I am able to get to the menu just fine, Ubuntu 16.10 64bit Nvidia 370.28.

Are you on 64bit or 32bit?

I would also try updating your Nvidia driver.

I am on 64 bit. I tried the 370 driver as well, same result.

Odd, what GPU? I take it other games are working fine?

It's a GTX 960. And yes, other games are working just fine.

Hey Kimyrielle, do you have pulseaudio installed? I ran into straight crash-to-desktop bug when I used only plain alsa with some games. It was mainly on Unity games though, don't know for Master of Orion.

Yes, I do. It's a fairly standard Ubuntu installation for the most part, really. I don't get it.

Well, with further research, it appears to be a [Unity game](https://steamcommunity.com/app/298050/discussions/0/364040166677731554/). Let's try the usual fix.

If you live in France, Germany or any [country with comma as a decimal separator](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decimal_mark#Hindu.E2.80.93Arabic_numeral_system) you're exposed to wrong parsing float from Mono. There is a user workaround, you have to set "LANG=C %command%" without quote into [Game Launch Options](https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=1040-JWMT-2947). It will temporally set your locale to C with dot as a decimal separator.

You can also find unity log here: ~/.config/unity3d/Wargaming/Master of Orion/

The bugs that this game has are endless!
To launch this game you need to have literally a degree from The Master Of Orion Bugs University
I am really surprised that there is a Linux user who can launch this game...
Really? I am like WOooOOOoooAaaa... is this really happening????

if you go to technical assistance discussion you can see the chaos of bugs/problems etc
http://steamcommunity.com/app/298050/discussions/1/

I dont know from where to start mentioning the bugs, there are so many,even the stars from our galaxy seems to be less than the bugs of this game... :><:

Quoting: NelWell, with further research, it appears to be a [Unity game](https://steamcommunity.com/app/298050/discussions/0/364040166677731554/). Let's try the usual fix.

If you live in France, Germany or any [country with comma as a decimal separator](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decimal_mark#Hindu.E2.80.93Arabic_numeral_system) you're exposed to wrong parsing float from Mono.

I am Canadian. We do use periods as decimal separators. Like the guys who made that game. Does this game object to maple syrup? :(

Quoting: wolfyrionif you go to technical assistance discussion you can see the chaos of bugs/problems etc
http://steamcommunity.com/app/298050/discussions/1/

I dont know from where to start mentioning the bugs, there are so many,even the stars from our galaxy seems to be less than the bugs of this game... :><:

*sigh* I just looked at it. And I...sighed. A lot. Gosh, I was naive enough to assume a commercial game would actually run on the platforms it got advertised for. Silly me.

Quoting: KimyrielleI am Canadian. We do use periods as decimal separators. Like the guys who made that game. Does this game object to maple syrup? :(

The devs are NGD Studios and live in Argentina, comma separator. But that doesn't matter since almost all studios use Unity Editor on Windows (Unity Editor is still experimental on Linux). And they also have to properly test their game on a platform they are not used to, Windows and MacOSX doesn't have this bug, and also have to understand what is a locale, how to set it up and test their game on. And believe me, it's easier for users to fix it themselves.

I already tried to help studios to fix their locale bug, and it looked like they didn't have any idea at what I was blathering about. Even if I provided links and described how to setup locale step by step, and also how to properly fix it. Here is with Awfully Nice Studios - The Bug Butcher:
https://steamcommunity.com/app/350740/discussions/0/458606877319585574/
This studio is from Austria, comma separator, and after testing it myself, their game is also bugged with their own locale de_AT. :dizzy:

Na'Tosha Bard from Unity Technologies talked about this specific bug on Linux at her Steam Dev Days conf.
See here (13min50s): https://youtu.be/WYdOQ_k6YvI?t=13m50s
(On a side note, subtitles are really great for people like me who aren't fluent enough to understand spoken english)

Quoting: wolfyrionif you go to technical assistance discussion you can see the chaos of bugs/problems etc
http://steamcommunity.com/app/298050/discussions/1/

Judging from wolfyrion link, NGD is still a bad studios. I played Regnum Online for years before Steam or Humble Bundles arrive on Linux, and their game was sooo bugged (see [comment](https://steamcommunity.com/id/scias/recommended/222520/) from a good friend). Hopefully they had a good developer on Linux at that time, and was able to manage breaking bugs, but he left the studios few years ago and I'm not even sure there is still at least one person using Linux out there now.

Delete: /home/<Your User Name>/.config/unity3d/Wargaming/Master of Orion/

Then try running the game again.

This worked for me.

Sorry, I didn't reply to this earlier but I have only had the game for a month.