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[Psycho_zs]

I do not see this setting

 

[arthomnix]

In the final release of 4057, that setting was replaced with a command-line flag called `-fixed-viewport`.

(So if you're running stock KSA, just run the game with `./KSA -fixed-viewport`. If you're running modded with StarMap, update to StarMap 0.4.5 and add `"GameArguments": ["-fixed-viewport"]` to your StarMapConfig.json.)

 

[sleepy_eb]

I do not see this setting

it is configurable in the settings.toml. It did not render for me in game either.

AllowMultipleWindows = false

i had to run the game, then exit then run again for it to work after making this change.

although upon review my bash i see that I also set the flag mentioned by arthomnix... so hmm maybe this was not the fix for me and the flag was the thing

 

[sleepy_eb]

Is anyone running on cosmic? I ran into some issues (popos 24.04) and the only solution I came up with was to run in x11 via gamescope for now. I am curious if i am the only one trying this setup and if I am doing something wrong.

It seems cosmic-comp + wgpu + NVIDIA is bugged and wgpu window surface never displays on the cosmic compositor

*EDIT* this issue has been worked around in 4057

 

[NForcer]

<Long time lurker, first time poster!>
@sleepy_eb : I just downloaded linux native v2026.4.18.4206 in POP_OS 24.04 COSMIC, with a Radeon 55700XT; (No NVIDIA, sorry)

I need the following tweaks:
Extract the Archive:

tar xzf setup_ksa_v2026.4.18.4206.tar.gz

From within the extracted linux-x64 folder make the binaries executable:

sudo chmod +x KSA
sudo chmod +x Brutal.Monitor.Subprocess

Link the local install of libvulcan.so.1 to libvulkan.so (I am using AMDGPU and mesa, so already had these apt-installed: libvulkan1 mesa-vulkan-drivers vulkan-tools)

ln -sf /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libvulkan.so.1 ./libvulkan.so

And (Because...Wayland), run it in an x11 session from the console like this:

env XDG_SESSION_TYPE=x11 ./KSA

Fastfetch:
OS: Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS x86_64
Kernel: Linux 6.18.7-76061807-generic
DE: COSMIC 1.0.0
WM: cosmic-comp (Wayland)
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5700G (16) @ 4.67 GHz
GPU: AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT [Discrete]

Fullscreen 4k@60 looks beautiful, windowed also ok, message boxes can get buried when in windowed mode.
Tested with Earth and Earth&Moon so far.
Overall runs well, seeing some pauses and flickering that is happening at the same time as this appears in the console:

13:17:01 INFO Swapchain created with 3 images
13:17:01 INFO Swapchain created with 3 images
13:17:01 INFO Swapchain created with 3 images
13:17:01 INFO Swapchain created with 3 images

 

[ColdJ]

<Long time lurker, first time poster!>
@sleepy_eb : I just downloaded linux native v2026.4.18.4206 in POP_OS 24.04 COSMIC, with a Radeon 55700XT; (No NVIDIA, sorry)

I need the following tweaks:
Extract the Archive:

From within the extracted linux-x64 folder make the binaries executable:

Link the local install of libvulcan.so.1 to libvulkan.so (I am using AMDGPU and mesa, so already had these apt-installed: libvulkan1 mesa-vulkan-drivers vulkan-tools)

And (Because...Wayland), run it in an x11 session from the console like this:


Fastfetch:
OS: Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS x86_64
Kernel: Linux 6.18.7-76061807-generic
DE: COSMIC 1.0.0
WM: cosmic-comp (Wayland)
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5700G (16) @ 4.67 GHz
GPU: AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT [Discrete]

Fullscreen 4k@60 looks beautiful, windowed also ok, message boxes can get buried when in windowed mode.
Tested with Earth and Earth&Moon so far.
Overall runs well, seeing some pauses and flickering that is happening at the same time as this appears in the console:

Thank you for this. I had done the first parts but didn't know that I needed to link the libraries. I am on Zorin OS 18 Ubuntu 24.04 lts and that was what did the trick. Now to work out how you build without nodes, or find out if there is some way to toggle nodes.

 

[Coin]

If anyone has gotten into the sim at all on Steam Deck, did it run at a functional framerate at all? Would be a dream if it were possible

 

[snofRat]

i have a steam deck, and it works just fine, if not a bit laggy in loading the game,
stock OLED 512 gb steam deck

 

[Psycho_zs]

v2026.8.19.5261 has new archive name, repacked with meaningful dir tree moved to the root of archive and with proper file permissions! YAY!

 

[RealSteel]

arch, i7 13th gen, 3090: the game works pretty well on the native version but the game flickers pretty bad in time warp

 

[DerTroglodyt]

Runs out of the box on my fedora 44, Nvidia RTX 5080, dual display with no errors in log.
Sadly everything is rendered in the upper left quarter of the screen and the mouse is registered at it's real position, so i can't click anything. Moving and resizing the window works but does not help, as the rendered quarter also changes size.
Edit: Did some more testing and the rendered part of the window is getting smaller with every start of KSA.

 

[ScottChegg]

<Long time lurker, first time poster!>
@sleepy_eb : I just downloaded linux native v2026.4.18.4206 in POP_OS 24.04 COSMIC, with a Radeon 55700XT; (No NVIDIA, sorry)

I need the following tweaks:
Extract the Archive:

From within the extracted linux-x64 folder make the binaries executable:

Link the local install of libvulcan.so.1 to libvulkan.so (I am using AMDGPU and mesa, so already had these apt-installed: libvulkan1 mesa-vulkan-drivers vulkan-tools)

And (Because...Wayland), run it in an x11 session from the console like this:


Fastfetch:
OS: Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS x86_64
Kernel: Linux 6.18.7-76061807-generic
DE: COSMIC 1.0.0
WM: cosmic-comp (Wayland)
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5700G (16) @ 4.67 GHz
GPU: AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT [Discrete]

Fullscreen 4k@60 looks beautiful, windowed also ok, message boxes can get buried when in windowed mode.
Tested with Earth and Earth&Moon so far.
Overall runs well, seeing some pauses and flickering that is happening at the same time as this appears in the console:

I'm on Fedora 44, got it working with these steps, but had to use a different path for the link for libvulcan

ln -sf /usr/lib64/libvulkan.so.1 ./libvulkan.so

also I didn't need to force x11 (it actually messed up the dpi scaling when I did)

./KSA

 

[Manux2]

Since ksa_linux_v2026.9.7.5402 i did not need to link any libs or do any chmod stuff.

./KSA was enough on wayland/ Arch

Ok there are some bugs do to wayland maybe AMD graphics Card i believe:

Trees in the water.



Sequence Editor not loading properly:


At the beginning of loading the editor:

Cant click anything...

 

[Okshad]

Awesome collection of community hardware configurations for running KSA on Linux! Dealing with .NET dependencies (like dotnet9 or dotnetdesktop9 via winetricks/Bottles/Heroic) and Wayland window/flickering quirks seems to be the common theme across almost every distro here. Thanks for putting together such a handy reference list for the linux gaming community