LINUX SUPPORT IS HERE

[foodlfg]

You will need to configure and install Java in Wine if you want to go that way. The ICE adapter is using Java. You cannot escape. : D
Also, I haven't seen anybody who successfully installed Python and run the old client and the game in a Wine environment.

Not to mention that the new random map generator feature will be not accessible in the Python client. You won't be able to play those games and watch replays.
The Python client works on Windows btw. I just saw Farms using it in his stream, he couldn't watch a replay with a random map in it tho. He had to switch to the Java client.

[Brutus5000]

The map generator is also written in Java.

[tatsu]

java client too large + i dont need java on my system

you don't need java on your system. you just need the java folder somewhere and this inside your .bashrc :

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export INSTALL4J_JAVA_HOME=~/jdk-10.0.2

as you can see above this is not a valid install location so java is not detected when I type java -version in my terminal but the .bashrc line means that the client can run.


as for multi-monitor support that'll happen the day wine supports multi monitor.

[morgoth_bauglir]

Also, I haven't seen anybody who successfully installed Python and run the old client and the game in a Wine environment.

it kind of error with vcrun and compiled python which fixed soon...

[Gotek]

The play tab poses problems for me. When the client boots directly into the play tab, after the first few clicks on the buttons inside the tab, it ceases to respond. When I put the window in the background (switch to another tab or workspace in i3-wm), while leaving the client on the play tab, the window will be completely white when I come back to it.

Even in the unresponsive state, I can still switch to another tab like News, Chat etc. they all work properly as far as I can see.

Downlords Java Client installed through the AUR package "downlords-faf-client" | Running Manjaro on Kernel 5.2.1

[callcifer]

The play tab poses problems for me. When the client boots directly into the play tab, after the first few clicks on the buttons inside the tab, it ceases to respond. When I put the window in the background (switch to another tab or workspace in i3-wm), while leaving the client on the play tab, the window will be completely white when I come back to it.

Even in the unresponsive state, I can still switch to another tab like News, Chat etc. they all work properly as far as I can see.

Downlords Java Client installed through the AUR package "downlords-faf-client" | Running Manjaro on Kernel 5.2.1

I'm the maintainer of the AUR package. I can't seem to reproduce that with a floating WM (Gnome). Can you try with a non-tiling WM as well?

[Gotek]

Okay, I tried in xfce, and the problem persists. Though now in xfce a terminal launches beside it. It's output, when switching to the Play tab is:

