Linux Port – Feedback, Known Issues, and FAQ

Now I can play Linux version smoothly! Huge thanks!

 

I'm trying to run the game in the native Wayland environment.
KDE 6.3, Linux kernel 6.6
Mesa 25.1.1
Radeon RX6600M graphics card.
RAM 32GB

I run it through the console using the SDL_VIDEODRIVER=wayland ./BeamNG.drive.x64
A full-screen window is launched in windowed mode, inside it is white. Then, after about half a minute, the window and the emergency console end with a warning from the kernel that there is not enough RAM. Although I have 32 gigabytes of it! I opened the system monitor at the same time as startup and indeed, at startup, all memory is loaded at once. When running through Xwayland, everything works fine.

 

I don't think the game has a Wayland version, yet.

 

BeamNG does not support Wayland natively yet, you need to use Xwayland.

 

currently fixed for me on 0.36.3.0

 

My game still crashes on 0.36.3.0, just sent the crash report

Operating System: Nobara Linux 42
KDE Plasma Version: 6.3.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.14.0
Qt Version: 6.9.0
Kernel Version: 6.15.3-201.nobara.fc42.x86_64 (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Processors: 16 × AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D 8-Core Processor
Memory: 31,3 GiB of RAM
Graphics Processor: AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
Mesa version 25.1.4
Vulkan version 1.4.311

 

0.36.3.0 works for me as well.

Thank you very much!

 

Honestly, I've loved Beam for many, many years, with countless hours played on Windows.
I fired up my laptop after a while, fresh Ubuntu 25 install, BeamNG via proton install, fired up the Linux version and it has been absolutely flawless (comparably).

Thank you so much for an amazing port! Not much more to say really

 

Hello, native wayland implementation not working in 0.36. I still have to set SDL_VIDEODRIVER=x11 to make it run
thanks

 

Unfortunately, 0.36.3 I am still crashing especially when interacting with UI or alt-tabbing. This is with launching from terminal; launching from Steam crashes on startup. Using windowed mode doesn't work either. Tried fresh install.

Bazzite 42 (Fedora)
Wayland
Kernel 6.14.6
AMD CPU+GPU

 

I also get random crashes during almost every session in the game. After a random time. And it does not depend on pressing any buttons. Attached random crash reports

 

I am glad to hear that native wayland support will be implemented soon. Will the SDL library also be updated to version 3? Or rather, the current 3.2? wayland support has been significantly improved there. New wayland-protocols protocols are also constantly being adopted. They also enhance the user experience.

Let me ask you what are the errors when trying to launch on wayland and on which version of SDL is the game currently running?

 

Hi,

I'm trying to run this in a container environment using the Wolf project. The Windows versions works fine via Proton, but attempting to use the native Linux version, the game crashes immediately upon launch.

The Linux desktop environment is all very alien to me, but it was explained to me that the container does not have a "monitor", which might be what causes this?

Spoiler

Code:

