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Special characters (Geometry Dash)

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ValveSoftware/Proton#768 · opened 2018-08-27 by kisak-valve · updated 2018-10-24 · 4 comments · github · game page · search this game
Kkisak-valve 2018-08-27 github

Issue transferred from https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/5692.
@OffifialMITX posted on 2018-08-27T18:49:08:

Your system information

  • Steam client version: Aug 32 2018
  • Distribution: Kubuntu 18.4
  • Opted into Steam client beta?: Yes
  • Have you checked for system updates?: Yes

Please describe your issue in as much detail as possible:

In Proton (both 3.7-3 and 3.7-4 Beta) in Geometry Dash I can't use any special characters, e.g. ,.-#+ßöäü. This is not an issue with Geometry Dash itself, because it works fin on my PlayOnLinux installation on the same machine. I haven't tested it on other games yet.

Steps for reproducing this issue:

  1. Open Geometry Dash on Linux
  2. Go to Settings > Account > Log In
  3. Try to type anything but letters and ciphers
NNerosTie 2018-08-31 github

Actually, you can't use special characters nowhere. It's not just Geometry Dash.

CCrimsonFork 2018-08-31 github

I assumed that much.

On 31 August 2018 03:42:31 GMT+02:00, Neros [email protected] wrote:

Actually, you can't use special characters nowhere. It's not just
Geometry Dash.

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CCRTX 2018-10-24 github

Not sure if this is related but I got in-game box characters when playing a Japanese game so I couldn't see Japanese characters.

What I did to fix it was make sure Ubuntu already had the locale so I did sudo locale-gen ja_JP.UTF-8.

Then in the game launcher options for the game I typed LC_ALL=ja_JP.UTF-8 %command%. Then I was able to see Japanese characters! Hope this helps.

P.S. I also did a WINETRICKS=[your drive]/steamapps/compatadata/<game-id>/pfx winetricks allfonts just in case the proton (wine) prefix didn't have support for the fonts installed inside the game already.

NNerosTie 2018-10-24 github

Yes, it works!

Tested with LC_ALL=fr_FR %command% with C&C Red Alert 3.

Great idea, thanks :+1:

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