Edit: Running through Steam fixed it. I guess it pulled in some library that I had missed.

cross-posted from: https://swg-empire.de/post/4959667

I’ve got a strange problem that nobody else seems to have.

All the small ability and item icons are missing. They don’t show up at all.

Now, I have an unusual software combination running so it’s probably because of that, but it’s still a strange symptom. I’m running OpenSUSE Tumbleweed on a Steam Deck. I have BG3 from GOG and got the Linux binaries from a friend.

Apart from this bug the Linux version runs superbly. The bug shows up whether I have mods on or not, I have tried complete reinstalls and running with completely empty config directory. I can see the bug already in character creation. Icons from mods that would add new icons like Mystra’s Spells don’t show up either.

Anyone ever seen something like this?

  • kerobaros@lemmy.world
    4·
    2 days ago

    I’m sorry that I don’t have a fix for your problem, probably some weird difference in installed libraries between OpenSUSE and valve’s custom arch distro, but I have to ask: why run OpenSUSE on a steam deck in the first place?

    • Björn@swg-empire.deOP
      2·
      1 day ago

      Actually, your comment gave me the idea of trying to run it through Steam. And that actually fixed it! Thanks!

      Now I just have to find out what that does differently from Heroic’s “use Steam Runtime”.

    • Björn@swg-empire.deOP
      2·
      2 days ago

      To get better control over the whole system. I mainly wanted full disk encryption and a recent KDE Plasma version running on Wayland.

  • morgan423@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7·
    2 days ago

    I’m sorry friend, but I doubt you’re going to get many assisting responses here regarding this issue.

    The overwhelming majority of people with a Steam Deck are running Steam OS on it, and I’d be stunned if more than a couple of dozen people on planet Earth are running your OS on one.

    Add to that the fact that many, many people who play BG3 on the Deck are running the Windows version of the game under Proton (both for familiarity’s sake, and to make stuff like frame generation easier), and I don’t think that it’s just that you’re looking for a needle in a haystack… I think it’s more like you’re looking for a specific hydrogen atom inside the sun.

    • Björn@swg-empire.deOP
      3·
      1 day ago

      Ha! They didn’t know it but @kerobaros@lemmy.world pushed me in the right direction. Running through Steam was the solution.

    • Björn@swg-empire.deOP
      4·
      2 days ago

      Yeah, you’re probably right. My setup could hardly be farther from the norm. But maybe I’m lucky and catch the eyeballs of the right fellow nerd.