  0.04349|D|crashrpt| Installing crash reporter on path: /home/retro/.local/share/BeamNG.drive/0.36/temp/crashReports
  0.09657|I|engine| Virtual Filesystem: user path: /home/retro/.local/share/BeamNG.drive/0.36/
  0.09657|D|engine|  - user path reason: Default path
  0.09658|D|engine|  - user mods path: /home/retro/.local/share/BeamNG.drive/0.36/mods/
  0.09658|D|engine|  - game mods path: /home/retro/.steam/debian-installation/steamapps/common/BeamNG.drive/content/
  0.09658|D|main| H2 86DCFEF049BCA7589337784A16EC76AE9EEF
  0.10508|D|logHapticFeatures| Device xinput0 supports the following ffb features: Constant LeftRight Sine
  0.10508|D|registerController| Registered Controller with id=0 and index=0
  0.10511|D|logHapticFeatures| Device xinput1 supports the following ffb features: Constant LeftRight Sine
  0.10512|D|registerController| Registered Controller with id=1 and index=1
  0.10515|D|logHapticFeatures| Device xinput2 supports the following ffb features: Constant LeftRight Sine
  0.10515|D|registerController| Registered Controller with id=2 and index=2
  0.10516|I|init| Initializing platform...
  0.10544|D|engine| initializing 111 modules (only displaying anything above 0.1 s)...
  0.10546|D|gfx| GFX Init:
  0.10547|D|gfx|    Null device found
  0.10606|D|fmod| FMOD API version: 2.02.17
  0.11247|D|sfx| Using default audio device: Null Output
  0.15679|D|sfx| Created FMOD device 'Null Output'
  0.15680|D|sfx|   CAPS_VoiceManagement
  0.15700|D|sfx|    Provider: FMOD
  0.15700|D|sfx|    Hardware: false
  0.15700|D|sfx|    Buffers: 16
  0.16595|D|Steam| Could not initialize Steam functions
  0.16595|E|Steam| Could not initialize - Error code 1
  0.17670|I|GELua.| ============== GELUA VM loading ===============
  0.23542|D|GELua.gameplay_missions_progress.| Loaded 0 condition types from 0 files.
  0.23589|D|GELua.gameplay_missions_missions.| Loaded 2 procedural Mission Generators from 2 files.
  0.23654|D|GELua.gameplay_missions_unlocks.| Loaded 10 condition types from 4 files.
  0.23806|D|engine| ... all modules loaded in 0.133 seconds
  0.23850|D|init| OpenXR: Steam VR mode: disabled
  0.37391|D|gfx| Available adapters: 2
  0.37392|D|gfx|  - name:GPU (Vulkan), outputName:\\.\DISPLAY1, gfx:Vulkan, gpu:GPU
  0.37392|D|gfx|  - name:GFX Null Device, outputName:, gfx:, gpu:
  0.37392|D|gfx| Attempting to create GFX device 0: GPU (Vulkan) [with output \\.\DISPLAY1]
  0.37392|D|gfx| shader model: 5.0 , available video modes: 28
  0.37393|D|gfx| Device created, setting adapter and enumerating modes
  0.38692|D|vulkan| 24 supported Vk instance extensions: VK_EXT_swapchain_colorspace, VK_EXT_headless_surface, VK_EXT_display_surface_counter, VK_EXT_debug_utils, VK_EXT_debug_report, VK_EXT_acquire_xlib_display, VK_EXT_acquire_drm_display, VK_KHR_device_group_creation, VK_KHR_get_physical_device_properties2, VK_KHR_display, VK_EXT_direct_mode_display, VK_KHR_external_semaphore_capabilities, VK_KHR_get_display_properties2, VK_LUNARG_direct_driver_loading, VK_KHR_external_memory_capabilities, VK_KHR_portability_enumeration, VK_KHR_get_surface_capabilities2, VK_EXT_surface_maintenance1, VK_KHR_xcb_surface, VK_KHR_external_fence_capabilities, VK_KHR_surface, VK_KHR_surface_protected_capabilities, VK_KHR_wayland_surface, VK_KHR_xlib_surface
