Steam & Linux

[Daveroski]

I'm curious.

Having had a few problems myself.

I'd like to know...

If you use Linux and you have KSP on steam, do you launch the game with steam or the launcher?

Maybe you use a script?

I'm curious because I think I might have a crash problem on the run.

[sal_vager]

I use the binary directly but I have a script as well.

#!/bin/bash
cd "/home/user/.local/share/Steam/SteamApps/common/Kerbal Space Program/"
LC_ALL=C LD_PRELOAD="libpthread.so.0 libGL.so.1" __GL_THREADED_OPTIMIZATIONS=1 ./KSP.x86_64

I just find this more convenient than the Steam client.

[OddFunction]

I just double click ksp.sh in my KSP folder and it runs without steam. I use basically the script posted above.

[Daveroski]

Interesting.

Have there been many reports of activating KSP through steam causing problems?

[steve_v]

I'm not aware of any, but FWIW I did just run into some odd issues with pathing when starting KSP from outside the KSP basedir. I'm assuming Steam sets cwd correctly but I don't run steam, so...

[sal_vager]

You will have to define "problems" as we don't know what you are trying to get at.

[Daveroski]

You will have to define "problems" as we don't know what you are trying to get at.

By Problems I mean finding that Steam was the cause of a malfunction with KSP.

[sal_vager]

Not that I am aware of, the only thing Steam does is check if KSP is still running when you close it, it has no other effect unless the launch options have been modified.

[Daveroski]

Not that I am aware of, the only thing Steam does is check if KSP is still running when you close it, it has no other effect unless the launch options have been modified.

Check out my last post http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/threads/123298-Chatterer-ate-my-baby!/page2

[sal_vager]

Steam overlay can be broken if you use a 64bit system, as has just been found here, so try turning that off.

Edited June 4, 2015 by sal_vager

[Daveroski]

Steam overlay can be broken if you use a 64bit system, as has just been found here, so try turning that off.

There is no workshop for KSP so there is no point to steam overlay with KSP.

I have never run KSP with steam overlay.

My problems with Steam and KSP are without the overlay.

Just starting KSP with steam causes the problems.

[sal_vager]

I suggest you don't start KSP via Steam, I am sorry but I do not know anything about Steam bugs or how they might be fixed, or how Steam might be affecting KSP.

The only thing Steam is supposed to do to KSP is start it, track hours played and check if the game is still running when the Steam client is closed, all other features are a part of the Steam client itself.

Have you tried asking on the Steam forums about issues caused by using the Steam client? It seems likely that Steam issues would be reported there.

[cybersol]

KSP Linux 64 bit is working fine* for me, even with the steam overlay enabled (using Nvidia drivers).

*As fine as it ever was, and with similar bugs to what is reported on Windows.