Linux Port – Feedback, Known Issues, and FAQ

Hello, I've just installed the game on Arch Linux 6.15.6-arch1-1 and the game launches but there is no audio.
Running the game under Wayland (sway) and Pipewire.
This happens on the native version, I haven't tried it under Proton but I suppose it will work there.

 

hey so i cannot install mods that are not from the repo on the linux port, they don't appear in the mods manager and i get an error mounting mods message

anytime i put a new mod into the mods folder, it doesn't show it in the manager

Fedora Linux 42/ RX 6600/ R 5 5500/ 32GB ram/ Mesa 25.1.4

 

Make sure the file name is all lowercase. BeamNG converts the file paths for mods to lowercase on the Lua side for some reason, which breaks on case sensitive file systems.

 

Shameless bump.

 

Thanks for your response! That's understandable, of course.

I don't really have any experience with SELinux. I run Wolf in Docker in LXC.

The -nocefsandbox did not seem to make a difference, unfortunately. Is it a fair assumption that the monitor error is what's preventing the game's successful launch, though?

 

I just tested out cammus pedals, with and without connecting through the wheelbase. It doesn't show up for the native linux version either, like my fanatec clubsport V3 pedals

 

Bug with the mod manager using the Linux binary.
If a mod archive (the zip file) contains any uppercase characters, the game will give an error. As far as I know this doesn't affect any mods downloaded from within the game, but when downloading using any means outside the game (ie through a browser) some mods contain uppercase characters. Roane County and Los Injurus to name a couple, although you can test this with any mod by appending an uppercase character to the archive name.

 

I noticed this issue too when making mods, I just assumed it was all platforms though. Just thought I'd give a +1

 

How do you add custom garage decals when using the binary?

 

so I've had a lua mod that has been chucking this error recently when my (work in progress) mod is disabled on launch, then activate it, and put the vehicle's part on that utilises it. If I open the console, and clear it before putting the part on, the error doesn't show up. It doesn't stop anything from working, and I can even still use the console. However I can't find the consoleClearAvailableContexts function anywhere, so I don't know how to troubleshoot it myself