  0.38693|D|vulkan| The requested Vulkan instance extension does not appear to be supported, skipping extension: VK_NV_external_memory_capabilities
  0.38747|D|vulkan| 10 Layers: VK_LAYER_VALVE_steam_overlay_32, VK_LAYER_VALVE_steam_fossilize_64, VK_LAYER_VALVE_steam_overlay_64, VK_LAYER_VALVE_steam_fossilize_32, VK_LAYER_FROG_gamescope_wsi_x86_64, VK_LAYER_MESA_device_select, VK_LAYER_MANGOHUD_overlay_x86_64, VK_LAYER_MANGOHUD_overlay_x86, VK_LAYER_MESA_overlay, VK_LAYER_INTEL_nullhw
  0.38748|D|vulkan| Attempting to create vulkan instance with the following 7 instance extensions: VK_KHR_get_physical_device_properties2, VK_EXT_debug_utils, VK_KHR_surface, VK_KHR_external_memory_capabilities, VK_KHR_external_fence_capabilities, VK_KHR_external_semaphore_capabilities, VK_KHR_xlib_surface
  0.40404|D|vulkan| Available vulkan devices:
  0.40408|D|vulkan|  - name:Intel(R) Arc(tm) Graphics (MTL) vendor:32902 version:104893321 type:Integrated
  0.40408|D|vulkan|  - name:llvmpipe (LLVM 19.1.1, 256 bits) vendor:65541 version:1 type:Cpu
  0.40408|D|vulkan| Trying to locate a vulkan device with type: Discrete
  0.40409|D|vulkan|  - Ignoring vulkan device with unsuitable type: name:Intel(R) Arc(tm) Graphics (MTL) vendor:32902 version:104893321 type:Integrated
  0.40409|D|vulkan|  - Ignoring vulkan device with unsuitable type: name:llvmpipe (LLVM 19.1.1, 256 bits) vendor:65541 version:1 type:Cpu
  0.40409|D|vulkan| Trying to locate a vulkan device with type: Integrated
  0.40410|D|vulkan|  - Found vulkan device with suitable type: name:Intel(R) Arc(tm) Graphics (MTL) vendor:32902 version:104893321 type:Integrated
  0.40427|D|vulkan| 177 supported Vk device extensions: VK_NV_compute_shader_derivatives, VK_MESA_image_alignment_control, VK_GOOGLE_user_type, VK_GOOGLE_hlsl_functionality1, VK_GOOGLE_decorate_string, VK_EXT_ycbcr_image_arrays, VK_EXT_vertex_attribute_divisor, VK_EXT_tooling_info, VK_EXT_texel_buffer_alignment, VK_EXT_swapchain_maintenance1, VK_EXT_shader_viewport_index_layer, VK_EXT_shader_subgroup_vote, VK_EXT_shader_replicated_composites, VK_EXT_shader_demote_to_helper_invocation, VK_EXT_sampler_filter_minmax, VK_EXT_sample_locations, VK_EXT_robustness2, VK_EXT_shader_module_identifier, VK_EXT_private_data, VK_EXT_primitives_generated_query, VK_EXT_pipeline_robustness, VK_EXT_scalar_block_layout, VK_EXT_pipeline_library_group_handles, VK_EXT_physical_device_drm, VK_EXT_nested_command_buffer, VK_EXT_mutable_descriptor_type, VK_EXT_multi_draw, VK_EXT_mesh_shader, VK_EXT_memory_budget, VK_KHR_sampler_ycbcr_conversion, VK_EXT_shader_atomic_float, VK_EXT_separate_stencil_usage, VK_KHR_shader_terminate_invocation, VK_KHR_present_wait, VK_KHR_shader_float_controls2, VK_KHR_present_id, VK_KHR_pipeline_executable_properties, VK_EXT_pci_bus_info, VK_KHR_shader_maximal_reconvergence, VK_EXT_pipeline_protected_access, VK_KHR_multiview, VK_EXT_legacy_dithering, VK_AMD_buffer_marker, VK_EXT_host_image_copy, VK_KHR_line_rasterization, VK_KHR_external_semaphore_fd, VK_EXT_pipeline_creation_feedback, VK_KHR_global_priority, VK_KHR_ray_tracing_maintenance1, VK_KHR_acceleration_structure, VK_KHR_cooperative_matrix, VK_KHR_ray_tracing_pipeline, VK_KHR_map_memory2, VK_KHR_zero_initialize_workgroup_memory, VK_KHR_incremental_present, VK_KHR_create_renderpass2, VK_KHR_maintenance5, VK_KHR_load_store_op_none, VK_EXT_external_memory_dma_buf, VK_KHR_maintenance6, VK_KHR_dedicated_allocation, VK_KHR_storage_buffer_storage_class, VK_EXT_custom_border_color, VK_EXT_image_view_min_lod, VK_KHR_copy_commands2, VK_KHR_driver_properties, VK_KHR_maintenance7, VK_KHR_buffer_device_address, VK_KHR_draw_indirect_count, VK_EXT_shader_stencil_export, VK_EXT_queue_family_foreign, VK_KHR_shader_subgroup_extended_types, VK_EXT_ycbcr_2plane_444_formats, VK_EXT_line_rasterization, VK_VALVE_mutable_descriptor_type, VK_KHR_bind_memory2, VK_EXT_subgroup_size_control, VK_KHR_maintenance3, VK_EXT_host_query_reset, VK_EXT_pipeline_creation_cache_control, VK_KHR_deferred_host_operations, VK_KHR_ray_query, VK_KHR_external_fence_fd, VK_KHR_vulkan_memory_model, VK_KHR_fragment_shading_rate, VK_KHR_shader_atomic_int64, VK_KHR_shader_clock, VK_EXT_4444_formats, VK_KHR_compute_shader_derivatives, VK_KHR_calibrated_timestamps, VK_KHR_variable_pointers, VK_EXT_descriptor_buffer, VK_KHR_ray_tracing_position_fetch, VK_KHR_8bit_storage, VK_EXT_transform_feedback, VK_KHR_depth_stencil_resolve, VK_EXT_map_memory_placed, VK_EXT_index_type_uint8, VK_KHR_device_group, VK_KHR_external_fence, VK_KHR_uniform_buffer_standard_layout, VK_KHR_push_descriptor, VK_EXT_color_write_enable, VK_EXT_fragment_shader_interlock, VK_KHR_get_memory_requirements2, VK_KHR_shader_relaxed_extended_instruction, VK_KHR_dynamic_rendering, VK_EXT_attachment_feedback_loop_dynamic_state, VK_KHR_dynamic_rendering_local_read, VK_INTEL_shader_integer_functions2, VK_EXT_shader_subgroup_ballot, VK_KHR_format_feature_flags2, VK_KHR_vertex_attribute_divisor, VK_EXT_vertex_input_dynamic_state, VK_KHR_maintenance4, VK_KHR_maintenance2, VK_KHR_imageless_framebuffer, VK_EXT_calibrated_timestamps, VK_EXT_shader_atomic_float2, VK_KHR_external_memory_fd, VK_EXT_extended_dynamic_state2, VK_KHR_external_semaphore, VK_KHR_image_format_list, VK_EXT_border_color_swizzle, VK_KHR_index_type_uint8, VK_KHR_shader_draw_parameters, VK_KHR_relaxed_block_layout, VK_KHR_external_memory, VK_KHR_shader_expect_assume, VK_KHR_workgroup_memory_explicit_layout, VK_KHR_shader_float_controls, VK_EXT_non_seamless_cube_map, VK_KHR_shader_integer_dot_product, VK_KHR_shader_quad_control, VK_KHR_shader_non_semantic_info, VK_EXT_depth_bias_control, VK_KHR_shader_subgroup_rotate, VK_KHR_shader_subgroup_uniform_control_flow, VK_KHR_spirv_1_4, VK_KHR_swapchain, VK_KHR_descriptor_update_template, VK_EXT_display_control, VK_KHR_swapchain_mutable_format, VK_EXT_provoking_vertex, VK_EXT_depth_clamp_control, VK_EXT_global_priority_query, VK_EXT_attachment_feedback_