[6.00 Beta 7] No startmenu UI with -skipintro option under Linux - Not reliably replicated.

[Byter]

Hello.

I reported this on the discord as I didn't think it's a beta related bug, but was told to post here anyway.

The bug in one picture:
download/file.php?mode=view&id=16356


Essentially, the main menu does not load.

Upon searching for exactly what could cause this, I tried basically everything.

First, I disabled all mods (and removed them). I thought maybe the one I'm working on may be the cause.
Result: Still happens.

As my second idea I removed the configuration folder.
Result: This worked at first but upon the second boot of the game the menu was gone again.

Next, I tried going back to stable.
Result: Still happens.

Then it dawned on me that I'm using launch options.
Result: Removing

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-skipintro

brings back my main menu.

I can reliably trigger this by adding or removing that launch option.

Here's the most hilarious part.
I've been told to add

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-debug all

and I get basically no more info. This is it. This is the whole log file:

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Logfile started, time Wed Mar 29 10:44:43 2023
[General] 0.00 'AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX (RADV GFX1100)' AMD-driver v23.0.1 (Vulkan 1.3.238) check=1
[Init   ] 0.00 Entering startmenu in 6.00 (496124)

Some more system info:

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Kernel: Linux 6.2.8-zen1-1-zen #1 ZEN SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Wed, 22 Mar 2023 22:52:38 +0000 x86_64 GNU/Linux
CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
GPU: AMD ATI Radeon RX 7900 XT/7900 XTX
RAM: 32GB
Steam and X4 located on: Samsung SSD 990 PRO 1TB

My hunch would be that because the intro doesn't have to load, that some kind of race condition occurs. I have no clue though.

If there's any information I've missed, please let me know and I'll post it as fast as possible.

[Byter]

First of, I just noticed I forgot a correct name for this post. My bad. Was so busy filling this bug report I lost track of stuff

Secondly, Ketraar suggested I start the game without

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skipintro

but rename the logo_egosoft.mkv. This seems to still work, without giving me the intro

[Byter]

I tried two more things:

First, I went back to a LTS release of the kernel. I ran into shared object issues so I enabled the compatibility tool and used the Steam Linux Runtime.
Result: Same issue. So it's not the kernel.

Secondly, more by accident, I still had the file renamed (so it didn't exist), but also enabled the skip intro option.
Result: Same issue. Even without the file being present, it seems to not load the UI for some reason. I expected this to happen, but it's nice to have it tested anyway. Maybe this narrows down the path in the code that may be broken.

[Byter]

One more test:

I disabled all DLC. Same issue.

[Byter]

A new observation: It now happens even with the option not present. More and more actually. And it happens mostly when I kill the game from a previous run (because of modding and stuff).

I can't explain this, but it feels like some kind of lottery at this point.

[Katorone]

Launched the game on my linux machine. With -skipintro the game starts flawlessly and main menu appears as normal.

Might be an issue with those mods.

[Byter]

I have disabled all mods.

And I can't really tell what's causing this.

I changed the intro file back to what its supposed to be and now I do get the intro every time, but even if I press escape to immediately abort it, my main menu appears reliably.

Really obscure bug

[Byter]

Maybe this isn't even related to "skipintro". Here's a Reddit post, on Windows as well, and the last comment is from 14 days ago.

I do not seem to be the only person with the issue.

https://www.reddit.com/r/X4Foundations/ ... u_in_game/

[florianlt]

Can you also still hear sounds from the menu if you try to navigate it with the keyboard while it's not visible?

[Byter]

Just tried it. No. I tried basically every button on the keyboard and even tried clicking with the mouse. The only thing loading is the main menu galaxy (the one in the background) and music.