Hello, I am trying to get the 227j patch running on Unreal Gold on Linux (Mint Mate). I manage to install it, the game starts up after the installation and all the additional settings are available and the game runs fine. The problem I'm facing is that when I then quit the game and try to start it up again, the game is visible for a brief moment and then automatically minimizes. I can hear the main menu music playing but when I try to open the game window again it becomes visible for a brief moment and then minimize again.
I tried with 227f and 227i as well, and get the same problem. I'm not sure what could be causing this, and I don't manage to find any other posts mentioning this problem. Let me know if you need any specific specifications or logs. With a clean installation from Steam I can start the game over and over without problems.
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Minimizes on launch
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Re: Minimizes on launch
After a quick troubleshooting I realised that if I press F12 at just the right moment when trying to open the game, I can get it into windowed mode and then it works as it should. So there seem to be something with the fullscreen mode that causes this issue for me.
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Re: Minimizes on launch
Not the same issue entirely, but I had one where the game launched but did not get the focus, this may be somewhat related.
Try changing your renderer. Only OpenGl fully worked for me. Does your dist have a window compositor ? Disabling it before starting the game (which can be done automaticaly with the gamemode utility) also improves performance et prevents a number of issues of that kind.
Try changing your renderer. Only OpenGl fully worked for me. Does your dist have a window compositor ? Disabling it before starting the game (which can be done automaticaly with the gamemode utility) also improves performance et prevents a number of issues of that kind.
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Re: Minimizes on launch
The window compositor is disabled as far as I can tell, I had problems with KCD2 and turning it off fixed those problems at least. I tried using OpenGL as well as XOpenGL, but same problem with both unfortunately.
At least I can play in windowed mode.
At least I can play in windowed mode.