Victoria 3 only shows Black Screen

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ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#10044 · opened 2023-09-04 by MarkKocherovsky · updated 2024-10-22 · 4 comments · github

MMarkKocherovsky 2023-09-04 github

Your system information

Steam client version: 1 August
Distribution: Ubuntu 22.04
Opted into Steam client beta?: No
Have you checked for system updates?: Yes
GPU: Nvidia 3060Ti

Please describe your issue in as much detail as possible:

I'm trying to play Victoria 3, but when I click "play" on the Vic3 launcher, it just takes me to a black screen. I can get into other games just fine, and I had gotten into Vic3 before, but I have since used the steam -vgui command as before, steam was taking all my memory. Victoria 3 worked fine on the same hardware in Windows 11.

I've tried different combinations of opening steam, disabling and enabling vulcan shaders, and opening the game through steam or the desktop, but nothing seems to help

Steps for reproducing this issue:

Open steam
Start Victoria 3
Click "Play" on the launcher

Here is a top menu screenshot:

Kkisak-valve maintainer 2023-09-04 github

Hello @MarkKocherovsky, this issue should also be mentioned to the video game's dev(s).

MMarkKocherovsky 2023-09-05 github

Alright, but are there any general solutions I can try?

MMarkKocherovsky 2023-09-05 github

If I try to run the game's binary directly from the command line I get the following:

[S_API] SteamAPI_Init(): SteamAPI_IsSteamRunning() did not locate a running instance of Steam.
[S_API FAIL] SteamAPI_Init() failed
[S_API] SteamAPI_Init(): SteamAPI_IsSteamRunning() did not locate a running instance of Steam.
[S_API FAIL] SteamAPI_Init() failed
[S_API] SteamAPI_Init(): SteamAPI_IsSteamRunning() did not locate a running instance of Steam.
[S_API FAIL] SteamAPI_Init() failed
[S_API] SteamAPI_Init(): SteamAPI_IsSteamRunning() did not locate a running instance of Steam.
[S_API FAIL] SteamAPI_Init() failed
[S_API] SteamAPI_Init(): SteamAPI_IsSteamRunning() did not locate a running instance of Steam.
[S_API FAIL] SteamAPI_Init() failed
[S_API] SteamAPI_Init(): SteamAPI_IsSteamRunning() did not locate a running instance of Steam.
[S_API FAIL] SteamAPI_Init() failed
[S_API] SteamAPI_Init(): SteamAPI_IsSteamRunning() did not locate a running instance of Steam.
[S_API FAIL] SteamAPI_Init() failed
X Error of failed request:  BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes)
  Major opcode of failed request:  149 ()
  Minor opcode of failed request:  4
  Serial number of failed request:  308
  Current serial number in output stream:  316

Ffunction2-llx 2024-10-22 github

I got the same issue. If I launch steam with the desktop entry (which is defined in some steam.desktop file), the Victoria 3 just enters black screen. Strangely, if I launch steam from the terminal, the game can be played normally.

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