[string "lua/ge/extensions/core/windowsConsole.lua"]:37: attempt to call global 'consoleClearAvailableContexts' (a nil value)
=============== Stack Traceback >> START >>
(1) global C function 'consoleClearAvailableContexts'
(2) Lua local 'func' at line 37 of chunk 'lua/ge/extensions/core/windowsConsole.lua'
(*temporary) = nil
(*temporary) = number: -1
(*temporary) = number: 0
(*temporary) = Lua function '?' (defined at line 788 of chunk lua/ge/extensions/core/vehicle/partmgmt.lua)
(*temporary) = number: 6.92203e-310
(*temporary) = number: -1
(*temporary) = nil
(*temporary) = nil
(*temporary) = nil
(*temporary) = nil
(*temporary) = number: 6.92179e-310
(*temporary) = number: 0
(*temporary) = boolean: false
(*temporary) = nil
(*temporary) = string[68]: "attempt to call global 'consoleClearAvailableContexts' (a nil value)"
(3) Lua field 'hook' at line 815 of chunk 'lua/common/extensions.lua'
funcName = string[17]: "onVehicleSwitched"
funcList = nil
hookFuncs = table: 0x7f6b4e6735e8 {1:function: 0x7f6bdfe9d790, 2:function: 0x7f6c6120a988, 3:function: 0x7f6ae508c2f8, 4:function: 0x7f6ae41e2d40, 5:function: 0x7f6c61025e58, 6:function: 0x7f6c611844b0, 7:function: 0x7f6c2005a348, 8:function: 0x7f6c614f04c8, 9:function: 0x7f6c6103e720, 10:function: 0x7f6bdc1cda80, 11:function: 0x7f6c61073620, 12:function: 0x7f6ae3cb8460}
(for generator) = C function: builtin#6
(for state) = table: 0x7f6ae3cbaa98 {1:table: 0x7f6c6118c528, 2:table: 0x7f6bdfe9e010, 3:table: 0x7f6c611b03c0, 4:table: 0x7f6c61113778, 5:table: 0x7f6c6137e6b8, 6:table: 0x7f6c611b3568, 7:table: 0x7f6b8002bef0, 8:table: 0x7f6c611d2328, 9:table: 0x7f6c68144c20, 10:table: 0x7f6c6120f1c0, 11:table: 0x7f6c611f3d18, 12:table: 0x7f6c6120d3f0, 13:table: 0x7f6c615f10b0, 14:table: 0x7f6c616bdd28, 15:table: 0x7f6c611759d0, 16:table: 0x7f6c613cf760, 17:table: 0x7f6c6154c2b8, 18:table: 0x7f6c61182a70, 19:table: 0x7f6c6176b190, 20:table: 0x7f6c6168f980, 21:table: 0x7f6c611a4390, 22:table: 0x7f6c60ffc278, 23:table: 0x7f6c610f6f10, 24:table: 0x7f6ae50154b0, 25:table: 0x7f6ae41e2980, 26:table: 0x7f6c681083a8, 27:table: 0x7f6c3613a7d0, 28:table: 0x7f6c613ea9e8 (more...)}
(for control) = number: 68
_ = number: 68
m = table: 0x7f6ae3cba248 {configure:function: 0x7f6ae3cb8460, onExtensionLoaded:function: 0x7f6ad573b928, executeCommand:function: 0x7f6b5a45e7f0, onVehicleSwitched:function: 0x7f6ae3cb8460, onVehicleActiveChanged:function: 0x7f6ae3cb8460, onVehicleDestroyed:function: 0x7f6ae3cb8460, __manuallyLoaded__:true, onVehicleSpawned:function: 0x7f6ae3cb8460, __extensionName__:core_windowsConsole, __extensionPath__:core/windowsConsole}
func = Lua function '?' (defined at line 36 of chunk lua/ge/extensions/core/windowsConsole.lua)
(4) Lua function 'vehicleSwitched' at file '/lua/ge/main.lua:705' (best guess)
oldVehicle = nil
newVehicle = nil
player = number: 0
oid = number: -1
nid = number: -1
--------------- << END <<


I've not had it with other mods, but this is the first one that has multiple files meant to supplant default game files, so that could be related. Since it doesn't actually interfere with anything, I'm not too concerned, but the big red warning in the corner of the screen might be scary to users of the mod

 

Hello everybody! The error occurs only in the career, I do not know if this error is related specifically to Linux or not, but sometimes such errors occur in delivery. And I can't unload the cargo I brought (the task completion and money counting menus don't appear when I click "Drop off". The radial menu button and ESC are also not working.

 

I find this very interesting, I may give Beam on Linux another chance if it gets proper wayland support.

 

So I bought one of those Chinese H-shifters from Aliexpress and tried it out with BeamNG. The first time it worked fine, idk how tbh. Now it breaks the FFB of the steering wheel when it's connected.

What I found is that the controller reports itself as a DragonRise Inc. PC TWIN SHOCK Gamepad, so they must've used a controller board from said controller. The kernel loads the dragonrise kernel driver:

dragonrise 0003:0079:0006.0010: input,hidraw5: USB HID v1.10 Joystick [DragonRise Generic USB Joystick ] on usb-0000:02:00.0-3/input0
dragonrise 0003:0079:0006.0010: Force Feedback for DragonRise Inc. game controllers by Richard Walmsley

Now, the issue is that the device is reported as having many axes (X, Y, Z, RX, RZ, HAT0X and HAT0Y) and ffb capabilities it the form of rumble effects (vibration).

So each time the controller is attached, the game reports something along the lines of "controller attached, disabling force feedback" and I don't see a way to force it back on. I have already unbind all the joysticks' axes and left only the wheel's axes in the setting but the issue persists.

I think the game should have an option to select a preferred FFB device and force it on when another gamepad is attached alongside a steering wheel.

Also if I unplug the controller, the FFB does not resume working on the wheel! I have to restart the game.

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For the Linux wizards in here, is there some SDL or udev trickery to hide the axes and the ffb capabilities of a controller from the various programs?