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2019-07-18 17:43:13.190  WARN 31677 --- [lication Thread] javafx.beans                             : Exception while evaluating binding
java.lang.NullPointerException: null
   at com.faforever.client.player.Player.lambda$setGame$0(Player.java:261) [downlords-faf-client-0.10.7.jar:0.10.7]
   at javafx.beans.binding.Bindings$6.computeValue(Bindings.java:358) ~[javafx-base-11-linux.jar:na]
   at javafx.beans.binding.ObjectBinding.get(ObjectBinding.java:151) [javafx-base-11-linux.jar:na]
   at javafx.beans.binding.ObjectExpression.getValue(ObjectExpression.java:49) [javafx-base-11-linux.jar:na]
   at javafx.beans.property.ObjectPropertyBase.unbind(ObjectPropertyBase.java:185) [javafx-base-11-linux.jar:na]
   at com.faforever.client.player.Player.setGame(Player.java:257) [downlords-faf-client-0.10.7.jar:0.10.7]
   at com.faforever.client.player.PlayerService.updateGameDataForPlayer(PlayerService.java:179) [downlords-faf-client-0.10.7.jar:0.10.7]
   at com.faforever.client.player.PlayerService.lambda$updateGamePlayers$4(PlayerService.java:154) [downlords-faf-client-0.10.7.jar:0.10.7]
   at java.base/java.util.stream.ForEachOps$ForEachOp$OfRef.accept(ForEachOps.java:183) ~[na:na]
   at java.base/java.util.stream.ReferencePipeline$3$1.accept(ReferencePipeline.java:195) ~[na:na]
   at java.base/java.util.stream.ReferencePipeline$2$1.accept(ReferencePipeline.java:177) ~[na:na]
   at java.base/java.util.stream.ReferencePipeline$3$1.accept(ReferencePipeline.java:195) ~[na:na]
   at java.base/java.util.ArrayList$ArrayListSpliterator.forEachRemaining(ArrayList.java:1492) ~[na:na]
   at java.base/java.util.stream.AbstractPipeline.copyInto(AbstractPipeline.java:484) ~[na:na]
   at java.base/java.util.stream.AbstractPipeline.wrapAndCopyInto(AbstractPipeline.java:474) ~[na:na]
   at java.base/java.util.stream.ForEachOps$ForEachOp.evaluateSequential(ForEachOps.java:150) ~[na:na]
   at java.base/java.util.stream.ForEachOps$ForEachOp$OfRef.evaluateSequential(ForEachOps.java:173) ~[na:na]
   at java.base/java.util.stream.AbstractPipeline.evaluate(AbstractPipeline.java:234) ~[na:na]
   at java.base/java.util.stream.ReferencePipeline.forEach(ReferencePipeline.java:497) ~[na:na]
   at com.faforever.client.player.PlayerService.updateGamePlayers(PlayerService.java:152) [downlords-faf-client-0.10.7.jar:0.10.7]
   at com.faforever.client.player.PlayerService.updateGameForPlayersInGame(PlayerService.java:112) [downlords-faf-client-0.10.7.jar:0.10.7]
   at com.faforever.client.player.PlayerService.onGameUpdated(PlayerService.java:95) [downlords-faf-client-0.10.7.jar:0.10.7]
   at jdk.internal.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor173.invoke(Unknown Source) ~[na:na]
   at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) ~[na:na]
   at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:564) ~[na:na]
   at com.google.common.eventbus.Subscriber.invokeSubscriberMethod(Subscriber.java:87) ~[guava-27.0-jre.jar:na]
   at com.google.common.eventbus.Subscriber$SynchronizedSubscriber.invokeSubscriberMethod(Subscriber.java:144) ~[guava-7.0-jre.jar:na]
   at com.google.common.eventbus.Subscriber$1.run(Subscriber.java:72) ~[guava-27.0-jre.jar:na]
   at com.google.common.util.concurrent.DirectExecutor.execute(DirectExecutor.java:30) ~[guava-27.0-jre.jar:na]
   at com.google.common.eventbus.Subscriber.dispatchEvent(Subscriber.java:67) ~[guava-27.0-jre.jar:na]
   at com.google.common.eventbus.Dispatcher$PerThreadQueuedDispatcher.dispatch(Dispatcher.java:108) ~[guava-27.0-jre.jar:na]
   at com.google.common.eventbus.EventBus.post(EventBus.java:212) ~[guava-27.0-jre.jar:na]
   at com.faforever.client.game.GameService.createOrUpdateGame(GameService.java:654) ~[downlords-faf-client-0.10.7.jar:0.10.7]
   at com.faforever.client.game.GameService.onGameInfo(GameService.java:604) ~[downlords-faf-client-0.10.7.jar:0.10.7]
   at com.faforever.client.game.GameService.lambda$afterPropertiesSet$34(GameService.java:575) ~[downlords-faf-client-0.10.7.jar:0.10.7]
   at com.sun.javafx.application.PlatformImpl.lambda$runLater$10(PlatformImpl.java:428) ~[javafx-graphics-11-linux.jar:na]
   at java.base/java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) ~[na:na]
   at com.sun.javafx.application.PlatformImpl.lambda$runLater$11(PlatformImpl.java:427) ~[javafx-graphics-11-linux.jar:na]
   at com.sun.glass.ui.InvokeLaterDispatcher$Future.run(InvokeLaterDispatcher.java:96) ~[javafx-graphics-11-linux.jar:na]
   at com.sun.glass.ui.gtk.GtkApplication._runLoop(Native Method) ~[javafx-graphics-11-linux.jar:na]
   at com.sun.glass.ui.gtk.GtkApplication.lambda$runLoop$11(GtkApplication.java:277) ~[javafx-graphics-11-linux.jar:na]
   at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:844) ~[na:na]

java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException
java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException
java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException
java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException


[callcifer]

Thanks for that stack trace. This was a bug that was fixed about two weeks ago but it's not in any released version yet. I'd patch the AUR package myself, but I don't think the client is buildable without their install4j license

[Gotek]

Guess I just have to wait, then. Thank you very much for the heads-up. Have a nice day!

[iczero]

I found a potential fix to the random crashing in the middle of the game. Previously, it was fixable by using Gallium Nine, however, if Gallium Nine is not available or does not work for you, and your gpu supports Vulkan, you can use d9vk instead.
d9vk translates DirectX 9 calls into Vulkan instead of opengl (which is what wined3d uses), so it might also be faster.

(can't post links, fix github url yourself)

Instructions:

• Get latest release of d9vk from (github) Joshua-Ashton/d9vk and extract it somewhere
• Find your wine prefix. If you are using steam, it should be at

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  $HOME/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/compatdata/9420/pfx

• Find where you have wine installed. If you already have the correct version in $PATH, then don't include this in the final command. If you are using steam, it should be in

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  $HOME/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/common/Proton\ 3.16/dist/bin

• Run the following in the folder extracted from the release, replacing stuff as appropriate:
  

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  WINEPREFIX=$HOME/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/compatdata/9420/pfx PATH=$HOME/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/common/Proton\ 3.16/dist/bin:$PATH ./setup_dxvk.sh install