EU4Editor under Linux Mint

Development Programming & Scripting C++
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Hello,

I’ve been trying to run the UE4Editor under Mint 17. I cloned the github repo and compiled everything. The demo app worked and the editor compiled without complaint. However, running it crashes, citing the error:


[2015.05.22-20.58.31:928]  0]LogLinux: Assertion failed: Assertion failed:  [File:/home/joel/git/UnrealEngine/Engine/Source/Runtime/OpenGLDrv/Private/Linux/OpenGLLinux.cpp] [Line: 183] 
_PlatformCreateOpenGLContextCore - Could not create OpenGL 3.2 context, SDL error: 'Could not create GL context: BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes)'

A little digging suggests to me that my nvidia driver may be the issue, but I’d like to know more about it before I just update my driver to the latest. I’ve had bad experiences that way…

In any case, it also seems odd that it’s trying to create an OpenGL 3.2 context… Maybe I need to be updating some OpenGL libraries?

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Problem solved. Primarily had to do with updating my nvidia driver. Note for future reference, the distro packaged driver is probably always too far out-of date.

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I used this tutorial to get it compiled under Linux Mint: Installing Unreal Engine in Linux Mint/Ubuntu

There is a section specific to updating the graphic drivers.


sudo apt-add-repository ppa:oibaf/graphics-drivers

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

This did the trick for me. 8-}

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Hi there

For future notes, look at A new, community-hosted Unreal Engine Wiki - Announcements and Releases - Unreal Engine Forums . Mostly you find your answers. In your case this section A new, community-hosted Unreal Engine Wiki - Announcements and Releases - Unreal Engine Forums. All UE4 Linux users should read the wiki not to waste your time.

Cengiz (Yaakuro)