think, but the future is definitely downlord's Java client.

[Podli]

Google says than steam should make launch script there when i launch FA, but he doesn't

Did you tell Steam to dump the commands? If you didn't, you need to edit FA's launch options and set it to

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PROTON_DUMP_DEBUG_COMMANDS=1 %command%

, then launch the game. The launch script will be in /tmp/proton_something.

Probably missclicked somewhere - handmaded all steps of install script.
Now game is launching. I can start lobby and launch the game.
But all mods is unavailable - i'm getting messages from FAF.
And i cannot watch replays - getting errors from application:

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Failed to setup initial search path.

Program : Z:\home\podli\.faforever\bin\ForgedAlliance.exe
Cmd line arguments : /init init.lua /nobugreport /log /home/podli/.faforever/logs/game.log /replay /home/podli/.faforever/cache/temp.scfareplay /replayid 9603197

Callstack:
    unavailable.

Last 100 lines of log...

warning: Running "Z:\home\podli\.faforever\bin\init.lua" failed: cannot read init_faf.lua: No such file or directory
         stack traceback:
            [C]: in function `dofile'
            Z:\home\podli\.faforever\bin\init.lua(1): in main chunk

But live replays is working...

[Podli]

No, somehow one live replay is started. But now i have the same error at live replays too.

[Wesmania]

Devs abandon python client?

Basically, yes. The FAF server now requires all client to use the ICE connection adapter but nobody has fully implemented it for the Python client. There are some old experimental versions out there I think, but the future is definitely downlord's Java client.

There was existing work on ICE in the python client, and someone finished it up and made a client release. If you launch the python client, it should prompt you to update, and maybe it'll even work

[tatsu]

handmaded all steps of install script.

shame... why?

Now game is launching. I can start lobby and launch the game.
But all mods is unavailable - i'm getting messages from FAF.
But live replays is working...

https://github.com/tatsujb/installFAFsc ... wn-issues-

run the part under "I'm just missing Maps and Mods symlinking!"

[foodlfg]

i've tested the new python client.
it doesn't work. it's not recommended to use on Linux.
use the java client instead. it's easier to support one client anyways and it has developers behind it.


Longer version:

i've taken a look at the Python client v0.18.3
- i rebooted my comp
- delete old client directories ~/.config/... and ~/ForgedAlliance...
- i got a `module error` at first so the client did not start. it was complaining about some "themes" but the real reason was not finding a python module on Ubuntu
- so i installed the module
`sudo apt-get install python3-distutils`
- now i get an error window too when i try to join a lobby:
`ICE ADAPTER ERROR
The ICE adapter did not start. Please refaf.`
- log is attached, the other logs are empty
`ERROR connectivity.IceAdapterProcess.IceAdapterProcess error starting the ice adapter process`

- a side issue, when i close the client, it closes the UI but something is still running in the background, no error appeares in the terminal
- if i use ctrl+c then i get this error in the terminal:
`^CError in sys.excepthook:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/aa/Games/fafclient/client-0.18.3/src/connectivity/JsonRpcTcpClient.py", line 33, in onSocketError
@QtCore.pyqtSlot(QAbstractSocket.SocketError)
KeyboardInterrupt

Original exception was:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/aa/Games/fafclient/client-0.18.3/src/connectivity/JsonRpcTcpClient.py", line 33, in onSocketError
@QtCore.pyqtSlot(QAbstractSocket.SocketError)
KeyboardInterrupt
`

From this, i assume that the new Python client is not really tested on Linux and it is not ready for use.

[foodlfg]

so i have this issue recently where my mouse cursor flickers when i play the game.

back then i could prevent this with
- enabling a virtual desktop in wine
- and setting vertical sync on

nowadays this does nothing and i have no idea what is causing this.
different proton/wine versions didn't help.

anyone have any idea?