loop_layout, VK_KHR_sampler_mirror_clamp_to_edge, VK_EXT_buffer_device_address, VK_EXT_conditional_rendering, VK_EXT_depth_clip_control, VK_EXT_conservative_rasterization, VK_EXT_depth_clamp_zero_one, VK_EXT_global_priority, VK_KHR_shader_float16_int8, VK_EXT_depth_clip_enable, VK_KHR_maintenance1, VK_EXT_extended_dynamic_state3, VK_EXT_external_memory_host, VK_EXT_descriptor_indexing, VK_KHR_16bit_storage, VK_KHR_timeline_semaphore, VK_EXT_dynamic_rendering_unused_attachments, VK_EXT_extended_dynamic_state, VK_EXT_primitive_topology_list_restart, VK_EXT_graphics_pipeline_library, VK_EXT_image_2d_view_of_3d, VK_EXT_post_depth_coverage, VK_EXT_image_drm_format_modifier, VK_EXT_image_robustness, VK_KHR_pipeline_library, VK_EXT_image_sliced_view_of_3d, VK_EXT_inline_uniform_block, VK_KHR_separate_depth_stencil_layouts, VK_KHR_synchronization2, VK_EXT_legacy_vertex_attributes, VK_EXT_load_store_op_none
  0.40428|D|vulkan| The following Vulkan device extensions are not supported and will be skipped: VK_EXT_memory_priority, VK_NV_device_diagnostic_checkpoints
  0.40433|D|vulkan| Attempting to create vulkan device with the following 23 vulkan device extensions: VK_KHR_swapchain, VK_EXT_memory_budget, VK_EXT_robustness2, VK_KHR_ray_query, VK_KHR_ray_tracing_pipeline, VK_KHR_acceleration_structure, VK_KHR_deferred_host_operations, VK_KHR_get_memory_requirements2, VK_KHR_external_memory_fd, VK_KHR_external_semaphore_fd, VK_KHR_external_fence_fd, VK_KHR_image_format_list, VK_KHR_external_memory, VK_KHR_external_fence, VK_KHR_external_semaphore, VK_KHR_dedicated_allocation, VK_EXT_queue_family_foreign, VK_KHR_bind_memory2, VK_KHR_create_renderpass2, VK_KHR_maintenance2, VK_KHR_multiview, VK_KHR_push_descriptor, VK_KHR_timeline_semaphore
  0.40690|D|vulkan| Created Vulkan device from Intel(R) Arc(tm) Graphics (MTL)
  0.40738|D|gfx| GFXCardProfiler (Vulkan) - Setting capability 'maxTextureWidth' to 8192.
  0.40738|D|gfx| GFXCardProfiler (Vulkan) - Setting capability 'maxTextureHeight' to 8192.
  0.40739|D|gfx| GFXCardProfiler (Vulkan) - Setting capability 'maxTextureSize' to 8192.
  0.40739|D|gfx| GFXCardProfiler (Vulkan) - Setting capability 'autoMipMapLevel' to 1.
  0.40739|D|gfx| GFXCardProfiler (Vulkan) - Setting capability 'lerpDetailBlend' to 1.
  0.40739|D|gfx| GFXCardProfiler (Vulkan) - Setting capability 'fourStageDetailBlend' to 1.
  0.44136|D|initShaderGen| Failed to remove file /temp/shaders/procedural/autogenConditioners.h
  0.45510|D|vulkan| Vulkan render initialized
  0.45514|I|vulkan| Driver Name: Intel open-source Mesa driver
  0.45515|I|vulkan| Driver Info: Mesa 25.0~git2505290929.35721f~oibaf~o (git-35721f1 2025-05-29 oracular-oibaf-ppa)
  0.48598|D|GELua.core_settings_graphic.graphic| Sanitizing display - //./DISPLAY1: Passed.
  0.48599|D|GELua.core_settings_graphic.graphic| Sanitizing display mode - Window: Passed.
  0.48600|D|GELua.core_settings_graphic.graphic| Sanitizing display resolution for Window mode - 1280 720: Passed.
  0.48784|D|imgui| Loading 13 imgui fonts...
  0.48788|D|imgui| Adding fonts to imgui:
  0.48794|D|imgui|      'cairo_bold'->'ui/common/Cairo-Bold.ttf' Scale: 1.3  RangeCount: 3
  0.48801|D|imgui|      'cairo_regular'->'ui/common/Cairo-Regular.ttf' Scale: 1.3  RangeCount: 3
  0.48807|D|imgui|      'cairo_regular_medium'->'ui/common/Cairo-Regular.ttf' Scale: 1.8  RangeCount: 3
  0.48814|D|imgui|      'cairo_semibold_large'->'ui/common/Cairo-SemiBold.ttf' Scale: 2  RangeCount: 3
  0.48833|D|imgui|      'consola_regular'->'ui/common/win/consola.ttf' Scale: 1  RangeCount: 4
  0.48849|D|imgui|      'icons'->'ui/common/fa-solid-900.ttf' Scale: 3  RangeCount: 1
  0.49013|D|imgui|      'notosans_jp_regular'->'ui/common/NotoSansJP-Regular.otf' Scale: 1  RangeCount: 3004
  0.49091|D|imgui|      'notosans_kr_regular'->'ui/common/NotoSansKR-Regular.otf' Scale: 1  RangeCount: 3
  0.49388|D|imgui|      'notosans_sc_regular'->'ui/common/NotoSansSC-Regular.otf' Scale: 1  RangeCount: 2506
  0.49580|D|imgui|      'notosans_tc_regular'->'ui/common/NotoSansTC-Regular.otf' Scale: 1  RangeCount: 7
  0.49589|D|imgui|      'prompt_regular'->'ui/common/Prompt-Regular.ttf' Scale: 1  RangeCount: 3
  0.49592|D|imgui|      'robotomono_regular'->'ui/common/RobotoMono-Regular.ttf' Scale: 1  RangeCount: 4
  0.49631|D|imgui|      'segoeui_regular'->'ui/common/win/segoeui.ttf' Scale: 1  RangeCount: 4
  0.49635|D|getImFontAtlasHash| atlas->Flags: 0
  0.49635|D|getImFontAtlasHash| atlas->TexDesiredWidth: 0
  0.49635|D|getImFontAtlasHash| atlas->TexGlyphPadding: 1
  0.49636|D|getImFontAtlasHash| atlas->TexPixelsUseColors: false
  0.49636|D|getImFontAtlasHash| atlas->Fonts.Size: 13
  0.58446|D|load| imguiAtlas cache loaded GE=0.36.3.0.0 imgui=1.89.8 WIP
  0.58699|D|imgui| font texture contains 13 fonts. Atlas size: 4096x16384px
  0.58701|D|imgui|  - cairo_bold           [24.3 px]:    292 glyphs
  0.58701|D|imgui|  - cairo_regular        [24.3 px]:    292 glyphs
  0.58701|D|imgui|  - cairo_regular_medium [33.7 px]:    292 glyphs
  0.58702|D|imgui|  - cairo_semibold_large [37.4 px]:    292 glyphs
  0.58702|D|imgui|  - consola_regular      [18.7 px]:    465 glyphs
  0.58702|D|imgui|  - icons                [56.1 px]:     16 glyphs
  0.58702|D|imgui|  - notosans_jp_regular  [18.7 px]:   3685 glyphs
  0.58703|D|imgui|  - notosans_kr_regular  [18.7 px]:    388 glyphs
  0.58703|D|imgui|  - notosans_sc_regular  [18.7 px]:   3220 glyphs
  0.58703|D|imgui|  - notosans_tc_regular  [18.7 px]:  16064 glyphs
  0.58703|D|imgui|  - prompt_regular       [18.7 px]:    299 glyphs
  0.58704|D|imgui|  - robotomono_regular   [18.7 px]:    460 glyphs
  0.58704|D|imgui|  - segoeui_regular      [18.7 px]:    465 glyphs
  0.58704|D|imgui| 26230 glyphs totally
  0.58714|E|getMonitorDPI| Failed to get dpi scale for Monitor 0
  0.61044|E|GELua.lightManager| Failed to init default system:
  0.74746|D|_mapMaterial| [Material::mapMaterial] - Cannot map unnamed Material - settings/game-settings-default.cs
*** CRASH *** Minidump generated at: /home/retro/.local/share/BeamNG.drive/0.36/temp/crashReports/dee9e467-32d4-4a89-1432c89c-a2b8746b.dmp
Segmentation fault (core dumped)