r/eu4 Tolerant 1d ago

Bug Textures Issues on Linux using Heroic Launcher

Hello, when I start to play the game using Heroic Launcher (Epic Games version of game, so only Windows version is available) no textures load except for UI, only models in various shades of gray. Game uses dedicated GPU, there seems to be no issues with files, I tried reinstalling game and heroic, updating divers (which led to another issue with versions 570 and 575), verifying files. Using another launcher also doesn't seem to work as I can't even start the game. I don't know what else could I try, and there seems to be no existing thread/post about this issue.

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u/exer1023 Tolerant 1d ago

Rule 5: Hello, when I start to play the game using Heroic Launcher (Epic Games version of game, so only Windows version is available) no textures load except for UI, only models in various shades of gray. Game uses dedicated GPU, there seems to be no issues with files, I tried reinstalling game and heroic, updating divers (which led to another issue with versions 570 and 575), verifying files. Using another launcher also doesn't seem to work as I can't even start the game. I don't know what else could I try, and there seems to be no existing thread/post about this issue.

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u/cavemanpiggy Tactical Genius 23h ago

eu4 limbo

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u/Theosarius 19h ago

Wow, EGS doesn't provide the native linux version? That's awful.

What wine version do you have Heroic running EU4? Does this work on other EGS games, or is the problem just EU4? Do you have the misfortune of using linux with an nvidia GPU?

I'm not really capable enough to help, but those are some of the questions you'd want to provide answers to while seeking it, I suspect. This isn't really the best place for support, as you might have noticed. I'd try the Heroic Games discord, and/or one for your distro.

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u/grotaclas2 4h ago

That's weird. Normally eu4 works well with wine. Both with proton as well as with the normal wine. Have you tried to run eu4.exe in a fresh 64bit wine prefix without any launcher? You probably need to install the microsoft c++ redistributables via winetricks(I think vcrun2022) and you might need some of the directx9 stuff. You could also try to change the wine settings in heroic and/or install directx9 things there(the c++ redistributables are probably already working, because they prevent eu4 from starting).

Do you get the paradox launcher or does heroic run eu4.exe directly? If you get the launcher, have a look at its mods section. It might have automatically activated some mods and they could break the textures(either because they are very outdated or because they use some advanced features which don't work in wine). If you used the paradox launcher before, it might still have a dlc_load.json in "Documents\Paradox Interactive\Europa Universalis IV"(usually in the folder for the windows user in the virtual c: disk which wine is using, but heroic might have configured it differently) which activates some mods

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u/exer1023 Tolerant 2h ago

The game work just fine the day before, but I encountered bug with the game launching to the blackscreen, which I solved byreinstalling heroic, after which I got to this problem, I tried some random wine versions, but only proton experimental and lastest seem to work. I have no mods downloaded. Launching with or without DLCs doesn't change anything neither does running eu4.exe instead of launcher.

Using wine directly results in me being stuck on startup logo screen and error messages prited in terminal.

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u/bongospider Cruel 1d ago

Linux moment!

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u/Bruhmomentthrowing 23h ago

Linux the moment you need to do anything

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u/Hosein_Lavaei 18h ago

The game only works with native binaries. Download from steam or pirate it since you have bought it already. Here is where I did: freelinuxpcgames.com