Got it. The error message is misleading.

It requires libbsd to run. I didn't have that one installed. Quite uncommon to require that on linux systems :p. They should have shipped it.

<happy now>

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Quoting: shotgun14Ahai, in terminal:
cd into Northgard directory and run:
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=linux ./linux/hl sdlboot.dat
And it runs :)

Edit: By running it this way steam wont connect with the game and multiplayer wont work

Not for me ..

LD_LIBRARY_PATH=linux ./linux/hl sdlboot.dat
src/module.c(256) : FATAL ERROR : Failed to load library sdl.hdll

And it does not seem to be a pathing issue but something else... because strace shows clearly it finds the file

open("linux/tls/x86_64/sdl.hdll", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("linux/tls/sdl.hdll", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("linux/x86_64/sdl.hdll", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("linux/sdl.hdll", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\2\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0>\0\1\0\0\0\20\177\0\0\0\0\0\0"..., 832) = 832
lseek(3, 86016, SEEK_SET)               = 86016
read(3, "\1\0\0\0\5\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0"..., 448) = 448
fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0775, st_size=95840, ...}) = 0
getcwd("/home/schurl/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/common/Northgard", 128) = 59
lseek(3, 86016, SEEK_SET)               = 86016
read(3, "\1\0\0\0\5\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0"..., 448) = 448
mmap(NULL, 2172512, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0x7fbd86390000
mprotect(0x7fbd8639f000, 2101248, PROT_NONE) = 0
mmap(0x7fbd8659e000, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0xe000) = 0x7fbd8659e000
mmap(0x7fbd865a0000, 12288, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x15000) = 0x7fbd865a0000
close(3)                                = 0

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Hmh...

Failed to load library sdl.hdll

but it's obviously there
schurl@ggpc ~/.steam/steam $ find . -name sdl.hdll
./steamapps/common/Northgard/linux/sdl.hdll
./steamapps/common/Northgard/linux/hl-1.5.0-linux-static/sdl.hdll
./steamapps/common/Northgard/sdl.hdll

What I find is the startscript, which looks fine to me:
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=linux linux/hl sdlboot.dat

I've tried it running it from the linux folder too, still no success.

But it seems hl does not find the hdll files still. Anyone ideas where hl uses to "search" for it's hdlls? (It's hl/jit 1.5.0). Setting HAXE_LIBRARY_PATH or HAXE_STD_PATH didn't help.

I've no experience with Haxe/hl at all...

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But some DLCs are pretty fun :-).

It's a game well deserved, played that one for hours, built wonderful cities. Though, I really suck at properly controlling traffic.

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Quoting: AnanaceDamn it, and of course I already own the game since before, so can't even throw money at them for the Linux release.

Steam could really use a donate / gift button for developers, to really show appreciation for things like this.

Since it's a in-house port, I'd guess they'll know platform statistics of players starting it in Linux actually. Even though, it's not a unique "linux sale" then, it shows the demand.

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When? I gotta' sit still. As soon as it releases I'll rush out of office to get my hands on that one :-).

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Quoting: pete910We still won't get Native Doom/whatever Vulkan AAA title so...

Probably not, but the wine "mapping", since it won't be a real "porting" would be a lot easier.

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Does not matter when. It does matter they try or are able to give it a try.

If they "fail" or at least if it seems to have even more issues that's fine. Giving it a shot (or being able to give it a shot) is actually a cool decision. Especially since there is .. quite some work involved (which is an understatement on itself).

I hope they get their goal closer with that. I really do.

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That's cool that it could help Godot to have more consistent support (and hopefully performance) for their engine over all of their supported operating systems.

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I'd say that they generally have a pretty good and healthy mix of adventures, shooters (with rpg elements), strategy and and racing games they port. We even saw a real AAA Action RPG released with Shadow of Mordor.

I think they're trying hard to give us a variety of games in different genres. And that's nice, so all of us get some :-). As long as they profit on their ports that's good, because they'll survive.

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