PopesofHazard

On 4/23/2023 at 10:40 PM, mard said:

Good news. I'm on track to fix the problem with mods crashing on Flatpak installations, and first results look very promising.

The problems I identified so far are related to missing netstandard and C# compiler in flatpak manifest. I was able to correct them both on my test flatpak build, and connecting to the server I've been testing recently doesn't crash any longer. That means the fix would be seamless and already included as a part of the flatpak update, not requiring additional user intervention.

I still need to test some other mods in both single and multiplayer, so you'll need to hang on for a while. I'll keep you informed.

Cant wait! you are amazing!

On 4/21/2023 at 5:12 PM, mard said:

No idea, you need to contact the current flatpak package maintainer jascrain if you require this information.

However, if you don't want to wait, you can install v1.18 from flatpak's test branch by yourself.

Vintage Story 1.18 flatpak was already built and uploaded with continuous integration system: Update vs_archive.tar.gz to 1.18.0 by flathubbot · Pull Request #36 · flathub/at.vintagestory.VintageStory · GitHub. It's currently awaiting maintainer's manual intervention. As you can see, there's a command included that allows to install it.

Now, because "Discover" app offers only basic functionality, you will need to use the command line. Don't worry, the process is very easy, but not as ergonomic. It'll take a few minutes.

First you need to set up an account password to be able to use "sudo" command. Then, in Konsole application, type the following:

sudo flatpak install https://dl.flathub.org/build-repo/18664/at.vintagestory.VintageStory.flatpakref

Then confirm the interactive prompt with Y, then Enter. Be patient, installing will take a couple of minutes.

Doing so will install Vintage Story 1.18 test version from test branch alongside already existing stable version - this is reflected in installed flatpaks list:

sudo flatpak list

Now, you may notice, that running the game from Steam will launch the stable version, instead of newly installed test version. To fix this, you need to go to your Library, find Properties of Vintage Story entry, then find Launch Options. Find the following parameter:

--branch=stable

then replace it with

--branch=test

That's it! When you run Vintage Story now, it should be v1.18.0.

To return to regular stable mainline Vintage Story version, just replace --branch=test with --branch=stable again.

 

What about "branch test is already installed" error? Just uninstall the previous test release first. Type

sudo flatpak uninstall at.vintagestory.VintageStory

Then, in interactive prompt, type the number and Enter for the test package you want to uninstall.

Edit: I've also updated the OP with the information above.

Will this be available to do with 1.18.1?