Failing to launch FTL on Linux - 'No settings file found!'
Posted: Mon Dec 16, 2013 7:40 pm
Hello!
I've been playing FTL on Linux via Wine (so using the .exe file). However, since I'd like to use mods and I cannot get Slipstream Mod Manager to find the data.dat file (doesn't allow you to copy/paste the path to the requested file and I can't navigate to it without the option to modify the path), I thought I'd download the Linux version. I did that, had no problems until I tried to launch the game. Now, I'm no computer whizz, so please bear with me.
1) I unpackaged the folder and opened it up. I saw the following icons:
I double-clicked on the 'FTL' file but nothing happened. Checked whether or not it was en executable file and it was. I tried running it with 'OpenJDK Java 7 Runtime' and that still did nothing. I checked out the README file and found nothing useful.
2) I opened up the 'data' folder and saw a second 'FTL' file.
Double-clicked. Nothing. Checked executable, etc. Nothing runs.
3) Try running the 'FTL' file found in the 'data' folder pictured above using command lines and it came up with the following:
Visibly, something is wrong, but I'm unsure exactly what and I am unsure how to fix it.
Any help/advice is welcome and sought! If any extra details are needed, just ask away!
Cheers,
Euxcine
I've been playing FTL on Linux via Wine (so using the .exe file). However, since I'd like to use mods and I cannot get Slipstream Mod Manager to find the data.dat file (doesn't allow you to copy/paste the path to the requested file and I can't navigate to it without the option to modify the path), I thought I'd download the Linux version. I did that, had no problems until I tried to launch the game. Now, I'm no computer whizz, so please bear with me.
1) I unpackaged the folder and opened it up. I saw the following icons:
I double-clicked on the 'FTL' file but nothing happened. Checked whether or not it was en executable file and it was. I tried running it with 'OpenJDK Java 7 Runtime' and that still did nothing. I checked out the README file and found nothing useful.
2) I opened up the 'data' folder and saw a second 'FTL' file.
Double-clicked. Nothing. Checked executable, etc. Nothing runs.
3) Try running the 'FTL' file found in the 'data' folder pictured above using command lines and it came up with the following:
Visibly, something is wrong, but I'm unsure exactly what and I am unsure how to fix it.
Any help/advice is welcome and sought! If any extra details are needed, just ask away!
Cheers,
Euxcine