Game Stopped Working in Linux after upgrade to 4.8

Development Programming & Scripting C++
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So I upgraded my project to 4.8 and went through all the code to make sure everything was fine. I then packaged the game for Linux and Windows (64 bit and 32 bit) and then ran some tests. The game client and game server works perfectly on Windows … however on Linux only the game server works.

When I try to run the game client , a black window appears and after waiting for almost 10 minutes, nothing else happens. The machine becomes almost impossible to use and nothing I try will allow me to sort it out. Sometimes I am lucky and I can Ctrl-C the game to kill it.

This same process worked perfectly with my project in 4.7.6 … so I am not sure what the problem could be.

Does anyone have any suggestions I can try?

Thanks

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Try a debug build, run it with gdb and break after it starts hanging, to see what its trying to do.

Maybe do so on a text console and telling the game what display to use, so when X11 locks you aren’t so handicapped.

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I managed to get this fixed, basically I did the following:

  1. Completely removed UE 4.8
  2. Completely removed the source code for UE
  3. Cleared all build and intermediate folders for the game
  4. Re-downloaded the source code for UE4
  5. Did a clean and rebuild
  6. Re-linked my game to the new source code build
  7. Packaged my game for Linux

Some of the steps are probably not necessary, but I did them to make sure I got no conflicts or issues. I know have a working Linux build for my game client … yay. 8-}