Heroic Games Launcher•2y ago

Quake 4 on GoG

Hi, Prime is giving away Quake 4 free on GoG currently. Bit of a challenge, but trying to get it to run on Ubuntu. I get an error message about Unable to initialize openGL. Apparently this also happens on Windows and is due to it trying to run at 640x480, solutions online include tweaking the Quake4Config.cfg to include your monitors resolution. For some reason it doesn't create a config file by default, so I tried making one with no luck. Don't suppose anyone else has tackled this? Cheers

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...calling CDS: ok
...created window @ 0,0 (640x480)
Initializing OpenGL driver
...getting DC: succeeded
...GLW_ChoosePFD failed
Shutting down OpenGL subsystem
...wglMakeCurrent( NULL, NULL ): failed
...releasing DC: success
...resetting display
...shutting down QGL
...unloading OpenGL DLL
Fatal Error: Unable to initialize OpenGL
--------------- BSE Shutdown ----------------
---------------------------------------------
idRenderSystem::Shutdown()
Unable to initialize OpenGL

34 Replies

inland-turquoise•2y ago

I ran it with no issues, could you share whole log?

helpful-purpleOP•2y ago

message.txt

helpful-purpleOP•2y ago

Running with Proton Experimental via Heroic

inland-turquoise•2y ago

I mean Heroic log

helpful-purpleOP•2y ago

Ah ok

inland-turquoise•2y ago

if you have trouble finding it is explained here https://discord.com/channels/812703221789097985/1044301598018515105

helpful-purpleOP•2y ago

quake_log.txt

inland-turquoise•2y ago

yea, so you installed it in location inaccessible to flatpak /run/user/1000/doc/a57bb6fd/Heroic/Quake 4 since the path looks like this

helpful-purpleOP•2y ago

Oh really It's on my second hard drive, is that a bad idea?

inland-turquoise•2y ago

not at all you just need to give heroic specific permission to access it you can use Flatseal app for this

helpful-purpleOP•2y ago

Great, I'll grab that from the software store

inland-turquoise•2y ago

you need to restart heroic after the changes. and most likely re install the game

helpful-purpleOP•2y ago

No problem, luckily it's pretty tiny You think running with Proton experimental is alright?

inland-turquoise•2y ago

we usually recommend Wine-GE, but whatever works for you

helpful-purpleOP•2y ago

Gotcha, I have flatseal now

inland-turquoise•2y ago

using Proton outside of Steam is not generally advised

helpful-purpleOP•2y ago

helpful-purpleOP•2y ago

I could enable All System Files?

inland-turquoise•2y ago

you shouldn't do that for any flatpak app just add the path to Other files section

helpful-purpleOP•2y ago

So the path is /mnt/BiggieMint/Games/Heroic That's where I store my games, or was trying to

inland-turquoise•2y ago

that should work

helpful-purpleOP•2y ago

Great, going to restart and reinstall now Fingers crossed

helpful-purpleOP•2y ago

Unfortuntely still crashing

quake_log-2.txt

inland-turquoise•2y ago

it still has that weird path /run/user/1000/doc/a57bb6fd/Heroic/Quake 4

helpful-purpleOP•2y ago

I'll try install somewhere else I don't really know what that path is I installed to /mnt/BiggieMint/Games/Heroic

inland-turquoise•2y ago

maybe put /mnt/BiggieMint to flatseal instead

helpful-purpleOP•2y ago

Not luck as of yet, currently trying: https://steamcommunity.com/app/2210/discussions/0/1479856439031603538/

How to fix 'Unable to initialize OpenGL' error upon startup :: Quak...

Open C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Quake 4\q4base\Quake4Config.cfg (you might want to make a backup first) Find and change the following 3 lines: seta r_customHeight "486" seta r_customWidth "720" seta r_mode "3" to: seta r_customHeight "1080" seta r_customWidth "1920" seta r_mode "-1" This worked for me anyway. I tried updating ...

inland-turquoise•2y ago

if you don't fix that path game won't be able to load the files so

helpful-purpleOP•2y ago

But I run other games on heroic using that path? And I tried installing it to Home on my main hard drive with the same deal It does launch the game, so surly Heroic can access it - just the initial Unable to initialize openGL error is from Quake's console I fixed it! Slightly hacky approach, but added as a non-steam game on Steam and loaded it there

inland-turquoise•2y ago

interesting probably was missing some libraries

sunny-green•2y ago

Are you able to actually start the game @Jibwood ? I tried your method and it just returns back from Loading screen to main menu

helpful-purpleOP•2y ago

Yes I was Were you getting the same error as me initially?

sunny-green•2y ago

Yes

helpful-purpleOP•2y ago

This guy also solved it in 2022: https://discord.com/channels/812703221789097985/956496322758868992/1032006327410630726 If you read down a bit from there

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