gogdl not found when launching Warhammer 40k: Mechanicus

Hi folks! This game is linux native so it should be running fine on the Steam Deck without any wine prefix, but on the latest version of Heroic it never launches. Log file is attached because Discord says my message is too long.

I figured out that the launch command that Heroic generates is incorrect, by copying it from the log and pasting in a shell. I just did this from home directory, but CWD shouldn't matter since the launch command is using an absolute path that doesn't exist.

Let me know what you think! Thanks

HEROIC_APP_NAME=2111088471 HEROIC_APP_RUNNER=gog HEROIC_APP_SOURCE=gog STEAM_COMPAT_INSTALL_PATH="/home/deck/Games/Heroic/Warhammer 40,000 Mechanicus" LD_PRELOAD= /app/bin/heroic/resources/app.asar.unpacked/build/bin/linux/gogdl launch "/home/deck/Games/Heroic/Warhammer 40,000 Mechanicus" 2111088471 --wrapper "/app/bin/gamemoderun /home/deck/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/common/SteamLinuxRuntime_sniper/_v2-entry-point --" --platform linux
bash: /app/bin/heroic/resources/app.asar.unpacked/build/bin/linux/gogdl: No such file or directory

HEROIC_APP_NAME=2111088471 HEROIC_APP_RUNNER=gog HEROIC_APP_SOURCE=gog STEAM_COMPAT_INSTALL_PATH="/home/deck/Games/Heroic/Warhammer 40,000 Mechanicus" LD_PRELOAD= /app/bin/heroic/resources/app.asar.unpacked/build/bin/linux/gogdl launch "/home/deck/Games/Heroic/Warhammer 40,000 Mechanicus" 2111088471 --wrapper "/app/bin/gamemoderun /home/deck/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/common/SteamLinuxRuntime_sniper/_v2-entry-point --" --platform linux
bash: /app/bin/heroic/resources/app.asar.unpacked/build/bin/linux/gogdl: No such file or directory

HEROIC_APP_NAME=2111088471 HEROIC_APP_RUNNER=gog HEROIC_APP_SOURCE=gog STEAM_COMPAT_INSTALL_PATH="/home/deck/Games/Heroic/Warhammer 40,000 Mechanicus" LD_PRELOAD= /app/bin/heroic/resources/app.asar.unpacked/build/bin/linux/gogdl launch "/home/deck/Games/Heroic/Warhammer 40,000 Mechanicus" 2111088471 --wrapper "/app/bin/gamemoderun /home/deck/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/common/SteamLinuxRuntime_sniper/_v2-entry-point --" --platform linux
bash: /app/bin/heroic/resources/app.asar.unpacked/build/bin/linux/gogdl: No such file or directory

HEROIC_APP_NAME=2111088471 HEROIC_APP_RUNNER=gog HEROIC_APP_SOURCE=gog STEAM_COMPAT_INSTALL_PATH="/home/deck/Games/Heroic/Warhammer 40,000 Mechanicus" LD_PRELOAD= /app/bin/heroic/resources/app.asar.unpacked/build/bin/linux/gogdl launch "/home/deck/Games/Heroic/Warhammer 40,000 Mechanicus" 2111088471 --wrapper "/app/bin/gamemoderun /home/deck/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/common/SteamLinuxRuntime_sniper/_v2-entry-point --" --platform linux
bash: /app/bin/heroic/resources/app.asar.unpacked/build/bin/linux/gogdl: No such file or directory

2111088471-lastPlay.log1.64KB

awake-maroon•3/17/24, 5:03 PM

have you checked if this file is there? /app/bin/heroic/resources/app.asar.unpacked/build/bin/linux/gogdl/app/bin/heroic/resources/app.asar.unpacked/build/bin/linux/gogdl

radical-lime•3/17/24, 5:05 PM

you can run

flatpak run --command=gogdl com.heroicgameslauncher.hgl --version

flatpak run --command=gogdl com.heroicgameslauncher.hgl --version

radical-lime•3/17/24, 5:05 PM

to confirm

popular-magentaOP•3/17/24, 5:08 PM

Checking now

popular-magentaOP•3/17/24, 5:09 PM

That finds something:

popular-magentaOP•3/17/24, 5:10 PM

(1)(deck@steamdeck app)$ flatpak run --command=gogdl com.heroicgameslauncher.hgl --version
usage: gogdl [-h] [--version] --auth-config-path AUTH_CONFIG_PATH
{import,redist,dependencies,auth,download,repair,update,info,launch,save-sync,save-clear} ...
gogdl: error: the following arguments are required: --auth-config-path

radical-lime•3/17/24, 5:10 PM

ah also I think you have a misunderstanding here, you can't just copy paste the command from Heroic into the terminal

radical-lime•3/17/24, 5:10 PM

on Steam Deck Heroic runs in a container

popular-magentaOP•3/17/24, 5:10 PM

is this because of flatpak containerization?

radical-lime•3/17/24, 5:10 PM

yep

popular-magentaOP•3/17/24, 5:10 PM

flatpak is kind of like docker I guess?

radical-lime•3/17/24, 5:10 PM

well, kind of

radical-lime•3/17/24, 5:12 PM

nevertheless, you can try running the game directly via start.sh file that you can find in the game directory

popular-magentaOP•3/17/24, 5:12 PM

Ok, I've probably got wrong root cause then

popular-magentaOP•3/17/24, 5:14 PM

do you mean in the game install dir? /home/deck/Games/Heroic/Warhammer 40,000 Mechanicus/home/deck/Games/Heroic/Warhammer 40,000 Mechanicus

radical-lime•3/17/24, 5:14 PM

yes

popular-magentaOP•3/17/24, 5:14 PM

if so, there is no such script there

radical-lime•3/17/24, 5:14 PM

that's impossible

radical-lime•3/17/24, 5:15 PM

as this is what runs native games

radical-lime•3/17/24, 5:15 PM

well, then this is the rootcause

radical-lime•3/17/24, 5:16 PM

it could be that the download didn't finish properly

radical-lime•3/17/24, 5:16 PM

I think there is a bug like that in the current release

radical-lime•3/17/24, 5:16 PM

we've recently switched to new method of downloading those games

popular-magentaOP•3/17/24, 5:17 PM

I see, that sounds like it.

popular-magentaOP•3/17/24, 5:17 PM

Should I try to reinstall it, or likely same result?

radical-lime•3/17/24, 5:20 PM

https://github.com/Heroic-Games-Launcher/HeroicGamesLauncher/issues/3607
latest build: https://github.com/Heroic-Games-Launcher/heroic-gogdl/actions/runs/8316960653

radical-lime•3/17/24, 5:20 PM

I guess you can try using the new gogdl with a fix

radical-lime•3/17/24, 5:20 PM

we really should do 2.13.1 release soon :P

popular-magentaOP•3/17/24, 5:21 PM

Ok, will try that.

popular-magentaOP•3/17/24, 5:21 PM

Alternatively, I guess I could download the installer from GOG directly and see if I can import the game into Heroic for now.

popular-magentaOP•3/17/24, 5:21 PM

I did that for Factorio

radical-lime•3/17/24, 5:22 PM

that could work as well, although importing of Linux native games may not succeed in some cases

popular-magentaOP•3/17/24, 5:23 PM

for Factorio I think I skipped heroic and just added a "non-steam" game to the library. Doesn't come with all the nice metadata/images but it works.

radical-lime•3/17/24, 5:23 PM

yep

popular-magentaOP•3/17/24, 5:25 PM

Ok, thanks for the help! one more qq whjle I have you ... I downloaded the gogdlgogdl from that build. What's the path where it should go?

radical-lime•3/17/24, 5:26 PM

put it in some accessible location like /home/deck/Games/Heroic/gogdl/home/deck/Games/Heroic/gogdl
then just pick it in Heroic advanced settings

popular-magentaOP•3/17/24, 5:27 PM

Ok got it will do

popular-magentaOP•3/17/24, 5:47 PM

Works now, thanks again!

gogdl not found when launching Warhammer 40k: Mechanicus

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