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EarthSalamander42 / dota_imba

Repo for the development of Dota IMBA, a mod for Valve's Dota 2.
https://mods.frostrose-studio.com
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Custom game crashes during loading after the patch(?) #857

Closed Kostero closed 4 years ago

Kostero commented 4 years ago

Today I noticed that I cannot launch the game. It crashes every time I try to load it (I can see the loading screen with the description, Patreon, and stuff, and then it crashes the whole game). Normal games and other custom games work without any issues. For some reason, the demo mode works, but 5v5 and 10v10 do not (even when I am a single person in the lobby).

Here's a console log, maybe you can find something there: https://gist.github.com/Kostero/c901eadd8a4e33fe66bde8fe3adb719f

Kostero commented 4 years ago

I reinstalled the mod, rebooted the machine and validated Dota files with no effect.

EarthSalamander42 commented 4 years ago

Hmm i don't have any Linux setup at home, i'll install one and run some tests! Unfortunately it is probably on Valve side (even though it only happens in this custom game for you) but i'll see what i can do! Can you send me a link to your steam profile for further testings together?

Kostero commented 4 years ago

I see. Thanks! I use the same login as here: http://steamcommunity.com/id/kostero

lobo-tuerto commented 4 years ago

I can confirm this.

EarthSalamander42 commented 4 years ago

On linux as well?

lobo-tuerto commented 4 years ago

@EarthSalamander42 Yes, Arch based distribution (Manjaro).

elovin commented 4 years ago

I can also confirm this for linux

EarthSalamander42 commented 4 years ago

Update: Valve contacted me, someone reported that issue on Dota 2's github issue tracker. We're currently working together to fix the issue. Can't give an ETA but it's being worked on.

Kostero commented 4 years ago

Workaround:

This issue is caused by some problems with fonts. A similar thing happens in demo mode while showing incoming damage to the dummy. The idea is as follows: we will break the fonts in demo mode, so they will be broken while loading Dota IMBA, and they won't load at all.

How we can do this?

  1. Run demo mode with any hero.
  2. Spawn dummy and attack it. (You can check in the console that you should get glyph errors).
  3. Uninstall Microsoft fonts (sudo apt-get remove ttf-mscorefonts-installer --purge).
  4. This should break the fonts in demo mode, check console -- there shouldn't be no more errors.
  5. Launch Dota IMBA and have fun! (For safety, check first in solo lobby, or if you can watch some game.)

Please note that you probably have to do it every time. But at least I can play now.

EarthSalamander42 commented 4 years ago

Turns out the issue was icefrog donators names written in fountains. Removed them and now linux users should be able to play Dota IMBA again!