Hey everyone! I’m having a bit of trouble with BeamNG.drive on Linux. The developers are working on a native version, and for now, you need to use Proton to download it, but afterward, you can run it natively without any issues. I found that when I launch the game via the terminal, it runs smoothly since it’s DRM-free. However, if I try starting it through Steam, it just doesn’t work. Has anyone experienced something similar? I’m using this launch command: `/mnt/WD01/Documents/Games/Steam/SteamLibrary/steamapps/common/BeamNG.drive/BinLinux/BeamNG.drive.x64 %command%`
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Have you thought about starting Steam itself via the terminal and then launching BeamNG from there? It might give you some useful logs to diagnose the issue better.
Hey! I totally get your struggle; I had a similar issue when I tried to play. You should definitely try launching it from the terminal! I’ve been playing it that way, and it runs really well, even supports Vulkan by default. My G29 wheel works almost perfectly without any tweaking, besides the hat switch not being recognized. Other than that, it’s a great experience!
Thanks for the tip! I’ll give that a shot. Glad to hear your setup works so smoothly!
That’s a solid suggestion! I’ll try launching Steam from the terminal and see if that helps. I’ll check the logs too.