Jay Em Posted June 18 Report Posted June 18 (edited) Hello Everyone! I apologize if this is the wrong place to ask for Linux assistance, but would appreciate some help. I installed Vintage Story following the official Linux guide, and the game does launch when I launch run.sh or Vintagestory in in the install folder. The issue starts when I try to launch it through the .desktop file created by install.sh. As far as I can tell, nothing happens. Ive read through the contents of Vintagestory.dekstop, and it looks correct as far as I can tell. Ive tried googling this, but I cant find any posts about this issue after 30 minutes of google searching. Another small issue, is that the icon is missing from the .desktop entry, Ive had this happen in the past and usually restarting fixes it, but it did not here. I also tried editing the Icon path to "/home/jay/Games/Vintage Story/assets/gameicon.png", so the "s cover the entire line with no changes. Edited June 18 by Jay Em Added Icon issue
Aezryn Posted June 18 Report Posted June 18 Have you tried not enclosing the path in quotes and escaping the space instead? Like so: /home/jay/Games/Vintage\ Story Nothing else stands out to me. Aside from the path your .desktop is identical to mine.
Jay Em Posted June 18 Author Report Posted June 18 2 minutes ago, Aezryn said: Have you tried not enclosing the path in quotes and escaping the space instead? Like so: /home/jay/Games/Vintage\ Story Nothing else stands out to me. Aside from the path your .desktop is identical to mine. Just tried this, same issue sadly.
Aezryn Posted June 19 Report Posted June 19 You could try changing line 8 to true, that'll open a terminal on launch and hopefully provide some useful information.
Jay Em Posted June 19 Author Report Posted June 19 1 hour ago, Aezryn said: You could try changing line 8 to true, that'll open a terminal on launch and hopefully provide some useful information. Doesn't even open the terminal, weird...
Jay Em Posted June 19 Author Report Posted June 19 I fixed this by using the AUR version of Vintage Story, instead of the Manual install.
Aezryn Posted June 20 Report Posted June 20 Glad you got it working but just in case you're not aware, take care when using the AUR for now (to the best of my knowledge the VS package is safe).
Jay Em Posted June 23 Author Report Posted June 23 On 6/19/2026 at 5:49 PM, Aezryn said: Glad you got it working but just in case you're not aware, take care when using the AUR for now (to the best of my knowledge the VS package is safe). The concern is warranted, I've gotten into the habit of reading through the comments on any AUR packages, but I'm not experienced enough to look through the scripts yet so I only use it when needed.
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